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I agree that this movie has beautiful cinematography, it looks stunning! But by far one of the most shallow movies I've seen when telling Peter's arduous story.
Why was there so negative revies of the movie, i just saw it and its one of the best movie of 2022 .. Will smith my hats off to you, you are a great actor
This is the best movie ever.I didn't want to watch it at first because of Will Smith behavour at the Oscar, But somehow I decided to watch it, I really loved the movie,Cried a couple of time since I can relate to some of the things my grand father told me about the harsh conditions during apatheid in South Africa working at the rail way. It's an awesome movie. Will Smith deserve an oscar for this movie.
@@bigcurt7820 I'm disgusted by his violence against someone 1/2 his size with twice the brain but mostly the lack of accountability & "i'm a victim" routine he did with Trevor Noah. Trevor would Never give a white guy who did that shit a platform on his show. but Will is black so he deserves a 2nd chance. If a white guy did that shit he woulda been exiled & canceled pronto
I just watched the movie. I thought it was a solid perfect from Will Smith. Yes there were scenes that were hard to watch. But I was impressed by the cinematography.
The cinematography in the beginning mirrored the photo of his back. It was beautiful. I loved the story and the arch of the script. The ending was awesome.
I will never cancel any stand up dude for hitting his breaking point. I've been exhausted by slave movies for quite some time. I'm fully aware of what happened to my people and I feel so is everyone else. I mean think about it the biggest black box office phenom is about a make believe technologically advanced African utopia. The public speaks with its wallets and they've been making it clear were done with slave/jim crow era movies for some time. Can we go further back in time and act like our bloodline traces back to Africa? There is so much there to explore. So much to be proud of that most people know zero about. So many important figures. Don't even let me get started on the mythology, folklore and urban legends (the horror genre needs a reboot). Too many don't even know the name Mansa Musa. Too many don't even know Africa had a hub for our brightest minds to tap in. We have a whole hidden history out here that has not even been explored.
You'd be surprised how many people don't have an accurate, contextual understanding of what happened to black people in the US, and how what has happened continues to affect the demographic. I had a conversation with someone sometime back who had never heard of Black Wall Street or what had happened in Greenwood, OK. Their first exposure was the depiction on Watchmen. Instead of wanting to learn more, their response was that they were tired of seeing trauma porn driven depictions of black people being oppressed and killed. It was interesting because they would have preferred to remain ignorant of what happened. I'm not sure what benefit ignorance would have offered, but it's certainly of concern when those who think they know don't know, and ultimately don't want to know.
This is one of the best comments I’ve read on anything for a while. Well thought out and made great points w/ out being negative. It shouldn’t be but it’s refreshing.
And all this FORGIVE WILL! He ain’t did nothing to you, if you knew how to mind your business him slapping ol boy for talking on his wife ain’t your concern! Just be lucky you seen it!, but all that I can’t watch his movies now is weird as hell! That’s 2 rich strangers minding they own business like you should!
I’m not certain that I’ll watch this film but I’m absolutely about to watch your review and that likely will be the deciding factor. Like others, I’ve joined for Atlanta and stayed due to your insight. Thank you very much for sharing perspectives that I may have otherwise not understood. This channel is superb.
I've ranted all over UA-cam about black people saying "I'm tired of slave films" I'm assuming because they depict us as victims. Or the narrative that "we were much more than that." But that's the problem with us to this day. We don't always live in reality. For 400 years Slaves is all that we were. I've always loved slave films because they stand as a reminder. Just like a film about the Holocaust serves as a reminder. I read a quote that I'm going to drop but before, I just want to point out that the quote substantiates this, no one has suffered more than the enslaved African in America! For his/her first 400 years in this country, he/she was an Object! because of that ingrained in this country's foundation black life is taken daily in this country and no one cares. "Downplaying the atrocities of slavery means downplaying its continual effects, and the institutional racism that is rampant throughout our culture, that threatens the lives, freedom, education and economic opportunities of blacks." - Kareem Abul-Jabbar
Please see this film. This film was excellent. Slavery was overboard and heinous! I loved the film! My family was cheering at the end of it. Peter was a FIGHTER not a RUNNER.
I just love the fact that most slaves have modern haircuts in this film. Look at Will for example he has a 30 dollar shape up and one of the other slaves have a blowout. 😂
Looking and the picture he has up right now, not sure if that’s the haircut you taking about but many slave men had long , short. Some pictures I have seen look like Afros. I think Nelson login, Josiah Henson, Robert ball Anderson. Etc Sometime people think slaves all had matted pick a ninny hairstyles. I’ll go see the movie and take note of what you are lol about.
Mr.Smith once again you delivered a Hell of a Actor role, Thanks...Forget the Trophy accolades, U have something no one but yourself can take from you...Keep your Headup..
Gordon (fl. 1863), or "Whipped Peter", was an escaped American slave who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The "scourged back" photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most infamous photos of that era. The New York Times writer Joan Paulson Gage noted, "The images of Wilson Chinn in chains, like the one of Gordon and his scarred back, are as disturbing today as they were in 1863. They serve as two of the earliest and most dramatic examples of how the newborn medium of photography could change the course of history." Most historians have accepted an 1863 Harper's Weekly article which consisted of a triptych of illustrations (all said to be of Gordon) and a narrative describing Gordon's escape from slavery and enlistment in the Union Army. However, the narrative was likely fabricated by Vincent Colyer, and Gordon and Peter are likely two different people.
U new gen are weak bruh🤦🏽♂️ when that black made nat turner movie came out the lead scandal over shadowed it! Now this MASTERPIECE BLACK MADE & A LIST BLACK LEAD first EVER slave movie, & it’s too REAL????????? We need to see that brutality depicted because it was WAY WORST! WE NEED THIS MOVIE KING, you’ll understand later!❤️
Glad opinions are individual because I enjoyed the film and do believe it's worth viewing. Oh, btw Peter was not a super hero slave. He was depicted as a man of great faith that had God with him. That's why he was able to overcome many adversities. You would have to know about that in order to understand what the movie was showing. And in my opinion Will and the director deserve Oscars.
I don't mind seeing violence in movies because it's a part of life whether we like it or not and I like to see that realistic portrayal where it applies. I get that some people don't want to see stuff like that and people have different reactions to things due to various reasons but for me personally, I'm OK with violence in movies. So, I don't think the violence u complained about being shown in this movie is going to be a problem for me.
Black people are so traumatized about the violence in slave movies… yet, black men are dying at alarming violent rates. No one has really came out talking about how traumatized they are of all of this senseless black on black crime! The hypocrisy is sickening, we have a Black Director and Producer that have made a innovative cutting edge move from cinematography, sound, and creative direction. It is the most innovative artistic Movie of the year. Yet, Black people have the Audacity to complain about the violence that was perpetrated onto our Ancestors. This Directing style along with the cinematography choice will be Adapted/Stolen by Hollywood! As with everything else, black people refuse to realize when the are introducing something new and fresh creatively. We never embrace anything, until someone else claims it. This is by far the best film of the year.
Yes. Name another movie this year that remotely come close! The cinematographer did an amazing job. The sound was so crisp., the technology was cutting edge! However, everyone is so caught up in the Violence, Trauma Porn until they forget that slavery was trauma Porn, The term Mother Fuxxer was created by slave owners who thought it was entertaining to see a son Fuxx his Mother. They also gave us the term alligator Bait! ,
Gordon escaped in March 1863 from the 3,000-acre (12 km2) plantation of John and Bridget Lyons, who held him and nearly 40 other people in slavery at the time of the 1860 census. The Lyons plantation was located along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish, between present-day Melville and Krotz Springs, Louisiana. To mask his scent from the bloodhounds that were chasing him, Gordon took onions from his plantation, which he carried in his pockets. After crossing each creek or swamp, he rubbed his body with the onions to throw the dogs off his scent. He fled over 40 miles (64 km)[6] over the course of 10 days before reaching Union soldiers of the XIX Corps who were stationed in Baton Rouge.
@11:14 The reason you made the superhero comment is you did not study the Haitian revolution. You had to be like a superhero when slavery was normal. #study
I thought this movie was one of ultimate triumph over seemingly impossible odds. Although sometimes hard to watch, the performances of Will Smith and Ben Foster were strong. I loved the way it was shot, and the color scheme worked for me. Different. I liked it. Always loved films of personal triumphs, starting with a movie I saw as a kid in the 70's, The Naked Prey, which I highly recommend.
I feel that everyone needs to see wholeheartedly the extreme cruelty that my ancestors suffered. I hear so many times, from the descendants of the slave masters, for lack of a better term, that it wasn’t really all that bad. Maybe seeing what really went on, will shed more light on what my ancestors actually went through. The scars on whipped peters back, was more common place then people would like to believe, for both men and women. Even children were tortured, and severely miss treated. I don’t think it’s possible to go overboard with the display of cruelty. I think most slave films don’t show enough detail on the cruelty. Feeding a man to alligators, was nowhere near the cruelest of Acts that my ancestors suffered. I must however, admit that I have not seen the movie yet. These are just my thoughts on some of the commentary given by the content creator of this channel.
Will smith peaked with I am legend, but Concussion is his only movie where he isn’t one dimensional for me this is coming from someone whos watched all his films , he should just do sci-fi films that’s his best genre for his acting style , iRobot is my favorite film of his
Im still gonna check it out but appreciate the review and was waiting to hear your thoughts! In a recent interview, he said the B&W was a choice to drain the color out of the confederacy or something, it’s in his ATS interview which is really good! Side note, I honestly think he did this movie as a backup Oscar role in case he didn’t win for King Richard 😂
Yes I have the movie Emancipation, this movie is the best movie in 2022! I hope this movie win an Oscar and everyone should go see this movie, I give it 5/5 it was that great!
thank you so very much for letting me know what i need to know. i definitely do not want to see another slave movie. there is so many things wrong with the continuation of these trauma porn movies. its a tactic, a show of force, a warning shot, a call to fall in line. praise lincoln
400 years of bondage. That's a long time sweetie. Every person sold has a solid story waiting to be told. And I intend to be awake for every single one of them. Classifying this film as 'trauma porn' deliberately marginalizes the experiences of those enslaved. No criticism for the trauma THEY experienced? The willing participation of a poorly structured federal government gets a pass too. These stories enlighten and illuminate JUST how American slavery made the U.S., Canada and England 3 of the richest countries in the world. No complaints there either I suppose.
I don’t see it as a slavery movie. I agree with will. It was about freedom. In the review you say you wanted them to flash back to how he got the whips but that would have made it a slave movie. I like they made it about a man who never stopped no matter what to see his family to freedom. I thought it was an amazing story and killed the role.
I think the cinematography saved the movie…. All the acting and dialogue was forgettable but the sets, shots, costumes, everything in that area was incredible.
I really appreciate your reviews and found them refreshing, I wasn’t going to see it because of the violence based on your review I will now, and I agree with you in that we need to forgive Will, he’s been such a staple of our movies for so long and for some reason he always makes me smile when I see him in movies, except this one I am sure but I am always interested in historical movies esp if they’re well made because we often don’t get those movies made well, even if the topic is painful, it’s a part of history we should never forget
Thank you for the review. I’m over these movies as well. Make a movie about the many battles that we won prior to the civil war. Make a movie about how we navigated the Americas and aided the British, Indians, and Spanish people because WE’RE resilient. WE ARE SO MICH MORE!
I think Will Smith 's top five best movie performances are Ali, I am Legend, the Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds and King Richard. I haven't seen Emancipation yet but I think it will end up in the top five.
I truly feel that Will and Jamie Fox should have won an Oscar for Ali!!! We are in the Last Month of 2022!!! No matter how bad people want to punish Will he is taking the year out with a bang. He produced and was the star in one of the most innovative movies of the year. Emancipation is not a slave Movie. However, if you watch it just through lenses that are only able to penetrate the surface. You will see a slave Movie! Slavery was about keeping black people mentally enslaved. The character Peter was extremely beaten and humiliated on a physical level. But, he was never broken as a man! He kept a determination to be reunited with his family!! Yet, people are saying that wasn’t a realistic motivation for a slave to have?!!!! Emancipation mean freedom/liberation. Peter neve allowed himself to think of himself as a Slave! Thus this is not a slave Movie. It does show the tactics that were used to scare black peoples into accepting their position as that of a slave. A position that the slave masters used religion to justify. Peter, believed strongly in God and his faith never Allowed him to believe that His God wanted him to be a slave nor should he believe that he should be ripped away from his family.
I Am Legend is my fav too. Training Day is still Antoine Fuqua best movie. Jamie Foxx would have been so much better. I can't imagine Will Smith, the unaccountable, privileged, bougie multi-millionaire elitist as a suffering slave from 250yrs ago. Maybe Bill Gates should play Tiny Tim? 'm sick and tired of Hollywood making these "victimhood" slave movies Without Ever Mentioning Queen Nzinga Mbande, Benin Africans & southern white women being the kingpins of the Atlantic slave trade. "They Were Her Property" is a great book for feminists & other woke dolts.
I wonder if you had done some research about this movie before your review. Many things you say are negated by both Antoine and Will have stated in their discussions about this movie!
Hard to look up a ton of interviews when I saw the movie before the public, meaning most interviews were released the week of the movie, which is about a week after I watched it
He didn't do Django because his ego got the best of him and he thought the role was beneath him or, not quite good enough for him. Why? Simply because Django wasn't the character who kills the bad guy....Calvin Candie at the end of the film. Pretty stupid rationale. But....still....damn glad he didn't do it because it may have sucked! I'm planning to watch at home only to do my review. Definitely wouldn't waste money or time going to a theater to see. Nice vid. I subscribed.
I personally truly enjoyed the approach taken to presenting this movie…it was excellent & Will’s performance was ethereal! Elliott…There has not been a time I’ve heard you give your insight that I wasn’t intrigued and captivated! You’re phenomenal and always provoke thought! Thank you for sharing you gift!😊❤ love the point you made about the photo because it is sooo powerful…and the general was sooo disrespectful regarding it. I was sooo shocked though that you didn’t recommend 😢
I'm sorry but im so tired of movies like these. At this point they're just profiting off of real life horror stories.....and they serve no purpose other than to piss you off
I'd gently push back on the notion that these movies don't serve a purpose and are simply seeking to profit off of horror stories. We live in a world where school districts have gone as far as banning books about Rosa Parks and MLK... where books like "To Kill a Mocking Bird" have been banned, all under the guise of stamping out CRT. School districts have gone out of their way to soften the language in curricula regarding slavery. I believe it was a district in Oklahoma that prohibited teachers from teaching that black people were the individuals almost exclusively oppressed and exploited under the practice of slavery. Not too long ago, the Southen Poverty Law Center released a report noting that schools are failing to adequately teach about slavery: that the lessons are fragmentary, without context, and glossed over and sanitized. Many students in Texas began using textbooks not too long ago that teach that slavery was of secondary importance in the runup to the Civil War, with a school board member publically claiming that slavery was "a side issue to the Civil War" in support of the new textbooks. Unfortunately, The Lost Cause is alive and well today, and we simply cannot allow US history to be whitewashed. Movies like this make it difficult to sanitize some of the less flattering aspects of US history, forcing us to confront some very hard truths regarding what has happened and what is currently happening in our country. I also think it serves to highlight the indomitable spirit of black ancestors. Their stories, their struggles, their love, their faith, and their triumphs deserve to be told - all the more now given the concerted efforts to suppress their stories.
@@xCal2011 I get that totally And I agree But for me personally unless I am a teacher or college professor and I want to show it to my students then im not watching it on my own. I'm talking strictly about an entertainment experience not an educational experience . Because we all know these stories From front to back and me personally I don't want to come out of film ready to go burn down city hall.
let's watch a holocaust movie instead of a slave movie. im being hyperbolic but the point is we dont want every black movie to be the passion of the christ.
@@OMJunkie Well the good thing is that not every black movie is a slave movie. In fact, contrary to popular belief, very, very, very few black movies are slave movies. The point still remains that those that are made are instrumental in pushing back on the narrative forwarded by some (and finding its way into our schools) that slavery wasn't that bad and that slaves were well-fed, housed, and clothed.
Emancipation was not a slave movie at all. It’s a freedom movie. A story that finally came to the screen about ancestor Peter. The man who’s back was covered in keloid whip bruises. I never knew his story. It was quite amazing. Bravo Antoine and Will.
It was entertaining and I agree with everything you say…and yes, it definitely was another “white man sure is doing as bad” film…despite Will trying to hype it like this film is something more than that Till was a film that despite the trappings of “white man sure is doing as bad” transcended those elements and became a story about Mamie and her transformation when confronted with grief and loss…it became a universal story that women of all races could relate to..to that film’s credit the decided to leave out the white on black violence which was a good choice
You realize that Emmit Till's death EPITOMIZES what it means to be tortured and traumatized. Slavery traumatized blacks so much that you've turned your (non scarred) back on that entire period of American history.
Grate movie, it reminds me of when I was a 17 year old kid in Texas prison back in 1982 I didn't understand why the guard use to say eyes down, eyes down, now I know, It's a slave master mentality if you can't see where your going then you have no future, hopes or dreams.
Went to movies yesterday Sunday night after having to search for where it was showing …..I couldn’t watch it ……I left after the first scene, it opened with trauma. I just wasn’t in a good state to get thru it
My only gripe with this film is that Gordon, aka "Whipped Peter," was not from Haiti. He was born in Louisiana so that accent made no sense. I feel like Hollywood is slowly tryna gentrify Black Americans out of our own history and culture in film and music. Lately, in all our historical films they either get a foreigner to play us or they make the lead from somewhere else, and I don't like it. Aside from that, a masterpiece of cinematography.
I don’t go to “slave” films. As you say, it’s “torture porn”. But, I’m a boomer & have watched a lot of those films when I was young. Maybe that who these movies are for, the younger audience, e.g., millennials and zoomers.
Let me get this out there: I am a proud black man. Husband. Daddy. Granddad. Journalist. Preacher. Yet, I have no desire to see this film. I’ll watch it because I have a couple ppl who worked on the film. I’ll support them, but I wouldn’t watch it if they weren’t connected. I fully understand my history. I’ve traced my heritage, and know I’m a product of slavery and slave masters. I tire of seeing black men in Oscar-themed film looking greasy, oppressed and/or or busted. I long to see a black guy, on top and arrived. Heck, “42,” “Black Panther,” and even Cosby Show, show successful men, worthy of dignity and respect. That is why I’d love to see “Devotion,” Dorie Miller and Chappie James. They want to motivate young black men? Show them a black guy, raised in a single-parent home who beat the odds to be successful.
You're not nearly as tired as those enslaved for 400 or more years. And you don't know everything there is to know about American slavery. No one does. These stories deserve to be told. Our ancestors LIVED through it.
@@robyndismon394 thankfully, I live in a country where I can choose what I want to watch. I will watch it once, due to a relative working on the film. Besides, if I really wanted a history lesson, I’d read a book, not tune in to Apple TV Plus. I have no desire to watch any movies with blacks enslaved, oppressed and/or thuggery. I’ll gladly watch Hallmark or Fox Noise first.
Thank you for your honest and thoughtful review. I have not yet seen the film but plan to. After seeing your review I’m better prepared for the movie. I find it a little disheartening that in todays climate the director and those associated with the film would use it as an opportunity to overstep of such a critical topic as you said it is one thing to over embellish violence in a fictional story but for something as important as understanding the atrocities of slavery one would hope they would stay true what really happened. Nevertheless I hope to see a good movie.
“This is a love movie, this is a freedom movie” No, this was an extremely boring movie. This story deserved so much better and it has amazing potential. This was a French/German sounding Will, running through the forest for 2 hours. It doesn’t connect to me as the audience. 12 years a slave hit you hard, not because of the violence. But the behaviour of so called “civilized” people. That movie was gut wrenching but left a huge impact. This was so bad on every level. Bad acting, bad accents, repetitive scenes and extremely drawn out scenes. We could have gotten to know Peter as a person but instead we saw Will wrestling a gator under water. I don’t care about the Oscar’s crap. I liked Will’s movies in the past. This one was a snooze fest which is a huge disservice to the actual person.
Most of my favorite movie reviewers did not watch or review Till because of trauma porn. And Till was a nuanced and respectful film. But you guys reviewed this film, with sounds like trauma porn?
I missed the screener for Till but was able to see this screener in person. So it wasn’t a matter of picking and choosing, it was a simple matter of timing.
@@MovieFiles Thank you. I appreciate your response. And that’s understandable. I didn’t mean to come off bitchy, but I noticed that a lot of my favorite reviewers didn’t review the film. And I know that it’s gotten bad press for trauma porn. Thanks again for your response.
@@Jazalena I agree..,I think Will needs to do something funny because I think some of these dark movies themes might be affecting him. He needs to breathe ,laugh and relax
This was a good film, not a great one. I do think that there a lot of films 'just like this' and I agree with many of your points. I suppose it can someone's first film into the violence against the enslaved, but I don't think it was engaging enough for that person to want to learn more, it's a one and done.
What is the problem with showing a slavery film that depicts the reality of emasculation and the reality. I love the film and its presentation of what happened to my ancestors and those who came before us. Especially in light of our current situation where Black Men are being hunted down, killed, and targeted. When i saw your review on Wakanda Forever I did not see this level of criticism about the storyline and believability of the story and the lack of Black Masculinity in that film.
I thought the writing was shallow and the story definitely was written for a voyeur audience. The directing, cinematography, and score are great. Will Smith wasnt special in this. The supporting actors were stronger imo.
People are out here wanting to cancel Will Smith, but are out here wearing Adidas and Nike, I wonder if they know the history of those brands. Black people need to wake tf up and move on from that, people have done worse and they still support them. Most of you guys listen to music of people that say they've sold drugs and killed people, so many hypocrites its distrusting. Get off your high horses.... Sorry about that 😊. That's my passion talking.
i was not going to watch this but, this review is conformation i will not see it. the last 'black trauma prawn' i saw was 'Them' and i couldn't even binge that i had to take a break after certain episodes. Thank you Elliot for seeing it so some of us don't have to
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I'm trusting your judgement on this one. I'm going to re-watch Meteor Man or some old music videos instead.
I agree that this movie has beautiful cinematography, it looks stunning! But by far one of the most shallow movies I've seen when telling Peter's arduous story.
Me an the wife about to watch it in about 20 minutes.
Why was there so negative revies of the movie, i just saw it and its one of the best movie of 2022 ..
Will smith my hats off to you, you are a great actor
This is the best movie ever.I didn't want to watch it at first because of Will Smith behavour at the Oscar, But somehow I decided to watch it, I really loved the movie,Cried a couple of time since I can relate to some of the things my grand father told me about the harsh conditions during apatheid in South Africa working at the rail way. It's an awesome movie. Will Smith deserve an oscar for this movie.
Seriously Best Movie Ever!! Everyone Needs To watch This Movie For History
Just saw the movie and it was great. I’m glad this story was told ❤
@@AlexRaymond2023 Jamie fox is a millionaire also so if you can't imagine will being a slave then how can you with Jamie if they both rich
@@bigcurt7820 I'm disgusted by his violence against someone 1/2 his size with twice the brain but mostly the lack of accountability & "i'm a victim" routine he did with Trevor Noah. Trevor would Never give a white guy who did that shit a platform on his show. but Will is black so he deserves a 2nd chance. If a white guy did that shit he woulda been exiled & canceled pronto
Great movie and great acting by Will Smith. The cinematography was excellent.
Started tuning in for your reviews of Atlanta episodes. I didn’t subscribe at first but I respect you POV and I’m now a proud subscriber. 🚀🚀🚀
Appreciate the continued support and for being apart of the community Tyreese.
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I just watched the movie. I thought it was a solid perfect from Will Smith. Yes there were scenes that were hard to watch. But I was impressed by the cinematography.
Your commentary was wrong it’s a great movie
The cinematography in the beginning mirrored the photo of his back. It was beautiful. I loved the story and the arch of the script. The ending was awesome.
I will never cancel any stand up dude for hitting his breaking point. I've been exhausted by slave movies for quite some time. I'm fully aware of what happened to my people and I feel so is everyone else. I mean think about it the biggest black box office phenom is about a make believe technologically advanced African utopia. The public speaks with its wallets and they've been making it clear were done with slave/jim crow era movies for some time. Can we go further back in time and act like our bloodline traces back to Africa? There is so much there to explore. So much to be proud of that most people know zero about. So many important figures. Don't even let me get started on the mythology, folklore and urban legends (the horror genre needs a reboot). Too many don't even know the name Mansa Musa. Too many don't even know Africa had a hub for our brightest minds to tap in. We have a whole hidden history out here that has not even been explored.
Really appreciate you sharing your thoughts Bobby.
You'd be surprised how many people don't have an accurate, contextual understanding of what happened to black people in the US, and how what has happened continues to affect the demographic. I had a conversation with someone sometime back who had never heard of Black Wall Street or what had happened in Greenwood, OK. Their first exposure was the depiction on Watchmen. Instead of wanting to learn more, their response was that they were tired of seeing trauma porn driven depictions of black people being oppressed and killed. It was interesting because they would have preferred to remain ignorant of what happened. I'm not sure what benefit ignorance would have offered, but it's certainly of concern when those who think they know don't know, and ultimately don't want to know.
This is one of the best comments I’ve read on anything for a while. Well thought out and made great points w/ out being negative. It shouldn’t be but it’s refreshing.
Facts where’s the mansa musa movie
My thoughts run the same way.
Great film. Will Smith's best performance. Really didn't think he had it in him.
And all this FORGIVE WILL! He ain’t did nothing to you, if you knew how to mind your business him slapping ol boy for talking on his wife ain’t your concern! Just be lucky you seen it!, but all that I can’t watch his movies now is weird as hell! That’s 2 rich strangers minding they own business like you should!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I’m not certain that I’ll watch this film but I’m absolutely about to watch your review and that likely will be the deciding factor.
Like others, I’ve joined for Atlanta and stayed due to your insight. Thank you very much for sharing perspectives that I may have otherwise not understood. This channel is superb.
Really appreciate the support my friend 👏🏾
You should definitely watch it. This guy's review is a bit to low in my opinion. I loved this movie and is definitely one of the best of 2022
This is Will Smith"s best performance. I loved it.
I've ranted all over UA-cam about black people saying "I'm tired of slave films" I'm assuming because they depict us as victims. Or the narrative that "we were much more than that." But that's the problem with us to this day. We don't always live in reality. For 400 years Slaves is all that we were. I've always loved slave films because they stand as a reminder. Just like a film about the Holocaust serves as a reminder. I read a quote that I'm going to drop but before, I just want to point out that the quote substantiates this, no one has suffered more than the enslaved African in America! For his/her first 400 years in this country, he/she was an Object! because of that ingrained in this country's foundation black life is taken daily in this country and no one cares. "Downplaying the atrocities of slavery means downplaying its continual effects, and the institutional racism that is rampant throughout our culture, that threatens the lives, freedom, education and economic opportunities of blacks." - Kareem Abul-Jabbar
Just saw it. Wow beautifully shot. Cinematography was awesome. Of course Will Smith was great talent. Powerful story glad it was told again
I thought it was a very good movie, you’ll find yourself rooting for the main character. The cinematography was excellent throughout the film!!
Powerful movie that was beautifully shot in every way just finished watching it, I enjoyed this raw retelling...
Great movie! Thank you Will Smith!
Please see this film. This film was excellent. Slavery was overboard and heinous! I loved the film! My family was cheering at the end of it. Peter was a FIGHTER not a RUNNER.
I just love the fact that most slaves have modern haircuts in this film. Look at Will for example he has a 30 dollar shape up and one of the other slaves have a blowout. 😂
Looking and the picture he has up right now, not sure if that’s the haircut you taking about but many slave men had long , short. Some pictures I have seen look like Afros. I think Nelson login, Josiah Henson, Robert ball Anderson. Etc Sometime people think slaves all had matted pick a ninny hairstyles. I’ll go see the movie and take note of what you are lol about.
LOL
Mr.Smith once again you delivered a Hell of a Actor role, Thanks...Forget the Trophy accolades, U have something no one but yourself can take from you...Keep your Headup..
Gordon (fl. 1863), or "Whipped Peter", was an escaped American slave who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The "scourged back" photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most infamous photos of that era.
The New York Times writer Joan Paulson Gage noted, "The images of Wilson Chinn in chains, like the one of Gordon and his scarred back, are as disturbing today as they were in 1863. They serve as two of the earliest and most dramatic examples of how the newborn medium of photography could change the course of history." Most historians have accepted an 1863 Harper's Weekly article which consisted of a triptych of illustrations (all said to be of Gordon) and a narrative describing Gordon's escape from slavery and enlistment in the Union Army. However, the narrative was likely fabricated by Vincent Colyer, and Gordon and Peter are likely two different people.
Whatever this movie is about, it's GREAT because everything that'splayed in it happened, WE CAME FROM FAR
Ali and Emancipation His Best work!.
Love Peter tenacious, resilient, and fearless spirit. He never gave up or submitted to his master's..
Let me know when it hits TV.I already know.& I'm gonna watch this version to.💖👍😎
It’s on Apple TV so technically it’s on tv 😂
I appreciate the telling of a true story, thanks to all who helped bring the truth to tell the story.
U new gen are weak bruh🤦🏽♂️ when that black made nat turner movie came out the lead scandal over shadowed it! Now this MASTERPIECE BLACK MADE & A LIST BLACK LEAD first EVER slave movie, & it’s too REAL????????? We need to see that brutality depicted because it was WAY WORST! WE NEED THIS MOVIE KING, you’ll understand later!❤️
When did I say it wasn’t needed?
Emancipation is the best movie of the year! Will Smith is the second best actor of all time and put some respect on his name!
Glad you enjoyed it
You need to see Netflix's remake of All Quiet on Western Front. Oscar worthy film!
It’s on my list this weekend
It was really good. A full circle movie. Very good flick.
By far his best movie. To some people dealing with mental health issues this puts a lot into perpspective and definetly helps you heal.
Glad opinions are individual because I enjoyed the film and do believe it's worth viewing. Oh, btw Peter was not a super hero slave. He was depicted as a man of great faith that had God with him. That's why he was able to overcome many adversities. You would have to know about that in order to understand what the movie was showing. And in my opinion Will and the director deserve Oscars.
I don't mind seeing violence in movies because it's a part of life whether we like it or not and I like to see that realistic portrayal where it applies. I get that some people don't want to see stuff like that and people have different reactions to things due to various reasons but for me personally, I'm OK with violence in movies. So, I don't think the violence u complained about being shown in this movie is going to be a problem for me.
Yeah to each their own but but appreciate you watching my video
Black people are so traumatized about the violence in slave movies… yet, black men are dying at alarming violent rates. No one has really came out talking about how traumatized they are of all of this senseless black on black crime! The hypocrisy is sickening, we have a Black Director and Producer that have made a innovative cutting edge move from cinematography, sound, and creative direction. It is the most innovative artistic Movie of the year. Yet, Black people have the Audacity to complain about the violence that was perpetrated onto our Ancestors. This Directing style along with the cinematography choice will be Adapted/Stolen by Hollywood! As with everything else, black people refuse to realize when the are introducing something new and fresh creatively. We never embrace anything, until someone else claims it. This is by far the best film of the year.
IM STANDING ON YOUR WORDS WITH YOU….I couldn’t of said it better!🤴🏾❤️
@@tw8002 innovative artistic movie of the year? 😂😂😂
Yes. Name another movie this year that remotely come close! The cinematographer did an amazing job. The sound was so crisp., the technology was cutting edge! However, everyone is so caught up in the Violence, Trauma Porn until they forget that slavery was trauma Porn, The term Mother Fuxxer was created by slave owners who thought it was entertaining to see a son Fuxx his Mother. They also gave us the term alligator Bait! ,
Truly blessed to he apart of this matsterpiece 🙏🏽
Excellent review and I agree with you that the film should have started with the photo session and then gone to flashback.
Gordon escaped in March 1863 from the 3,000-acre (12 km2) plantation of John and Bridget Lyons, who held him and nearly 40 other people in slavery at the time of the 1860 census. The Lyons plantation was located along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish, between present-day Melville and Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
To mask his scent from the bloodhounds that were chasing him, Gordon took onions from his plantation, which he carried in his pockets. After crossing each creek or swamp, he rubbed his body with the onions to throw the dogs off his scent. He fled over 40 miles (64 km)[6] over the course of 10 days before reaching Union soldiers of the XIX Corps who were stationed in Baton Rouge.
The plot armor was the biggest problem I had with this movie. I’m glad you pointed that out because it was excessive in this movie.
@11:14 The reason you made the superhero comment is you did not study the Haitian revolution. You had to be like a superhero when slavery was normal. #study
I thought this movie was one of ultimate triumph over seemingly impossible odds. Although sometimes hard to watch, the performances of Will Smith and Ben Foster were strong.
I loved the way it was shot, and the color scheme worked for me. Different.
I liked it. Always loved films of personal triumphs, starting with a movie I saw as a kid in the 70's, The Naked Prey, which I highly recommend.
I feel that everyone needs to see wholeheartedly the extreme cruelty that my ancestors suffered. I hear so many times, from the descendants of the slave masters, for lack of a better term, that it wasn’t really all that bad. Maybe seeing what really went on, will shed more light on what my ancestors actually went through. The scars on whipped peters back, was more common place then people would like to believe, for both men and women. Even children were tortured, and severely miss treated. I don’t think it’s possible to go overboard with the display of cruelty. I think most slave films don’t show enough detail on the cruelty. Feeding a man to alligators, was nowhere near the cruelest of Acts that my ancestors suffered. I must however, admit that I have not seen the movie yet. These are just my thoughts on some of the commentary given by the content creator of this channel.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Will smith peaked with I am legend, but Concussion is his only movie where he isn’t one dimensional for me this is coming from someone whos watched all his films , he should just do sci-fi films that’s his best genre for his acting style , iRobot is my favorite film of his
I enjoyed Pursuit of happiness
Im still gonna check it out but appreciate the review and was waiting to hear your thoughts! In a recent interview, he said the B&W was a choice to drain the color out of the confederacy or something, it’s in his ATS interview which is really good! Side note, I honestly think he did this movie as a backup Oscar role in case he didn’t win for King Richard 😂
Definitely think you’re right about plan b option lol
I'm so excited to watch Emancipation!!!!! This was a solid review.
Let me know your thoughts after you’ve seen it
@@MovieFiles Ok I will
Great movie 4 out of 5. Will Smith did great. Probably could been made to a show to fix the rush problem in the movie
Yes I have the movie Emancipation, this movie is the best movie in 2022! I hope this movie win an Oscar and everyone should go see this movie, I give it 5/5 it was that great!
Glad you enjoyed it
thank you so very much for letting me know what i need to know. i definitely do not want to see another slave movie. there is so many things wrong with the continuation of these trauma porn movies. its a tactic, a show of force, a warning shot, a call to fall in line. praise lincoln
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I do think there’s space for this types of films but they need to be handled by the right people.
400 years of bondage. That's a long time sweetie. Every person sold has a solid story waiting to be told.
And I intend to be awake for every single one of them.
Classifying this film as 'trauma porn' deliberately marginalizes the experiences of those enslaved. No criticism for the trauma THEY experienced? The willing participation of a poorly structured federal government gets a pass too.
These stories enlighten and illuminate JUST how American slavery made the U.S., Canada and England 3 of the richest countries in the world.
No complaints there either I suppose.
I don’t see it as a slavery movie. I agree with will. It was about freedom. In the review you say you wanted them to flash back to how he got the whips but that would have made it a slave movie. I like they made it about a man who never stopped no matter what to see his family to freedom. I thought it was an amazing story and killed the role.
Movie so good !!!
Glad you enjoyed it
I think the cinematography saved the movie…. All the acting and dialogue was forgettable but the sets, shots, costumes, everything in that area was incredible.
Great movie and great acting by Smith
I really appreciate your reviews and found them refreshing, I wasn’t going to see it because of the violence based on your review I will now, and I agree with you in that we need to forgive Will, he’s been such a staple of our movies for so long and for some reason he always makes me smile when I see him in movies, except this one I am sure but I am always interested in historical movies esp if they’re well made because we often don’t get those movies made well, even if the topic is painful, it’s a part of history we should never forget
Appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts Kat.
Will Smith made "The Story of Catcher Freeman" in real life. LMAO!!!
Excellent review I agree with all your cons! and rating !!
Great performance.... Just a little overboard with the main character.
I think Ben foster screenplay should be better though. Overall good
Excellent movie review and I like your take about this.
Appreciate you watching
@@MovieFiles No problem
There's a great, under rated TV show very few people review called 'South Side'. You should really check it out.
Where is it available to watch?
@@MovieFilesseason 1 on comedy central, season 2 and 3 HBO max
It has a slight 'Atlanta' vibe, but without the surrealism.
@@MovieFiles Definitely a great recommendation! They've been renewed for a new season
I whole heartedly respect Will Smith and his talents… ❤
Thank you for the review. I’m over these movies as well. Make a movie about the many battles that we won prior to the civil war. Make a movie about how we navigated the Americas and aided the British, Indians, and Spanish people because WE’RE resilient. WE ARE SO MICH MORE!
I think Will Smith 's top five best movie performances are Ali, I am Legend, the Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds and King Richard. I haven't seen Emancipation yet but I think it will end up in the top five.
Don't forget Six Degrees of Separation.
Good picks
I truly feel that Will and Jamie Fox should have won an Oscar for Ali!!!
We are in the Last Month of 2022!!! No matter how bad people want to punish Will he is taking the year out with a bang. He produced and was the star in one of the most innovative movies of the year. Emancipation is not a slave Movie. However, if you watch it just through lenses that are only able to penetrate the surface. You will see a slave Movie! Slavery was about keeping black people mentally enslaved. The character Peter was extremely beaten and humiliated on a physical level. But, he was never broken as a man! He kept a determination to be reunited with his family!! Yet, people are saying that wasn’t a realistic motivation for a slave to have?!!!! Emancipation mean freedom/liberation. Peter neve allowed himself to think of himself as a Slave! Thus this is not a slave Movie. It does show the tactics that were used to scare black peoples into accepting their position as that of a slave. A position that the slave masters used religion to justify. Peter, believed strongly in God and his faith never Allowed him to believe that His God wanted him to be a slave nor should he believe that he should be ripped away from his family.
I Am Legend is my fav too. Training Day is still Antoine Fuqua best movie. Jamie Foxx would have been so much better. I can't imagine Will Smith, the unaccountable, privileged, bougie multi-millionaire elitist as a suffering slave from 250yrs ago. Maybe Bill Gates should play Tiny Tim? 'm sick and tired of Hollywood making these "victimhood" slave movies Without Ever Mentioning Queen Nzinga Mbande, Benin Africans & southern white women being the kingpins of the Atlantic slave trade. "They Were Her Property" is a great book for feminists & other woke dolts.
Sad... it Smith could have been Oscar nominated, but, because he defended his wife... they won't dare give him another Oscar. Bravo! Great movie...
Great movie. Very emotional
Yeh naw. Thanks for the review, doc. Take this like and comment, but yeh, I don't do slave movies anymore. Solid review.
Appreciate it
Movie was good that my analysis
I wonder if you had done some research about this movie before your review. Many things you say are negated by both Antoine and Will have stated in their discussions about this movie!
Hard to look up a ton of interviews when I saw the movie before the public, meaning most interviews were released the week of the movie, which is about a week after I watched it
Thank you for your excellent breakdown, I can’t watch it because of the horror and abuse…
Thanks for the reviews. I want to know as much as Possible because I don’t do slave films. Don’t need to see it. Glad it was well done
He didn't do Django because his ego got the best of him and he thought the role was beneath him or, not quite good enough for him. Why? Simply because Django wasn't the character who kills the bad guy....Calvin Candie at the end of the film. Pretty stupid rationale. But....still....damn glad he didn't do it because it may have sucked! I'm planning to watch at home only to do my review. Definitely wouldn't waste money or time going to a theater to see. Nice vid. I subscribed.
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts and for watching my video . Also thank you for subscribing and welcome to the community!
It was a great movie. Loved it. He knocked it out the park. Oscar worthy.
I personally truly enjoyed the approach taken to presenting this movie…it was excellent & Will’s performance was ethereal!
Elliott…There has not been a time I’ve heard you give your insight that I wasn’t intrigued and captivated! You’re phenomenal and always provoke thought! Thank you for sharing you gift!😊❤ love the point you made about the photo because it is sooo powerful…and the general was sooo disrespectful regarding it. I was sooo shocked though that you didn’t recommend 😢
I think the cinematography was gorgeous. Never been the biggest will smith fan. I think he did better in Ali.
This performance was lack lustre.
It remains me of The movie Glory some scenes
I'm sorry but im so tired of movies like these.
At this point they're just profiting off of real life horror stories.....and they serve no purpose other than to piss you off
I'd gently push back on the notion that these movies don't serve a purpose and are simply seeking to profit off of horror stories. We live in a world where school districts have gone as far as banning books about Rosa Parks and MLK... where books like "To Kill a Mocking Bird" have been banned, all under the guise of stamping out CRT. School districts have gone out of their way to soften the language in curricula regarding slavery. I believe it was a district in Oklahoma that prohibited teachers from teaching that black people were the individuals almost exclusively oppressed and exploited under the practice of slavery. Not too long ago, the Southen Poverty Law Center released a report noting that schools are failing to adequately teach about slavery: that the lessons are fragmentary, without context, and glossed over and sanitized.
Many students in Texas began using textbooks not too long ago that teach that slavery was of secondary importance in the runup to the Civil War, with a school board member publically claiming that slavery was "a side issue to the Civil War" in support of the new textbooks. Unfortunately, The Lost Cause is alive and well today, and we simply cannot allow US history to be whitewashed.
Movies like this make it difficult to sanitize some of the less flattering aspects of US history, forcing us to confront some very hard truths regarding what has happened and what is currently happening in our country. I also think it serves to highlight the indomitable spirit of black ancestors. Their stories, their struggles, their love, their faith, and their triumphs deserve to be told - all the more now given the concerted efforts to suppress their stories.
@@xCal2011
I get that totally
And I agree
But for me personally unless I am a teacher or college professor and I want to show it to my students then im not watching it on my own. I'm talking strictly about an entertainment experience not an educational experience .
Because we all know these stories
From front to back and me personally I don't want to come out of film ready to go burn down city hall.
let's watch a holocaust movie instead of a slave movie. im being hyperbolic but the point is we dont want every black movie to be the passion of the christ.
@@OMJunkie Well the good thing is that not every black movie is a slave movie. In fact, contrary to popular belief, very, very, very few black movies are slave movies. The point still remains that those that are made are instrumental in pushing back on the narrative forwarded by some (and finding its way into our schools) that slavery wasn't that bad and that slaves were well-fed, housed, and clothed.
Emancipation was not a slave movie at all. It’s a freedom movie. A story that finally came to the screen about ancestor Peter. The man who’s back was covered in keloid whip bruises. I never knew his story. It was quite amazing. Bravo Antoine and Will.
Powerful review mate
Appreciate it Mike
I still have not forgiven Will... I'm still distraught with Smith.
Thank You 🙏🏽 So Much for your honest review. This is an Oscar Bait Slave Movie 🎥!!!!!
It was entertaining and I agree with everything you say…and yes, it definitely was another “white man sure is doing as bad” film…despite Will trying to hype it like this film is something more than that
Till was a film that despite the trappings of “white man sure is doing as bad” transcended those elements and became a story about Mamie and her transformation when confronted with grief and loss…it became a universal story that women of all races could relate to..to that film’s credit the decided to leave out the white on black violence which was a good choice
Goid choice for WHOM precisely?
I'm done with black trauma. Still waiting for Till to be released in the UK.
I want to see Till too but I know it’s going to be a box of tissues movie. Hell documentary style will make you cry. That poor baby boy ugh. 😊
You realize that Emmit Till's death EPITOMIZES what it means to be tortured and traumatized.
Slavery traumatized blacks so much that you've turned your (non scarred) back on that entire period of American history.
Grate movie, it reminds me of when I was a 17 year old kid in Texas prison back in 1982 I didn't understand why the guard use to say eyes down, eyes down, now I know, It's a slave master mentality if you can't see where your going then you have no future, hopes or dreams.
Went to movies yesterday Sunday night after having to search for where it was showing …..I couldn’t watch it ……I left after the first scene, it opened with trauma. I just wasn’t in a good state to get thru it
Was this movie ever in theaters?? I looked and it ain't playing in no where in my area
Limited theatrical window for less than a week
My last name is Gordon. However we live in VA which has a huge slave history.
Is there a known history of Peter that the screenwriter could have pulled from?
My only gripe with this film is that Gordon, aka "Whipped Peter," was not from Haiti. He was born in Louisiana so that accent made no sense. I feel like Hollywood is slowly tryna gentrify Black Americans out of our own history and culture in film and music. Lately, in all our historical films they either get a foreigner to play us or they make the lead from somewhere else, and I don't like it. Aside from that, a masterpiece of cinematography.
I don’t go to “slave” films. As you say, it’s “torture porn”. But, I’m a boomer & have watched a lot of those films when I was young. Maybe that who these movies are for, the younger audience, e.g., millennials and zoomers.
Let me get this out there: I am a proud black man. Husband. Daddy. Granddad. Journalist. Preacher. Yet, I have no desire to see this film. I’ll watch it because I have a couple ppl who worked on the film. I’ll support them, but I wouldn’t watch it if they weren’t connected.
I fully understand my history. I’ve traced my heritage, and know I’m a product of slavery and slave masters. I tire of seeing black men in Oscar-themed film looking greasy, oppressed and/or or busted. I long to see a black guy, on top and arrived. Heck, “42,” “Black Panther,” and even Cosby Show, show successful men, worthy of dignity and respect. That is why I’d love to see “Devotion,” Dorie Miller and Chappie James. They want to motivate young black men? Show them a black guy, raised in a single-parent home who beat the odds to be successful.
You're not nearly as tired as those enslaved for 400 or more years. And you don't know everything there is to know about American slavery. No one does.
These stories deserve to be told. Our ancestors LIVED through it.
@@robyndismon394 thankfully, I live in a country where I can choose what I want to watch. I will watch it once, due to a relative working on the film.
Besides, if I really wanted a history lesson, I’d read a book, not tune in to Apple TV Plus.
I have no desire to watch any movies with blacks enslaved, oppressed and/or thuggery. I’ll gladly watch Hallmark or Fox Noise first.
@@m4dski11zdotcom duly noted.
Thank you for your honest and thoughtful review. I have not yet seen the film but plan to. After seeing your review I’m better prepared for the movie. I find it a little disheartening that in todays climate the director and those associated with the film would use it as an opportunity to overstep of such a critical topic as you said it is one thing to over embellish violence in a fictional story but for something as important as understanding the atrocities of slavery one would hope they would stay true what really happened. Nevertheless I hope to see a good movie.
Appreciate you watching Aaron
Nice review.. wa a curious how this one would end up being
“This is a love movie, this is a freedom movie” No, this was an extremely boring movie. This story deserved so much better and it has amazing potential. This was a French/German sounding Will, running through the forest for 2 hours. It doesn’t connect to me as the audience. 12 years a slave hit you hard, not because of the violence. But the behaviour of so called “civilized” people. That movie was gut wrenching but left a huge impact. This was so bad on every level. Bad acting, bad accents, repetitive scenes and extremely drawn out scenes. We could have gotten to know Peter as a person but instead we saw Will wrestling a gator under water. I don’t care about the Oscar’s crap. I liked Will’s movies in the past. This one was a snooze fest which is a huge disservice to the actual person.
Interesting...
Brandon, I know this isn’t your review, but I 💯 percent agree with yours!
Will see it!
Nice word play
It's good to have a bad review like this, because it lowers your expectations. When you do watch it, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Most of my favorite movie reviewers did not watch or review Till because of trauma porn. And Till was a nuanced and respectful film. But you guys reviewed this film, with sounds like trauma porn?
I missed the screener for Till but was able to see this screener in person. So it wasn’t a matter of picking and choosing, it was a simple matter of timing.
@@MovieFiles Thank you. I appreciate your response. And that’s understandable. I didn’t mean to come off bitchy, but I noticed that a lot of my favorite reviewers didn’t review the film. And I know that it’s gotten bad press for trauma porn. Thanks again for your response.
@@RecordStoreDeva You didn’t come off that way at all. But appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
I would love to see Will I’m something funny or science fiction he has done so many dramas that i believe we forget how funny he truly is
Yeah I hope now that’s he’s worked with Antoine we can finally get him and Denzel in a film.
Hitch especially lol or more like that movie he did when he had super powers
Will is at the cross roads of his life. He wants to do movies that stir the pot, not pacify!!!
@@tw8002 ok I still wanna see him or a funny sci-fi 🤷🏾♀️
@@Jazalena I agree..,I think Will needs to do something funny because I think some of these dark movies themes might be affecting him. He needs to breathe ,laugh and relax
This was a good film, not a great one. I do think that there a lot of films 'just like this' and I agree with many of your points. I suppose it can someone's first film into the violence against the enslaved, but I don't think it was engaging enough for that person to want to learn more, it's a one and done.
Great review. Though I'm pissed what Will did to my man, Chris Rock, this looks incredible. Looking forward to next Friday to watch it.
Let me know your thoughts after you’ve seen it 👍🏾
People are quick to forget..
What is the problem with showing a slavery film that depicts the reality of emasculation and the reality. I love the film and its presentation of what happened to my ancestors and those who came before us. Especially in light of our current situation where Black Men are being hunted down, killed, and targeted. When i saw your review on Wakanda Forever I did not see this level of criticism about the storyline and believability of the story and the lack of Black Masculinity in that film.
I thought the writing was shallow and the story definitely was written for a voyeur audience. The directing, cinematography, and score are great. Will Smith wasnt special in this. The supporting actors were stronger imo.
People are out here wanting to cancel Will Smith, but are out here wearing Adidas and Nike, I wonder if they know the history of those brands. Black people need to wake tf up and move on from that, people have done worse and they still support them. Most of you guys listen to music of people that say they've sold drugs and killed people, so many hypocrites its distrusting. Get off your high horses.... Sorry about that 😊. That's my passion talking.
i was not going to watch this but, this review is conformation i will not see it. the last 'black trauma prawn' i saw was 'Them' and i couldn't even binge that i had to take a break after certain episodes. Thank you Elliot for seeing it so some of us don't have to
Appreciate you supporting the content 👏🏾