First off, Happy (Day After) Father’s Day to all the father’s of VSB. Good job.
This past weekend, I finally saw Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail. Now slap me silly and call me Susan, but it seems to me like his movies are getting better. Granted, Madea Goes To Jail seemed like two movies that they tried to make into one (there were actually times that I forgot I was watching a Madea-focused movie) but I wasn’t appalled at myself after it went off. And I’ve been mad at myself for watching Tyler Perry movies before.
Now that isn’t to say that it was a great movie or anything, but I found it entertaining enough. I know that sounds like blasphemy but I’m going to run blasphemy into the ground today so strap up, Sally Ride.
Tyler Perry movies serve as a perfect segue into thinking about some movies that actually are much better than they’re given credit for because, well, most of his movies completely suck. Then again, maybe we’re looking at them wrong, and his movies aren’t the only ones. You see there are two movies that are way better than they get credit for and today, they’re going to get their due.
And what movies are those?
Baby Boy and You Got Served
Yes, today, you suckas are gonna get served.
I think I’ve discovered why most people think both of these movies are horrible. And its a reason I can understand but one I’m going to have to ask that folks get over to appreciate the wonderment that was created for our viewing pleasure.
People have trouble suspending reality when it comes to some black movies – myself included.
I don’t think that’s fair. For instance, with Baby Boy, people just had a hard time believing that Tyrese was a hood dude that could wield a gun and be hard in any way shape or form. I’ll admit, it’s a major leap of faith but get this, we all believed Ice Cube was hard as hell in NWA and Boyz N Da Hood and believed he was the scariest person alive in 1991. Tyrese can’t get NO LEEWAY???? Cube was never the thugged out gangsta he portrayed himself to be, hell neither was Dr. Dre for that matter. We suspended reality then and believed these were the hardest cats alive. Cut Tyrese a break already.
The same has to be done for You Got Served, which to me is one of the best comedies of the past 20 years. To enjoy this movie you have to pretend that dancers are the cool cats in the hood and can simultaneously be drug runners, which is a major subplot of the movie. Yes, I know that’s a lot to ask, but if you can get past that, well you have a pretty damn good movie on your hands.
Now that we’ve gotten past the suspension of reality, let’s discuss what makes these movies great. I’m a fella that likes consistency. Both of these movies have total consistency in the terribleness of the acting. I almost think Jon Singleton told everybody on the set of Baby Boy, “look, I know you all thought you were coming to work on a serious movie and some of you have trained as actors/actresses…yeah thats great. F*ck all that, just do what comes natural and we’ll roll film.”
Though we have horrible acting, we have consistently horrible acting throughout the movies. This makes for a paradigm shift of good acting. Essentially, the bare minimum becomes the status quo and voila!!! You’ve got quality acting, relative to the movie. This leads to some memorable scenes and complete unpredictability.
For instance, due to some horrible writing and craptastic plot development, stuff happens that you just don’t see coming – at all. Who could have really predicted that MH and Omarion would be DRUG RUNNERS??? Talk about pulling some sh*t out of you’re a**. Who could predict that Omar Gooding, Jr. would be the HARDCORE cat in a movie and be a cold murderer?
Who could predict that Ving Rhames would have soliloquies about “guns and butter”, “Oedipus complexes”, and drink Kool-Aid buckey nekkid in a kitchen?
Who could predict that a 9-year-old boy would be the hardest chap in You Got Served and would be the one to get murdered kickin’ it with his boys?? Umm…how many people know 9-year-olds who go ridin’ on the hood and end up murdered? Only in LA, I suppose. How many 9 year old gangstas do you know that want to become dancers instead, since that’s the cool thing to do once you’ve maxed out on possibilities from gangbangin??? At 9?
watch sweet land online You can’t tell me you saw that coming. Actually you probably can’t tell me you saw You Got Served, but you get my point.
Fact is, those movies are great when viewed properly even though about 90 percent of folks think they suck. But today…
…you suckas got served a reason to look at them differently.
Those are two of my pesonal favorite great terrible movies? What are some other movies that are actually great despite the bad wrap they get?
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-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka TANGLE JIG P aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL, HE A 3
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@Panama: Bro, you lost your mind for about two seconds. Even before I keep reading and allow you to explain your theory…
You Got Served is one of the worst movies ever made. Omarion, Batman and Co. should never ever be allowed anywhere near a camera ever again. And thinking about that film only makes me think of “No Chris, No Chris NO” Stokes. SMH.
The only thing good about that movie was Jennifer Nicole Freeman. Period. The End. Ha Finuto.
OK, back to reading. I’ll comment again when finished.
@thismayconcernyou,
OK, I just served myself for commenting before I finished reading the post. The sarcasm is on point … But I still contend that I’d rather go to YouTube and watch 2 Girls, 1 Cup (never seen it) for two hours straight than watch Omarion or Batman act again …
On Baby Boy, IDK. I actually kinda like the film … although it’s horrific. I laugh every time someone tells me they’re making tacos at home thanks to Taraji P. Henson … and I couldn’t get enough of Jody’s mom saying “Please believe me.”
A Few Other Bad Movies I Love:
Hav Plenty, Breakin All The Rules and Armageddon…
@thismayconcernyou,
Watching Breaking All the Rules right now! Luv it!
@Nola Darling,
I love the premise of the movie, but I absolutely hate that Daniel Tapitz decided to write that Gabby Union looks like Halle Berry. All black people look alike, right? Massive fail.
@thismayconcernyou, yeah, that was a massive fail on his part. for white people maybe it was believable but every Black person I know was like WHAT?!?!?!
@Panama Jackson,
I watched Baby Boy after reading this post … and saying Gabby looks like Halle is like when Peanut tells his one clothing “customer” that she looks better than Tyra Banks.
*crickets*
But Peanut was selling a lie, and he knew it. Foxx’s character was trying to sell a 2520′s truth. Not cool. Again, massive fail.
Tyler Perry is awesome for giving new black actors a shot and resurrecting the careers of older black actors that struggle to find work. The only movie I can watch more than once is Diary of a Mad Black Woman. I saw Madea Goes to Jail and the movie was chugging along nicely but then it took a GIANT LEAP (no mother may I ?) to get to the end. Unacceptable.
Next is Belly. Nas & T-Boz leave no bad acting stone unturned. Yet I really enjoy this movie in all of its greasy black people glory.
Followed by State Property. Get down or lay down? Please don’t kill me Beans. Two thumbs up.
Last, I present Booty Call. Bunz & Lysterine anyone?
@Nola Darling,
“Please don’t kill me Beans”…lmmfao!!!…OH sh*t..HAHA
Booty call was funny alright, i liked that movie
@Nola Darling, people sleep on State Property’s comedic value.
@Mr. Mister,
yes. Yes they do.
“You better come with my money in a hurry, cuz if you don’t its a high probability that your girl MIGHT come back pregnant. Cuz she’s kinda cute, and I’m diggin her feet”
Classic.
@Dante_Alexander,
I FORGOT about that line.
**dearly departed**
@Nola Darling,
Belly, without a doubt, goes up here.
Without X being himself, we’d have no reason to watch other than Nas to give us emotionless lines like:
“Ayo, T. I been thinkin… Let’s go to Africa.”
His screen tests must have been off the CHARTS.
@Dante_Alexander,
nas was jus bein nas I liked the way he played the character it was real and believable
@Nola Darling, both State Property movies were greatly horrible. It’s like all of them were trying to be too cool to be actors…while they were acting. terrible.
i wish i had the kind of money to do vanity projects like that.
@Nola Darling,
I will have to agree with Belly too. That movie was so awful it was great.
Which leads me to Shottas. I love that movie. Despite the fact that the little boys in the beginning of the movie looked NOTHING like the men they grew up to be.
@V Renee,
“NOTHING like the men they grew up to be.”
“Weeeeeaaaaan!” (Wayne)
LMAO!! But Spragga and Kymani are so fine, I didn’t even mind. *blushes*
@Me fail english?,
Shottas is my shiiiiiiiii also except Lennox from Belly was a lil bia-bia
True. Ox was kinda lame in shottas. All layin up in the jacuzzi? Straight slippin.
@Nola Darling,
Speaking of State Prop, I’d like to nominate Dame Dash’s son for the world’s sorriest cameo appearance. I have never seen worst acting. And it was ONE effing line. Never before, have you witnessed such automatonicness and roboticism as when the line was uttered, “Psych, I always been fresh to death”. I thought his sprockets were gonna explode and his chassis would surely melt under the extreme heat.
On the flipside, I thought Freeway was alright.
@Nola Darling, State Prop, especially #2, are some of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. They legititmately had a character called El Pollo Loco (played by Nore, the only non spanish speaking PR who reps so hard)
@Peysonic Temple #69,
yea he had his bay area slang in full effect “forshiggadale”? really Nore
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I’m not even from the bay and I noticed this too. This fool is a real life Queens dude playing like he’s from Philly by way of Miami talking bout “U fid-id-id-eel me?”
Someone buy this man an identity.
4real i thought i was tha only one who made the script? 4shiggidale I know e-40 was like dam somebody betta cut me a check
@Nola Darling,
Belly is a Great movie Hype Williams is a great producer The acting was coo for rappers thas my shiiiiiiiiii
@thismayconcernyou, you know, despite the fact tha Hav Plenty is a plenty terrible movie, I watch it every time it comes on. Same with G.
Chenoa Maxwell has to be one of THE worst actresses like ever, yet she entertains me so much. Especially in Hav Plenty. Her attitude seemed so retardedly fabricated.
I almost wonder if these directors in these movies just say, “look, anything you’ve learned in acting school..yeah, f*ck that…just do what you feel…and oh yeah, one take so make it a good one.”
@Panama Jackson,
Here we go Panama … “40 ounces of love … so intoxicating … 40 ounces of love … so inebriating … girl I’m getting drunk off you …”
That humor is ridiculous. But Hav Plenty actually has a good message. If it was remade with a real budget, it could do damage at the box office.
Just wonder who’d play Babyface and Tracey, cause they sure in the hell wouldn’t do that together.
tyrese playing the character of jody wasn’t the issue for me in Baby Boy. i dislike the movie becuz i think it’s a bad movie. the terrible acting aside, the plot wasn’t good and did not really (to me) address the greater dilemma, as presented in the first 30sec or so of the movie, about the maturing (or lack thereof) of adolescent males in the “hood”.
there are SO many things wrong in that movie that i won’t even get into. but the one thing that was completely ignored and unnecessary was jody’s other child. what ever happened to her?? they NEVER revisit her or the baby mama. they only focus on jody’s relationship with yvette and their son.
now if you just look at it from a comical perspective, it’s mildly entertaining. who doesn’t like to scream “JODY! JODY!” in that annoying high pitched voice that taraji has as yvette?? and the character rodney — pure comedy when he kicks through the pillows around jody/yvette’s son and says “f*ck yo lil fort”.
i basically can’t really find a way to make this movie NOT get it’s “bad wrap”… cuz it deserves it imho.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay, “i dislike the movie becuz i think it’s a bad movie. the terrible acting aside, the plot wasn’t good and did not really (to me) address the greater dilemma, as presented in the first 30sec or so of the movie, about the maturing (or lack thereof) of adolescent males in the “hood”. ”
That was my problem with the movie. The acting and plot was not good and it was hard to get through the whole movie.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
“f*ck yo lil fort”
HEEYIKHEEYIK *wild hyena laughter*
@Me fail english?,
lolololol ole snoop in the wife beater lol aka monty burns long lost son
@BLUNTBLAZER,
“monty burns long lost son”
Exxxxxcellent!
@Me fail english?,
Did I ever tell you how I love that your very moniker is a daily reminder of how much I adore Ralph Wiggum? Because I do.
“That’s unpossible!” and “This tomacco tastes like grandma” is full of greatness.
@Cheekie,
lol!
“Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and then the baby looked at me.”
Ralph is def in my top 3 Simpsons characters with Burns and Moe
@Me fail english?,
Oh hells yes. You rounded out my favorite Ralph quotables with that one! That definitely makes the tummy hurt.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Hee! Right, he looks like he can’t pick up a toothpick. Like how Mr. Burns is always struggling with the lightest objects. lol
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay, so what you’re saying is that Jon Singleton has no effin’ clue what he’s doing.
In Higher Learning he did TOO much, in Baby Boy he didn’t address enough.
he has a problem with the happy medium. and no discussion of Jon Singleton is complete without mentioning the GREATNESS that is Poetic Justice.
seriously, Poetic Justice may be the most important movie in Black History.
or not.
@Panama Jackson,
poetic justice was good becuz JS wasn’t trying too hard to make the movie deep (aside from all the poetic soliloquies). it just ran it’s course without a lot of fuss. it had enough moments to tap into the view’s many different emotions. the acting wasn’t great, but the plot was good enough for a complete story.
@Panama Jackson,
I liked Poetic Justice. And it earned major points for having a character named Chicago.
Like, who DOES that to their child? Hilarious.
@Cheekie, i’m gonna go ahead and take a shot in the dark and say that Chicago was his nickname, cuz he was from Chicago and his real name was something like Arthur. i have no proof, but i’m just guessing dude’s real name wasn’t Chicago.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
Oh those were great moments! I love baby boy, not in spite of its horribleness, but because of it. It’s one of those “it’s so bad it’s good” movies. I loved every wretched moment! Especially at the end when omar gooding prays and askes God for forgiveness because he’s a dumb ninja and thus not accountable for his actions, and on top of that askes for protection from some other ninja’s they about to do a drive by on–CLASSIC!!! It hurts so good!
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
“f*ck yo lil fort”.
YES! I wanna build some obnoxious little kid’s pillow fort MYSELF just so I can knock it down and say this. Wish I looked malnutritioned in a wife-beater because then it would be art.
@Cheekie,
LMBAO@ the visual of you playing nice just to be able to kick the zhit over and make the baby cry!
@Me fail english?,
And I want to specifically do this to those precocious little kids who are wittier than I was at that age. HATE.
@Cheekie,
NOT build some little’s kids fort only to knock it down. wowsers!! *dead*
and yes, the super tall, malnourished look in a white wife-b is a MUST!
I think Baby Boy is a good film, minus some somewhat over the top dialogue moments and the presence of Snoop. Yes I die laughing every time I hear “F*ck yo lil fort” too, but I can’t take him seriously EVER. I’d like to believe there was some sort of poiganant irony in Singleton’s casting of one of the biggest living coons who is an eternal 19 year old in a film that deals with adulthood, but truth of the matter is that I am one of the few residents of Negronia who really hates Snoop. Le sigh. But not believing Tyrese wasn’t an issue for me. He’s a capable actor, I rode with him and lil Gooding (who is a better actor to me than his brother). Plus, Jody wasn’t hard, that was a big theme of the movie. He was grasping at masculinity as best as he could. I think the bigger problem was later on, when he believed he was hard in real life and tried to rap. Four words for you, Jody: “the My Way video”. Two more: “CHIN PIERCING”!
The only (other) bad part of Baby Boy was Mo’Nique’s then-huge arse saying she wore a size 16. I was a 16 back then and took deep offense to that. She was a 24 at the least.
I never saw U Got Served. I’m good on that.
I think She Hate Me is a great, terrible movie. It was about too many daggone things, but it was entertaining if not completely WTF and absurd. I’d say Girl 6 as well, because it was so universally panned. But I’d call that a “great, okay movie” or just a good movie.
@Sister Toldja,
“F*ck yo lil fort” too”
Thank you for bringing this back into play. I had totally forgotten about it …
@Sister Toldja,
“…Wash all my sins away so they can open up them gates for me. I don’t want Jesus to be like, ‘Turn yo ass around lil ni@@a.’” ~ Omar Gooding’s character in Baby Boy ….
SMH.
@thismayconcernyou, that scene alone made me revisit my life as a thugged out econ major. so much unintentional comedy. i love it.
@thismayconcernyou,
That line had me dying! Appearantly, Jesus is a thug too!
@Sister Toldja,
“The only (other) bad part of Baby Boy was Mo’Nique’s then-huge arse saying she wore a size 16. I was a 16 back then and took deep offense to that. She was a 24 at the least. ”
LOL!!!! As a member of team chunk, I’ve been calling Mo’Nique out for years…especially back then, she wasn’t fooling NOBODY!
@Sister Toldja,
lol. Yeah, I think that was one of the running jokes in the movie. That “Black Ty” was not hard at all. He was loser with a pissy attitude…which I can certainly believe.
I even bought Omar “Wild & Crazy Kids” Gooding’s gangster.
I just love when the hairdresser says he’s “gon squeeze [his] tiny asz in this” and then makes the popping sound with his mouth. LOL!
@Me fail english?,
“I just love when the hairdresser says he’s “gon squeeze [his] tiny asz in this” and then makes the popping sound with his mouth. LOL!”
YES! My bro-in-law gets hella angry when he does that.
Also, I wanted to kick Ving Rames’ arse in that movie…man his character was mad annoying with all that “you youngins don’t know nothing” jive turkey talk. But, my little self woulda just hen-pecked him behind his back just like Jody did. I ain’t even gonna front. That mf probably couldn’t broke my arm with his lip.
@Me fail english?,
Oh my, I forgot all about “Wild and Crazy Kids”. I used to watch that on Nickelodeon. *sniff* To be young again *sigh*.
@Sister Toldja,
I also think Baby Boy was a good movie… because it actually attempted to answer some serious questions about serious and real situations… The psychological background of it all gives it some credence IMHO.
Also, I think that about 95 percent of the people who comment on this blog could write a better screenplay than Tyler Perry.
His story lines are remedial. Take this for example: How many times did Tyler Perry’s character in “Why Did I Get Married?” have to remind someone who already knew his occupation that he was a doctor? SMH.
I still support all of his non-Madea-laced films because he is getting better. But I don’t think the Academy is gonna come calling anytime soon.
@thismayconcernyou, LOL! “Could you believe, my dear friend, that when we were roomates in college where we attended together and became friends which we still are some 20 years later, that you would be a sucessful doctor and I a government contractor and that we would both have shaky relationships with our wives and middle class lifestyles?” I think that was a direct quote.
@Sister Toldja,
The one that got me was when dude was coming at him with his “IT BUUURRRNSS” situation, and he was like .. “Hello, I am a doctor.”
Well no sh1t, Sherlock. That’s why he came to you. Get his a$$ some medicine and stop spewing sh1t that we already know. You’re wasting my damn time. smh.
@Sister Toldja, that one scene was definitely a stretch. however, i don’t actually think they over did it too much on that end. in fact, i think that was the only scene were they specifically and overtly stated what htey were doing…and i’m guessing its bc TP had no clue how else to write it in.
The Best Man had a similar scene when all four of them were playing cards and Taye Diggs went out of his way to mention that Morris Chestnutt graduated Summa Cum Laude, etc. And talking about Merch’s lawyer possibilities, etc.
sometimes i think these folks just dont know how create dialogue that isn’t so in your face…but they’ll sacrfice one scene for it.
d’oh well.
@thismayconcernyou, I’m not going to lie… Seeing grown up Rudy portray a prostitute…. not believeable to me. The attitude…all that made me giggle.
I’ll stick to the plays…at least there the over acting is accepted.
@Ro,
Google thismayconcernyou and Rudy Huxtable… this is my hope for Rudy. Not the crackwhorish prostitution. lol.
@Ro, you know what made it unbelievable to me?
them hoez were SO dirty. in ATL, most of our hoez look way cleaner then that. I mean the wigs were terrible. back in the day, on Stewart Ave (or more recently Metropolitan) the tricks looked pretty well put together. I mean ATL is a pretty chick city, the competition is steep. you cant’ just show up looking like a dirty yamp. You got to be nice and clean lookin’.
plus, she looked dirty as hell but had the best set of pearly whites you ever did see.
she needed more people.
and on another note, there were so many plot holes in that movie.but its a TP movie, they all have plot holes.
@Ro,
i think i read in essence “rudy” was saying she had to talk to women who’d been on drugs to get down the “addict” part. i was like chick please!!! you’s a cokehead if i ever knew one!! it’s no secret around ATL that ms. knight-pulliam likes to PARTAY.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay, lol. so true. did you read her interview where she laughed off the rumors of her “use”. as if to say she never did that…LOL.
we don’t believe you…cuz lots of us have seen you…
@thismayconcernyou,
“How many times did Tyler Perry’s character in “Why Did I Get Married?” have to remind someone who already knew his occupation that he was a doctor? SMH.”
C’mon now…you know that’s REAL LIFE. Doctors always feel the need to make themselves feel better by announcing the fact that they are a “doctor”.
@Monk,
Maybe your doctor or the MDs that are just finishing medical school and are amped to put M.D. behind there names. But not a seasoned doctor. That ish is annoying as hell.
What Tyler Perry did with that character in that movie is akin to some hoodrat tattooing her own name on her person.
Do you really think that you’re going to forget your name? Do you think that you’re going to forget that you’re a doctor? smh. lol.
@thismayconcernyou,
“Maybe your doctor or the MDs that are just finishing medical school and are amped to put M.D. behind there names. But not a seasoned doctor. That ish is annoying as hell.”
Naah dude…a lot of them are pretentious a$$ holes. There’s no way of getting around that.
@Monk, agreed
Baby boy is one of my favorite comedies! I keep it right next to the Will Ferrell movies.
You got Served…. *sigh* You got served was and still is a horrible movie to me. I’m sorry but seeing the soul glo from q-ball houston’s head for an hour and a half or the pippy longstocking inspired braids of the icebox king… yea I’ll pass.
@Ro, i love You Got Served. i laughed so hard the first time I watched it. i was like, how come nobody else see’s the unintentional comedy in this.
great great horrible movie.
@Panama Jackson, 1/3 into the movie my posse and i started a drinking game with lemonade cuz it was mid-afternoon and we’re not lushes. But everytime q-ball’s head had a spotlight glisten you throw one back.
Needless to say I’m glad alcohol wasn’t involved….we’d all be dead.
Seriously I’ve been telling people for years now that Baby Boy is the funniest unintentional comedy ever created and no movie shall take the throne. I mean Snoop is the villain. I know it has been said already but everyone needs to know Snoop is the villain. The guns and butter scene, the scene when Snoop calls the house and Tyrese answers, the scene when they caught the kids that robbed Tyrese, the scene where Ving choked Tyrese out, there are so many classics. I’m laughin just thinkin about it.
I don’t remember You Got Served so I’ll let y’all have that one although I did see it at one point.
@A-Town Genius,
Speaking of Ving……..Holiday Heart.
@Nola Darling, STOP, just stop!
@Nola Darling,
*dead*
I like Tyler Perry movies. The writing could be better in most of his movies, but considering he didn’t get the backing and support from the major film studios/Hollywood like other movies, he’s done a good job.
@Leila,
I think he’s done a good job of filling a void — making black films.
Hollywood stopped seeing them as profitable for some reason or another after about Brown Sugar, which makes little to no sense.
All Tyler did was work his way up, and fill the void — albeit with some trash, specifically Madea, that the city dump wouldn’t accept.
@thismayconcernyou, @ Leila
I think this is a case of opening the fridge to see only ramen noodles and deluding yourself in to beliving that ramen noodles are a nutritional and acceptable meal. In reality, you eat them because that is all you have and memories of the last time you had some fish and broccoli will not fill you up. And so you are appreciative of the person who brought home those noodles, even though they had saved up for quite a while and could have brought you some salmon or at least some whiting. Plus, ramen doesn’t require much thought and can be so easily digested.
I’d say more, but I am gonna save this analogy for my own blog.
@Sister Toldja,
I didn’t get any further than “I think this is a case of opening the fridge to see only ramen noodles and deluding yourself…” before I started laughing.
Your analogy is so on point.
@Sister Toldja,
I absolutely love that you just compared Tyler Perry to Manchurian’s finest product. It’s quite fitting.
I’ve got something for you to play with while writing this … I’m about to DM you. Not that you’d need it.
@Sister Toldja, yeah I tend to agree with you too. despite the fact that they suck, i’m sort of glad that they’re at least getting made. but i often find it difficult to understand why they’re SO beloved. i’ve gotten into heated debates with people about his movies who have defended them as being great and for me hating myself (lots of folks apparently think i hate myself) for not loving them. lol.
@Sister Toldja,
Oooh, what an apt analogy. Co-signage.
@Sister Toldja,
WHat’s your top ramen doing in the fridge?!
I agree with you though. The only thing Tyler Perry is good for is raking in a whole buncha dough so other black films get green-lighted. I hate his films with a passion so deep, my soul’s been displaced.
You Got Served…..UHMMMMM NO COMMENT! (THEN AGAIN….THIS IS THE SAME DUDE THAT SAID THE RAY-J CD WAS HOT *SMH*)
Baby Boy on the other hand I did like. I actually had to go see the movie for an African Studies class. There was no pre-discussion we were just told to go see it. I left the theater thinking it was bad until I got to class. In class we discussed black men & how a lot of black mothers sort of ruin their sons. We looked at the history of black men in America and why as mothers we feel the need to protect our sons in such a manner that we actually stop them from growing. It was a deep convo and I believe that was the point of the movie but I think a lot of this was lost due to poor acting.
So I really do appreciate the message from the movie as a mom & it actually has become one of my favorite movies after that discussion. Also, one of my favorite movie lines “HE DONT LOVE ME NOOOO MO” comes from Baby Boy & the fact that I got to sit and lust over that fine a$$ chocolate chip Tyrese for 90 minutes!!
Watching a Tyler Perry movie is just as bad as reading a “black” novel by one of those authors with initials or 3 d@mn names!!! WE CAN DO BETTER!!!!
@Yaa,
So you mean to tell me that Zane, EJD and E. Lynn aren’t your favorite authors? You disappoint me. *smh* … lol.
@Yaa,
On a basically unrelated note, I cringe when I see profiles (especially of those 18 and under) whose favorite books are “Sex Chronicles,” anything the EJD or Omar Tyree writes (including Flyy Girl), and “The Coldest Winter Ever.”
Nice books? The verdict’s still out on that. I mean they helped pass the time when I had a free hour or so (still haven’t delved into a Zane novel. After reading a chapter in high school I was permanently scarred). Will we learn any lessons from them, literary or otherwise? Probably not.
Bonus points for those whose favorite books are any of the above, preceded by The Bible. Fixeth thy lifeth.
@Beez, I attempted one time to read a EJD novel and 4 paragraphs in, I started sneezing uncontrollably and got a sharp pain in my temples. I thought it was just because spring had started. Then, a few weeks later, I attempted a Zane offering, and felt ill to the pit of my stomach. I realized then…
I’m allergic to bad “literature”.
@blackberry molasses,
yeah, I’ve heard bad literature is one of the main causes of brain cancer in people whose vocabulary surpasses that of an 8th grader. I suggest you stay away from it at all costs….
@Yaa, UHMMMMM NO COMMENT! (THEN AGAIN….THIS IS THE SAME DUDE THAT SAID THE RAY-J CD WAS HOT *SMH*)
so um, have you actually listened to a Ray J CD? now, i’m not saying its Marvin Gaye, but his album Centerview actually was a good album. sure its Ray J, but he did manage to put together a good album. i think folks get more caught up in the fact thatits Ray J, which is fair, that its impossible to look at him in any other light…even though his music is about the same sh*t we all laugh at him about…so its very authentic in that vein.
i like Ray J in general though. i swear i feel like he’d be the perfect hanging partna. you’d get into all kinds of shenanigans dealing with that dude.
and ain’t that what life’s about? shenanigans??
and um, SMH deez.
Shenanigans with Brandy’s Lil Brother?? I would pass!! Yeah I listened to it but I would rather write a research paper with corresponding timelines, charts & exhibits on the disappearance of her hairline than to listen to it again. But to each his own!!
Dayuuum..I gave you props for Baby Boy lets just keep it right there
On the quoteability scale, Baby Boy ranks right up there with The Color Purple and You So Crazy. Can’t count how many times I’ve told a boyfriend “I hate you Jody” after he’s done something good and terrible. That line pretty much deads any argument because you’ll both be on the floor laughing. Quoteworthiness is a good enough reason to rewatch a flick, so I can overlook the acting.
For that matter, I’mma go out on a “revoke my negro pass” limb and say the acting in ANY John Singleton movie is plum terrible. Boyz in the Hood (except Fishburn), Higher Learning (really Tyra???), et al feature some of the worst acting performances known to man.
As for underrated great awful movies, I submit the entire cinematic canon of one Jennifer Lopez. Selena? Killed it. The Cell? Dope. Wedding Planner? (with the exception of her character, Maria, being inexplicably Italian) Exceptional. Monster-In-Law? TBS, you can’t possibly play this movie often enough. I think I own the most JLo DVDs of any non-latina this side of the Rio Grand. Matter of fact, she’s the only way I’d ever see a Tyler Perry movie.
@Sheffield Swats,
“Higher Learning (really Tyra???), ”
You know they were dating when that came out right? I’m convinced that’s the only way she got a role in that movie…lol
@miss t-lee,
he saw her “Ohh!” face and immediately said “THAT’S DEJA! WHEN SHE DIES!”
@Dante_Alexander,
*snickering*
@Dante_Alexander, OMG GNR
@Dante_Alexander,
*playing toni tony tone song “Deja”* lol
@Sheffield Swats,
You didn’t think Morris Chestnut or Ice Cube did a good job in “Boyz”? Matter of fact, I think Cuba and the black cop were the only ones who really sucked.
Also, I luv J. Lo and HATE her films. You honestly liked Enough? Maid in Manhattan?
*vomits on your DVDs*
@Me fail english?,
*vomits on your DVDs* .
I quit you.
@Me fail english?, Also, I luv J. Lo and HATE her films. You honestly liked Enough? Maid in Manhattan?
Then you are my mortal enemy. *bows. Takes out samurai sword* I pretty much despise JLo’s entire career (who makes odes to both Diddy and Ben Affleck) except her acting. The hairstylist for Maid in Manhattan should’ve gotten an Oscar for special achievement in baby bangs. And Enough is just damn entertaining. Lest we forget U Turn and Out of Sight *slaps you with both vomit-covered DVDs*
In Boyz, Cuba, the Black Cop, Morris (it’s hard to play someone who can catch, barely read, and wear leather pants? Doubt it.) were all awful as was Nia Long. Watch it again and listen to her telling Cuba why she’s saving it for marriage. Her first role, yes, but her delivery borders on tragicomic.
@Sheffield Swats, “The hairstylist for Maid in Manhattan should’ve gotten an Oscar for special achievement in baby bangs.”
Bwhahahhahaha
@Sheffield Swats,
*prepares for battle*
HOW COULD YOU?! The way Nia got pushed when Trey went looking for justice? That alone deserves a Tony of some sort. And yes i’m aware that Tony’s are for stage productions, but..uh..that’s how much she broke the mold (doesn’t feel like hitting backspace)
@Me fail english?, I prefer Nia’s performance in Made In America
@Sheffield Swats,
I liked that one too! I used to tape stuff off of HBO and on one 6 hour tape I had “Stay Tuned”, “Searching for Bobby Fisher” and “Made in America” on the same reel. Best tape…EVAR!
@Me fail english?,
Girl, stop. I LOVE Enough. It made me wanna buy some new Timbs just to kick some ninja’s arse.
And that little girl is so cute. Like when that lady asks her name and she’s like, “I don’t know anymore” because she had to keep changing her name for protection. lol
@Sheffield Swats, i think Boyz In The Hood was a good movie. now you’re right, Cuba’s acting was on some BS but it was sufficient in that he didn’t ruin the movie.
PLUS…and this is a big PLUS…it taught us all to zig-zag-zig when running from somebody who’s shooting. we all probably thought about, but seeing Ricky’s ass get lit up b/c he ran straight put it all in perspective.
no straight lines.
@Panama Jackson,
Also, no room for scratch-off lottery tickets in the ghetto. It’s a war out here!
@Panama Jackson, so it gets what, a PSA award? Whatever award they give to extra good after-school specials, I’m cool with. Aside from nostalgia’s sake and Cube’s extra wet curl I’m good on BITH.
Movies that come out in January or September aren’t released…they ESCAPE.
Movies that involve Cube, Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, or MTV tend to come out during these death months for a reason. Vacations are over and everyone is focused on getting back up to speed with work/school, so these flicks get to avoid any real abuse. And anyone desperate enough to see a movie in these times (e.g. you need somewhere to go on a date because you live in Slidell) won’t mind much.
Now, that aside, there are types of suspense of disbelief one can employ to enjoy different types of movies. One excellent way is to look at a movie as a video game. This is what makes the more “doin’ the most” *ss action flicks like Live Free or Die Hard, the most recent Rambo, or a Transporter or Fast & The Furious flick fun to watch. This will NOT however, help Punisher: War Zone, which was simply an atrocity from soup to nuts that made Elektra look like an Oscar winner for best picture.
Other good likenings include thrill ride (the Bourne movies), cartoon (Role Models), and acid trip (Vanilla Sky).
But none of this will work for a movie that isn’t the type you want or like to see. If you’re some indie film freak, you’re likely better off waiting until December to nut off in the theatre…that’s your time because mainstream America is busy buying gifts, leaving theaters open to hipster queers like yourself. All you strict chick flick types better let your boyfriends roll with the fellas to the summer blockbusters (vice versa for the dudes when Sex & The City 2 is due out). And parents getting nagged by your kids to see the umpteenth CGI talking animal convention…well, bring a flask and some Eclipse and brace for impact.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
If you’re some indie film freak, you’re likely better off waiting until December to nut off in the theatre…that’s your time because mainstream America is busy buying gifts, leaving theaters open to hipster queers like yourself.
That made me laugh out loud… because I had an Indie fest in my living room this week-end… Couldn’t find any good movie to watch at my local foreign art theater… Hipster queer, you say? Hmmm! I like
By the way, Arranged and Chop Shop rawked!
The best terrible movie in my book would have to be… wait for it… wait for it… “Holiday Heart”… you get Ving Rhames, a cross dressing church-going savior of a little girl, and you have Alfre Woodard as the crack whore mother, and Mykelti Williamson (aka Bubba Gump) as the endearing criminal in their lives… and the little girl who loves them all….. and as ridiculous as all of that sounds, I still love it…
funnier is the tagline of the movie that i found on http://imdb.com: A drag queen faces his toughest act ever. Fatherhood.
@Naturally Alise, i now have GOT to see this movie!
@Naturally Alise, When I first came across this movie, I thought it was part of a sketch show or a parody…but no…no…it wasn’t.
@Mr. Mister,
Me too. I was like this movie can’t be real. This has to be the black SNL. But it wasn’t.
@Naturally Alise,
LOL!!! It’s been too long since I’ve seen Holiday Heart. That tagline is priceless.
@Naturally Alise, This feels like something. Holiday Heart looking as. Delroy Lindo smelling as. Getting poked in the Pulp Fiction as. Jail Break nostrils having as. O.G. triple O.G. as. You<HIM as. Meat Locker neck having as. Great actor. I expect to be surprised in movies but when I’m not, I’m not surprised. Baby Boy was cool and yes all the elements fit their purpose. The acting fit the narrative. I enjoy movies better when I’m swept away from reality instead of me sweeping it away in order to enjoy the movie. I had no problem believing Tyrese in Baby Boy because it matched his image in music. Boo! Deja Vu
@Arafat Khadafi,
Don’t forget chicken foot sucking as.
Ice Cube was in that one, too… so you have a double whammy. Sweet.
@Dante_Alexander, Yeah. That’s right. Chicken Foots sucking as. NR.
@Naturally Alise, has he been typecast for these roles or something?
@Naturally Alise,
Ving has played a woman/crossdresser/gay a few times…Must be da money!
@Naturally Alise,
I need to sit down and look at this, especially when I’m in a goofy mood. I always see it on BET halfway through the movie, and say I’m gonna sit down and watch this.
I don’t know why but seeing Ving in drag made me uncomfortable upon first viewing but now I’ve come to terms with it all. Plus, why is his name Ving? Sound likes some straight onomatopoeia ish. Like it should be in a Batman comic or something. I mean really, Mama Rhames, reallyM/b>?!
@Cheekie,
“Sound likes some straight onomatopoeia ish. Like it should be in a Batman comic or something.”
LOL! This is the fantasy in my head…
Ving: Hi my name is Ving. Pleased to mee…
Me Fail: VING! CRASH! KABOOM! hahahahahaha!
This would be soooo awesome.
@Me fail english?,
HAHA…this encounter should be videotaped if it happens. I’m holding you to it.
Watching You got served in anticipation for some incredible acting is like the last time you (read i) let your father cut your hair the night before your first day at High School..”What the F**K where you thinking”
You got Served was a purely a dance flick, and in my opinion a good one at that, i mean look at the slew and horeds of dance movies that came out after it, trieng to capitalise on the succes of You got served….sh*t i would go on a limb and say you got served is the Ong bak of dance films, awful acting, but who came here see good acting huh? go look for another Philip Seymour movie
and screw what anybody says, Kung Fu flicks are the Sh*t, what other genre of films can you get an 80 year alcholic kick that crap out of 100 guys (who all look the same), in the name of honour whilst proclaiming “You kill my bradda..(pause while voice catches up)..and gave my son crabs…now you muss die..(pause)…crowwtching mantis”
@sisanda,
and screw what anybody says, Kung Fu flicks are the Sh*t, what other genre of films can you get an 80 year alcholic kick that crap out of 100 guys (who all look the same), in the name of honour whilst proclaiming “You kill my bradda..(pause while voice catches up)..and gave my son crabs…now you muss die..(pause)…crowwtching mantis”
i love you for this. Just finished watching Shaolin Prince. Now I can start my day.
@blackberry molasses,
Incase you aren’t already on the Bandwagon, Tony Jaa is the new It kid on that Kung Fu ish (technically it’s muttai n not kung Fu but you catch my drift)…let me put it this way…If (Snake in the Eagles Shadow-)Jacki chan and (Once upon a Time in China III-)Jet Li were to F**k each other after a Taquilla drinking chanllenge (excuse the imagery, there’s a greater goal ahead), Tony Jaa would be that Bastard child. Try checking out The protector, oooooh that ish will have you scissor kicking you kids/sister after watching it.
infact I’ll be watching a Kung Fu movie tonite Gawwwd Dammnnit, with my Cuttie pie.
@sisanda,
I love me some Tony Jaa… The first time I saw Ong Bak, I started looking for a Muay Thai dojo in the area… That’s how much Tony Jaa had me believing that I could kick some arse, muy thai style…
Speaking of Shaolin movies, you made me want to watch one of my fave shaolin meet western movie, Kung Fu Hustle… I mean the landlady alone is worth watching that movie over and over again… in Cantonese!
@sisanda, you are right, You Got Served was a pretty good dance flick. they just put some acting in there to throw folks off into thinking it was a movie-movie.
@ Panama,
“How many 9 year old gangstas do you know that want to become dancers instead, since that’s the cool thing to do once you’ve maxed out on possibilities from gangbangin??? At 9?”
LMAO. That was too much.
I have not seen You Got Served but it sounds like Crush Groov’n or Beat Street. Or West Side Story. I love that movie. If you can guarantee that I’ll see some finger snapping in You Got Served I might rent it.
@Ms . Hall, its worth it. the sheer entertainment value of it is unimaginable. there’s not ONE single person in the entire movie who does a good acting job. NOT ONE. once you start there…it just devolves into comedy.
I humbly submit…. Cruel Intentions nee Dangerous Liasons.
There is so much in this movie that is terrible… yet its so GOOOD!
A step sibling relationship that is mildy incestuous….
A dorky girl falling in love with her music teacher (we’re going to leave the way they approach the interracial part ALONE)…
An azzhole that falls for the virginal girl while trying to deflower her on a bet…
No functional parental units in sight…
The list goes on…
@blackberry molasses, Loved that movie!
@blackberry molasses,
LOL!!! I too was like “where are these kids parents at?”
It was so unbelievable but I liked it…I think it was because of Ryan Phillippe though…lol
@miss t-lee,
Ryan Philippe made a lot about that movie better…
@blackberry molasses,
Those lips…whoooo!
@miss t-lee,
the lips. the hair. you CAN’T tell me that boy ain’t at least some kinda brown up in there somewhere…
@blackberry molasses,
Yep…somewhere a few generations back is some black folk!!!
@blackberry molasses,
i love curel intentions!!
@N.I.A. naturally….,
LOL!!! that should read Cruel Intentions. It’s Monday….
@blackberry molasses,
Cruel Intentions was outstanding.
Being that I was a poor black High School kid in Detroit when it came out, I could Identify TOTALLY.
I love that movie, and find it’s sequel to be winner of “Best Unintentional Comedy of the Year”.
I’m not being sarcastic at all, actually. These are my true feelings.
@Dante_Alexander,
Being that I was a poor black High School kid in Detroit when it came out, I could Identify TOTALLY.
*crying*
@miss t-lee,
i, too, have tears falling from my eyes. wowsers!
***whispers: I liked both of those movies and runs out ****
@Nicki Sunshine, its okay. me too.
*hugs*
@Panama Jackson, LOL. I ‘ppreciate that.
@Nicki Sunshine,
I love Baby Boy! I haven’t seen You Got Served. But so far, no one’s arguement can make me think Baby Boy was a horrible movie!
@Ms. T, Baby Boy was a great movie, “Jodie by Jodie.” Lol
And as far as “You Got Served,” it was a dance movie so I liked it…. I basically like all dance movies. The acting is really not that great, but I don’t always watch for the acting either. lol
How about “The Happening” . I like that movie.
From the random ways people were offing themselves to Marky Mark’s awkward acting to the cheesy lines. I’ll clap to that.
The best worst movie ever has gotta be:
Pootie Tang!
Sa da tay!
@YGB, *crickets*
@Yaa,
*blinks*
@YGB, yeah, um…this is the worst worst movie of all time.
i couldn’t get past an hour in it was so bad and i LOVE terrible movies.
i’m pretty sure Chris Rock pretends it doesnt exist. that’s the only way he can sleep at night.
@YGB, true story…went to see Pootie Tang at the movie theatre. It is only one of 2 movies I have ever walked out of. Decided that anything at the cineplex was gonna be better than that so I snuck into A.I. (the movie, not the guard). Worst day of movie watching ever. Of all time. In history.
@Sheffield Swats,
Dayum. You did have a bad movie watching day.
Im not mad at either movie. At Howard we used to have Baby Boy parties where we would just get drunk and prepare for an unintentionally hilarious film. Favorite Line: Omar Gooding’s character – “I don’t wanna get to heaven and Jesus be like ‘turn yo’ a** around, n****”. I died. Classic.
And You Got Served I ended up watching because I was stuck and couldn’t find the remote. The only thing funnier than Omarion’s half-caesar, half-cornrow hairstyle was the idea of dancers/coke couriers. Wade Robson meets Freeway Ricky Ross? Really? Nevertheless, I was entertained. Wasn’t unwatchable in the least.
I’ve never even seen “You’ve Got Served”…you can’t pay me to watch that ish either.
My bad movie pick is Innerspace. Yep. I saw it when it came out at the movies and I’ll watch anytime it’s on regular TV. Which is almost never…lol Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan? What more could you ask for? Someone even took the time to post the whole movie on youtube…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqI869yZ4oI
Oh yeah…and happy fcukin’ birthday to me! Cancers kick azz.
@miss t-lee,
Happy Birthday .
My bday is in exactly a week so I def. agree that Cancers kick azz .
@V Renee,
Thanks!
Word? You’s down with the Cancers too.
*daps*
@V Renee,
Hapi burpdae to alla youse.
@V Renee,
Cancers kick azz .
With your moody selves…
Happy Birthday to you Ms. t-lee!
@Sula,
I know…we are quite a moody bunch, but that’s part of our charm.
Thanks chick!!
@miss t-lee,
Happy Birthday!!!
@N.I.A. naturally….,
Thank you girlie!
@miss t-lee,
Happy Birthday!
@luvtheshoes,
Thank you!!
@miss t-lee, Happy f*ckin’ birthday.
also, my hip-hop hombre. i really think you’d get a kick out of You Got Served…you should check it out. don’t tell nobody but put it on netflix or something…
@Panama Jackson,
You know what? I just might do that.
Thanks!!
@miss t-lee,
Happy Born Day e-triplet!!!
You get maximum allowance for throat punches today. Go’ head ma, knock em all in the neck!
@blackberry molasses,
Word is Bond the Sensei be w/o reguard. I seent her punch a ninja in the throat and made him piss off in his pajama bottoms….. GNR
@WuDaMan,
*snickering loudly*
@miss t-lee,
*Bows @ the honerable Sensei*
@blackberry molasses,
Thanks e-trip!!!
@miss t-lee, Happy Birthday!! Cancers are the best!!! July 20th baby!!!!
@Yaa,
You just made it under the cut–July 20th!!!!
Thanks ma’am!!
@miss t-lee, Happy Birthday ***Pours a Patron Shot***
@Nicki Sunshine,
Oh! You’re girl after my own heart.
I got the salt and limes ret’ to go!!
*clink*
@miss t-lee, Yes ma’am..we get it started early for birthdays.
@miss t-lee,
Happy Birthday, girlie!
But how many times I gotta tell ya’ll: Leos run it, run it. Girl indeed, we can run it, run it.
@Cheekie,
“Leos run it, run it.”
No.
Thanks!!
@miss t-lee,
*cracking up* @ simply “No”.
Enjoy your day!
@Cheekie,
Yes ma’am!! I’m leaving in a bout 45 minutes for the day.
@miss t-lee,
i think Cheekie’s comment deserves a throat punch
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
LOL. *cries*
That’s aiight…I love Cancers. My grandmama who raised me was a Cancer. Instant love.
@Cheekie,
ha! way to save yourself from a throat punch. good job!
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
Wasn’t that smooth? lol
Shooot, those things hurt. I try to avoid them as much as possible. hehe
@Cheekie,
This WAS a good save.
Way to go grasshopper!!
@Cheekie,
I agree Leos are the ish!
@Ms. T,
*throat punch*
@miss t-lee,
LMFAO @ Ms. T. receiving the throat punch on my behalf.
Soldier.
@miss t-lee,
hahaha! Happy Birthday!
@miss t-lee, Happy Birthdayyy!!!!!
@WuDaMan, Oh yeah Aquariuuuuuuss
@WuDaMan,
No.
@miss t-lee,
Well goddamn! I guess my birfday shout was too hot for TV or smthg. Anyway, I’ll be taking shots at lunch in your honor! CHeers!
@Me fail english?,
Too hot for TV?
What was it a cd of Da Band?
Thanks chick!!
@miss t-lee,
Happy Birthday!
Yeah, Cancers are awesome people…and this is coming from an Aries, so you know its the truth!
@Dom,
I appreciate the love…lol
I think?
@miss t-lee,
Naw, fo real fo real. The New Boo is a Cancer, as well as one of my closest friends. Ya’ll are extra emotional and sensitive. I’m a blunt Aries who tends to lack the touchy feely, so I appreciate yall for your heart-on-the-sleeve approach to life. Opposites attract and sh*t.
@Dom,
Girl, you know it. I am a blunt Aries who is always called out for not being “affectionate enough”…. Dang! And I thought I was being touchy feely… Lol!
Them Cancers be on some other sensitive stuff… My sister right after me is a Cancer… but they are loyal to a fault and would fight for what they believe is right…
@Sula,
but they are loyal to a fault and would fight for what they believe is right .
True story!!
@Sula,
“but they are loyal to a fault and would fight for what they believe is right…”
I’ll co-sign this as well.
@Dom,
Yep–we’ve got the emotional and moody tangent on lock. I think ya’ll will be good as long as you understand it.
@miss t-lee, Happy Birthday, Miss T! And many many many more!
@pgh muse,
Thank ya kindly.
@miss t-lee,
FELIZ CUMPLEANOS!!!! my fellow cancer
my bday is in 2 weeks yay!!
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
2 weeks? Yay!!!!
We gone celebrate that one too!
@miss t-lee,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Ms. T,
Thank you!!!!!
@miss t-lee, Happy Birthday!
And I would have to agree with Cancers being the best! July 1st here I come.
All of Tyler Perrys movies get a bad wrap…but there is not one that i didn;t like!
@Cynthia, amazing, i generally feel the same way, only the exact opposite.
(that’s not true, i’m mildly entertained by at least 2 of his movies.)
It was mentioned up top i think but “Hav Plenty” has to be on this list. Bad acting an all …. But i thought it was a great movie…
@Stix, yep.
Hey, y’all.
I also like a lot of the same “great” bad movies that have been listed…
Armageddon – @thismaycy RockHound cracked me up.
Hav Plenty – @tmcy: Bug Master still one of my favorite scenes.
Krush Groove, Cruel Intentions, Baby Boy, State Property.
I’d go on to add “G” based loosely on The Great Gatsby. Another movie that wasn’t meant to be funny but so is.
I’m a sucka for bad movies. I get a lot of grief for my movie selections but people humor me & watch them w/me anyway. I usually like movies that everyone else hates…especially film critics.
@Shawnta`,
“I’d go on to add “G” based loosely on The Great Gatsby. Another movie that wasn’t meant to be funny but so is.”
My sis bought this for me on bootleg…it was almost as good as Carmen:A Hip Hopera.
That ain’t saying much.
@Shawnta`,
Armageddon was many things, terrible or not.
It was the loudest movie ever made.
It let Affleck stretch his acting chops and cry without Matt Damon by his side, leading to such great performances as his in “Paycheck”.
Bear pulled down tiger-striped bikini briefs and did a lil dance on top of a gurney, then cried like a baby during psychological testing. What is it with these big arse dudes being mildy (if not FLAMBOYANTLY) homo in movies?
That Russian Guy cracks me up in every movie he’s in, and it’s ALWAYS the same character… he’s the Devil, with a russian accent… He’s a Ex Dealer… with a russian accent. i love it.
@Shawnta`,
I loved Armageddon too. It was the song that made me love it – Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
@V Renee, Me too!
@V Renee,
I love Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.
I remember in high school they used to play a song over the intercom in the morning (someone from the school council thought of this) and this came on and EVERYone bonded mouthing the words to each other. Even folks that clowned each other and never hung out or spoke to one another was singing this ish together. It was so Kumbaya I swore we were circling the earth holding hands. It was beautiful.
That song could end the Iraq war.
@Cheekie,
That song could end the Iraq war. .
OMG you may be on to something.
LMAO
@Miss-t-lee: Funny…I like Carmen: A Hip Hopera too. I loved Mos Def’s character in that. I know that it’s a bad movie but it is entertaining.
@Shawnta`,
I guess that’s all they aim to do. Keep us some kind of entertained…lol
@Shawnta`,
My little cuzo was watching this yesterday. Even said the “f” word…Favorite. All I could do was SMH. This movie was just plain gawdda*nawful.
I liked Baby Boy. You can’t convince me that it wasn’t a comedy. That movie has so many quotables. It definitely may be in my top 10 movies that I quote on a consistent basis… not just after I see the movie.
I just saw Madea Goes to Jail this weekend too. Me no likey. Rudy as the crackhead prostitute was horrible. I was not convinced.
As for my favorite bad movie – She Hate Me.
@V Renee,
I saw Madea GTJ… this weekend too, I thought it would be better. And I like all the rest of his movies, but this one seemed to go on for so long with no purpose and then they hurried up and put an ending on it.
I FINALLY get to laud “Black Spring Break 1+2″!!!
No, really… I REALLY laughed my arse off at these movies.
Anytime you have a 6’4″ black dude named Dayron Southboy get his friends to shoot a movie with the camcorder he got for Christmas in 1995 and STILL come out roses is Oscar worthy.
It’s even complete with a dude whipping out a Gold First Premier Bank Card as if it’s a Black AmEx. Really. You can’t write this stuff.
And I don’t think they did. Improv was the world of the day. In fact, it was the word of all 4 days they took to shoot.
I’d add:
-Soul Plane: I don’t care what yall say. This ish was funny. Then again, I’m also a fan of the “Airplane” movies. Come to think of it, I can’t even remember what made this movie funny to me. I think Kevin Hart’s face is just funny as hell.
-Stomp the Yard: Start to finish, cinematic hilarity. Gangsters with uzi’s dancing with half nekkid men in bunny heads? Is that how they do in LA? All those 40 year old college freshman…I dunno. I just found it funny. Also, the part where Megan Good bet the dude his aunt’s fried chicken wouldnt be the best…and HE ACTUALLY TOOK THE MONEY! lol, me and my girlfriend was rollin’! And don’t get me started on the fact that these fools barely stepped at all in the movie! It was GREAT!
- South Central: When Loco started smoking too much sherm and went straight ‘tardo. The little tough 12 year old kids.
-I forgot the name of that independent movie about the Dominican kid Manny whose brother shoots the father after he graduates. Just cause the plot has no direction and the movie, no end. They just stopped filming one day.
-Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.: High comedy when she uses the abortion money to go shopping.
@Me fail english?,
“-I forgot the name of that independent movie about the Dominican kid Manny whose brother shoots the father after he graduates. Just cause the plot has no direction and the movie, no end. They just stopped filming one day.”
I can’t remember the name either, but speaking of movies where they just STOPPED filming (or writing, as it were)… How about “How High”?
It started out pretty good. A nice jaunt through the implausible and funny. But then it seemed like they had to finish the script in 20 minutes before they shut out the lights on them in the cafeteria on Friday night.
Seriously, has there EVER been a more abrupt ending to an otherwise funny movie? It was like they were writing it, and then realized “Oops, we are at 1 hour and 15 minutes already. Universal says we can’t go past 90 minutes… TOPS. how can we tie this up quick??”
Unicorns and Leprechauns don’t wanna see a black man make it…
@Dante_Alexander, oh i can top the STOPPED filming movies.
motherf*cking Straight Outta Brooklyn. it’s like right when the movie started to get good and interesting, it was over. i feel like they ran out of movie and just said, f*ck it, we got enough, let’s just put it out.
i HATE that movie b/c of that. plus, it was D’Angelo Barksdale at his worst acting ever.
@Me fail english?, i actually liked Soul Plane too. i was in tears at some points from laughing so hard.
AND…i didnt think hte movie was such a stretch if a ghetto dude came into money and opened up an airline.
i’m also with you on South Central. then again, some of these movies just didnt age well. they seemed great at the time but now, SC just seems HORRIBLY outdated and just all around bad.
@Me fail english?, Your recollection of Stomp the Yard is hilarious. lol. I agree- all of those men were a bit old for college freshmen… but that won’t stop me from watching that shirtless run up the hill scene over and over and over again.
@Nicki Sunshine,
YES, CHILE!
“Thetas! Thetas! Thetas! We rep the Thetas!”
They had me singing that for weeks. *pervert grin*
@Me fail english?, What, what, what, what???? Dang that Columbus Short and his boyish grin.
@Nicki Sunshine,
but that won’t stop me from watching that shirtless run up the hill scene over and over and over again.
amen!!! praise him from whom all shirtless blessings flow
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay, “amen!!! praise him from whom all shirtless blessings flow ”
LMAO. Exactly!
@Me fail english?,
I actually enjoyed Stomp the Yard, too. I told myself that I’d only tune in for the eye candy (Columbus Short and Brian White..yums), but it was actually enjoyable. And that Columbus Short dance solo (in that empty swimming pool?) was tight.
But, for real though, after seeing Cadillac Records, I had to give ol’ Columbus Short mad props. He was incredible as Little Walter. Don’t sleep on this huffed-up hobbit.
@Cheekie,
I was shocked that Cadillac Records was actually a good movie, besides (like Miss T-Lee says) Yawnce’s acting.
@Ms. T,
Yeah, Beyonce “acting” was the only downside of that movie. Other than that, it had all of the great components of biopics….and I LOVE biopics.
@Cheekie,
I think he’s a good actor (Colombus Short)… He just needs to do one Indie movie that will prop him up and give him some credibility.
@Sula,
Yeah, I think that’ll do it. He is most definitely underrated and the films he mostly chooses don’t really showcase his talent. What he usually has to work with is very limited.
@Me fail english?, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.: High comedy when she uses the abortion money to go shopping.
OMG!!! I forgot about this one! Good choice. This was a GREAT low budget black movie!
Just about any movie where Brian Hooks is more than an extra is horrible but oddly hilarious if you accept that it will be a horrible movie.
His movies include 3 Strikes, High School High and Phat Beach.
@Omar, Oh God, I watched all of those… more than once on the High School High. lol
@Nicki Sunshine,
my mom rented this movie for us to watch waaaaaay back when it came out. we both were cracking the hell up.
@Omar,
Haha…I remember I saw High School High at the show in grammar school. This was the only time I saw it. I forgot about it for years then saw it on Spike TV or something one day and was like, I saw this when I was a shorty. And for some reason, it registers in my memory bank that the whole class went on the field trip. But, that can’t possibly be right. lol
Only memory I have of that movie is ol’ dude with the funky haircut and there was this car driving around on his scalp. Or is that the same movie? Either way it was tripped out as hell and it was probably my first real intro to what weed does.
@Cheekie,
or tha white dude pretendin he shot up with the needle lol Rhinestone Cowboy
@Omar, Who the heck made fear of a black hat??? That jawn was hilarious on tv w/ all the voiced over curse words. gnr
OH. Sheet!!
I forgot “Love and a Bullet”!!!
My bad, Champ! You from Pittsburgh, you don’t play that sheet!
I love that movie. Seriously. From the beginning to the end, I laugh all the way through, and I’m pretty sure I’m not supposed to. Any movie where a bad actor/rapper decides to become a kung fu master/assassin/super cop is okay with me.
Which brings me to that movie with Duane Martin, Vivica, Meagan Good, Jadakiss, and a bit part by none other than miss Halle herself: Gabby Union. What the hell was the name of that one? I can’t remember, but I watch it every time also. Terrible movie. Good times…
@Dante_Alexander, Love and A Bullet was so horribly great that it was the first movie i ever wrote a review for.
after i saw it, i never ever wanted to see, hear, or read anything dealing with Treach again.
@Panama Jackson,
I agree. Yet I can’t help but watch it when it comes on HBO 12 late on a Tuesday night.
Man, I absolutely LOVE Baby Boy and it is definitely one of those “gotta watch when it airs on TV” type movies. Like, I stop in my tracks and have to watch…no matter where it is in the film.
Now, You’ve Got Served? Can’t roll with ya on that one, Panama. I can’t take that Sonic the Hedgehog lookin’ 2520 who thinks he is raw.
However.
You’ve brought a whole different light with the “view it as comedy” thang. So, Imma have to watch it with that perspective now. Gotta borrow my niece’s DVD because she stanned for that movie when it came out. I think she had a crush on one of those Chris Stokes bootypieces.
You know what other movies I can’t help but watch even though they suck immensely?
The Trois movies. MAN those were horrible but every time Pandora’s Box comes on, I have to watch it.
I suggest seeing movies like this at Magic Johnson Theaters for maximum entertainment value.
@Panama Jackson,
“The Trois movies. ”
YES!!!! I got tricked into watching one of them because Tyson Beckford was in it.
Curses!
Straight comedy.
I’m in class reading VSB when I should be taking notes. Plus I’m typing this on my phone. So I’ll just leave yall with a list and will come back later to explain :
Soul Plane – greatest film of our time
She Hate me
Waterworld
jungle fever & Losing Isiah
@Eff yo couch,
*Mars Blackman fingertip dap @ She Hate Me*
What about monster’s ball
mh mh mh
Billy Bob wanted to put a hurtin on that ssa.
@WuDaMan, Was there a point to that movie other than that scene??? They could’ve just made it a 30 min porno rather than a 2 hr movie…
@Omar,
I don’t think I’ve ever met a chick that wouldn’t mind having s3x after her only son was fatally hit by a car
@WuDaMan,
Monster’s Ball was horrible… I don’t ever want to see that movie again, in life!
@Ms. T,
I still haven’t seen it because I’m scared to see Billy Bob Thornton nekkid…lol
Jungle Fever & Losing Isaiah are in there for Halley Berry’s work in those films. If any actor lands a role as a crackhead, they should reference those 2 movies.
I too like Baby Boy, though I don’t think the acting is terrible at all. You Got Served though? Can’t cosign that one at all, man lol
No and No….
I am not convinced!
Honorable mention goes to “Dancehall Queen” and “Killa Season”. Oh, can’t forget all of the Master P movies.
At least Dancehall Queen and the Master P trilogy (there’s only three, right?) had a plot. Killa Season is like Kubrick meets World Star meets a whole lotta Sour Diesel “fumagant”. It was genius in its foolishness.
I could watch any of these 5, over and over, back to back.
@Me fail english?,
Is Dancehall Queen the movie with the mom who’s trying to pimp her daughter out for rent money?
@Dom,
Yup! That’s the one!
It’s the one where the lady is a street vendor and then starts wearing turrble, turrble wigs to compete for the title of Dancehall Queen
@Me fail english?,
Oh snap, I saw that movie! It was on Starz one late night. It was so bad I couldn’t even describe what I’d just witnessed by the end of it.
@Me fail english?,
omg i loved dancehall queen back in the day!!!! i was so captivated by the whole plot lol. the wigs were extremely terrible, the acting was sketchy, and seeing a 40-something yo woman wind was SCARY. but i’ve seen it like 3 times lol.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
LOL! I like the way whenever she put on the wig it was like some profound transformation and all of a sudden nobody could recognize her.
@Me fail english?,
I saw House party 2 over the and I thought to myself this was cool?
House party 1 is the king of all films tho.
Oh yea class act was funny lol
glad kid retired the high top fades
I actually like Tyler Perry movies. They have their lows and highs, but all in all they’re funny and usually have an important message. He’s certainly giving a voice to folks who are otherwise silenced in the entertainment industry. I wish he’d stick to screen plays though, cuz House of Payne makes me want to blind myself with the remote.
Also, I loved Baby Boy. I was a HUGE Tyrese fan back in high school, had a wall sized poster of him and everything! I went to see Baby Boy in the theater with my bro and parents, so it was a little awkward when Tyrese was working that “Daddy D*ck,” but other than that I had a good time watching it.
As for bad movies I enjoy, only Encino Man comes to mind. Something about Pauly Shore is horrifying, funny, sexy, and dirty all at once.
@Dom,
I tried to extoll the virtues of Encino Man to the VSB crowd a couple weeks back. It is a lost cause.
“Ow My Pancreas.”
@Dom,
“Something about Pauly Shore is horrifying, funny, sexy, and dirty all at once.”
LMFAO. I remember I fell in love with the cartoon version of him in A Goofy Movie. I thought he was soo cool. lol
@Dom,
My favorite Pauley Shore movie is Son-in-Law. I watch it everytime it comes on…
I’m probably the only other person in America to have seen this movie, but Chop Shop. It’s about this little Hispanic boy and his dream of being paid. He works at the chop shops in NY for money and lives with his sister. I won’t tell the movie, but I will tell you that the script must have been about 2 pages total of dialogue. There were stretches where I thought I was watching a silent film. They even had the birds on silent. By the time they actually DID talk, it sounded like God because I’d slowly pushed + on the volume trying to make sure I wasn’t missing the talking…ended up on 56.
Shottaz: Look, this is the Jamaican Scarface. This movie is SOOO bad, it’s good. I know people say that all the time, but this really is the definition of that phrase. I want to watch it now because I brought it up, and I don’t know why.
@SAULE WRIGHT,
Gosh, I just commented about it up top… I think the point of the movie was to make it look like a documentary though… At least, that’s how I interpreted it… and as far as young “Ale” went, I think he did a great job at acting… The only one who had a hard time was big sister Iza…
But the movie was cute and made me shed a couple of tears. (I watched it this week-end while being hyper sensitive so there…
)
@SAULE WRIGHT,
I watched Chop Shop too. Something was definitely off but somehow I still enjoyed it.
Has anyone mentioned Bring It On? The epic battle if Toros v. Clovers. Gabby Union playing a teenage cheerleader who looks like she has been left back about 8 times, b/c she is clearly much older than the rest of that crew. It was an awesomely bad movie, and I love it.
@N.I.A. naturally….,
That was a huge quotable movie, too. And after seeing that movie, I wanted to be cheerleader for a hot minute.
That’s alright, that’s okay, you’re gonna pump our gas someday!
@N.I.A. naturally…., Bring it On was a great movie.
@N.I.A. naturally….,
i was so excited about this movie back in HS becuz it was filmed at a HS not too far from where i lived and i had a lot of friends who were extras in the movie.
you’re right, it’s an awesomely bad movie you can’t help but love!
Oh I used to like this movie called seuture. Crazy movie. *spoiler alert* Dennis (the president from 24) is supposed to be the identical twin w/ amnesia of this 2520 cat who looks nothing like him.
Remember ‘The Game’
@WuDaMan,
The Game with Michael Douglas? I thought that was good. lol
@Me fail english?, That movie was good!
@pgh muse, That movie was scary
I stanned mad hard for Vampire in Brooklyn when I was a kid. But, you wouldn’t be able to tell nowadays because I completely forgot about that movie so I desperately need to revisit easier times.
I strongly feel that any bad movie + IG friends + likka = cinematic greatness.
Also? I don’t see how anyone hasn’t mentioned “Cover”. It’s got Vivica Fox, Paula Jai Parker, effin LEON?! This movie attempted to expose the lifestyle of the DL brotherhood, but ended up a tangy mess all around.
Watch it. It’s so bad it’s…bad, but I guarantee you WILL be entertained.
@Kindred Smile, Speaking of Leon, Cool Runnings was hilarious bad accents and all…
@Omar,
I love Leon. He born to play David Ruffin in The Temptations.
Ya’ll fake Temptations without David RUFFIN!
That movie was so heavy-handed in dialgoue but Lord knows I’m sprung on that film.
@Cheekie,
Without David Ruffin, the Temptations aint Nuthin! LOL!
@Dom,
Ya’ll begging me not to leave ya. And I refuse to let you goooo.
Or the best diss evah:
Ain’t no body comin’ to see you Otis! LMFAO. Treated! It’s true, it’s so, so true.
@Cheekie,
the perms were crazy in that movie
Does anybody remember this movie where the guy lives in BK and he’s tryna be a rapper but then he winds up in jail, his babymama cheats and dumps him, then he winds up having a threesome in a studio with some cooley chick?
No? Just me?
@Me fail english?, i have absolutely no idea what movie you’re talking about.
that sh*t must have come on BK Public Access TV or something. where Brooklyn Babylon belonged.
I also don’t know why I like He Got Game. I think I just have a soft spot for anything shot about minorities in NYC, cuz I swear this shet sucked asz & balls!
There was just needless pornography, grainy film and sweaty ppl. The little sister couldn’t act for shet. Neither could Lala. Radio Raheem got old, fat and mean. The pimp could only talk if he was dancing. The “Brooklyn” accent on their gangster pal was out of this world terrible. And why was Booger spanish when he was little?
Still, I own this on bootleg VHS.
@Me fail english?,
Well damn, VSB. This comment wasn’t that bad. Spike, is that you on moderation?
The Breaks, anyone? A 2520 bruh adopted by a black family trying but failing miserably to be gangsta. Or how ’bout Civil Brand–bad acting all around; who woulda thought Da Brat would be getting her self-fulfilling prophecy on?
[Note: Clifton Powell is in BOTH these movies.]
@rainebeaux, I hate Clifton Powell. He is my unrivaled arch nemesis. OMG, I hate him so much. I hate his mustache, I hate his kneecaps, I hate his shoes.
Soul Plane was funny as He!!. Coonin’ or not that movie was HIL-ARIOUS.
Ummm… I watch like every black movie I can get my hands on – so good “bad” movies that get an honorable mention:
Love For Sale with Mya and Serena’s ex-boyfriend. Dumb, predictable, redundant plot – there’s a rap in it that sounds just like the Gucci Mane (sp?) trap song. It was entertaining.
Belly. I loved this movie. I can still watch it and love it.
Paid in Full. I would shame my ancestors (c) Luvvie for Wood Harris in 2.9 seconds of being in his presence.
Notorius. Movie was FLIPPING GREAT!
Madea (the stage plays) cracks me UP. I have no shame. S(h)e is FUNNY.
She Hate Me
Cover
I liked all John Singleton’s movies. I thought Baby Boy was entertaining. I didn’t see you got served. Some one gave it to me and I let my kids use it as a toy – it got all marked and scratched till eventually it became garbahge (my baby likes dvds for some reason – i guess cause they’re shiny)– i. just. couldn’t.
@pgh muse,
“Madea (the stage plays) cracks me UP. I have no shame. S(h)e is FUNNY.”
I gotta admit even amongst all the criticism I have for Tyler Perry, “Like the blood pressure on a black woman eating pork all her life…still I rise” should go down in history in terms of quotables.
@Cheekie,
Yeah, the plays are hilarious and chock full o’ great one liners.
@Dom,
i am def a fan of the TP stage plays (i own many of them–don’t judge me!). questionable acting and plot development aside, the one-liners and crazy antics are randomly and ridiculously hilarious.
“hellurrr”
“good morn-ting”
“peace be still, peace was still, peace is still…. piece be made of steel”
“get off the bus RO-SA”
….gets me every time.
@Gem…BeThatAsItMay,
Speaking of “good morn-ting”, I love the scene in Family Reunion (film) where she advises the abused wifey to cook the hot grits and then greet the abusive husband all nice and cheeky, “Good morn-ting”. I always crack up at that part. It’s like how you gon’ greet your husband all June Cleaver like and then throw some hot grits on his face. I love it…and condone it. Trip those ninjas up.
@pgh muse,
paid in full oh yea almost forgot Camron.
poor Sonny and his finger in the box
I got his movie to murder something?
i nominate Biker Boyz….wtf? yall ninjas are lawers, doctors and everything in between and you mean to tell me that at 4 am in the morning 2 dudes die in a horrible accident after illegally racing down a straight away with illegally modified bikes and IF the police ever came they let EVERYONE go free. no no hiiiiiizle NO!
real world all those “uppity kneegrows” witht heir bikes and jackets would have been thrown UNDER the jail.
and dont get me started on the lead character…..but ive gotta say i sure was glad when lawrence got to tearing into that @$S…that bit was pure comedy.
(i know your supposed to suspend reality but im sorry Panama…i just cant go that far…lol)
@ESQuared, i actually liked Biker Boyz despite the total randomness of it. you’re right that movie little sense in a lot of ways.
it was still entertaining and brought us Mos Def’s song “California”. that song is the beast.
Mahavishnu Orchestra 4 Lyfe.
Did anyone ever see Brothers in Arms? It had Kurupt in it and some other nameless folks, but it was set in the old wild West. It was crazy entertaining – bad acting, bad set, bad costume design, bad special effects, voodoo mysticism and shyt, hilarious slang that’s supposed to be old but isn’t — all the makings of low budget Black movie entertainment.
I’m conflicted: Does Bebe’s Kids count on this list?
@Cheekie,
Nah, Bebe’s Kids was just good. I loved watching Robin’s head roll al around while he walked. And PLEASE tell me someone else saw the episode of Bridezilla where the bride with the blue dress looked just like the Tone Loc baby!
@Me fail english?,
Yeah, I’m leaning toward “just good”, too. I guess I was confuddled because it pretty much disappeared into obscurity as far as availability. Like, is this on DVD at all? lol
DAMN
1) Baby Boy sucked- Im still mad cause PAC was supposed to play Tyrese’s roll but died before the film was shot. PAC woulda made the film alot better. Tyrese lost all gangsta credibility he might have got with that movie I mean come on dude fixes lil kids bikes for a living? Are you serious?
Snoop in a wifebeater? Are you serious? Gangstas drinkin and drivin mobbin a honda? again are you serious.
2) You got served- neva saw it dont really want to either
3) Ice Cube- He is as gangsta as they come even before tha movies he was BA. Amerikkka’s nightmare come on Boyz in the Hood is my shiiiiii they used to call me doughboy (some still do).
“its the 90′s we cant afford to be affraid of our own people”
4)Madea- I boycott this cornery. Guys dressin up as girls to make money? has it come to that? Confusin my 5yr old son cause he see tha commercial and he drees like a old lady then he see a interview and he in a suit dressed like a man. Then I gotta answer ?’s like why does he wear womens clothes? so i say shut -up boy watch some dam cartoons
5) Belly- My fav movie maybe of all time naw “fish that saved pittsburg” w/ dr j and kareem abul jabbar. Anyways Belly was great they hella ran out of money makin the movie but its a classic. I like seein rapper act. Funny facts * DMX was tryna really get head from vita and really wanted to bone Keisha to make it realistic lol oh yea X used to take the whole bowl of trees from the Lennox scene everyday.
6) State Prop- now that some comical shiiii Jay-Z as the quiet mob boss lol ok? the shoot outs?ok boring it was coo tho.
7) Shottas- thas my shiiii also Ima rasta so I like movies filmed in the motherland I heard Spragga’s son or lil bruh got shot in real life not to long ago
@BLUNTBLAZER,
“4)Madea- I boycott this cornery. Guys dressin up as girls to make money? has it come to that? Confusin my 5yr old son cause he see tha commercial and he drees like a old lady then he see a interview and he in a suit dressed like a man. Then I gotta answer ?’s like why does he wear womens clothes? so i say shut -up boy watch some dam cartoons”
LOL…I’m not a Tyler Perry stan, but does it gotta be this serious? Folks dress up in costumes for comedic and entertainment purposes all the time. Just tell your son that he’s a clown. It’s appropriate. lol
@Cheekie,
i dont want him to think this is how black men get paid i think TP is cooooonery at its finest. Atleast Mrtin/eddie only did it once or twice but dam a whole collection madea falls down some stairs, medea gets lost in the blue lagoon, madea does thisss? are you serious?
@BLUNTBLAZER,
LOL. I can respect that.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
lol@ “shut up boy. go watch cartoons” Shout out to all the ol’ school black fathers. Happy belated Daddy’s day.
and lmao@ the DMX fun facts. I don’t doubt any of it!
@Me fail english?,
thanks it hard bein a dad and im hella old skoo a$$ whoopins and all.
yea i know erything bout belly they were gonna film in africa but they ran outa money classic ghetto movie you ever wonder how the endin jus came outa no where?
@BLUNTBLAZER,
I WAS suspicious! How you just gonna end with Times Square confetti and stock footage and a Nas voiceover talmbout “Yup. We in Africa and it’s nice.”?! Also Benjamin Chavis is like awesomely bad as an actor.
@Me fail english?,
farakahn was supposed to play that role but he was quick to back down
@Me fail english?,
lol its like somebody told Hype “hey dogg we got 30 dollas left” so he was like “fuq it get me a time square shot and nas start talkin there the end mofo’s lol cue up d-angelo devils pie song and we out.” Hype broke alota laws makin that movie he aint get permits or nufffin jus went out with a camera.
@BLUNTBLAZER, State Prop. 2 was classicly bad there was little to no continuation with the first and it literally seemed like a bunch of ninjas effing around with a camera.
@BLUNTBLAZER,
7) Shottas- thas my shiiii also Ima rasta so I like movies filmed in the motherland I heard Spragga’s son or lil bruh got shot in real life not to long ago .
I loved this movie too. I just want to know why the little boys looked NOTHING like the grown version of them. Nothing!
Anyone ever heard of that Movie “the fish that saved pittsburg” thats the first movie I ever saw. Pops was old skoo no cartoons watch DR. J lol
@BLUNTBLAZER, lol. I have heard of this. I think i may have seen it wit my dad a long long time ago lol.
OK. I’ll just repost this since VSB wants to front on ninjas:
I also don’t know why I like He Got Game. I think I just have a soft spot for anything shot about minorities in NYC, cuz I swear this shet sucked a*z & b*l*s!
There was just needless pernegraphy, grainy film and sweaty ppl. The little sister couldn’t act for shet. Neither could Lala. Radio Raheem got old, fat and mean. The pimp could only talk if he was dancing. The “Brooklyn” accent on their gangster pal was out of this world terrible. And why was Booger spanish when he was little?
Still, I own this on bootleg VHS.
@Me fail english?, He got game was GOOD! I mean Ray Allen can’t act worth a DAMN… but it was an entertaining movie.
I really liked Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys. I think it got a bad wrap just because, well it’s a Tyler Perry movie. I thought it was really different from his other movies and the acting (Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Taraji, Kathy Bates) was on point.
But what do I know, I also thought The Wash with Snoop Dogg was underated.
@shhwhisper,
Yeah, I had to pause (in a good way) a bit for going a different route, but it did have his “over-dramatized” mark on it. All his villains are super evil with no redeeming qualities. There’s like, no question who the audience should be against. lol
@Cheekie,
It’s something to watch late night while your brain is on auto-pilot.
@Cheekie,
his villains are super evil with no redeeming qualities
extend that to say all his characters are completely one dimensional… and you’re totally right.
and there seems to be the same character appearing in every movie.
The I’m-too-busy/successful to be a good husband/wife/mother/father
The blue collar good guy that gets overlooked til the end
The viciously evil woman
The abusively evil man
The girl with a good heart who had a bad start…
@blackberry molasses,
*nods* Most definitely.
It’s so hilarious how dramatized everything is…I know the mofo came from a theater background, but wow…cut down on the antics a bit. Wow.
@shhwhisper,
“The Family that Preys”
I hated that bullshet. In fact, I hated more than anything I’d seen thus far.
@Me fail english?, lol. I liked Family that Prays… it was like a soap opera. But u know one black movie that TRULY BURNED me when I saw it was ummmm.dang I just forgot the NAME! The one with Angela Basset as the mom and Shemar Moore with HORRIBLE corn rows… it was a TD Jakes movie. And anyway I hated it because everytime you see a single black mother on film it seems she lives in the projects and needs a man to come save the day ALWAYS. Like this movie was SOOOO formulaic. And I could understand if she was a TEEN mom going through the ish she was going thru but in the movie she was like 42! Aren’t there any single mothers in black movies that aren’t depressed, about to go ho for money cuz they so broke they can’t take care of their kids, have sons that are about to be out in the street cause they didn’t have a decent male role model. I mean I know this HAPPENS… but I know plenty of single moms holding it down too. Can we see a flip side in film PLEASE.
@pgh muse, what you did here was remix ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
lol. So, the movie with Angela Bassett as the “young” single mother with 3 kids who gets saved out the projects, was Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns.
The movie where Shemar Moore had the horrible cornrows? LOL. That was also a Tyler Perry movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman.
The TD Jakes movie was Woman Thou Art Loosed, but it also had Kimberly Elise in it (which is why it might be easy to mistake it) and everybody’s favorite, Clifton Powell, who was also in The Gospel.
I think part of the problem is that 1) all the holy movies are pretty much the same; and 2) Clifton Powell is in too many damn movies. if you look at his IMDB page, you’ll notice that Clifton Powell really gets a lot of work.
@Panama Jackson, oh shyt. Thanks PJ – i swear my brain has been SCRAMBLED all day. I would need to blog to tell u about it. smh…
@Panama Jackson,
LOL @ pgh muse remixing all these movies. Just goes to show that they’re not all that difference and folks are recycling ish like no one’s business.
And whoever was the stylist for Shemar’s cut-and-paste cornrows should get an effing Razzie.
@shhwhisper, for me, it was just as predictable as all of his other movies. now i as i stated in the post, i do think his movies are getting progressively better. but Family That Preys was probably the most unrealistic out of all the movies.
for Alfre Woodard to come out of nowhere as a doggone primary stockholder for this company AND NOBODY ELSE KNEW IT? CTFO.
btw, CTFO = come the f*ck on.
anyway. that was totally out of left field. i think thats part of the problem with thinking and watching Tyler Perry movies. if you apply even a little bit of common sense to them, the arc the movies take is completely unbelievable and damn near impossible. and its like that in all of them. there’s always some strange plot development that makes no sense, but b/c the rest of the movies is okay, it gets overlooked.
like for instance, in Madea Goes To Jail…b/c it would have ruined the storyline where Derek Luke tells the counselor lady why he is so torn about Rudy…his fiancee NEVER asks what their history is. NEVER. she does at one point say, “where do you know here from?” while they’re in court but he says, “long story” and never shares the story.
THEN…for some reason, she never stays mad at DerekLuke despite brining this ho into his house on multiple occasions.
just a lot of unrealism. but for the sake of the end product, it just gets lost in translation.
@Panama Jackson,
I agree it was predictable but with CTFO moments. It was still entertaining to me though while many of his other movies haven’t even kept my interest. I don’t think it’s a good/good movie but a good/bad movie. <– Did that even make sense?
His predictable with CTFO moments formula kinda reminds me of Adam Sandler movies but less funny. Adam Sandler movies are entertainingly bad to me.
I don’t know if anybody said this but:
The Last Dragon
The horrible acting, the sub par karate, the ridiculous outfits. Yet, I still get goosebumps when Bruce Leroy gets the glow….
Yep.
Oh man
what about:
Posse
I loved this movie as a youngin’. I liked “Panther” too.
The fighting temptations *ducks all the beyonce can’t act jabs*
I know…and it was still entertaining
Some movies I like but the critics disagree are: “Undercover Brother” that movie was so funny. I like Eddie Griffith he is really funny in an old fashion Sammy Davis Jr mixed with modern comedy. I don’t know who the other person is, lol, it is kind of social commentary and comedy. Another one I liked is “Malibu’s Most Wanted” that movie was also funny and I like the whole plot within a plot (where Taye Diggs and Anthony Anderson were actors pretending to be gangstas, it reminded me of that old Sprite commercials with the two Shakesperean dudes who pretended to be “street”). Another movie which gets no love is “B.A.P.S” I know it’s politely incorrect and all but that movie was funny and Halle Berry really showed her acting range with broad comedy.
I don’t know if anyone said this already…but PLAYER’S CLUB!!!! Lisa Raye SUCKED: “Ebony, you need to slow yo roll down…”
But it’s one of my faves and I know it darn near word for word. Don’t judge me…