So it's safe to say Jordan Peele is a one hit wonder right?

[jilla82]

It’s actually time to revisit Get Out but ima mind my business

I always thought it was mid

it falls into the same trap most black film/tv of the current gen does.
Gets a pass because it attracts liberal white and blacks because it tells of a story of black victimhood

So you feel good watching it.

shyts getting old like slave movies.

 

[Justise M]

Is nope better than us? Cause I didn't like us but going to see this soon

 

[Piff Perkins]

It’s actually time to revisit Get Out but ima mind my business

I've only seen 10-20 minutes of Us (on television) and haven't seen Nope, but I kinda agree. Most of Get Out is really good, great in fact. But the final act gets very spotty. The entire escape, him facing off against the dad and son...that shyt doesn't work. The final confrontation with the girlfriend is fine, I'm talking about the stuff before that.

People constantly compare him to all these great filmmakers but it seems like he's the black M Night. Even going into sci fi with this new film is exactly what M Night did with his third film too (Signs).

 

[KingJay]

Nope

Our community just loves to tear our own down. shyt’s sad

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Nope

Our community just loves to tear our own down. shyt’s sad

You can give him props for what he's doing, but also admit that his work doesn't always hit. People do it all the time in the real world. It's that same talking points that people use to defend Tyler Perry and his mediocre work. Your work won't always be a hit and it shouldn't be immune from criticism.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Get Out was just cool to me, didn't finish Us
Nope! Was his best movie to date

I agree

 

[Left.A1]

Us was mid … not terrible but just a lot of build up for a half baked payoff

I liked the CandyMan joint actually I though that was good

And I haven’t seen NOPE yet

But basically that’s a pretty decent track record …every drop won’t be a classic but as long as they aren’t straight WACK he’s good in my book …too many nikkas get caught in this binary classic or trash feedback loop …that’s shyts corny

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

The M Night for Gen Z.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I don’t care how he viewed negative wise

At least the brother making movies that’s not the same gang related, ex con leaves prison to clean his life but fall back into the game, bad black relationships or a single mom struggling with addiction looking for love, etc

I’m going to check it out tomorrow

This. I don't watch a lot of blk films for this very reason. I love when blk are doing sci-fi and other out of the box storylines.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I always thought it was mid

it falls into the same trap most black film/tv of the current gen does.
Gets a pass because it attracts liberal white and blacks because it tells of a story of black victimhood

So you feel good watching it.

shyts getting old like slave movies.

Breh you see it too

Like I get it, black folks got it ROUGH, including this marsupial that identifies of such a powerful form of human being. Yet, its beating a dead fukking horse with every movie being a social experiment. How come we can't have movies on the level of Sleepless in Seattle? Why black folks can't go to space without being food to monsters? Why every flick has to be a struggle and some change. For the life of me, I wish we could go back to the days of "The Best Man". Movies where black people weren't a political scheme but normal human fukking beings.

Flicks like "Get Out", "The Help", and etc kills the vibe of what we stand for. I just want a black movie on the level of a Criterion release without some sort of gay, struggle, interracial, I need vindication and validation from another race because the directors look at black folks as a entire donkey to put the tail on, type of movies.

 

[DropTopDoc]

I liked us, and get out. The biggest issue is we type cast people, unless he does another get out then folks get mad, it’s ok to do different

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

This. I don't watch a lot of blk films for this very reason. I love when blk are doing sci-fi and other out of the box storylines.

True, but can it just be on the level of just a regular movie beyond the "gotcha" message? It gets to a point where I just want a pure black flick that focuses on the positive vibes and not a fukking struggle. I know black folks that legit have it good and fall in love with black mates, have strong black families, and do normal everyday shyt. Lets focus on that element. How about a Blade Runner type of flick with a all black cast ? Maybe a kid movie that has a bunch of Yu Gi Oh card collectors going ham in high school. Just something besides sensationalism.

I been reading the Miles Davis book and dude hit the hammer on the nail as far as cinema is concerned. Dude talked about how he was tired of cacs in movies and wanted to see black folks in flicks outside of the "Sambo" bullshyt. He said it himself, that it feels like he's wasting money on white flicks because its always the same shyt.

I just hope before my furry ass becomes extinct that black folks will finally have flicks that escapes the typical tropes and the gotcha political schemes.

 

[KingJay]

You can give him props for what he's doing, but also admit that his work doesn't always hit. People do it all the time in the real world. It's that same talking points that people use to defend Tyler Perry and his mediocre work. Your work won't always be a hit and it shouldn't be immune from criticism.

We attack our own stronger than any other community and hold people to insane standards. If Jordan Peele makes a good movie, tons of folks wanna come out of the woodwork and shyt on it because it’s not a Get Out level classic

Everyone has an individual right to criticism, but community wide trends are different than that and this has been a long-standing fact about the black community. Any denial of that is just willful ignorance

 

[Unknown Poster]

I have yet to see the movie so I'll save all judgments until after I do.

 

[humminbird]

True, but can it just be on the level of just a regular movie beyond the "gotcha" message? It gets to a point where I just want a pure black flick that focuses on the positive vibes and not a fukking struggle. I know black folks that legit have it good and fall in love with black mates, have strong black families, and do normal everyday shyt. Lets focus on that element. How about a Blade Runner type of flick with a all black cast ? Maybe a kid movie that has a bunch of Yu Gi Oh card collectors going ham in high school. Just something besides sensationalism.

I been reading the Miles Davis book and dude hit the hammer on the nail as far as cinema is concerned. Dude talked about how he was tired of cacs in movies and wanted to see black folks in flicks outside of the "Sambo" bullshyt. He said it himself, that it feels like he's wasting money on white flicks because its always the same shyt.

I just hope before my furry ass becomes extinct that black folks will finally have flicks that escapes the typical tropes and the gotcha political schemes.

this is something we really need. We need more films of black people just being people.