The film was actually rolling really good up until a turning point in the last act by the lead DJay, which I won't reveal here and then the movie completely derails and starts literally shooting every black stereotype known to man back at you, completely betraying the story and where you thought the movie was gonna end up. This destroyed my entire viewing experience ultimately and it made me feel completely manipulated and stabbed in the back. But what else should I expect from John"sellout" Singleton. I knew something wasn't right when I found out the cat who directed this was white. Now let me elaborate before y'all trip. There are just some subject matters that only when dealing in black culture, only black directors can truly express. Only "they" can truly capture the spirit of that experience. This is one thing that I am completely in agreement with Spike Lee about, who stated this years ago about directing "Malcolm X". And it really shows here. Like I said, I rode with the film for the first three quarters, and then it just turned, and I mean turned hard! And what makes it worse is there were so many other avenues this cat coulda went down to tie this up better and make folks more inspired. I KNOW I coulda did a better job and i'm not bragging! For a critic to fucking state that this film is inspiring is a slap in the face to me as a black man and as a moviegoer. If this is what is considered inspiring nowadays, then we really are in trouble. Where are the "Purple Rain" endings? Where are the "Five Heartbeat" endings? Even fucking "BeatStreet" had a more inspiring ending than this! These films inspired people. I know they inspired me. I don't see that here really. I just ragged on John Singleton in another forum not too long ago about something he did to Mrs. P some years ago. Now, I'm just going let it out: FUCK JOHN SINGLETON! That nigga had ONE great movie in him and he's been making bullshit ever since! Just another company nigga feeding garbage to not only his own people, but to the masses as well. All under the guise of a company called "A New Deal". Who's gettin a new deal?
Certainly not his tired ass selling off three films he financed to the studios for $16 million. Sorry, I don't see that as a deal of any kind. Just more of the same ol, same ol. Do you know how much money "Hustle & Flow" is gonna make just on it's own? What they paid him was peanuts compared to what they're going to make back. And he has the nerve to say this is the first time he had total control over a film and this is how he's gonna do business from now on. What? You mean that after fifteen years in the game, you're just now figuring this shit out? And you're not in control nigga if you sell your film off to the studio! Until you distribute some shit on your own and this goes for all these so called "black" filmmakers, Spike's ass included, can't none of you niggas even talk to me, cuz that's what I'm doing and am gonna continue to do B.A.M.N(figure it out). If I do a studio film, it'll be for a damn good reason and I bet I get some George Lucas type control with my shit! So, like I said, check out that last image of DJay at the end and also listen for the final sound before the credits roll and tell me does that fucking inspire you?
Let me hurry up and get my name out there so I can show you tired ass negroes how to do this shit fo real!
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