CayceG Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 This... looks incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Man, if only I had any real faith that a film produced by AT&T-owned Warner Brothers would allow this subject matter to be treated "correctly". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 8/7/2020 at 1:28 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Man, if only I had any real faith that a film produced by AT&T-owned Warner Brothers would allow this subject matter to be treated "correctly". Looks like I was wrong! One of the left-wing hosts of the "West Wing Thing" podcast saw the film and said that it's SHOCKINGLY political for a major studio film and that Hampton's revolutionary socialist message isn't watered-down at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I'm excited for this one. And in case you missed it at the end of the second trailer, this is part of the HBO Max Warner Bros thing, so it'll be streaming in two weeks when it hits theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That is an excellent trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Currently at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) WWW.ROTTENTOMATOES.COM FBI informant William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O'Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I don't know why, but every time I see the title of this movie I think of "Billy and the Cloneasaurus". It does look good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hot damn, now that is a FILM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 You only have through Sunday to watch it on HBO Max if you haven't watched it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 This is one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/12/2021 at 9:14 PM, skillzdadirecta said: This is one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. This is one helluva film that I'm utterly stunned actually came from a mainstream movie studio. This film absolutely did NOT shy away from Hampton's revolutionary Marxist politics at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 58 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: This is one helluva film that I'm utterly stunned actually came from a mainstream movie studio. This film absolutely did NOT shy away from Hampton's revolutionary Marxist politics at all! Right???? I met the director YEARS ago when he and I both had films at the same festival and two of the writers are from my home town although I never met them. I'm actually shocked that this movie got made the way it did. It's also just a really well MADE movie on technical level and has some of the most beautiful images of black people on screen that I've seen in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Reading up on it afterwards after seeing it, it sounds like (important spoiler) Spoiler It's not really an established fact that the other guy who the Panthers were harboring from the police who'd killed somebody while interrogating them was also an FBI informant. The black panthers claimed he was an informant, but that's not a definitive fact from the sound of it. And the thing is... I don't at all hate that they ran with that version of the events for purposes of the story. I think the fact that you can take a disputed piece of history and be able to get a movie greenlit of the most anti-cop, anti-fed possible version of the story is kind of progress in and of itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 19 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Right???? I met the director YEARS ago when he and I both had films at the same festival and two of the writers are from my home town although I never met them. I'm actually shocked that this movie got made the way it did. It's also just a really well MADE movie on technical level and has some of the most beautiful images of black people on screen that I've seen in a long time. I know next-to-nothing about this craft, but even I could recognize that this movie seems like a master class in "economic" filmmaking in that there is absolutely no bloat. Each and every line, each and every scene has a reason for its existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I took time yesterday to watch this before it left HBO Max and I’m so glad I did. Fantastic movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Komusha said: I took time yesterday to watch this before it left HBO Max and I’m so glad I did. Fantastic movie. Damn, I can’t believe I missed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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