The system of white supremacy.... will always be anti black .... so what are you going to do? Black folks shouldn’t have to work twice as hard. People who say why do we have to be excellent ? Is a person who don’t understand this rigged system.
I understand that. It’s just a powerful statement IMO because although that is true, it’s still sad. (Like many points made in the movie) Being a decent person and working a regular job is seen as insufficient. That is sad. We have a tendency to equate excellence with occupying predominantly white spaces.
@@ashanti5132 While I get what you are saying I rarely see the average black person strive for excellence outside of my African friends and their family. The difference between where most of them are compared to most black folks I see in my area has led me to believe black folks NEED to strive for excellence more. Mediocre to being complete losers. They are okay working bs jobs (which they stay complaining about but NEVER do anything to get better jobs), they don't even do what average white folks do to fit in then wonder why they are the least liked and have a target on their back. IMO we need to actually do more and stop crying all the damn time about why we are held to such a high standard when most barely meet basic standards. We should all strive for excellence. Most of the movies we make are basic, boring, recycled plots with little to no imagination.
When the casting description for Queen called for a "brown skinned woman" that *"would've worked in the fields if she was a slave"* I WAS THROUGH! That soured my mood and made me lose interest in bothering to see it. These casting directors are disgraceful!
Smiley Lightfoot Lena she’s the type of black person that’s wants to be the token black person in white spaces. This is not her first fuck up. Something wrong with her, it’s like she obsessed with slavery or the oppression(negative way). Reading that script was trash. Yes they have beautiful pictures, but nonetheless it was trash.
Jaleel Shivers yeah! That’s why I got annoyed because I was like “that’s lowkey me sometimes” buuut she has a good reason! She’s hurt. She explained that her client was getting executed hours earlier & she’s on tinder to talk to people bc she’s don’t have anyone. I would expect for her not to be able to express herself emotionally?
I love their complexion in general, but the casting for them was perfect. Him and Lupita would be kind of typical. She's fresh on my eyes, but I've seen the homie in Black Mirror on Netflix before he did Get Out. I love seeing him on the big screen and it's his first main character role
That ending had to be it because it's not a love story and it's not perfect. It's real life. I'm actually surprised they made it six days. BTW Jodie is....Jesus Christ GORGOUS!!! When she turned that corner and her braids were out 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Jasmine why are you even talking? You sound every uneducated. The ending didn’t have to be. But white America, especially in cinema would not be able to deal with the fact of the Africans/Blacks out smarting them. They think they are superior to us and just couldn’t fathom the movie ending with them getting way. BS. And just pushing the same black stereotype narrative. Lena is trash.
erica chamblee First off no one, I mean no one was fucking talking to you. So please stay in you’re lane and mind your business. Especially when I’m not directing any of my comments towards you. Girl bye
Shakira Jonay I just was talking to a friend about this I always go see a kids movie with my family cause you never what you’re gonna see in some of these movies nowadays
Since y’all so wrapped up and pissed off in the “struggle love” narrative I really hope y’all support Issa Rae/Lakeith Stansfield new movie “The Photograph” when it comes out! No struggle love, just falling in love!
Sorry Eloho but struggle love isn’t just baby daddies and single mothers. Queen is a lawyer and Slim is a retail worker. She went on the run with him after one date when she could’ve gone to the police. It was typical ride or die black community mentality. I liked the movie but it’s still a struggle love film.
Diedre Banks not really. Had they never got pulled over, Queen would have never hit him up again probably. Slim was feeling her though. They literally fell in love over a course of 6 days.
Idk. I didn't find it to be struggle love. Despite being on the run, they were probably more free than in their normal lives. Them dancing, leaning out the window, riding a horse and all that other stuff was the opposite of struggle love, even with the sad ending.
Sometime i wonder why they can make a normal love story for Black people without any drama , any struggle love narrative. You know like normal couple just minding their own business and they didn't get kill on the ending.
Evander Zufar Setiawan exactly! We can only rely on other black creators to tell our stories & unfortunately they sell out or they portray us terribly. I just want to see feminine soft black dark skin women in healthy relationships. I need more healthy black rom coms
The ending made me think about queen’s earlier statement where they were in the car and they ran out of gas and they were standing on the side of the road and slim said I hope the person that pulls over is black, then queen says that’s not always a good thing. The clues were there and I felt like a clown when the cops pulled up.
I swear that black guy that was supposed to “help” them escape was not the guy that was supposed to meet them I think that he just found them during the night and then planned it out
I’m sorry I can’t get with this movie. Dark skin people, especially dark skin women, barely have any representation. So when there’s finally a film that focuses on unambiguous black people, they make it about them killing a cop. Honestly, I find it very disrespectful to black people who have faced police brutality because this movie really changes the narrative in a horrible way.
Completely agree with you. Why are there never any movies about normal black people with day jobs? Sometimes I just wish we had movies with all black/majority black casts that weren’t based on race and the struggles that we go through. There were a lot in the 90s and some in the 70s (the Jefferson’s, Martin, Fresh Prince, Sandford and Son) stuff like that. All those shows mentioned race but it was never based around that idea and I wish we had more tv like that now🤷🏽♀️
That's white man's perception of black people. They look at us "educated, still stupid, still ghetto, still dumb and low IQ" And we take that and make a movie out of it. Instead of shutting this stereotype, she took it made him a millionaire.
@@myathemango2936 but it's ONE case tho. She been a lawyer for how long? In her line of work, she was going to lose a few cases. But guess what...you can appeal and keep a case going. If she really was doing her job, and felt her client was innocent. She would appeal and get the ruling changed. I mean they thru some logic in the movie, and thru it out where convenient to move this particular story along. But I think the backlash isn't the movie itself...it seems like it's the people that made this film is where the problems lie. I have to research more into the director and film writer to make an opinion on that.
@@myathemango2936 I dont remember either! I might have to google to see...but It didnt seem like it was short time. But if it was short..then maybe I can let it slide. Lol
One of the things that was hard to believe was how she lowkey seemed unfazed from having sustained a gunshot wound. Maybe it was the adrenaline from the situation, but I'd probably be way more hysterical, not just limping anyhow. Idk... that beginning part just seemed a little too... idk. Like I know she's strong, but sis, you just got shot. Again, that's just me
@erica chamblee ohhh. It just looked like a head on shot. That would make sense. Idk, maybe because she was a lawyer, she knew how to be calm under pressure. I would've been hysterical at getting shot, grazed or not lol
Yup I opted out when Chrissie showed the casting call description... I was like anyone who requests a black female actress with that description is not getting my coin.
Arinze Ihezue I did. I made the decision not to watch it, based on the information Chrissie presented. She didn’t force anyone NOT to watch it. She even went to go see it herself.
This was great and I have been researching as well. Lena said that she knew that Queen and Slim weren’t gonna make it to Cuba and it was painful for her to write their deaths. She also said it ended that way because that was their “wedding ” what they said were their vows and ‘I dos’ and then Slim carried Queen over the threshold. She also said the ending was a tribute to the black mothers of the BLM movement because their children never made it home. BUT STILL, I WAS IN DENIAL! “ HOW DARE YOU !! WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU!! *Tyra Voice*
AliyahBee I don’t get it why people are okay with this 😩 just because they sprinkled in a little romance. A drop of romance after 6 days of knowing each other from tinder. As long as they “loved” each other ig it wasn’t that bad that they died due to an ignorant cop being trigger happy. It’s too realistic to dwell on the little bit of lust or w/e.
The way it was filmed and how raw it was. They aren't the cookie cutter perfect couple, she's annoying and stuck up and he's a goody two shoes Christian boy. They get to know each other and naturally fall in love.
I took her always getting hurt as she was constantly mentioning how she was wronged in her past and being that she was no longer being wronged anymore she was now feeling physical pain from getting hurt which is their main reason for being together in the first place. Her getting shot made them go on the run together. Her dislocating her shoulder made her soften up just a little more. She started to feel safe every time she got hurt because he was right there to save her and make sure she got healed.
I truly thought I was the only one that cried at the end! My boyfriend thought I was being dramatic for crying (only because I was the only one crying) but i didnt give af! It was a phenomenal BLACK movie!
@@chef_ekrystina6918 she didn't feel like that at all. Litearlly if anything it'd be the only one since he shot him in defense of her. The only thing that could give proof to her feeling like she had to die for him was the end and even then she was accidentally shot. Plus it was her choice to go on the run..as an attorney she probably knew how the situation would play out and she wasn't going for that. Not just for him but herself too 😭
Erica JACKSON he didn’t even wanted to leave the scene that was her decision. And I don’t think he made that decision because of him. I think she was fed a with the system and thought nobody how good she is at her job, knows her rights she can’t win either way. At least that’s what I got from it.
I miiiiiiight be reaching BUT I feel as if Queen kept getting hurt as a symbolism of black women that no matter how many times were put down we ALWAYS bounce back.
@@msbutterlove4619 No lie I couldn't stand her in the beginning but as the movie went on I understood her hurt. At the end of the day everyone has a reason for the way they are. But hey that's just my opinion.
That's what you got from that? You all need to stop with that "wakanda warrior" bs. It hurts no one but yourselves black women. That's why men think of us as men too and beat us. Did she bounce back? No she died. Because black women are human above all else. Queen symbolizes that the black woman will ride and die for her man and continuously get hurt because of him.
Those whole movie rubs me the wrong way. What was the point of it? The message? What were they trying to achieve? I'm sick of all these negative black struggle movies. (Sidebar: Till this day I still haven't finished watching 12 years a slave.) We already know we struggle. If you want a struggle narrative there are a lot of stories to choose from throughout history which deserve to be told. I would prefer that being done than this. I want more movies about black people which challenge the struggle narrative. I want movies that uplift, empower, and inspire us. Not this. This movie will do nothing to improve Black peoples situation. Nothing at all. How about we tell black people things they don't already know or don't get told regularly. Like you're smart, innovative, beautiful, talented, deserving of true love, friendship, and compassion, can have non-toxic family relations etc. Where's that movie?
@@albertmassaquoi1539 I said the same thing...I said if I have to watch another "set it off" ending (which was not happy imo) the movie will be trash to me.
The message?? These two black people were inncocent....the cop was a racist prick....but then they show white people doing good, black cops doing good....black cop who gets killed seems like a nice guy, black kid kills him for no reason...black kid is in no way inncocent...they showed 2 sides of every situation....also there was a white snitch and a black snitch....white neighbor called cops on them 1st
So when Lena said she wanted to "change the narrative" why didn't she do it with the ending of the movie??? I feel like the subconscious message coming out of this movie is that however successful you as a black person, white supremacy still reigns and has the last say. Lena had a chance to change the narrative but she didn't and that's disappointing.
Agree. I think too many ppl judged it and then didn't see it. Not a perfect film, I didn't like the protest scene at all, but still a very good film and i enjoyed it.
Ray03595 yeah the could’ve cut that protest scene out, but all in all, I liked it. I definitely left in my feelings, but if a movie doesn’t make me feel, I don’t want it.
The ending broke my heart 💔💔💔 My heart was heavy afterwards 😭😭😭 I didn't totally hate it tho because even tho I'm an optimist... idk, it's just that being black in America, you don't always get that fairytale ending... maybe it's just because part of me kinda knew they weren't gonna make it to Cuba. And also the fact that throughout the movie, all the black people they saw rode for them, even the cop! But ol dude had to prove that all skinfolk ain't kinfolk. I just think it's art imitating life in a way... I really thought it was a beautiful movie. Even tho they didn't survive, they're very much alive in the legacy they left behind and they truly were each other's legacies. They were immortal in the end
@@Sula2times What do you think would've happened? Do you think they would've lasted 6 days? Or is there a different point you're tryna drive at? Also, what's stereotypical about it to you? The ending? Some of the characters' attributes? Really wanna know your view on it. Idk... to me, their interaction with the cop didn't seem that far off from the truth... if a white guy and a white woman were in the car, the cop would've let them off with a warning, and there would've only been like 2 scenes in the movie. So I stand by it being reflection on being black in America, even if it's a partial one. But I honestly do wanna hear your thoughts
@@tochiagbo what's stereotypical? The darkskin angry black woman that have a good job as a lawyer and some how got tricked to go on the run with a retailer. She's a lawyer and couldn't give no legal advice about the situation. I wouldn't be caught on a date with a random from twitter I didnt get to know first let alone be in his damn car Let's. Get. Real.
I ain't watching another movie that portrays black women as strong and independent and the saviors; she could have stayed in the god damn car. nah. I'll pass. Thanks for the review tho, Eloho.
Black woman can't win for losing idk what is wrong with a BLACK woman that saved a black man(coming from a black man). The movie would had been like 20 mins long if she didn't save them. Queen and Slim both would had died but I guess that was what he wanted to see. Black woman are strong and powerful no matter what people think.
@bkchic4life yeah but there should be a balance of it... imo at least personally as a black women I don't like the damsel roles in general so I'm with the strong black women roles
When I saw Indya, I cried out of happiness. I’m sooo happy all of that cast is being put in big time tv. Angelica from Pose was on AHS!!! Every time I see them on other shows I get so excited. 😊☺️
Before I get too into this I have a question, why did they have to have an American accent? Both of them are British. Why couldn't it be based in Britian? I don't understand why they seek out other blacks of the diaspora to portray black Americans and honestly, we've had black Americans play Africans like in the fictional country Wakanda. It's not a problem if it's done sometimes, but it seems to be intentional at this point.
The actress who played Queen was born in Britain but moved to U.S. at 3, so she has spent most of her life here. I agree about the plethora of black actors being British now though. Kind of messed up and really says something about how Hollywood sees black americans.
White British actors play white Americans all the time and vice versa..yet no one has a problem with that. Black Americans only have a problem with other blacks playing them for some reason
@esaesa07 Its not exactly false. Of course I know AA and white Americans have different history. I'm Black Canadian. I personally feel AA have made a lot of great strides in Hollywood. I mean compared to other American non-white populations, AA are literally the only ones who have any presence in hollywood, apart from white people. If AA want to tell their stories, perhaps we need more AA directors and producers to bring those stories to the forefront. Its not like black immigrants are the majority of black actors in hollywood. Its also weird you think black immigrants have any privilege in America.
I honestly hate the narrative of this movie. Black women continually have to put themselves in bad situations for black men to be considered a "ride or die" or a Queen. It bothers me this woman was supposed to be a lawyer but chooses to go on the lamb and die for a n*gga she just met on Tender smh gtfofh. We gotta do better black women. I know this is just movie but it seeps into reality this is what some black men think we have to do to be worthy of them. We gotta be the ride or die or trap queen. Then other races get to be the wife and live the good life. Man I'm so NOT HERE FOR IT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS FILM. I SEE WHY THE WHITE MAN WHO WROTE THE FILM DIDN'T PUT IT OUT HIMSELF HE KNEW BETTER. This is just my OPINION!
I think if you haven't watched the movie, you wouldn't understand how they both rode for each other... I mean he shot the cop after the cop shot her. It wasn't one sided. And I feel like in a lot of ways, she was the dominant one: she was the one who advised against turning themselves in, she's the one who made sure they couldn't be traced. It wasn't like she was just going along with it in order to be loved by him; it was a flight or fight instinct. It wasn't until they were on the run that they fell for each other; but if *she* said there wouldn't have been a second date had things not went the way they did. So it's not like she would've gotten the short end of the stick by not going with him. I get not wanting to support the movie. I didn't know about the controversy until after I watched the movie. But I don't think you can accurately know the narrative of what you haven't seen. Even if you're going off of others' reviews, they're recalling the movie from their own POV and with their own biases.
Clearly you didn’t watch the film. The only reason the situation escalated is because Slim said a smart comment that the cop didn’t like and the cop pulled the gun on Slim. If Queen would have stayed in the car, then y’all would have been mad that she didn’t stick up for slim. Since the beginning of the film, Queen was always the aggressor who made all the decisions for them and Slim even addressed saying why can’t I make the next move? This is far from “ride or die” if anything Slim was the rider in the situation
I watched the movie and I agree. I also didn’t like how bitter and bold Queen was in the beginning it was no softness to her just an grumpy dark skin woman.
So...nobody is gonna mention how she said she has a bae? 👀👏🏾 anywho, I'm glad I didn't see this. I would've cried. The end would've really pissed me off.
I saw the movie today and although I didn’t like the ending I loved the movie. The man at the gas station scene reminded me of a school shooter. The scene that got me was when Slim went to the bathroom and his father hung up on him because he didn’t want them to trace the call. I wonder if Slim thought his father was disappointed in him.
You are so right about Queen kept getting hurt, but Slim kept protecting and taking care of her throughout. In the beginning she was the militant one and it flipped to him being the strong one. Even when he picked up and carried her lifeless body...long live Angela & Earnest💜
Wheeeeeeeeewww, my bf and I watched this on Thanksgiving. This movie made me mad, laugh and cry. Loved it and hated it all in one. I fell in love with the characters and just wanted a happy ending☹!!!! I wanted a fantasy😭😭😭😭
I think the end of the movie was a metaphor to life. How we can be so close to freedom, the finish line, etc. and then it’s either moved or made impossible to reach.
What made me mad was she was too hot headed to be a lawyer from the beginning, she could have easily talked the cop outta letting them go without shooting... by using law codes on him. But she didnt... which is why im confused on the writing. Why did they write the charaters to be this way?
Dannie Brazile THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! Finally!!! I’m a paralegal and I thought in my head, why didn’t she cite the regulations? You can tell that Lena Waite isn’t an attorney. They should’ve changed Queen’s occupation because I know plenty of black attorneys who wouldn’t act the way Queen did when they were falsely pulled over by cops.
Exactly! Also, even her colleagues at work could’ve vouched for her if she really was an attorney, this movie just showed them as criminals the whole movie! Why write in the script that she was an attorney if she wasn’t gonna use her book smarts????
I love this because they switched the narrative to the question of “What would happen if a black person killed a cop?” And I feel like it had to be realistic, especially with the end. As much as it wouldve been cute to watch them get away, their death was so symbolic to their love
I just am so sick of seeing black people struggle in tv/film. Can we have one movie with a middle story map format? Where there is conflict, but the resolution is happy. It is like, there are not any good, happy ending movies with a main black cast.
I really enjoyed this movie, there were a few problems like the protest scene and the fact that the kid killed a cop for legit no reason. The sex scene combined with the riot scene was kinda weird for me too. My boyfriend (who happens to be white) and I were sobbing at the end.
@Lynn xo DONT gotta be rude to her damn,. i actually went to see the movie and there was a lot of white ppl that went to see and a lot of interracial couples who went to see it
I believe he gave the store clerk the gun to maintain the fact that he’s not that type of man. He’s not a criminal and never was. So he agreed to give him the gun because he said he would pay for the gas. It was pretty intense though with the progression of his “what you doin” fear confusion and final standing in his ground (aggression)
Nah that scene after queen dislocated her arm and when slim was popping it back in he was telling her he knew she could do it and that he knew she was strong .....😍😍😍😍😍 he was tell his queen he saw and appreciated everything she did
The kids said he wanted to be immortal and everybody to know him, queen and Slim gave him the advice as long as your family remembers you fondly you’re OK. they actually give him the opposite advice to what he did
My heart was broken at the end 😥 I thought they were going to get caught but further in the movie I had hope!! When she asked “can I be your legacy?” The tears were just forming in my eyes. It was a love story too me. By the end they were definitely in love. The moments they have and feelings in my opinion most do not feel or just live like that in their lifetime!! So to me it was beautiful but just a sad ending. Every love story doesn’t have this great ending but at the same time they wouldn’t had got too see each other or hear from each other if they survived and went to jail. Him carrying her was the part that just took me 😥 I loved this movie!!
It’s more like ROMEO AND JULIET, without the annoying family, but it’s like - The racist conservatives hate them but the black peoples were there for them; but not everyone. Also queen annoyed me at times lol
I don't know why yall mad when what happens in real black reality is put on the big screen? Lol oh it's struggle love oh we see enough of that oh we this we that but sis this is your reality! If we want to be portrayed better, WE GOTTA DO BETTER! Period. Maybe that's motivation to become a director or producer yourself maybe you can get on board with the Tyler Perry movement and open a black owned studio maybe that will motivate you to open more black business! Anything other than our reality is a mf fairytale. You wanna see us be better on screen, let's do better in real life. Idk what yall mad for what do you wanna see Brandy and the Asian kid playing Cinderella? Foh. The movie was great! Only thing I didn't like was why the fuck yall running you're a lawyer you should know better they could've made her an activist or something cuz that was not a lawyer move. Other than that I enjoyed it. Favorite part: I want someone who I can feel comfortable with them seeing the ugliest parts of me and they can still love me anyway. They will hold me while I heal and not be afraid to kiss my scars afterwards. That's not struggle love that's UNCONDITIONAL love. Can't please nobody sheesh. 😒
I loved this movie! I loved the open road scenes with the sunrise and also the bar scene. I hated the fact that at the end of the movie when they were mentioning the death of both queen and slim, the news had the audacity to say that they were armed and dangerous when they didn’t have any weapon. Anyways, this is a movie I would watch again and recommend to anyone.
I felt they were trying to buck break Bokeem Woodbine by having his bottom chick be a trans woman.And I also feel that having the Black boy kill the Black cop,who was trying to help him wasn't a good look,along with having the brother at the end betray them.The movie could of been something else and been used to uplift us,instead it felt like it was shown through a white lens and how they see us or want us to be portrayed,despite who the director was.
@@BluDrop5 He did not write the story!From what I undertsand from what I read about the shared credit and the situation was that she said that he said he couldn't do something like that because it would not fly with people coming from him,so he did give her the premise and she ran with it and did her thing.So he just gave her the idea,but it was her story.I was talking about the portrayal of the Black characters throughout the film,and how it just seemed that it really didn't come from a Black person perspective,but a white person saying this is how these niggas really are and us being shown through a white lens.
If i was film writer i would like to make this story. A black dark skin women having a date with asian men. The dark skin women let's call her Tiana. Tiana met this asian guy name Nico. They met in a restaurant they talk to each other, they talking about hobbies, favorite food, colour, and etc. After that date they agreed to meet again in a park. They met in Friday at the park, they talking and walking really having a great time with each other and they kissing. They in relationship but doesn't mean it bothers them, they still go to work and met with their family and friend.
Idk if anyone else noticed but when Queen got hurt it was always on the left side of her body. Shot in left leg, dislocated left shoulder, and got shot in the left side of her chest. Idk if it was intentional but it's something I just noticed.
And I LOVED what u said about the scene in the convenient store.. and I feel as tho the point you made is the exact reason they left that scene in the move 👏🏽👏🏽
Eloho: First of all She's gorgeous woman so as he. I also heard the ad for casting, the ad was saying they wanted a "field slave dark skin girl" I thought that was completely degrading and very unnecessary to any dark skin man or woman. I want to understand why gay black men and women and also black people who are in the interracial relationship think they can walk all over our black history, black race and our humanity. Then come up with their ignorance, specially when they have a social spot like that. They need to understand how to choose their words carefully, because they have many young people who are ready to listen and learn copy and live by their words. Very very very disappointed about that lady for taking the story from white person and didn't even change it to what is happening now, like killing black men and women everyday.Yes, the story line of being murdered while eating Ice-cream at home, watching tv, or driving, would have more shock value, more realistic than the bullshit of black man murdering cops. Now if she actually used it to make how a black man is shot dead (which is most frequent in America) instead and twisted the roles as it is in reality, I would have watched it. Her loss. I also forgto this movie is a slap on the face of black woman. Like they are telling us, no matter how we are educated, or intellectual we are, we still don't have common sense. Yes, I'm taking this seriously because I am black, and most people take hollywood as their school, and I care, and I see this devaluation of black race by every non black race group of people everyday. We have to stop watching and funding this sort of bullshit if we want the stereotypes and racism toward our people to stop. It starts with us. There for: I won't support this mediocracy.
The movie was entertainment minus any logic. It was like a cross between Set It Off, and Thelma and Louise. The common theme I got from this film was black men ain’t shit. The reviewer forgot to mention the interaction between the father and his son, where the father refers to his son as a bitch. Then there was the uncle who was a veteran and a pimp. The only time a black man was the hero was when the back cop let them escape, and even in that, the reason why he let them escape was because the older white cop belittled him. Any other time he would’ve stopped them. But let’s not forget the fact that Queen escalated this whole situation. Even after Slim shit the cop, she wanted to run. How does a lawyer make logic out running from an aggravated assault from a racist cop, who likely had on some recording device, recording the whole incident? Then there was the little boy shooting the good Black cop. Of course then there was the thug at the end who sold them out. I could go on and on but I’m sure if you saw the film, you get the picture. This could’ve been a cinematic masterpiece, but fall short like a mf
Do you think they would have been cleared of any wrongdoing?? The mechanic told them: 'You should have paid the ticket' when they weren't given one, so what would an all white jury see? Would they be acquitted or condemned? Then the female cop shot Queen even though her superior didn't give her orders to do so and Queen didn't give her any sign or reason to fire.
@@wonderingmind8547 those are good points! I feel like most of the issue lies with them running away. We don't know if the ticket scenario was widespread or just a belief of the of the mechanic. We, also, don't know that the whole jury would be white. I feel like by Queen being a lawyer there were ways they could've avoided being fugitives. Then again, the "on the run" plot is much more entertaining to watch.
@@justdej I agree that being on the run wasn't the best route, but fear is a hell of a motivator. The bit about the ticket is a very common phrase with PD supporters. I've seen them say things like: 'Why did you run?' 'Why did you talk back??' Etc. People sometimes put the wrong pieces of a puzzle together by placing their ideals and opinions then stubbornly ignore the facts, like the footage showing that it was self defense. I also can't predict the jury and what decision they make, but history dictates leniency for the officers. But I am of the belief that Queen could have won that case if they did turn themselves in. Thanks for the chat, sis!!💖
I definitely agree with you that it’s not like Bonnie and Clyde but they were criminals. They became criminals as soon as the ran away instead of turning themselves in. Then they kidnapped someone and put them in a trunk so they were criminals but not the same as Bonnie and Clyde who were outlaws robbing banks. They were criminals because of their circumstances. Such a sad movie.
I think I’m the only one in the world that like spoilers, before watching movies 😂
Can’t get petty to petty with a Pisces yer!
Nope you're not lol
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But what’s the point of watching the film if someone told you what happened already
Kayla O. Because I can really understand without questioning the symbolism. I did that with US 😂
Kayla O. There are so many books that are turned into movies. It’s just kinda like one of those things were you want to know what happens lol
Sammmeeeee
“Why black people always gotta be excellent? Why can’t we just be ourselves”
The system of white supremacy.... will always be anti black .... so what are you going to do?
Black folks shouldn’t have to work twice as hard.
People who say why do we have to be excellent ? Is a person who don’t understand this rigged system.
I understand that. It’s just a powerful statement IMO because although that is true, it’s still sad. (Like many points made in the movie) Being a decent person and working a regular job is seen as insufficient. That is sad. We have a tendency to equate excellence with occupying predominantly white spaces.
@@stephdrake2521 Its a person who refuses to be a victim to it.
A Shanti we NEED to get that SICK,
PERFECTION NARRATIVE out of our being.
It's NOT ours 2 claim.
Nor is it real. ✌
@@ashanti5132 While I get what you are saying I rarely see the average black person strive for excellence outside of my African friends and their family. The difference between where most of them are compared to most black folks I see in my area has led me to believe black folks NEED to strive for excellence more. Mediocre to being complete losers. They are okay working bs jobs (which they stay complaining about but NEVER do anything to get better jobs), they don't even do what average white folks do to fit in then wonder why they are the least liked and have a target on their back. IMO we need to actually do more and stop crying all the damn time about why we are held to such a high standard when most barely meet basic standards. We should all strive for excellence. Most of the movies we make are basic, boring, recycled plots with little to no imagination.
When the casting description for Queen called for a "brown skinned woman" that *"would've worked in the fields if she was a slave"* I WAS THROUGH! That soured my mood and made me lose interest in bothering to see it. These casting directors are disgraceful!
ARISE melanin
The casting directors were white, BUT Lena was the one who wrote that shit.
@@kelsierra3056 smdh
What they really had da balls 2 write dat shit?????
Smiley Lightfoot
Lena she’s the type of black person that’s wants to be the token black person in white spaces. This is not her first fuck up. Something wrong with her, it’s like she obsessed with slavery or the oppression(negative way). Reading that script was trash. Yes they have beautiful pictures, but nonetheless it was trash.
If we were slves we would've worked regardless.
I love how you smoothly slipped in that you had a bae lol . Go girl👏🏾😂
Right....we caught what she threw out ⚾️ Hope they're happy and he treats her like a 👸🏾
Yaaas 😂🤣
Love Bug yupppp he better !!
that was the real spoiler alert
Exactlyyy 😂😘
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who wasn't feeling Queen from the jump lol. She definitely grew on me by the end tho
Tochukwu Agbo My sisters be acting like her and even they didn’t like her...I’m sitting in the movie thinking, “y’all act the same way”
Jaleel Shivers yeah! That’s why I got annoyed because I was like “that’s lowkey me sometimes” buuut she has a good reason! She’s hurt. She explained that her client was getting executed hours earlier & she’s on tinder to talk to people bc she’s don’t have anyone. I would expect for her not to be able to express herself emotionally?
Lvly lol😅 and interesting perspective, I never considered how she was unable to express emotion as quickly...I just thought she was choosing not to
Jaleel Shivers lmao
She definitely grew on me
Can we take a second to appreciate the lady who played Queen though!! She is soooooo hot 🖤
I love their complexion in general, but the casting for them was perfect. Him and Lupita would be kind of typical. She's fresh on my eyes, but I've seen the homie in Black Mirror on Netflix before he did Get Out. I love seeing him on the big screen and it's his first main character role
@@WileyKiyote Exaclty!!
Literally
I think that Jodie Turner-Smith is actually a model. If not, she should...
Ikr😍🍫
When that guy from FLORIDA snitched it didn’t shock me it’s always Florida ! 😓
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmaoooo
Breakfast Club points that out every other Donkey of the Day🤣🤣🤣
Ratchet Ass Florida!!!
ALWAYS. the cops are beast in Florida. I'm from Tampa.
That ending had to be it because it's not a love story and it's not perfect. It's real life. I'm actually surprised they made it six days.
BTW Jodie is....Jesus Christ GORGOUS!!! When she turned that corner and her braids were out 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
By law bc they were "gangsters" they had to die or go to jail by the end of the movie
Jasmine why are you even talking? You sound every uneducated. The ending didn’t have to be. But white America, especially in cinema would not be able to deal with the fact of the Africans/Blacks out smarting them. They think they are superior to us and just couldn’t fathom the movie ending with them getting way. BS. And just pushing the same black stereotype narrative. Lena is trash.
erica chamblee First off no one, I mean no one was fucking talking to you. So please stay in you’re lane and mind your business. Especially when I’m not directing any of my comments towards you. Girl bye
Queen “ i Swear to god “
Slim “ swear in something you actually believe in “
Queen “ fine I’ll swear on you “
Literally my fave part ✨
This movie had so much potential to be a Love Jones part II.
brown gyal that was so deep🖤
Dollar store Trinidad James ruined the whole plan
Rachel OHHHHHH MY GOODNESSSSS
😂😂 that made me giggle
😂🤣😂😂🤣
I was calling him fat Ludacris, but Dollar Store Trinidad James works better. 🤷🏾♀️😂😂🤣🤣
MANNNN I WAS PISSED
Jodi is bomb period short hair or braids her bone structure is God level.
Truly!
The short hair definitely suits her. I was mesmerized.
YES SHE IS BEAUTIFU!!!
So gorgeous
"Can I be your legacy?"
"You already are."
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Jasmine that was my fav part 🥺
The fact that those were their last words... inasmuch as it was a bittersweet moment, it was my fave scene of the movie 😭❤
I felt like I died with them😞💔💔😢
Then Queen/Angela gets shot by trigger-finger Tabatha.....
erica chamblee when he said I would’ve kissed all ur scars instant tears ran down my face
Queen is so pretty. Ugh. I can't tell if I'm jealous or in love.
That sex scene was like “ whew Chile” 👀
It was! lol
tewwww much! lol it was awkward because i went to see it with my family
Christiana Floyd I had to cover my eyes 👀😮🙊🤭and I'm 21😅 but I brought a close-friend/sister to see it with a male friend so it made it ki da awkward
Shakira Jonay I just was talking to a friend about this I always go see a kids movie with my family cause you never what you’re gonna see in some of these movies nowadays
I thought that the sex scene was a little bizarre because they spliced it with the protest scene
Since y’all so wrapped up and pissed off in the “struggle love” narrative I really hope y’all support Issa Rae/Lakeith Stansfield new movie “The Photograph” when it comes out! No struggle love, just falling in love!
OH YES-
Can’t wait
Yes
Queen was over the illusion of the justice system. She had no faith in it regardless of how excellent she is at her job. That’s why she wanted to run.
Sorry Eloho but struggle love isn’t just baby daddies and single mothers. Queen is a lawyer and Slim is a retail worker. She went on the run with him after one date when she could’ve gone to the police. It was typical ride or die black community mentality. I liked the movie but it’s still a struggle love film.
Facts
Diedre Banks not really. Had they never got pulled over, Queen would have never hit him up again probably. Slim was feeling her though. They literally fell in love over a course of 6 days.
Idk. I didn't find it to be struggle love. Despite being on the run, they were probably more free than in their normal lives. Them dancing, leaning out the window, riding a horse and all that other stuff was the opposite of struggle love, even with the sad ending.
It was all her idea to go on the run. He was ready to go home and tell his family what happened. She groomed him for this
Diedre Banks it’s struggle love because sis was a whole attorney dating down with a retail worker. TUH!
Sometime i wonder why they can make a normal love story for Black people without any drama , any struggle love narrative. You know like normal couple just minding their own business and they didn't get kill on the ending.
Exactly.
Evander Zufar Setiawan yes! Why can't we have good romantic movies like the holiday with Kate Winslet& camrin Diaz.
@@thanamesny7807 yes that's exactly what i'm talking about. Why only white women not black women?
Evander Zufar Setiawan exactly! We can only rely on other black creators to tell our stories & unfortunately they sell out or they portray us terribly. I just want to see feminine soft black dark skin women in healthy relationships. I need more healthy black rom coms
@@thanamesny7807 yup
The ending made me think about queen’s earlier statement where they were in the car and they ran out of gas and they were standing on the side of the road and slim said I hope the person that pulls over is black, then queen says that’s not always a good thing. The clues were there and I felt like a clown when the cops pulled up.
I swear that black guy that was supposed to “help” them escape was not the guy that was supposed to meet them I think that he just found them during the night and then planned it out
Z I was thinking that tooooo smh
That part is bothering me and I want to watch it again solely for that
I wonder when he called the cops., maybe when he was making plans for the plane ?
that’s exactly what i thought.
I believe the same thing. When he walked up on them slim gave him info. He never introduced hisself as Shepard the person they were suppose to meet!!
I’m sorry I can’t get with this movie. Dark skin people, especially dark skin women, barely have any representation. So when there’s finally a film that focuses on unambiguous black people, they make it about them killing a cop. Honestly, I find it very disrespectful to black people who have faced police brutality because this movie really changes the narrative in a horrible way.
Dark-skin men have a whole lot of representation. They are the go-to when needing "diversity". Center dark-skin women only.
Completely agree with you. Why are there never any movies about normal black people with day jobs? Sometimes I just wish we had movies with all black/majority black casts that weren’t based on race and the struggles that we go through. There were a lot in the 90s and some in the 70s (the Jefferson’s, Martin, Fresh Prince, Sandford and Son) stuff like that. All those shows mentioned race but it was never based around that idea and I wish we had more tv like that now🤷🏽♀️
I just thought it was so stupid how she would choose to run when she’s a lawyer. And all the stops they make while running? So stupid. Lol
That's white man's perception of black people. They look at us "educated, still stupid, still ghetto, still dumb and low IQ"
And we take that and make a movie out of it. Instead of shutting this stereotype, she took it made him a millionaire.
She lost case already, & the client had death penalty... She felt defeated
@@myathemango2936 but it's ONE case tho. She been a lawyer for how long? In her line of work, she was going to lose a few cases. But guess what...you can appeal and keep a case going. If she really was doing her job, and felt her client was innocent. She would appeal and get the ruling changed. I mean they thru some logic in the movie, and thru it out where convenient to move this particular story along. But I think the backlash isn't the movie itself...it seems like it's the people that made this film is where the problems lie. I have to research more into the director and film writer to make an opinion on that.
@@LunarChaos i dont remember how long she's been a lawyer
@@myathemango2936 I dont remember either! I might have to google to see...but It didnt seem like it was short time. But if it was short..then maybe I can let it slide. Lol
"If it weren't for their circumstances, they wouldn't have fallen in love at the end." Sounds just like struggle love to me
Kim BlaQue nope
Stop being a lemming. Think for yourself. Have you ever even used the term 'struggle love' before Chrissie or someone else introduced you to it?
@mr.knowitall Why are you mentioning Chrissie, she has nothing to do with this video. She really got y’all bothered out here.😆
@ Kim BlaQue You’re absolutely right. The entire storyline is struggle love.
@@klsunsets8020 and as I suspected, you knew exactly who she is.
Chileeeee I didn’t watch bc I didn’t want to support struggle depictions or struggle love but this review was ITTTT!!!
They were on the run..I don’t understand why ppl act as though they were a project having baby hood couple.
Good choice. Don't watch it.👏
One of the things that was hard to believe was how she lowkey seemed unfazed from having sustained a gunshot wound. Maybe it was the adrenaline from the situation, but I'd probably be way more hysterical, not just limping anyhow. Idk... that beginning part just seemed a little too... idk. Like I know she's strong, but sis, you just got shot. Again, that's just me
@erica chamblee ohhh. It just looked like a head on shot. That would make sense. Idk, maybe because she was a lawyer, she knew how to be calm under pressure. I would've been hysterical at getting shot, grazed or not lol
@erica chamblee I'm telling youuuu! 😂
It was a flesh wound.
@@abigailmarughu3403
Ayyyyyyeeeeeeee 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 Don't even trip lol, I totally get 😁 You can probably tell I'm Igbo from my name, what about you?
Tochukwu Agbo 😂😭😂😭😂😭😂 seriously. Sis was on the run throughout the country with heels and a gun shot wound. Nobody is that strong sis.
After watching Chrissie's video, I opted out of watching it. I feel some type a way about it.
Huh?
Yup I opted out when Chrissie showed the casting call description... I was like anyone who requests a black female actress with that description is not getting my coin.
What description?
@@hplayer7383 and I oop
Arinze Ihezue I did. I made the decision not to watch it, based on the information Chrissie presented. She didn’t force anyone NOT to watch it. She even went to go see it herself.
Eloho said “I said shhhhhhhj 🤫 I’m watching the movie” 😭😭😭
This was great and I have been researching as well. Lena said that she knew that Queen and Slim weren’t gonna make it to Cuba and it was painful for her to write their deaths. She also said it ended that way because that was their “wedding ” what they said were their vows and ‘I dos’ and then Slim carried Queen over the threshold. She also said the ending was a tribute to the black mothers of the BLM movement because their children never made it home. BUT STILL, I WAS IN DENIAL! “
HOW DARE YOU !! WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU!! *Tyra Voice*
Maya Marie I agree with you! I don’t understand how Lena finagled or factored all that in there. I’m still blown
Wow, that just makes it all the more heartbreakingly beautiful 🥺
Dumb as fuck script 😂
AliyahBee I don’t get it why people are okay with this 😩 just because they sprinkled in a little romance. A drop of romance after 6 days of knowing each other from tinder. As long as they “loved” each other ig it wasn’t that bad that they died due to an ignorant cop being trigger happy. It’s too realistic to dwell on the little bit of lust or w/e.
that just gave me chills
The way it was filmed and how raw it was. They aren't the cookie cutter perfect couple, she's annoying and stuck up and he's a goody two shoes Christian boy.
They get to know each other and naturally fall in love.
I took her always getting hurt as she was constantly mentioning how she was wronged in her past and being that she was no longer being wronged anymore she was now feeling physical pain from getting hurt which is their main reason for being together in the first place. Her getting shot made them go on the run together. Her dislocating her shoulder made her soften up just a little more. She started to feel safe every time she got hurt because he was right there to save her and make sure she got healed.
Yvonne Byron beautifully said !!
I truly thought I was the only one that cried at the end! My boyfriend thought I was being dramatic for crying (only because I was the only one crying) but i didnt give af! It was a phenomenal BLACK movie!
Sydnee Rasberry same here it broke my heart in the end but this story spoke volumes of just a piece of the reality we face as black people
Girl no I cried too I was heart broken
@@ajc1818 Exactly! Just going through that journey with them and to see how in the end they died for each other.
Same I was boo hooing 😭💀
I'ma G I don't cry, but the end did put onions in the air ☹️😫😬
LMAO you talking about that white lady in theater getting all irritated has me weak.
Shhhhhhh shhhhhhhh 😂😂😂😂
A lot of the time in struggle love cases they don’t like each other lol they just feel like they’re “stuck” together
Erica JACKSON that's the vibe I kinda got from here
She basically told him "you can't go home, we're in this together"
She could have went to the police she’s an attorney lol why did she feel it’s was her job to die for him lol that’s crazy
@@chef_ekrystina6918 she didn't feel like that at all. Litearlly if anything it'd be the only one since he shot him in defense of her. The only thing that could give proof to her feeling like she had to die for him was the end and even then she was accidentally shot. Plus it was her choice to go on the run..as an attorney she probably knew how the situation would play out and she wasn't going for that. Not just for him but herself too 😭
Erica JACKSON he didn’t even wanted to leave the scene that was her decision. And I don’t think he made that decision because of him. I think she was fed a with the system and thought nobody how good she is at her job, knows her rights she can’t win either way. At least that’s what I got from it.
I miiiiiiight be reaching BUT I feel as if Queen kept getting hurt as a symbolism of black women that no matter how many times were put down we ALWAYS bounce back.
Simply Tan Her entire role was stereotypical bitter, mouthy bossy, “strong” & hurt. I strongly disliked her character.
@@msbutterlove4619 No lie I couldn't stand her in the beginning but as the movie went on I understood her hurt. At the end of the day everyone has a reason for the way they are. But hey that's just my opinion.
You might be right.
That's what you got from that? You all need to stop with that "wakanda warrior" bs. It hurts no one but yourselves black women. That's why men think of us as men too and beat us. Did she bounce back? No she died. Because black women are human above all else. Queen symbolizes that the black woman will ride and die for her man and continuously get hurt because of him.
Those whole movie rubs me the wrong way. What was the point of it? The message? What were they trying to achieve? I'm sick of all these negative black struggle movies.
(Sidebar: Till this day I still haven't finished watching 12 years a slave.)
We already know we struggle. If you want a struggle narrative there are a lot of stories to choose from throughout history which deserve to be told. I would prefer that being done than this. I want more movies about black people which challenge the struggle narrative. I want movies that uplift, empower, and inspire us. Not this. This movie will do nothing to improve Black peoples situation. Nothing at all.
How about we tell black people things they don't already know or don't get told regularly. Like you're smart, innovative, beautiful, talented, deserving of true love, friendship, and compassion, can have non-toxic family relations etc. Where's that movie?
I rather watch Hustle and flow
We should get happy endings if I want to want to sad ending I just watch the news
Emma Heart Unfortunately not enough black people will support positive movies,
@@albertmassaquoi1539 I said the same thing...I said if I have to watch another "set it off" ending (which was not happy imo) the movie will be trash to me.
The message?? These two black people were inncocent....the cop was a racist prick....but then they show white people doing good, black cops doing good....black cop who gets killed seems like a nice guy, black kid kills him for no reason...black kid is in no way inncocent...they showed 2 sides of every situation....also there was a white snitch and a black snitch....white neighbor called cops on them 1st
So when Lena said she wanted to "change the narrative" why didn't she do it with the ending of the movie??? I feel like the subconscious message coming out of this movie is that however successful you as a black person, white supremacy still reigns and has the last say. Lena had a chance to change the narrative but she didn't and that's disappointing.
I guess this is an “unpopular opinion” but I really enjoyed this movie. Definitely not struggle love, it was about survival.
Agree. I think too many ppl judged it and then didn't see it. Not a perfect film, I didn't like the protest scene at all, but still a very good film and i enjoyed it.
Ray03595 yeah the could’ve cut that protest scene out, but all in all, I liked it. I definitely left in my feelings, but if a movie doesn’t make me feel, I don’t want it.
daynamonet thank you. I’m sorry but that was not my definition of love and they couldn’t even sell me that if they want to.
but they aint survive lol
YESSS
The ending broke my heart 💔💔💔 My heart was heavy afterwards 😭😭😭 I didn't totally hate it tho because even tho I'm an optimist... idk, it's just that being black in America, you don't always get that fairytale ending... maybe it's just because part of me kinda knew they weren't gonna make it to Cuba. And also the fact that throughout the movie, all the black people they saw rode for them, even the cop! But ol dude had to prove that all skinfolk ain't kinfolk. I just think it's art imitating life in a way... I really thought it was a beautiful movie. Even tho they didn't survive, they're very much alive in the legacy they left behind and they truly were each other's legacies. They were immortal in the end
This is not being black in America. This isnt what a means
@@Sula2times what would you say it is/means then?
@@tochiagbo In no real world any of this would take place with black people being on the run. This movie is stereotypical at best
@@Sula2times What do you think would've happened? Do you think they would've lasted 6 days? Or is there a different point you're tryna drive at? Also, what's stereotypical about it to you? The ending? Some of the characters' attributes? Really wanna know your view on it. Idk... to me, their interaction with the cop didn't seem that far off from the truth... if a white guy and a white woman were in the car, the cop would've let them off with a warning, and there would've only been like 2 scenes in the movie. So I stand by it being reflection on being black in America, even if it's a partial one. But I honestly do wanna hear your thoughts
@@tochiagbo what's stereotypical? The darkskin angry black woman that have a good job as a lawyer and some how got tricked to go on the run with a retailer. She's a lawyer and couldn't give no legal advice about the situation. I wouldn't be caught on a date with a random from twitter I didnt get to know first let alone be in his damn car
Let's. Get. Real.
I ain't watching another movie that portrays black women as strong and independent and the saviors; she could have stayed in the god damn car. nah. I'll pass. Thanks for the review tho, Eloho.
Why?
So that he'd end up dead and they still find a way to pin it on her right?
Black woman can't win for losing idk what is wrong with a BLACK woman that saved a black man(coming from a black man). The movie would had been like 20 mins long if she didn't save them. Queen and Slim both would had died but I guess that was what he wanted to see. Black woman are strong and powerful no matter what people think.
@@tochiagbo Both died anyways 😂
@bkchic4life yeah but there should be a balance of it... imo at least personally as a black women I don't like the damsel roles in general so I'm with the strong black women roles
Well damn Eloho just spoil the whole movie why don't ya (Jk Troyce already ruined the ending for me 💀)
Ugh you too 💀 I was so mad when I saw his story
@@Sarahthickums took me a sec to realize that he did indeed spoil the ending too
Yes, your voice and content is very addictive. Keep up the great work!
why the uncle look like dave chapelle sans the mustache lmao
I definitely thought it was Dave Chappelle
Bokeem Woodbine looks the same way he did 20yrs ago....lol
@@jimmyjay689 Bokeem is the truth. He should be where Will Smith is right now but talent isn't everything in Hollywood.
*Jodie Turner is beautiful & I hope to see more of her* 🌹✨
Me too
When I saw Indya, I cried out of happiness. I’m sooo happy all of that cast is being put in big time tv. Angelica from Pose was on AHS!!! Every time I see them on other shows I get so excited. 😊☺️
Before I get too into this I have a question, why did they have to have an American accent? Both of them are British. Why couldn't it be based in Britian? I don't understand why they seek out other blacks of the diaspora to portray black Americans and honestly, we've had black Americans play Africans like in the fictional country Wakanda. It's not a problem if it's done sometimes, but it seems to be intentional at this point.
Kasha Brown it is and that is why I choose to not watch the movie but I’m down to see everyone’s reviews.
Exactly and they have Kaluya playing fred Hampton
The actress who played Queen was born in Britain but moved to U.S. at 3, so she has spent most of her life here. I agree about the plethora of black actors being British now though. Kind of messed up and really says something about how Hollywood sees black americans.
White British actors play white Americans all the time and vice versa..yet no one has a problem with that. Black Americans only have a problem with other blacks playing them for some reason
@esaesa07 Its not exactly false. Of course I know AA and white Americans have different history. I'm Black Canadian. I personally feel AA have made a lot of great strides in Hollywood. I mean compared to other American non-white populations, AA are literally the only ones who have any presence in hollywood, apart from white people. If AA want to tell their stories, perhaps we need more AA directors and producers to bring those stories to the forefront. Its not like black immigrants are the majority of black actors in hollywood. Its also weird you think black immigrants have any privilege in America.
“I saw it with my sister and I saw it with my bae”
Ummmmmm what!? Whose bae
The actress that played Queen is absolutely beautiful...omg...I hope to see more of her on the big screen.
I enjoyed the movie, thought I’d leave this here since I know a lot of others didn’t like the movie.
I honestly hate the narrative of this movie. Black women continually have to put themselves in bad situations for black men to be considered a "ride or die" or a Queen. It bothers me this woman was supposed to be a lawyer but chooses to go on the lamb and die for a n*gga she just met on Tender smh gtfofh. We gotta do better black women. I know this is just movie but it seeps into reality this is what some black men think we have to do to be worthy of them. We gotta be the ride or die or trap queen. Then other races get to be the wife and live the good life. Man I'm so NOT HERE FOR IT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS FILM. I SEE WHY THE WHITE MAN WHO WROTE THE FILM DIDN'T PUT IT OUT HIMSELF HE KNEW BETTER. This is just my OPINION!
I think if you haven't watched the movie, you wouldn't understand how they both rode for each other... I mean he shot the cop after the cop shot her. It wasn't one sided. And I feel like in a lot of ways, she was the dominant one: she was the one who advised against turning themselves in, she's the one who made sure they couldn't be traced. It wasn't like she was just going along with it in order to be loved by him; it was a flight or fight instinct. It wasn't until they were on the run that they fell for each other; but if *she* said there wouldn't have been a second date had things not went the way they did. So it's not like she would've gotten the short end of the stick by not going with him. I get not wanting to support the movie. I didn't know about the controversy until after I watched the movie. But I don't think you can accurately know the narrative of what you haven't seen. Even if you're going off of others' reviews, they're recalling the movie from their own POV and with their own biases.
Clearly you didn’t watch the film. The only reason the situation escalated is because Slim said a smart comment that the cop didn’t like and the cop pulled the gun on Slim. If Queen would have stayed in the car, then y’all would have been mad that she didn’t stick up for slim. Since the beginning of the film, Queen was always the aggressor who made all the decisions for them and Slim even addressed saying why can’t I make the next move? This is far from “ride or die” if anything Slim was the rider in the situation
I watched the movie and I agree. I also didn’t like how bitter and bold Queen was in the beginning it was no softness to her just an grumpy dark skin woman.
But it was her idea to go on the run
@@dabitchfye "I'm making an executive decision. We're going to Cuba." -Slim
Slim took the lead as the movie progressed.
That ending pissed me awf..
Made me cry 😢
So...nobody is gonna mention how she said she has a bae? 👀👏🏾 anywho, I'm glad I didn't see this. I would've cried. The end would've really pissed me off.
I'm actually glad they showed that on the big screen...show how black people not sticking together forreal is our own demise
Eloho has a baeee????
Righhhh😍😍😍😭
I literally just asked that question and then saw this comment XD
Yes she does
She tried to slip that in rq😂
No 🥺
I saw the movie today and although I didn’t like the ending I loved the movie. The man at the gas station scene reminded me of a school shooter. The scene that got me was when Slim went to the bathroom and his father hung up on him because he didn’t want them to trace the call. I wonder if Slim thought his father was disappointed in him.
Bae???? 😮Anywho I love hearing yo input ❤️
14:18 I thought it was gonna work out too somewhere in the middle of that there was a rat 🙄
Faith Elyardo that’s what I saaaaaaif
“She was huffing an puffing y’all while I was ya know bein BLACK enjoying this BLACK FILM!!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
You are so right about Queen kept getting hurt, but Slim kept protecting and taking care of her throughout. In the beginning she was the militant one and it flipped to him being the strong one. Even when he picked up and carried her lifeless body...long live Angela & Earnest💜
They were supposed to represent Malcolm X & MLK
Wheeeeeeeeewww, my bf and I watched this on Thanksgiving. This movie made me mad, laugh and cry. Loved it and hated it all in one. I fell in love with the characters and just wanted a happy ending☹!!!! I wanted a fantasy😭😭😭😭
I think the end of the movie was a metaphor to life. How we can be so close to freedom, the finish line, etc. and then it’s either moved or made impossible to reach.
Yesss I was like why he kill the black cop out of all the other ones when he was trying to help him
Madison Washington he was high off the hype... He didn't see a human beings trying to help him he just saw a police officer
It's typical struggle love, gotta be down sacrifice yourself for a bum childman!!!!Babyboy for this generation without the kids.
Ummmm she should’ve stayed her ass in the car. He shot the cop defending her🙄.
Just saw As Told by Kenya’s take on the movie 🎥 yesterday. Came to hear your thoughts today
J AS omg i watch kenya too.
Jelissa Gonzalez really?! Her yelling at me is so therapeutic 😂😂😂😂
"HAVE YALL SEEN LIL WAYNE, LATELY? ANY WHO."😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
What made me mad was she was too hot headed to be a lawyer from the beginning, she could have easily talked the cop outta letting them go without shooting... by using law codes on him. But she didnt... which is why im confused on the writing. Why did they write the charaters to be this way?
Dannie Brazile THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! Finally!!! I’m a paralegal and I thought in my head, why didn’t she cite the regulations? You can tell that Lena Waite isn’t an attorney. They should’ve changed Queen’s occupation because I know plenty of black attorneys who wouldn’t act the way Queen did when they were falsely pulled over by cops.
He was already being an asshole, I think she was just responding to how he was acting. Hell, I would have too. Lawyer or not.
Exactly! Also, even her colleagues at work could’ve vouched for her if she really was an attorney, this movie just showed them as criminals the whole movie! Why write in the script that she was an attorney if she wasn’t gonna use her book smarts????
I wasn't going to watch this but after this review I think I'm changing my mind
Also the photoshoot for this film is gorgeous 😍
You’re content is addictive I love u smmmmmm❤️💞❤️
I love this because they switched the narrative to the question of “What would happen if a black person killed a cop?” And I feel like it had to be realistic, especially with the end. As much as it wouldve been cute to watch them get away, their death was so symbolic to their love
I just am so sick of seeing black people struggle in tv/film. Can we have one movie with a middle story map format? Where there is conflict, but the resolution is happy. It is like, there are not any good, happy ending movies with a main black cast.
This is the best review I've seen, she hit every part !
I thought nobody was gonna say it.
I really enjoyed this movie, there were a few problems like the protest scene and the fact that the kid killed a cop for legit no reason. The sex scene combined with the riot scene was kinda weird for me too. My boyfriend (who happens to be white) and I were sobbing at the end.
@Lynn xo DONT gotta be rude to her damn,. i actually went to see the movie and there was a lot of white ppl that went to see and a lot of interracial couples who went to see it
Lynn xo if you don’t have anything nice to say why say it? Keep your negativity to yourself hun.
@Lynn xo i saiid what i said that you didnt have to attack the girl . and thats that.
Oop
Lynn xo it was never that deep damn why you bitches always gotta be bitter af for no reason. i just know you’re single
i laughed so hard when you start talking like"if you like my voice yea baby" i can't! lmao
I believe he gave the store clerk the gun to maintain the fact that he’s not that type of man. He’s not a criminal and never was. So he agreed to give him the gun because he said he would pay for the gas. It was pretty intense though with the progression of his “what you doin” fear confusion and final standing in his ground (aggression)
Nah that scene after queen dislocated her arm and when slim was popping it back in he was telling her he knew she could do it and that he knew she was strong .....😍😍😍😍😍 he was tell his queen he saw and appreciated everything she did
This movie spoke on so many facets of black American lives. Sad truth
The kids said he wanted to be immortal and everybody to know him, queen and Slim gave him the advice as long as your family remembers you fondly you’re OK. they actually give him the opposite advice to what he did
My heart was broken at the end 😥 I thought they were going to get caught but further in the movie I had hope!! When she asked “can I be your legacy?” The tears were just forming in my eyes. It was a love story too me. By the end they were definitely in love. The moments they have and feelings in my opinion most do not feel or just live like that in their lifetime!! So to me it was beautiful but just a sad ending. Every love story doesn’t have this great ending but at the same time they wouldn’t had got too see each other or hear from each other if they survived and went to jail. Him carrying her was the part that just took me 😥 I loved this movie!!
Thank you for saving me from watching that heartbreak.
Sis if you would have made this video an hour long i would have watched it! Love your videos!💜
That bastard had the nerve to be crying while he was counting that money..😠🤧😒
I didn't see him crying and counting 🤯🤯😲😲😲
Crystal Matthews me neither 💀
I saw smiles 👀
It’s more like ROMEO AND JULIET, without the annoying family, but it’s like -
The racist conservatives hate them but the black peoples were there for them; but not everyone.
Also queen annoyed me at times lol
I know this wouldn’t have matter either way but I wouldn’t have been running to that airplane 💀
I don't know why yall mad when what happens in real black reality is put on the big screen? Lol oh it's struggle love oh we see enough of that oh we this we that but sis this is your reality! If we want to be portrayed better, WE GOTTA DO BETTER! Period. Maybe that's motivation to become a director or producer yourself maybe you can get on board with the Tyler Perry movement and open a black owned studio maybe that will motivate you to open more black business! Anything other than our reality is a mf fairytale. You wanna see us be better on screen, let's do better in real life. Idk what yall mad for what do you wanna see Brandy and the Asian kid playing Cinderella? Foh. The movie was great! Only thing I didn't like was why the fuck yall running you're a lawyer you should know better they could've made her an activist or something cuz that was not a lawyer move. Other than that I enjoyed it. Favorite part: I want someone who I can feel comfortable with them seeing the ugliest parts of me and they can still love me anyway. They will hold me while I heal and not be afraid to kiss my scars afterwards. That's not struggle love that's UNCONDITIONAL love. Can't please nobody sheesh. 😒
Not you telling the lady to stifle her cries 😂🤣😂🤣
kyra williams SHHHHHHHHH🤫🤫🤫🤫
This made me want to watch the movie even more 👀!!!
It's amazing how the concept is "struggle love" differs person to person.
its unrealistic how many black people were willing to help and hide them tbh i was shocked they made it 6 days
I loved this movie! I loved the open road scenes with the sunrise and also the bar scene. I hated the fact that at the end of the movie when they were mentioning the death of both queen and slim, the news had the audacity to say that they were armed and dangerous when they didn’t have any weapon. Anyways, this is a movie I would watch again and recommend to anyone.
Eloho you're so cute, however this is definetly a struggle black love movie. Sorry 😬
Without a doubt. The very definition. Let's call a spade a spade.
Clicked on this notification by accident, but I’m here for it. I have no clue what this is about but imma still watch it tho
Ikr I have like no idea what this is but imma go watch it
Eloho got a boo?👀😂😂 Okay sis I see you 💜
I felt they were trying to buck break Bokeem Woodbine by having his bottom chick be a trans woman.And I also feel that having the Black boy kill the Black cop,who was trying to help him wasn't a good look,along with having the brother at the end betray them.The movie could of been something else and been used to uplift us,instead it felt like it was shown through a white lens and how they see us or want us to be portrayed,despite who the director was.
Sadiki Akil buck break? Elaborate please
Apparently, a white man wrote the story and Lena adapted this into the screenplay.
Google "black buck history".
@@BluDrop5 He did not write the story!From what I undertsand from what I read about the shared credit and the situation was that she said that he said he couldn't do something like that because it would not fly with people coming from him,so he did give her the premise and she ran with it and did her thing.So he just gave her the idea,but it was her story.I was talking about the portrayal of the Black characters throughout the film,and how it just seemed that it really didn't come from a Black person perspective,but a white person saying this is how these niggas really are and us being shown through a white lens.
If i was film writer i would like to make this story. A black dark skin women having a date with asian men. The dark skin women let's call her Tiana. Tiana met this asian guy name Nico. They met in a restaurant they talk to each other, they talking about hobbies, favorite food, colour, and etc. After that date they agreed to meet again in a park. They met in Friday at the park, they talking and walking really having a great time with each other and they kissing. They in relationship but doesn't mean it bothers them, they still go to work and met with their family and friend.
Didn't Yara Shahidi just do a movie with an Asian man?
@@BluDrop5 yes but that's different the asian men is biracial. I want the character and the cast asian not biracial
@@BluDrop5 and i want the main female character is a black dark skin women
@@BluDrop5 not light skin women or biracial women
@@evanderzufarsetiawan2511 Yara is biracial too so double the biracial.😂
Not the Da Baby Lo Lmaoo 🤣🤣⚰️
Idk if anyone else noticed but when Queen got hurt it was always on the left side of her body. Shot in left leg, dislocated left shoulder, and got shot in the left side of her chest. Idk if it was intentional but it's something I just noticed.
This movie was so powerful I didn’t wanna think about it for a few days
And I LOVED what u said about the scene in the convenient store.. and I feel as tho the point you made is the exact reason they left that scene in the move 👏🏽👏🏽
Eloho:
First of all She's gorgeous woman so as he.
I also heard the ad for casting, the ad was saying they wanted a "field slave dark skin girl"
I thought that was completely degrading and very unnecessary to any dark skin man or woman. I want to understand why gay black men and women and also black people who are in the interracial relationship think they can walk all over our black history, black race and our humanity. Then come up with their ignorance, specially when they have a social spot like that.
They need to understand how to choose their words carefully, because they have many young people who are ready to listen and learn copy and live by their words.
Very very very disappointed about that lady for taking the story from white person and didn't even change it to what is happening now, like killing black men and women everyday.Yes, the story line of being murdered while eating Ice-cream at home, watching tv, or driving, would have more shock value, more realistic than the bullshit of black man murdering cops.
Now if she actually used it to make how a black man is shot dead (which is most frequent in America) instead and twisted the roles as it is in reality, I would have watched it.
Her loss.
I also forgto this movie is a slap on the face of black woman. Like they are telling us, no matter how we are educated, or intellectual we are, we still don't have common sense.
Yes, I'm taking this seriously because I am black, and most people take hollywood as their school, and I care, and I see this devaluation of black race by every non black race group of people everyday.
We have to stop watching and funding this sort of bullshit if we want the stereotypes and racism toward our people to stop. It starts with us. There for: I won't support this mediocracy.
Well said!!!
The movie was entertainment minus any logic. It was like a cross between Set It Off, and Thelma and Louise. The common theme I got from this film was black men ain’t shit. The reviewer forgot to mention the interaction between the father and his son, where the father refers to his son as a bitch. Then there was the uncle who was a veteran and a pimp. The only time a black man was the hero was when the back cop let them escape, and even in that, the reason why he let them escape was because the older white cop belittled him. Any other time he would’ve stopped them. But let’s not forget the fact that Queen escalated this whole situation. Even after Slim shit the cop, she wanted to run. How does a lawyer make logic out running from an aggravated assault from a racist cop, who likely had on some recording device, recording the whole incident? Then there was the little boy shooting the good Black cop. Of course then there was the thug at the end who sold them out. I could go on and on but I’m sure if you saw the film, you get the picture. This could’ve been a cinematic masterpiece, but fall short like a mf
If there was a clip of the incident where people can see they're innocent, why did they continue to run?
Do you think they would have been cleared of any wrongdoing??
The mechanic told them: 'You should have paid the ticket' when they weren't given one, so what would an all white jury see? Would they be acquitted or condemned?
Then the female cop shot Queen even though her superior didn't give her orders to do so and Queen didn't give her any sign or reason to fire.
@@wonderingmind8547 those are good points! I feel like most of the issue lies with them running away. We don't know if the ticket scenario was widespread or just a belief of the of the mechanic. We, also, don't know that the whole jury would be white. I feel like by Queen being a lawyer there were ways they could've avoided being fugitives. Then again, the "on the run" plot is much more entertaining to watch.
@@justdej I agree that being on the run wasn't the best route, but fear is a hell of a motivator. The bit about the ticket is a very common phrase with PD supporters. I've seen them say things like: 'Why did you run?'
'Why did you talk back??' Etc.
People sometimes put the wrong pieces of a puzzle together by placing their ideals and opinions then stubbornly ignore the facts, like the footage showing that it was self defense. I also can't predict the jury and what decision they make, but history dictates leniency for the officers. But I am of the belief that Queen could have won that case if they did turn themselves in. Thanks for the chat, sis!!💖
I definitely agree with you that it’s not like Bonnie and Clyde but they were criminals. They became criminals as soon as the ran away instead of turning themselves in. Then they kidnapped someone and put them in a trunk so they were criminals but not the same as Bonnie and Clyde who were outlaws robbing banks. They were criminals because of their circumstances. Such a sad movie.