thoughts on black and blue

Wow, underrated good little movie. Felt a lot like new jack city with its social commentary. in fact that's probably exactly what the film maker was going for a spike lee or new jack city type of film.

Interesting look at the black perspective on police antagonism towards blacks and the brutal reality that wrong place wrong time, your black ass is dead when it comes to cops.

Where's the lie?

Read a bunch of reviews before seeing the film trying to gauge what the thoughts were before throwing money at it. I can see the negatives they point out, yeah that stuff is there, but they obviously ignored the positives for the most part. Tyrese is phenominal in it. Pure understated realistic performance. He's got more to him than the michael bay clown show he had to do. Great stuff.

But yeah I recommend it. Why did I go see it? I can't even say why... movies like this come and go all the time, I don't get off my ass and go look, but I guess I'm getting tired of it, seeing some movie about some damn same old stuff about some white people doing things, wanted to watch a black centric story... it was surprisingly a very strong film. Obviously saw a few re-writes and stuff during production and was to me like the reviews have said a little too shallow, but go back and watch new jack city. Have any mainstream reviewers actually watched old black movies, like, ever? This quick get to the point style is what they did.

Well I got the messages within it and liked how it was done, it's trying to point the lense at the way things are, not provide a solution.

I also met sorta the actress in it at the Action expo. Shiiit, my bad, I didn't know she was like that, making big money movies as well as tv shows. I would have probably not acted so oblvious to who she was. Oops...