| 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'm pretty much of this mind. In a way it's that way with all directors and such, but the Black directors and writers are hit harder just due to there being so few in the first place.
Ice Cube comedies... still trying to wrap my head around that one. Kid's today don't even realize that at one point Ice Cube was the exact opposite of family friendly.
