I own only four of the Top 100.

The non-Prince titles are:

'Straight Out of Brooklyn' at 50 (In all fairness this was an independent film debut. But it's a good movie.)

'Shaft' at 97. I'm a Jeffrey Wright fan.

SUPRMAN said:

I own only four of the Top 100.

The non-Prince titles are:

'Straight Out of Brooklyn' at 50 (In all fairness this was an independent film debut. But it's a good movie.)

'Shaft' at 97. I'm a Jeffrey Wright fan.

It really is, so was Coonskin. Whoever made that list needs to be knocked with some sense.

That being said, 'Soul Plane" shoulda been wearing that crown, not no Graffiti Bridge, at least the latter has some redeeming qualities.

It ain't a great film but i've definately seen worse, Going Overboard anyone, i could only watch 15 mins of that shit. GB is just a glorified music video. people think too much.

it's ironic that they refer to Graffiti Bridge as a "black movie".I remember the BET movie critic reviewing this film and she was extremely harsh.She complained that "there isn't a woman in this film that is browner than a paper bag".Does anyone remember that segment? She recommended that folks go out and buy the CD and ignore the film altogether.

SoulAlive said:

it's ironic that they refer to Graffiti Bridge as a "black movie".I remember the BET movie critic reviewing this film and she was extremely harsh.She complained that "there isn't a woman in this film that is browner than a paper bag".Does anyone remember that segment? She recommended that folks go out and buy the CD and ignore the film altogether.

Gotta love the 90s.

And I NEED to see that review.

Harlepolis said:

SoulAlive said:

it's ironic that they refer to Graffiti Bridge as a "black movie".I remember the BET movie critic reviewing this film and she was extremely harsh.She complained that "there isn't a woman in this film that is browner than a paper bag".Does anyone remember that segment? She recommended that folks go out and buy the CD and ignore the film altogether.

Gotta love the 90s.

And I NEED to see that review.

She was so harsh! She even criticized The Time's "tired dance routines"

"Graffiti Bridge: Worst Black Movie Ever?"

Not as bad as "leprechaun 2 back to tha hood"

jobyjayy said:

Not as bad as "leprechaun 2 back to tha hood"

SoulAlive said:

it's ironic that they refer to Graffiti Bridge as a "black movie".I remember the BET movie critic reviewing this film and she was extremely harsh.She complained that "there isn't a woman in this film that is browner than a paper bag".Does anyone remember that segment? She recommended that folks go out and buy the CD and ignore the film altogether.

I wouldn't say "worst black movie ever" but I definitely didn't understand it at all.

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thedance said:

Girl 6??

I enjoyed that movie...

a little dirty and lots of Prince music.. what more can you ask for, lol....

Very touching too.

girl 6 is my shit . it's how i got into prince . the ending is kinda whack, but it isn't that bad at all. theresa randle

graffiti bridge sucks, no doubt about it. the prince songs and a few of the other ones kick ass though

Under The Cherry Moon is at #42.

There's a hundred low budget black films as bad as GB, Booty Call for one. Thin Line Between Love and Hate? Or that one where Master P is selling cellphones?

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Dsoul said:

Under The Cherry Moon is at #42.

There's a hundred low budget black films as bad as GB, Booty Call for one. Thin Line Between Love and Hate? Or that one where Master P is selling cellphones?

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i got the hook up is on the list as it should be. i don't mind booty call and a thin line between love and hate.

Norbit should be at number 1 and White Chicks at number 2. Both are awful.

Kid N Play should have this honor. But GB is close.

I loved PR and UTCM, but I still haven't gotten myself around to watching GB, even though someone bought me a DVD of it for my b'day, haha. I will, I will. I'm just kind of scared for some reason, lol.

How is Bagger Vance a black movie? I haven't seen the film, but from the clips I've seen, the Fresh Prince is the only black person in it.

ThreadBare said:

Segregation's over.

If that's the case, why is there a Latin Grammys, BET, Telemundo, the channel that shows Chinese soap operas, the station that shows Bollywood music videos, etc? Why does the regular networks (US) programming feature mostly white folks?

This is about Graffiti Bridge.

MickyDolenz said:

ThreadBare said:

Segregation's over.

If that's the case, why is there a Latin Grammys, BET, Telemundo, the channel that shows Chinese soap operas, the station that shows Bollywood music videos, etc? Why does the regular networks (US) programming feature mostly white folks?

Is that segregation or variety? We all don't have to like the same thing? It's nice to have options.

Dont know about it being the absolute worst but it's def one of the very worst movies I have seen in my lifetime...yes.

lavender1983 said:

Dont know about it being the absolute worst but it's def one of the very worst movies I have seen in my lifetime...yes.

Someone said it was a glorified music video and I'd have to agree. It wasn't even what I'd call a film in the same way Purple Rain was.

MickyDolenz said:

Timmy84 said:

lavender1983 said:

Dont know about it being the absolute worst but it's def one of the very worst movies I have seen in my lifetime...yes.

Someone said it was a glorified music video and I'd have to agree. It wasn't even what I'd call a film in the same way Purple Rain was.

Graffiti Bridge (1991)

Prince is clearly among the most influential and talented pop figures of the last several years, but his latest feature vehicle, Graffiti Bridge, written and directed by the diminutive auteur himself, proves only that as a filmmaker, he's a great musician. A loose sequel to the far superior Purple Rain, it's set in a sort of arrested male adolescent fantasyland; all the people in the picture are young, fashionably dressed, and able to spend all their time listening to live music at MTV-style nightclubs where guys don't drink or take drugs or do much of anything except treat their girlfriends like hookers. There's a flimsy plot about a rivalry between the star and the still-amusing Morris Day (of the funk band the Time), and an incomprehensible subplot about a woman who is either an angel or a groupie. But none of it makes any sense whatsoever, and Prince's direction (forget his performance — one long ''I'm a sensitive guy in pain'' pout) is devoid of energy, even in the musical numbers that are (theoretically) the reason you're watching this. In fact, the staging is so lethargic you'll be hard-pressed to remember how good these songs sounded on CD.

quoting something someone once told me about Graffiti Bridge...........

it is more like a music video that flows than a movie.... and that's exactly how i see it

and it cant b the worst cause it has amazing music which could easily rank it as one of the coolest

it really is just a longform music video as opposed to a genuine 'movie'.Prince should have released it straight to video (which Warners suggested) and it would have worked as a companion piece with the album.Sorta like 'Three Chains O Gold' which helped to explain the 'Symbol' CD.

There are so many more worst than that, but yeah I agree Graffiti Bridge is a bad advertisement for black people. Many Blaxploitation movies are worse, but at least they had some types of self empowerment in them. Graffiti Bridge is crass Materialism and bad crass materialism at that. To me the best Black Movie will always be X from 1993, followed closely by Glory and then the miniseries Roots, (Its sad these were all 20 -30 years ago) and i was also fond of "The Color Purple" that was an intense movie, because people could relate to the pain Celie had to endure with Mister. I don't even count GB as a Black Movie as its more an extended montage of music videos and Prince dosen't look very black and Ingrid Chavez is White. Mostly its more just a bad music movie. Bad black movies, I think Friday Foster, Scream Blacula Scream, Abby and Boss Nigger are some derivative cliche laden stereotypical blaxploitation shit.