Why are black movies so bad these days?

gabi03 wrote: melikey wrote: if you live in a big city you can check on when film festivals are occurring and look up the black films and see them there. this is what I used to do. I think I'll start again. Exactly, but its so hard to find out when these events happen. Usually they fly under the radar and don't even get a mention in the daily newspaper.  I went to my cities african american movie festival and it was mostly white folks in there  so if they know about it, then there is no excuse for us not to. Plus, some of those movies/short clips were fairly good movies.

There's a huge one in Miami from July 6th to the 9th. It's called the American Black Film Festival. They have a few Billboards out here in LA with it advertised but yea, all of the others are usually so lowkey. 

afrokock wrote: no, black consumers want to be cool so they dont associate with whats considered black

I disagree. At least when it comes to me, I don't support or watch something just because it's black. I watch/support things if they are good and interesting to me. I'll also suggest to friends and others to watch something only if I like it or find it worth while. I'm not going out of my way to support black movies if they don't appeal to me. I don't watch anything that doesn't appeal to me white or black. Now, if it doesn't appeal to me and i see rave reviews about it, I'll give it a shot. If not i won't waste my time. This si just how i feel about it.

atexaschick wrote: Blacks love to hate on blacks. TP movies are funny and that's his purpose of the movies. YOu have to have a sense of humor to like his movies.

I disagree. I just don't find his 'comedy' funny at all. The comedy ranges from crass to super corny to me. That kind of comedy has never been funny to me.  The acting is many times subpar or just terrible. It's often overdone. Also his story lines all seem to be the same thing with different characters. They're extremely redundant. The characters are often unrelateable to me or anyone else I know. Obviously not every character in every movie is going to relate to me but Tyler's characters tend to be to eccentric for me. Having a genuine dislike for his writing styles and films doesn't in the least signify that someone is 'hating' on him.

ImThatDiva wrote: atexaschick wrote: Blacks love to hate on blacks. TP movies are funny and that's his purpose of the movies. YOu have to have a sense of humor to like his movies. I disagree. I just don't find his 'comedy' funny at all. The comedy ranges from crass to super corny to me. That kind of comedy has never been funny to me.  The acting is many times subpar or just terrible. It's often overdone. Also his story lines all seem to be the same thing with different characters. They're extremely redundant. The characters are often unrelateable to me or anyone else I know. Obviously not every character in every movie is going to relate to me but Tyler's characters tend to be to eccentric for me. Having a genuine dislike for his writing styles and films doesn't in the least signify that someone is 'hating' on him.

I meant to say comedy, and I just don't like how blacks will join together and talk down on the few black movies we have and then complain when there aren't more black movies out. I'm not saying you have to like his movies but saying he's doing this and that to do the black community is stupid IMO.

I watched this movie called THE BEAST WITHIN...they had a black sheriff in it...guess what.....HE SURVIVED....