Watched Jason’s Lyric For The First Time. Highly Disappointed

[RaspberryFitted]

You mean to tell me you got a retired Vietnam war veteran with a mental illness, his ex-wife traumatized by the change in his behavior, two brothers — one which killed the dad trying to protect the mom while the other was in & out of jail (likely suffering from that trauma)… with great foundation with the backdrop being mid 90s Houston…

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FILM IS A LOVE STORY CENTERED AROUND JADA fukkING PINKETT

no focus on how a traumatic event can lead two brothers on two separate paths??!? We had to get TWO sex scenes of Jason and Jada but damn near none of Josh’s growth being an ex-con or how his mother is dealing with the pain?!?

 

[nieman]

You mean to tell me you got a retired Vietnam war veteran with a mental illness, his ex-wife traumatized by the change in his behavior, two brothers — one which killed the dad trying to protect the mom while the other was in & out of jail (likely suffering from that trauma)… with great foundation with the backdrop being mid 90s Houston…

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FILM IS A LOVE STORY CENTERED AROUND JADA fukkING PINKETT

no focus on how a traumatic event can lead two brothers on two separate paths??!? We had to get TWO sex scenes of Jason and Jada but damn near none of Josh’s growth being an ex-con or how his mother is dealing with the pain?!?

Movie is trash, with a good soundtrack

 

[Billie Jean]

I watched it for the first time a couple of months ago. Fukin terrible

The outside sex scene made me sick

Dialogue was trash("where do you think that bus is going?")


Underutilized great supporting actors

I was rooting for Josh tho love Bokeem

But I hate this movie

 

[Controversy]

When you fall in love with a woman you think you're gonna spend the rest of your life with, you have to face the trauma that could potentially hinder your relationship

I know you don't see the point of it OP, but blk men have to emotionally/spiritually overcome demons to love the right woman properly

 

[RaspberryFitted]

When you fall in love with a woman you think you're gonna spend the rest of your life with, you have to face the trauma that could potentially hinder your relationship

I know you don't see the point of it OP, but blk men have to emotionally/spiritually overcome demons to love the right woman properly

The film didn’t give us a strong reason to buy into their “love”. A few dates, he rented out a bus… I GUESS the conversation on the train tracks about wanting to go anywhere is cool.

the plot should of been focused on Jason unpacking his trauma before transferring to Dallas for that Assistant Manager position… along with trying to get his brother on the right path and worrying about how his mother will be without him. Would of been essentially the same exact theme you stated: a black man leveling up but learning how to leave his past behind.

There was no need for Lyric.

 

[feelosofer]

Yea I always thought this movie was overrated. Dead Presidents made this movie irrelevant.

 

[Take It In Blood]

its a hood simp movie

its not that deep

and Jada at her prime when she was a 10/10

 

[Zero]

And it had some truly awful accents in it

 

[Roid Jones]

 

[AMcV'88]

keep it a buck, theres a couple movies from then that if you were to watch it for the first time now they'd be garbage.

Love & Basketball and Love Jones are two that come to mind. especially Love Jones
like somebody thats seen those twitter screen caps, tumblr gifs etc and how cool they make that movie look on there is going to be so disappointed when they actually watch it.

 

[Zero]

keep it a buck, theres a couple movies from then that if you were to watch it for the first time now they'd be garbage.

Love & Basketball and Love Jones are two that come to mind. especially Love Jones
like somebody thats seen those twitter screen caps, tumblr gifs etc and how cool they make that movie look on there is going to be so disappointed when they actually watch it.

And both of them shyts made it into the Criterion Collection because the owners felt guilty when they got called out for the omission of Black films

Love Jones I let slide because it never saw a blu-ray release until now but Love and Basketball already had one. I guess the WNBA aspect is the "cultural touchstone" that made it worthy

 

[b. woods]

 

[AMcV'88]

And both of them shyts made it into the Criterion Collection because the owners felt guilty when they got called out for the omission of Black films

Love Jones I let slide because it never saw a blu-ray release until now but Love and Basketball already had one. I guess the WNBA aspect is the "cultural touchstone" that made it worthy

Boomerang should've got it before those two
but they need to give us the Paid In Full Criterion Collection.

 

[Sbp]

And it had some truly awful accents in it

Came here to say this

 

[Ziggiy]

keep it a buck, theres a couple movies from then that if you were to watch it for the first time now they'd be garbage.

Love & Basketball and Love Jones are two that come to mind. especially Love Jones
like somebody thats seen those twitter screen caps, tumblr gifs etc and how cool they make that movie look on there is going to be so disappointed when they actually watch it.

Love Jones holds up very well for me and hell, its pretty topical for a LOT of the miscommunication issues plaguing black relationships today.


Love & Basketball though has aged terribly