| d21lewis said: Back when I was younger, we had movies like "The Best Man", "Soul Food", "Malcolm X", and "Boyz in the Hood". These were black movies with strong directors, high production values, and powerful messages. The state of black cinema today is a little depressing. We don't have Spike Lee, the Hughes Brothers, Mario Van Peebles, or anyone of that caliber. We have Tyler Perry. Piss poor acting, embarrassing comedy, disjointed story telling, and forced messages. I like SOME of the movies and I loved them as plays (espescially "I can Do Bad"...) but goddam. How did we fall so far so fast? Go watch New Jersey Drive, Menace II Society, Color Purple (Spielber directed), or Rosewood. Then tell me Tyler Perry is deserving of higher reviews. Sorry. I'm just frustrated. Even Ice Cube's comedies rank higher, to me. |
I know those movies in your post are good but 2.8? The movie is not that bad.
I also love the so call blaxpoitation movies like super fly and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
But Tyler Perry's movies put me in a good damn mood
