Will Ridley Scott's Exodus be the GOAT whitewashing movie?

[Vonte3000]

I didn't say we had an independent black film industry. I said there are some black movie theaters out there.

I already knew that homie but they're not doing much of anything are they? They just play white films like every other theatre

 

[3rdWorld]

double edged sword cause the way shyt seems to work is that they will only market movies to audiences who will return their investment...

cold world...

Every product is marketed towards whites. We actually made better music and movies when we had a Black audience in mind. We dont need to make anything for whites, they always find a way of coming around sooner or later. If we focus on us, and forget about everyone else we prosper. Its just that the worshipping of the white dollar has messed with people minds and judgement.

 

[mtu wa chuma]

black movies with all black cast do well all the time

problem is sorry ass black people who sell themselves short because of lack of self worth

They do reasonably well in America where the audience is mostly black and the budget is low as well to recoup the investment.

A movie like exodus will cost at least 250 million alone to make, plus advertising and other cost to push the overall price up.

 

[mtu wa chuma]

I already knew that homie but they're not doing much of anything are they? They just play white films like every other theatre

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I already knew that homie but they're not doing much of anything are they? They just play white films like every other theatre

When was the last time you went to a black owned theater?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

 

[Vonte3000]

When was the last time you went to a black owned theater?

My aunt owned one in Darien we went to but that was too long ago, you sayin they changed up? I don't see them playing positive black films outside of Madea if they aren't being made much

 

[Vonte3000]

You don't understand what I'm saying? They play what's out there, a black owned and managed theatre willl still play the avengers like any other theatre

 

[Master Teacher]

They do reasonably well in America where the audience is mostly black and the budget is low as well to recoup the investment.

A movie like exodus will cost at least 250 million alone to make, plus advertising and other cost to push the overall price up.

So, you're point is

and your first statement isn't based on anything factual

There's nothing stopping a blacks making that type of movie, it hasn't been done so you don't how well it could do

you just assume that it won't

 

[↓R↑LYB]

You don't understand what I'm saying? They play what's out there, a black owned and managed theatre willl still play the avengers like any other theatre

They play avengers because avengers is popular. Unless you think a black owned theater should only play black films?

 

[Vonte3000]

So, you're point is

and your first statement isn't based on anything factual

There's nothing stopping a blacks making that type of movie, it hasn't been done so you don't how well it could do

you just assume that it won't

We need black owned theatres for one and people like Tyler Perry(minus the dress and crack stories) to make these black movies. Maybe do a real exodus with a not so white washed cast then we need the black community (and whites if they want to actually go) to go to these black theatres and watch the movies

 

[Master Teacher]

We need black owned theatres for one and people like Tyler Perry(minus the dress and crack stories) to make these black movies. Maybe do a real exodus with a not so white washed cast then we need the black community (and whites if they want to actually go) to go to these black theatres and watch the movies

Tyler doesn't have to do anything creative for this type of movie to be made

he owns a studio and even rents it's facilities out to hollywood, but blacks don't work together for shyt, there's no really why tyler perry couldn't help produce a big budget epic or sci-fi flick

the problem is who's going to write it, and who's going to direct it, who's gonna step up to plate
it takes a village

one man doesn't fund a 250 million dollar budget movie

we shouldn't be working with other black world markets and establishing our own machine

 

[↓R↑LYB]

My aunt owned one in Darien we went to but that was too long ago, you sayin they changed up? I don't see them playing positive black films outside of Madea if they aren't being made much

It might be because of the market. Don't know where Darien is, but I'd imagine the population is pretty small compared to a major city like LA, NY, Chicago, etc.

There's independent black movies coming out all the time. Problem is the masses never learn about them because they're not marketed like the avengers is.

Here's a list of some interesting ones that were shown at Sundance this year (Dear White People made the list)

http://www.theroot.com/photos/2014/01/sundance_2014_16_black_films_that_matter.html

 

[Vonte3000]

They play avengers because avengers is popular. Unless you think a black owned theater should only play black films?

This is kinda what I'm saying but not just black only films. I'm saying we need a black film industry or at least black people of Tyler Perry level to make these movies ones without us being enslaved or having to overcome crack addiction or some struggle. Tell the story of Musa, something with positive images, less hotel rwandas and get rich or die trying films more maybe Akeela and the bees(I only say that film because I honestly can't think of a film about just gifted black people being impaired by drugs or skin color) maybe the blind side but he had a white savior

 

[mtu wa chuma]

So, you're point is

and your first statement isn't based on anything factual

There's nothing stopping a blacks making that type of movie, it hasn't been done so you don't how well it could do

you just assume that it won't

When did I say there is something stopping blacks from making it?

I said the white investors who will be financing this movie will want to see a return on their substantial investment, so naturally they will go to the safest route which means casting white actors.

I also said most of the black movies made over the last few years haven't done well outside of America which is a fact. Name me one black movie with an all star black cast which has grossed at least 200million outside of America.