Ryan Coogler & Michael B. Jordan vampire film "Sinners"

[sdizzle]

Late train, finally saw it today.

Too me it was a 50/50 in likability. Great ideals, but it wasn't fully executed imo. I'm in the Mississippi Delta(Greenville) 3-4 times a year visiting and even though this was shot in Louisiana, it looked spot on. Good acting, but at times it was a little too try hard in trying to sound and act old school Southern at times. It needed to focus more on whose story this is about instead of spreading things around so much. Since MBJ is the star the focus should've been solely on the twins and made Sammie and everybody else purely secondary from start to finish.

A ton of switch ups in the story. The twins were throwing money around like it was nothing, but then they said they were up short and the mixed chick Mary was like, "Lets go get those white folks (the vampires) in and get their money so we can make profit." Which one is it, we're they ballin' or not? It was stuff like that, story switching up, all throughout the film just to move from one scene to the next. Also needed to explain how the vampires couldn't come in the building until they were invited in. I didn't quite get that. Was this inspired from the TV show "From"? But on "From" the town-people have talisman hanging from their doors which keeps the monsters out. I didn't get why the vampires couldn't just run into the house and wreck sh*t up in this. And the KKK scene at the end was off even though I know folks wanted to see that. I was just wondering why they didn't have their Klan costumes on. Some of the Klan socialized and moved within the black community and the hoods and robes kept their identities secret for who they truly were. The flick was cool. Not Coogler's best though from a story standpoint. Everything was in place except piecing the story together properly. 6.5/10

MBJ wasnt the star, Sammie was

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Now my chick wants me to eat her out….. thanks coogler

 

[Bryan Danielson]

 

[Rell84shots]

Surpassed its break even number, so everything now is all profit.

 

[Rell84shots]

Great movie

Just tired of people talking about hidden messages this hidden messages into that

What's wrong with discussing messages that are clearly there?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

i watched this film because of the buzz. it's underwhelming. the history baked into it is great and it shows a lot of promise but it never came together for me. my criticism is more about pacing and music choices. the movie wanted to explore a lot of territory but it didn't cover any of it well. just rushed through referencing shyt and then boom vampires.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Watching now

 

[Pack2]

Also needed to explain how the vampires couldn't come in the building until they were invited in. I didn't quite get that. Was this inspired from the TV show "From"? But on "From" the town-people have talisman hanging from their doors which keeps the monsters out. I didn't get why the vampires couldn't just run into the house and wreck sh*t up in this.

Vampires needing to be invited into an occupant’s house or dwelling is a very old and common trope in vampire movies and stories. They didn’t need to explain this IMO.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Only "bad" part was pacing and like others said it felt like they were trying to put multiple premises in one 2 hour movie but they pulled it off as best as they could. 8.5/10 or 9/10.

Spoiler: My only question is..

How did the vampires just bust in towards the end like that without being invited it?

 

[Pack2]

Only "bad" part was pacing and like others said it felt like they were trying to put multiple premises in one 2 hour movie but they pulled it off as best as they could. 8.5/10 or 9/10.

Spoiler: My only question is..

How did the vampires just bust in towards the end like that without being invited it?

Spoiler: Answer

Grace Chow yelled “Come on in!” Because she was scared they would head into town and harm other people, especially her daughter. They made a threat about getting her daughter, who was back in town watching their shop.

 

[NobodyReally]

Late train, finally saw it today.

Too me it was a 50/50 in likability. Great ideals, but it wasn't fully executed imo. I'm in the Mississippi Delta(Greenville) 3-4 times a year visiting and even though this was shot in Louisiana, it looked spot on. Good acting, but at times it was a little too try hard in trying to sound and act old school Southern at times. It needed to focus more on whose story this is about instead of spreading things around so much. Since MBJ is the star the focus should've been solely on the twins and made Sammie and everybody else purely secondary from start to finish.

A ton of switch ups in the story. The twins were throwing money around like it was nothing, but then they said they were up short and the mixed chick Mary was like, "Lets go get those white folks (the vampires) in and get their money so we can make profit." Which one is it, we're they ballin' or not? It was stuff like that, story switching up, all throughout the film just to move from one scene to the next. Also needed to explain how the vampires couldn't come in the building until they were invited in. I didn't quite get that. Was this inspired from the TV show "From"? But on "From" the town-people have talisman hanging from their doors which keeps the monsters out. I didn't get why the vampires couldn't just run into the house and wreck sh*t up in this. And the KKK scene at the end was off even though I know folks wanted to see that. I was just wondering why they didn't have their Klan costumes on. Some of the Klan socialized and moved within the black community and the hoods and robes kept their identities secret for who they truly were. The flick was cool. Not Coogler's best though from a story standpoint. Everything was in place except piecing the story together properly. 6.5/10

Sammie is the actual center of the movie. It's his music that draws the vampires. Also, vampire lore 101 is that they must be invited in, this has been been a feature of many movies and TV shows from The Lost Boys to Let The Right One In and Vampire Diaries. It's just the lore.

 

[BlackAchilles]

This movie has insane legs

 

[pete clemenza]

Vampires needing to be invited into an occupant’s house or dwelling is a very old and common trope in vampire movies and stories. They didn’t need to explain this IMO.

Noted and stored for future reference.. but I don't feel this is common knowledge. Vampire films and shows aren't that common as other horror or slasher flicks. One line from Annie, who btw had all the answers throughout the film, could've easily said, "A vampire must be invited in before they can step into a house" would only take one second and explain the entire scenario fully.

Sammie is the actual center of the movie. It's his music that draws the vampires. Also, vampire lore 101 is that they must be invited in, this has been been a feature of many movies and TV shows from The Lost Boys to Let The Right One In and Vampire Diaries. It's just the lore.

Gotcha

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Sammie is the actual center of the movie. It's his music that draws the vampires. Also, vampire lore 101 is that they must be invited in, this has been been a feature of many movies and TV shows from The Lost Boys to Let The Right One In and Vampire Diaries. It's just the lore.

I never really watched anything with vampires that I noticed that… thanks

 

[pete clemenza]

MBJ wasnt the star, Sammie was

MBJ is the star. He's the face of the entire movie and the promotional campaign