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Man The Rock is winning
Django went from the fields of white cotton to the White House, but he still standing behind a white
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you're talkin bout a actor that did booty call..let's be serious here..you throw enough money at jamie foxx andReal issue here is wondering why Foxx would bother taking this role. Dude is a good actor, he doesn't need to be in this type of cheesy movie.
he'll do anything.
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Idk. How many hood movies do you need tho? And how are they made for us? I don't think the entire black population can relate to menace 2 society. Well not 100% at least. I will agree we need more movies with black ( or any minority) leads that tell meaningful relevant stories that one can relate to with respect to today's social climate. Even more movies about historical black figures or movements would be much appreciated. Hollywood ain't having that tho word to George Lucas' red tails.
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^^^^TRU
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Yall really be wanting Hollywood to cater to 14% of the population
Dudes is trying to make money....and when "they" give you a black lead yall cry about it
Yall dont eem support ya own people....word to Tyler Perry and Red Tails
I don't understand your basis for your generalizations.
I believe his basis is the amount of hate tryler perry movies get on here and the fact that red tails didnt do too well in the box office
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I cannot believe this movie is coming out after Olympus Has Fallen
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you're talkin bout a actor that did booty call..let's be serious here..you throw enough money at jamie foxx andReal issue here is wondering why Foxx would bother taking this role. Dude is a good actor, he doesn't need to be in this type of cheesy movie.
he'll do anything.
You're talking bout a actor that did Bait
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Jamie Foxx always plays the fake lead.
The only time where i can say he outright owned the movie was in Ray. Look at Django for example, most people would have assumed he was the lead but it didn't feel like it.
Subconsciously, I didn't even look at the poster and come to that conclusion.
The only time where i can say he outright owned the movie was in Ray. Look at Django for example, most people would have assumed he was the lead but it didn't feel like it.
Subconsciously, I didn't even look at the poster and come to that conclusion.
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True. I guess I figure after Django it'd be different.
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Wasn't he supposed to be the lead in Law Abiding Citizen?
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I hope MJW does another Black Dynamite movie
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im a bit confused. hollywood told lucas to **** when he proposed red tails. their reasoning was we can't market an all black cast to a general audience.
but then how the hell did these movies get made? like love and basketball? or pursuit of happyness?
srs question.
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well pursuit of happiness stars Will Smith and he's always profitable. You do bring up a good question about why we dont see movies like those posted above today
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^ Those movies have a different content than red tails...and a more historical movie that depicts events that have largely gone untold on the big screen is not perceived to be as entertaining. When studios market a film, I know they consider the demographics and they also look at the previous success of movies with an all black cast and keep churning out the same product.
The movies listed in the post quoted all follow a typical formula. Except for The Pursuit of Happyness, and The City of God, and even with that movie I don't look at it as an American film.
The movies listed in the post quoted all follow a typical formula. Except for The Pursuit of Happyness, and The City of God, and even with that movie I don't look at it as an American film.
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yea true but i mean dude is black. maybe because anyone can relate to the story? started from the bottom now we here type steez?
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Even more so to my point.
Why not look at making a film different to the "typical formula" that you've just mentioned.
City of God's story, was something that many people could relate to, simply put a coming of age tale of two childhood friends (which funnily enough, can be said about The Wood too)
The underlying story of City of God could have been told brilliantly as well with an all-white cast. But the cast they chose delivered the story to perfection. My point is, why can't we have movies with stories we can all relate to, played by talented actors (seriously, there has to be more to the world than Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Blair Underwood and Steve Harris).
The guy who really pissed me off lately was Steve Harvey, because even though his screenplay fell flat towards the end with a predicable ending (then again, so do most rom-com's) he had the potential to make a "black" movie with great actors and a story that everyone could relate to. But instead he decided to do what feels like throwin out passes to his friends and "popular" people like Wendy Williams, Chris Brown, Morris Chestnut, Kerry Hilson, Kelly Rowland, Megan Goode (she's fine as hell, but she can't act).
We don't do ourselves any favors sometimes...
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Why can't the be side by side?
If he's in the front , he's a shield ..
If he's in the back he's a weakling or a peon ..
If he's side by side , he's an equal ..
LOL
If he's in the front , he's a shield ..
If he's in the back he's a weakling or a peon ..
If he's side by side , he's an equal ..
LOL
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For those of you requesting for black films by black directors. There are films out there (and I listed some a few pages earlier), you just have to actively search for them. If you expect Hollywood to just be your search of black films by black directors then yes you are going just be presented with Tyler Perry and be extremely disappointed.
Indiewire.com is a great place to stay informed regarding these films.
Indiewire.com is a great place to stay informed regarding these films.
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different budget.
redtails has planes, cgi, and all types of madness.
love and basketball had love... and a basketball
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Initially thought this thread was an overreaction but just saw the trailer and they had dude getting mad over someone touching his Jordans
Who was the last president you saw in some Jordans
Who was the last president you saw in some Jordans
Initially thought this thread was an overreaction but just saw the trailer and they had dude getting mad over someone touching his Jordans
Who was the last president you saw in some Jordans
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Why would I support Tyler Perry perpetuating the same stereotypes over and over? I don't want to be told that men of my skin tone are evil and that light skinned men are the savior in every flick.Yall really be wanting Hollywood to cater to 14% of the population
Dudes is trying to make money....and when "they" give you a black lead yall cry about it
Yall dont eem support ya own people....word to Tyler Perry and Red Tails
Red Tails was horrible. It was a movie with no direction and no identity. Blatant from how they marketed it. The Tuskegee Airman movie on HBO was infinitely better than that.
I just saw the commercial for this and this is a step back for Jamie Foxx. This is a role he would have taken in the 90s. The Jordans line was cringe worthy
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Pretty sure there are TP movies where the savior is dark skinned, like Derek Luke for example
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This was the best over the top corny movie I have ever seen, just when I was like no way they can add another twist, in came another one. I cried when Channing tatum saved the day even though everyone watching and characters in the movie knew he was gonna save that boy jamie. From the bred 4s, to Jamie being shot twice and still keeping his glasses in tact. I love this MOVIE
