MuthaFunka said:

In other words, Hallie will say hell yeah to Sean Connery but a f*** no to Richard Roundtree?!?

Well that sucks!

tamewar said:

Spike's first theatrical flick was on romance - "She's Gotta Have It". Then he did "Mo' Betta Blues."

tamewar said:

"Love Jones", wasn't that film made in the last century?

MuthaFunka said:

No I mean Romance as in Two Black leads only! The whole classic feel to it. Spike has yet to do this. I want the Chick-Flick I want to cry, Laugh, watch it over and over again kind of film.

My question to these black directors is this so hard? Find some Black romance Novel and make it into a flick. Simple and Easy.

tamewar said:

There is a Hollywood belief that two black actors in a romance will not bring the desired box office numbers. So they try to keep it 'open' and cast a non-black opposite. Those that have depicted black-on-black romance have been smaller films. And those with bigger budgets or bigger actors have little to no romantic interaction or shared screen time. A director may do it but a studio will be reluctant to back it.
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This is the third time Halle has kissed a random celebrity. First it was Adrian Brody, then it was Fred Durst (in that video), now this... lol

Timmy84 said:

Adrian kissed her, he didn't roll up on that mf, come on now

JackieBlue said:

We'll that explain Hitch. Will Smith is the biggest movie star he can def make it happen, There more to it. Funny thing is Spike was calling out Tyler saying he keeps on making these wack black flicks when he can be making real ones. I say Spike is a hater lol.

It more of the fact of Black (women of color) actress not getting these roles and being replace with non-black women .

It's like watching 106 and Park and seeing Rocsi host i could care less but why not a Black women do the job it is B.E.T or as the boondocks would say Evil TV
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TD3 said:

Hmmm hasn't seem it yet i'll check it out.

bboy87 said:

Halle don't want US!

tamewar said:

Hitch was not going to get done with a black woman. Will knows this as does Halle, Sam Jackson, and Denzel and others. It's a game.

JackieBlue said:

This game is not a very good one

tamewar said:

That's the unfortunate part, lol. I remembered the big fuss when Denzel was in that film with Julia Roberts but in respect to the black female fan base he has (and it's still huge), he refused to participate in romantic scenes with her.

MuthaFunka said:

No I mean Romance as in Two Black leads only! The whole classic feel to it. Spike has yet to do this. I want the Chick-Flick I want to cry, Laugh, watch it over and over again kind of film.

My question to these black directors is this so hard? Find some Black romance Novel and make it into a flick. Simple and Easy.

MuthaFunka said:

That's the other reason. Catch it?

tamewar said:

You gotta check-it-out.


http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

tamewar said:

Well, Mahogany and Lady Sings The Blues fall under that category.

Timmy84 said:

That movie was on earlier today. I had read the book long before so when the movie came out I was like huh? That was before I knew the deal but it always kinda bothered me that they would play it that far and then do nothing. Why bother? They were pretty faithful to the book up to that point so it was a glaring omission.

Timmy84 said:

That movie was on earlier today. I had read the book long before so when the movie came out I was like huh? That was before I knew the deal but it always kinda bothered me that they would play it that far and then do nothing. Why bother? They were pretty faithful to the book up to that point so it was a glaring omission.

JackieBlue said:

I didn't believe this excuse for a second. Julia Roberts at this point a huge star what she doing kissing a Black men even if it's Denzel.

In He Got Game Denzel had no problem kissing and having a love scene with Milla Jovovich. So he and Julia can stop saving face and tell the truth.

tamewar said:

Didn't he also kiss Angelina Jolie in that movie he was in around '99?

MuthaFunka said:

Those two flicks were for Diana ego. Both were good but old. I want a Gone with the wind Movie type. I mean what would of been the difference if they had cast a Black man ala Denzel in The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston?

JackieBlue said:

Right. I think Denzel didn't want hate mail from black women talking about they destroyed their dream and shit.

Timmy84 said:

That's exactly why he didn't do it - he knew where his bread and butter came from: Black women.

MuthaFunka said:

Yeah that explains it, lol.

tamewar said:

Dian ego or not, they were films that fall under that category though.

Timmy84 said:

Did he have an excuse for Milla Jovovich?

MuthaFunka said:

True. But lets get out of the 70's and think now where are the black romances.

Timmy84 said:

Did he have an excuse for Milla Jovovich?

tamewar said:

By 98, he had been in the game for 17 years, so he had secured his fan base, and he didn't have to worry about that sort of stuff then.