Someone else with some real talent and imagination will come along and do it better with top-notch quality and we'll never hear about Tyler Perry again.

I did especially love the "Why Did I Get Married" movie that came out earlier this year, although Janet Jackson and her character sickened me to high hell.

Well, he's appealing to an underrepresented crowd - The Christian Black. Think about it, who else is he vying for that crowds attention with? No one.

He had a HUGE underground following with his plays and it crossed over to his films. Are his films formulaic and predictable? Yes. But how can anyone here hold ONLY him to having predictable films when MOST of Hollywood is putting out predictable shit, ESPECIALLY remakes?

All Tyler's done is tapped into a demographic that has been wanting some "food" and no one can fault him for being able to do that, regardless of what they think about his films.

missfee said:

I wanted to see this, but changed my mind since I didn't hear anything good about it til your post just now.

MuthaFunka said:

Damn!

You nailed on a bald head.

Well, he's appealing to an underrepresented crowd - The Christian Black. Think about it, who else is he vying for that crowds attention with? No one.

He had a HUGE underground following with his plays and it crossed over to his films. Are his films formulaic and predictable? Yes. But how can anyone here hold ONLY him to having predictable films when MOST of Hollywood is putting out predictable shit, ESPECIALLY remakes?

All Tyler's done is tapped into a demographic that has been wanting some "food" and no one can fault him for being able to do that, regardless of what they think about his films.

Well, he's appealing to an underrepresented crowd - The Christian Black. Think about it, who else is he vying for that crowds attention with? No one.

He had a HUGE underground following with his plays and it crossed over to his films. Are his films formulaic and predictable? Yes. But how can anyone here hold ONLY him to having predictable films when MOST of Hollywood is putting out predictable shit, ESPECIALLY remakes?

All Tyler's done is tapped into a demographic that has been wanting some "food" and no one can fault him for being able to do that, regardless of what they think about his films.

MuthaFunka said:

Agreed.

...and actually, I like his movies. Standard Hollywood fluff that center on the themes of family, faith, forgiveness, and redemption. Those are simple, core values that resonate with me.

If I want high-brow, thought provoking material that will shatter me to my core, then I'll go read Nietzsche, but I'm not looking for that in a commercial or pop movie release.

MuthaFunka said:

Yeah, but this Christian black finds his movies really, really bad. I think his movies appeal to a certain subsection of Christian blacks. There's probably no way I can type that without sounding snobby. But, oh well. I'd take a good movie over Perry's stuff any day.

God. I can NOT FUCKING STAND him. NOT funny. Weird looking. In the closet.

I just don't get it. He's being made out to be this extremely talented but i don't see it. almost all of his plays and movies follow the same tired pattern: woman gets abused by a man, then a good man comes by and saves the day.

Yawn.

I just saw his new movie The Family That Preys. and again, it was just very boring and predictable. (and wtf was he doing with that afro wig?!)

and i'm not just some TP hater. I have nothing against him at all, i just wanna know why the guy is famous

InsatiableCream said:

I have to agree, they are ALL the same and I too don't see what the big draw is. After seeing one movie about it I'm over the storyline, they're starting to remind me of the Lifetime movies, hell the Lifetime Channel. Though I do love me some Madea, she embodies many in my family.

Hello all,

I’m so sorry I didn’t write right after the movie opened but I needed to
take a minute and catch my breath.

I gotta tell you, a press tour can be really rough, especially dealing
with a lot of people who don’t get it, and don’t get what I’m doing here.
I refuse to deal in the negative though--I refuse.

So, let’s look at the real deal and let me tell you what kind of blessing
this is. Out of all of the people who wrote in saying that they were given
tickets to the wrong movie and had to argue to get them to reprint tickets
to preys; out of all of the movies that opened this past weekend with 800
to 1,000 more screens then I had; out of all of the critics who said how
awful the movie is, out of all the bootleg copies on the streets; out of
all of my people in Texas dealing with the devastation of the hurricane;
out of all that is going on in this economy; out of all the foolishness
I’ve been dealing with since the movie opened; YOU STILL WENT, YOU STILL
MADE “PREYS” NUMBER 2, YOU STILL CROWDED INTO THE SAME THEATERS, AND I
THANK GOD FOR YOU!

It is my prayer that not only did the movie make you laugh and move you to
want to enjoy every day on this earth but it is also my prayer that every
dime you’ve spent to invest in me that it comes back to you one million
fold. Thank you.

I wrote this movie because I was going through some things, I had family
members preying on me. I had been betrayed. People that I have done more
for then than they have done to help themselves broke my heart and I was
so hurt by how ugly people could be. I was at a place where I didn’t trust
anybody, I thought everybody was after something, and I thought nobody was
sincere. I was becoming cynical and very unhappy. Lots of people look at
the outside and think all is well, but sometimes it isn’t. So, I started
writing this movie after I heard a song called I HOPE YOU DANCE. I had
Gladys Knight re-record it for the end of the movie. You should hear it.
It talks about no matter what happens, just dance. Just dance.

All of this to say to you, life is a gift and a blessing. Don’t let people
change you. No matter what happens be wiser the next time. But, don’t let
it change you. There may be people in your life that have hurt you, but
don’t make the next person who has the best intentions come along and you
run them away because you think they’re going to do what the last person
did to you. Don’t be afraid. In life you can’t live in fear of what
people will say or do. If you lose love or a friend, then maybe you never
had it.

THE FAMILY THAT PREYS is still in theaters. If you haven’t seen it, you
still can. And for all of you who did and LOVED it and made no bones about
telling me that its my best movie yet. I read it and I heard it. You
really encourage me to keep going no matter what anyone says. I write for
you and only you.

God Bless and thanks again,

T.P.



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