it's hard for me to watch movies like rosewood, mississippi burning or even roots because of the nature of the topics. but i also feel like they need to be watched. some of my friends of jewish descent have a hard time watching schindler's list for the same reason. are there any movies that are just really painful for you to watch? (before anybody says it, grafitti bridge is not included )

Sophies Choice was heart-breaking.




missed the point of the thread sorry.
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I think movies are just that...movies..same with books...

so no..I've never gotten mad at a movie..


oh oh..wait..unless it involves a child or animal being hurt..I just wouldn't watch that

I saw "Paycheck" in the theatre. I wanted to punch the film guy in the little booth with both my fists.

Any movie that depicts hair stylists in a one dimensional or derogatory manner pisses me off. Hair dressers are smart, intelligent, fully dimensional people who deserve some respect.

Platoon pissed me off so badly that I never wanted to watch it again.

Definitely.

Flicks like 8 Mile and currently Hustle and Flow that promote the idea that the way out of poverty is not through education and hard work but to become a Rap star.


Unfortunately, the popularity of dullards like...



...Fiddy-Cent, among others, only serve to reinforce this remote possibility.




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http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Imago777 said:

theAudience said:

For the most part I agree with your comment.


The movie "Black & White" angered me tremendously. It was so ridiculous and only reinforced the sterotypes that it claimed to expose. I was so pissed at that damn movie that I wrote a 6 page essay on it. I got an "A" That's the only good thing to come out of that movie being made.

I would love to read your essay!

Terilicious said:

Imago777 said:

Are you by any chance an hairdresser?

ufoclub said:

Cool, but I don't think I have it anymore. that was about 3-4 years ago and I've moved twice since then. I'm pretty sure I don't ahve the disk. If I find it I'll orgnote it to you. But don't count on it...

i wish to keep the title of the movie to myself

but for 3 days after seeing this

i could not speak

Mach said:

Come on, give it up. What's the movie???

Terilicious said:

You would probably enjoy reading this review of Hustle & Flow from the Sept. 9-15 edition of LA Weekly...

http://www.laweekly.com/i...kaplan.php

...Better grab it quick before it drops off of the archives.


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jerseykrs said:

I picture you as more of a "slapper" or a "claw-er" than a "puncher".

Terilicious said:

not a chance

theAudience said:

Thanks for the link! So far I am definately feeling this article. I'll finish reading the actual review a little later on. The writer has some very on point observations/opinions. He is so right about the way black films are critiqued. the same can be said for the way almost anything considered "black' is judged or viewed by people of all races, including "Blacks." I'm getting too worked here. Thanks so much!

muirdo said:

I saw this again recently. It's one of my favourite movies but it's one of the most difficult movies to watch, so is the Deer Hunter which is also a great movie.

Mach said:

Hmmm...A porno perhaps???

Black and White pissed me off. It had Method Man and Raekwon and a slew of rappers in it. The whole rich white freaky girls sucking black guys off in the woods pissed me off. But that is nothing compared to the other ones you all are talking about. It's trivial. But that night I was NOT in the mood for some stereotype shit.

Terilicious said:

You're quite welcome.

I'll print the ending of the article, for the benefit of others, which hits the nail right on the head...

As it happens, the next day, I went to a discussion group — a salon of black people who met to talk for a couple of hours about the appointed topic: black film. It was a lively and absorbing session, but also discouraging. Too many people in the room felt that the ghetto-centric black movie was not only okay, it was — here we go again — real. Then one participant, a guy I’ll call X, told a tale about a fellow black screenwriter who was casting about for a pimp-whore-ghetto story to write and quickly cash in on. In the course of his conversation with X, the screenwriter revealed a compelling story of his own — that of a college graduate who had overcome hardships of all kinds to get an education and eventually break into the business. “Why don’t you write about that?” X asked. The writer looked at him like he was mad. “That,” he said, “is not a story.” Not true: It’s a story. It’s just not a hustle. One day we’ll figure out the difference.

...My sentiments exactly.


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meltwithu said:

Sometimes.

Closer crawled up my ass pretty far

gemini13 said:

What about it pissed you off?

I was really offended at "Big Fish." It heroized a self-obsessed, megalomaniacal father who was never there for his son. It hit a nerve.

I also get pissed at blaxploitation movies that continue to reinforce the same stereotypes about black people. And I get even more pissed off that black people continue to buy into these ideas about how they're supposed to act.

CalhounSq said:

lifetime movies with rape and kids....disturbing, but real.