Black Movies in the 90s Are Better Than Black Movies in the 2000s

[William F. Russell]

Just realized that in the 90s, black movies were high quality, quite diverse in subject matter, and created an overall positive image of blacks. At the very least, the movies didn't depict blacks as a monolithic group. However, since the 2000s, the majority of black movies have either been slave films or c00nish Tyler Perry movies.

What do you guys think?

What do you guys believe has caused the downward spiral in the overall quality of black movies?


90s (Best) Black Movies:
Malcolm X
Do The Right Thing
Boyz N The Hood
Friday
Above the Rim
New Jack City
South Central
Menace II Society
Higher Learning
Dead Presidents
Posse
Poetic Justice
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Nutty Professor
Mo' Money
Set It Off
Strictly Business
Life
Juice
Jackie Brown
Clockers
House Party
Jason's Lyric
Belly
Bad Boys
Crooklyn
He Got Game
Eve's Bayou
The Wood
Sarafina
The Color Purple


2000s (Best) Black Movies:
Love & Basketball
Brother to Brother
Pursuit of Happyness
City of God
Antwone Fisher
Hotel Rwanda
Bamboozled
Barbershop
Baby Boy
John Q
Brown Sugar
Ray
Ali
Undercover Brother
Akeelah and the Bee
Coach Carter
Deliver Us From Eva
Training Day
~crapload of Tyler Perry movies

 

[cylde21]

Yeah its not hard to beat when mainstream media/domiant society push slave movies or black men submissive portrays or just sterotypical acts and give it good reviews and award degrading images of black masses.Edit: and anything that requires more than being one dimensional ,or being an saviour who has power or just postive modern relevant images are rarely being pushed and funded

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

city of god the GOAT tho

 

[William F. Russell]

city of god the GOAT tho

Yeah, City of God is my barometer for great movies. It's simply incomparable.

 

[William F. Russell]

Yeah its not hard to beat when mainstream media/domiant society push slave movies or black men submissive portrays or just sterotypical acts and give it good reviews and award degrading of images.

True. But, to me, it seems as if more positive/diverse black movies were made, even though some were not awarded/critically praised. Why the the quality in our movies dip so noticeably? Did black actors/directors/producers sell out?

 

[Uncle Trill]

Everything was better in the 90's

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

Well, everything in the 90s is better than everything in the 2000s except advancements in technology and computers

 

[William F. Russell]

Well, everything in the 90s is better than everything in the 2000s except advancements in technology and computers

What about sports?

 

[Bsmitty156]

Yea everything in the 90s was better. I don't think it's about the actors for movies being better just society. The whole climate makes up what people want to see and connect to easier. Entertainment changes because we change. So sadly, we connect to the rachetness today (black and white) so we're fed rachetness.

 

[Luck]

Is this even debatable?

Only thing that was worse in the 90s is the fukkbois born in that decade

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

What about sports?

Jordan and the dream team, Kobe, Iverson, Magic, Isiah Thomas, Vince, Mcgrady, Ray Allen, Penny, Shaq, Kevin Garnett etc >>>Lebron, KD and company

Tyson in the 90s was the last time ppl cared bout the heavyweight division

John Elway, Troy Aikman, Mccnab, Randy Moss, Bret Favre, Bo jackson, Dan Marino, Emmit Smith, Deion Sanders, Terrel Owens etc....were beasting

90s MLB Home run race with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr, Barry Bonds attempting to break Roger Maris record


The only sport that's better now than it was in the 90s is MMA/UFC

 

[BodieBroadus]

Leave off the GOAT, breh.

Edit: '89, but this shyt was on steady repeat throughout erry bit a' tha 90s.

 

[William F. Russell]

Jordan and the dream team, Kobe, Iverson, Magic, Isiah Thomas, Vince, Mcgrady, Ray Allen, Penny, Shaq, Kevin Garnett etc >>>Lebron, KD and company

Tyson in the 90s was the last time ppl cared bout the heavyweight division

John Elway, Troy Aikman, Mccnab, Randy Moss, Bret Favre, Bo jackson, Dan Marino, Emmit Smith, Deion Sanders, Terrel Owens etc....were beasting

90s MLB Home run race with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr, Barry Bonds attempting to break Roger Maris record


The only sport that's better now than it was in the 90s is MMA/UFC

Well put.

But what about sports like Tennis, Soccer, and Golf?

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

I've never seen Harlem nights ima watch it tonight.

 

[Primetime21]

Just because a movie has some black characters doesnt make it a black movie