Antebellum (2020) - Movie Review
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I enjoyed your review as always. I am glad you enjoyed the movie. So many did not. But I watched anyway and was glad I did.
Had to form my own opinion after watching your review ...Directors had a great movie the character growth only to fall to the absolute bottom..The Ending really messed up by the 19 th century I wanted to turn off the movie cause of the slavery had to man up The movie left me unsatisfied. ..Directors are gonna have to do a Snyder remake cause they really messed up ... Director s if you need help on your next movie Trust I Got You....🤔
The movie was good
@@benisrael5169
Yea till the end...
STEVEN FULLER
The movie depicted what happened to our ancestors during our American 400 yr Holocaust. It was an evil time & The Most High will avenge his people. The movie was good at documenting these evil acts which should make us continue to carry ourselves in a way that honors the legacy of what our ancestors endure for us, Shalom
If they would have never shown that it was current times. Like no phone, no plane, nothing but just the whistle. It would have been better. And they could have had a huge twist at the end with her coming put into the crowd of people. They let out the plot from the start and shouldn't have at all. Poor execution
I haven’t even seen the movie yet and I could tell by the trailer it was gonna be like this 🤣
Oooohh that's good😧
After seeing the end, it made me think "is this where all the MISSING BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN are??"
Good observation!
@@justmyopinion84 Thanks! Great movie review
Omg 😳 😩😩
Wow . I was thinking the same thing every year thousands of black people vanish.
Omg are you serious???? This isn’t real people. Sex trafficking is real, serial killers are real, domestic violence is real, that’s who took those women and children, this shit is not and will never be real. Come on now. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️😒😒
Janelle Monae's acting was great! She's definitely an amazing actress.
Really?
@@menaceledennis yeah, she was great in the second season of Homecoming
I think what annoys me most is that for whatever reason everybody's so thrilled to see yet another slave movie. But ppl aren't criticizing the details of the film. Like the scene where they bring in more kidnapped black ppl to be slaves. HELLO it's 2020 why aren't these ppl shocked at what's going on? Why do they all have this look on their faces like well it's slavery, been here done that??? Just pissed me off.
That was the point
Maybe they came from another plantation...who knows what they went thru before they got there
Umm,you do know this is a movie,right?🤔
*Bad writing.*
They weren’t shocked because they were still slaves mentally. Taking them back to the plantation put them back into physical chains but their mindset was so warped that they couldn’t tell the difference. The slave master says “I don’t know what luxuries you’re used to from wherever you came from.” The luxury is the present freedom of today. Yet that freedom is still tied to years of perpetuated mental slavery which is why they didn’t act shocked when they arrived to the plantation.
The trailer is like Octavia Butler's Kindred but the reality is low budget, M. Knight Shyamalan's The Village. It feels like a bait and switch. The concept was interesting cuz folks love to imagine what they WOULD HAVE DONE if they lived back in the slavery times. But they were still out numbered and kidnapped with no idea where they were and not allowed to communicate with other "slaves"
They actually did a lot of communicating for not being able to communicate. She was alone in her room and could have visitors anytime she wanted like when the pregnant chick just went in there and was talking to her. They definitely could have rebelled at night especially since they really weren’t secured just closed up in their homes.
Exactly! The only difference is that Janelle Monae's character was kidnapped. I was a bit confused at the end. Was there an Actual civil war going on?
Kindred would be amazing.
When that cellphone rang, all the pieces instantly rushed together! I told my mother that it was a reenactment and realized that what I assumed was an approaching thunderstorm had actually been airplanes!!! I thought time travel was part of this film. Maybe inspired by Octavia Butler's book called Kindred. The dropped cellphone scene was ridiculous! And, they didn't have to kill off the brother so explicitly either! I wish that there had been scenes of Veronica's arrival and adjustment how she the brother made contact and planned their escape. Reunion scenes would've been nice too. The twist was simple yet still very surprising. I'd have enjoyed it more if the film had been made in a straight forward way.
I liked Antebellum, This film made me think that plantation slavery could come back at anytime and had me thinking is the past really the past or the future 🤔 Thanks for the Good Review 👍
You know why the brother had to catch that axe, and you know why they didn't write it where they all rebelled together.
This movie isn't for us.
They NEVER are...
Very right
I feel the same way... Trauma porn where black bodies get tortured and killed.
@@coloursfilm they don't like to push the Black rebellion
If they showed a full rebellion at the end this movie would have been great
This movie was good to me, the ending got me because I was thinking some paranormal shit was happening
I'm honestly not sure why so many ppl dislike this movie.. I / we really enjoyed it 🤷🏾♀️
That’s what I thought! I was thinking some kind of time dimension/paranormal mind twisted situation they she wouldn’t be able to escape. 😂
Chile me too, I was shocked that they were down the street in Louisiana
@@frankiedankie this shit had me googling to see if it was real and now im feeling like the person who wrote the script was def sending a message message 👀👀
@Shawn McQueen 😂
I actually just finished watching and I didn’t hate it. I was so prepared to hate it based on so many negative reviews and a friend telling me to not waste my time. Glad I watched it for myself. I was interested primarily due to Janelle Monae. Not sure of the horror/thriller classification, but ok.
I did the same thing, wasn't going to see it.
But I love Janelle Monae.
After watching it all the reviews that I seen that didn't like it, I feel like they're getting paid off to hate it or they just don't want to believe that it could happen, and it still happening in Kuwait you can order a slave through Facebook and Instagram. 😱🤯
me too, i really liked it
Definitely have to watch movies for yourself! I didn't think it was bad.
Right people can't stand it because deep inside they know everything n the film could be TRUE.. AMAZING MOVIE HA SIS? I KNOW GOD BLESSED
I thought it was mediocre I love Janelle Monae though
Done with the turn black pain into profit movies/television, even if black folks are behind the script or production. It’s lazy af. It’s unfortunate that this sort of thing is what we get and flock to. I personally don’t care if it has a twist. Thanks for your review, but I’ll rewatch old Girlfriends episode until we can find better stories for ourselves.😡
Agreed
I see what you're saying but at the end of the day we didn't have any roles, movies, or even the ability to watch, direct, or be apart of movies about us. Then we finally get roles in movies about us and still having to be a stereotype. After that was just token minorities and statistics. The whole time black people complained. Then we start doing our own stuff and black people still complain. Talking about "Its not good enough" "its pandering" "I'm tired of black struggle movies" when regardless of what you're tired of its realistic from the time it portrayed until now it is realistic its ideas and stuff we had to and got to deal with currently. Stuff ain't always rainbows if anything girlfriends is more of a pander and problem to black people as opposed to this
XRAYE Nen Thanks for your comment, but I still stand by my opinion and there’s nothing wrong with me “complaining “ as you put it about a piece of art. I still can have a preference. I can still be for my people and critical. I know when the movie is set etc. I’m talking as a collective of black film. Regardless of what is reality on and off the screen I can be objective and don’t have to like it. It was never about being not good enough, to me it was about broadening the spectrum. There are “white” films I think are whack or “I’ve seen this before”, and don’t dig it. Lastly it’s FICTION so the space for creativity is immense.😂😂 Emphasis on FICTION 😅
Totally agree I believe there’s more to black culture than just overcoming racism we need more movies that like to experiment
A plus opinion
I nearly passed out when you were talking about Gabby’s character lmao. “Man what the hell is goin on?!”
lol
For real I was about to turn the movie just because of her fuck this movie honestly such a waste.
Janelle Monae is a cutie, the film was interesting but could've been written better.
Too bad she hates B1K MEN
@@NoName-gh5mq
I know right... homie in for a rude awakening.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No Name3 ion blame her y’all hate us to
@@Syriariasha nah u hate yourself
No Name3 u don’t even have a name u a lame
I literally just finished watching it. And I too feel like this movie could have been so much more but in a different way. I wanted to know the back story of the guy who got axed. As well as the the young woman who hung herself. Like who was her baby daddy and was he looking for her? I would have liked to know how they broke her. She was a very strong black woman in the "flashback" but when we first meet her, she is broken. I would also like to know how they even came up with that horrible idea to start doing that in the first place. And what is ther process for pick people. Just so many questions.
This could have easily been a t.v. series or a limited series.
This movie felt like more of a very long short story rather than full movie
Terrible writing, sloppy editing, implausible plot, annoying Gabourey Sidibe playing the sassy unrealistic overly sexually aggressive friend AGAIN. Life is way to short to have your time wasted like this.
Gabby was extra. But she played the role well.
I don’t think her character was unrealistic. From a make point of view. I’ve seen it several times before in real life.
Big girls are always loud and Horny.... She on brand....
@Super User it's a terrible movie .... Who cares.... These kinda of ppl actually exist so why are you trying to lecture about destructive behavior... Tell that to the loud fat and horny black chicks you know
I agree with alot of these sentiments, but I actually found Janae's character annoyingly dry. Her efforts to show emotion by over acting scenes just made me wince. Whew, this was hard to watch!
I actually really liked this film. It kept my attention throughout the film especially in third act. Janelle did a damn good job acting in this gilm. I don't think the film deserves as much hate as its getting....
Agreed
The actors were amazing!!! , the hate comes from the fact that this really happened to many of our (black people) great grandparents and ancestors and is now being used as entertainment. So for that reason it’s trash.
same
After this movie, I thought they tried to do a spin on “The Village” but it was a major fail. This could have been written much better. The transition did not work it was sloppy.
I agree great storyline horrible delivery
Yeah they could have tweaked it and I think people also be unsatisfied with the twist because there are storylines like that out there I can name one TV show and Movie.
Like that sorry forgot to write the rest of the part.
Great connection-I hadn’t thought about that movie “The Village.” I see a resemblance now
Hmmm. The writing of this movie and execution was not good.
Exactly!
Could have been much better
But it make you think.
@@ninavictoria6805 but you think about to come.
I can't say about the themes, but the writing, foreshadowing, exposition, and everything story-related was flawless.
Brandon THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW considering many Are not pleased with this movie and a label of black Trauma porn is circulating...I particularly appreciate you including a spoiler portion & speaking on Antebellum with the twist in mind for potential viewers...not speaking of said twist does a bit of a disservice... (especially since so many are thinking of NOT watching it...it’s overall message seems to shed light of trafficking of black women...why there’s such a romanticization with old values of the confederacy/south...Plantations...tours.. the man (General)mentioned silencing loud mouthed blackies...affecting the ballot box...them being nowhere and everywhere...and strategically choosing influential black voices (ie. Veronica/Eden was an Ph.D holding activist, Eli a professor) affecting the masses. Even the sign(ie could just as well be a confederate statue) was bulldozed down in last scene**** no need for such things anymore in present day yet they still are HERE...”The past is not dead, it’s not even past”
...I’m relieved to see at least you could use your platform to NOT discourage people From watching Antebellum & saw good aspects of this movie. While I understand it’s hard to see what our people endured-out of respect to our ancestors...if WE CANT EVEN WATCH IT ...what a disservice we are doing to the blood and sacrifice and tears they shed as we are descendants of those who dared to survive.”
👌🏾👌🏾🔥🔥Outstanding review! Funny, insightful-in agreement with your points especially re: Janelle’s Harriet Tubman-esque moves in 3rd act✊🏾👏🏾🦾 & re: Gabby Sidobey’s character (I appreciated them casting her in the role but it felt as thought they pushed the envelope with her actions purposely🤔; after polar opposite Precious role- she’s now seeming to be tight casted as the over sexualized confident plus size trope ie.Empire)
**sorry for the novel...🤓
Bro, I just gotta say, that beard lookin real full, its crispy
Lol
Manly
J Wilson 🌮 🤣😂
Full beard he got the chin strap you drunk
It’s giving me a 70s vibe.
“Heauxtivities” -A monologue by Brandon K Avery. I’d watch 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
lol
I personally loved this movie. I think horror would apply. Because this could legit be happening, that's horrifying. Her every moment being there AFTER living a life of freedom and now with NO HOPE is horror.
*Your review is SPOT ON, especially about Act 2*
You know movies like this one, get out, us and countless others really make you stop and wonder if things like this happen in real life. The world we live in is a crazy place.
I liked it too🤷♀️
Haven't seen it, but this gives me hope. I a lot of people giving bad reviews with very little details. I always respect your breakdowns and thorough reviews. Thanks and keep up the good works King
As a screenwriter and black historian- this film is TRASH.
LOOl say no more LOL
Movie, hello,its fiction!!
@@rcc4584 but it engages with history in a VERY unspecific way
Do you mind elaborating? I really want to understand why
I can't talk about black history, but the screenwriting is perfect.
Octavia E. Butler’s Book addresses this in her book Kindred!!! I’m not sure when these two guys wrote antebellum,... But it seems to have ripped off her book KINDRED! 🤦🏽♀️The End!
ps. Read Octavia’s book! you’ll have a much better experience!
I have not watched the movie yet, but when i saw the trailer it reminded me of Kindred.
@Jessica Cevidanes/ If; you think it will be anything like Kindred,... you’ll be highly disappointed! However, If you have nothing to do,... Then watch it. I gave it 5 out of 10. Real Talk
Read Any of her books, i agree
It annoyed me that the director stated he was inspired by a dream. Maybe was but there are too many similarities to Kindred. based on the trailer alone it appeared to be a movie adaptation of the book.
Great review Sir. I have heard very negative comments from other reviewers regarding trivializing slavery for entertainment. Just food for thought.
Your afro is really dope!!!! I will watch this flick because I love Janae Monet.....I love that she chooses roles outside of the box and that she loves fantasy science fiction etc.
Excellent review, I stopped watching when you got into the spoilers. I’m looking forward to seeing it. 💜
I liked Janelle Monae, movie could have been so much better
You are hilarious! You gave the whole dialog from Gabby's scene 🤣😂
Looked forward to your take on it!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I want to check this movie out. I really like Janelle Monae.
I think that with the slaves not being allowed to talk it would minimize them being able to plan to overthrow. But I felt this movie really demonstrated how happy white ppl would be if we were back to before the civil war. They definitely showed that “great again”
time these folks are talking about.
Sparkle S PRECISELY...I think that’s the “Horror element” that people are scrutinizing over THAT THEY DIDN’T See🧐🥺
On point. Maybe that's the take away.
Even when the guys were marching saying "blood and soil" with the tiki torches. That actually happened in Charlotte, VA with thr Trump supporters. I did enjoy this movie. It was a sick twisted mindset of white people.
Charlene Warren WOW I was not aware. But that would make the slogan make sense.
Mike Ken your right it wasn’t a portrayal of history. It was as if they could do that today.
Ok. Subscribed. Every single issue and praise you had for this film, my head was nodding right along with you. GREAT review!
I liked the movie myself. I do think that this could really happen if someone is bold enough and crazy enough. It was disturbing to see black folks punished for speaking up by putting them back slavery. But what was more disturbing is the thought/reality that white folks would pay money to go back to before the war time so they could experience slavery as a slave capture, overseer, confederate, and slave master persecutive. Also, Did they say in the movie why the captain was
Missing a finger???
You know Sparkle S your right reminds me of a episode of the Show Queen Sugar where the youngest Sister's sons and his friends go to Plantation tour attraction to burn down the Big House and a bunch of little White kids are playing in one of the Slave shacks. Which reminds me of Williamsburg some colonial Themepark in Virginia something I'm sad to say I was interested in visiting once when I was younger .
They say movies are the government's way of telling the public information that we otherwise wouldn't be able to handle. There are so many people, black people especially, who are being trafficked and forced into different forms of slavery today.
That would be jacked up if a white person has it in his mind right now to want to do this
@@Black_and_Green that'll be fucked up if it was a plantation some where going on like this
They been doing that under your nose to blacks and children , have u seen the movie the hunt? They also eat our flesh and trump indicted all the people who are doing that.
Yo man !! Love the channel and love the afro !!! What inspired the afro??
As usual I completely agree with everything you said!! I would add that Gabourey Sidibe’s character was unnecessarily rude. Her interaction with the trainer, the Asian publicist and the guy who approached her in the restaurant.. just unnecessary. I also felt it was ridiculous in the last scene that she took the time to stare at a statue. Omg! Focus! Just slow motion the scene as she passes it!
i was honestly hoping she would have burned it down
Did you just say " Hey what up, you talking about effin?" I'm done 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This is why I follow you Brandon! Plus we all know ladies who talk that vulgar low key want a prince charming.
I searched for you just hear your thoughts on this movie. TH-cam hides videos. Glad, I found you.
I figured out the twist but still enjoyed it. Paula Deen tried it back circa 2013 and I wonder if that was the inspiration for the concept of Antebellum.
I forgot about Paula Deen
The idea that something like that could be going on now is truly scary! Im actually in tears thinking about it, its also what drew me to search and see what others have to say about it.
once again bro excellent review keep up the great work
Damnit bruh I was here waiting for your review before I went ahead and watched. Couldn’t wait.
Can’t get that 90 minutes back. A non-linear movie that woulda been boring AF if he was told in sequence.
I seen that so called movie. I did not read spoilers or anything else. Honestly I had no idea what the hell I was watching. That was a first for me because i'm usually into slave drama / historical movies. The when the movie shited to modern times it blew my mind, no proper transition sequence or anything.. When the movie was over I asked myself " What the hell had i just wasted my time on? Of course this is only my opinion and not trying to rain on anyone's parade.
Lol...me too until I read the reviews and I don't remember watching any trailers...in hindsight it was a good movie but the sequences were confusing, bad execution...I really thought they were time jumping and couldn't figure out why they had a cell phone at the end...it just didn't click for me like producer thought that it would
I’m a first time watcher...you channel is very professional and it’s not boring at all🔥🔥 keep up the good work brother I will be subscribing and watching you for now on🙏🏾🙏🏾
Brandon, I wasnt going to see this movie based on what I heard about it thus far. But your review has made me want to check it out. I think the biggest thing with our movie audiences these days is that we dont like or cant understand anything metaphorical or different. Just like Tenet, ppl didnt like it because they didnt understand it. But there is a such thing as still enjoying a movie for what it is.... and ppl refuse to do that. And you had me rolling at the end of your review LOL. Nothing wrong with being a modest man and believing there's a time a place for a certain set of behaviors lol.
I loved Tenet, I watched 4 times already; it’s one of those movies you have to watch a few times.. or just a couple, because you’ll definitely miss a lot of things, like the nuances in their acting..
I’m gonna check this movie out, I trust this brothas critiques.. he’s been spot on majority of the time, and your comment intrigued me further since you brought up tenet.
@@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide Why thank you 😌. And I love seeing open minded ppl who are willing to give things a fair shot despite the opinions of others. Sometimes you just have to decide for yourself 🤷🏽♀️
@Ton Lok Of course not. The torture of black ppl in this movie is actually an aspect I forget about because when most ppl complain about the movie, their main complaint (from what Ive heard) is that the movie makes no sense and wasnt well written. So, in my decision to see the movie, black slave torture is not being considered in my mind. Which I most likely would find hard to watch and be somewhat traumatized. So thank you for reminding me.
Great review and opinion
Really liked this video! cheers for sharing your opinions!
I really enjoyed it.
Brandon, I will watch this movie based on your review. I didn't know that the actress who played Precious was in this movie. I can't spell her name without Googling it. Your comment about her character being overly sexual interested me. I'd like to know if this is or is not something that you commonly see in film, regardless of genre - dark skinned (and sometimes overweight) black women being cast as overtly sexual, promiscuous, or mainly comic relief. I notice it often.
Thank you for your thoughtful reviews.
How'd you feel about "Birth of A Nation" ?
Great movie
I totally agree, my mom & I watched it last night , my mom fell asleep during the second act,🤣🤣 but it took sooooo long to get to the action “ my goodness gracious “ it was still good lol ❤️
Start doing spoiler reviews bro.
Will do. That's actually how I started lol
Just saw it. Wow!! I liked it. Wow!! I'm gonna need therapy after this lol I agree with you on how scary tea this could be. Psds on all of that.
Oh, lord ! Brandon you had me dying over your full scene replay with Gabriel. You knew every word and gave us great neck roll!😂😂😂😂
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Ok....I felt like the beginning you super dragged out it took 40 MINUTES for them to get to Something. When I seen Gabby Sidabay (*misspelled oops) name in the credits🤦🏽♀️
*Going to check it out. Soon as it hits Redbox. 🎥 📺 🍿*
I highly recommend it !
Thanks. I may reconsider.
This movie was wack af no more oppressed movies for me
No more false history feminist oppressed movies
@Rave 2 The Grave ! you would call this amazing? Rona?
Excellent review.
Yes I was thinking the same thing scared me too " this is happening somewhere right now!"
It is. In Africa. And both sides are black. We should do something about it.
It's a film m8!
I actually liked the film... it reminded me of M Night Shyalmalan's The Village... And oh by the way.. women do have locker room talk among themselves about sex and it can get really raunchy... I was married for many years and I remember when my wife would have her girlfriends over for a little get together... I would leave the house and go to a movie cuz those chicks would talk a lot of shit and it was never lady like. So that scene was actually very authentic representation of today's modern sexually liberated woman. Women don't whisper anymore they are loud and vocal about what they want. So in my opinion that fitted her character perfectly.
Great Review. I shared it on Facebook
Will be checking this out, thank you. When you like a movie it’s usually good,
Hey please do videos with spoilers it makes for in depth conversations.
I enjoyed watching you.
First time here but the name of your show is absolutely fire
I saw it...it's not horrible but I thought it was predictable. I figured it out pretty quick by the little clues. Still can't figure out the butterflies iconography however. Will it be something people will be rewatching next year.? No.
I’m glad I’m subbed to you, because all the other critics bashed this movie to death.. we’ll Double Toasted tried, Martin was pretty well rounded with his critique.
This video intrigued me enough to watch it..
People saying that they should've brought out the remake of candy man instead, antebellum was so crap , I wouldn't have cared if they brought out a remake of caddyshack...
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First off.... Your face in the thumbnail....🤣😂🤣😂😂..... its was the "Great Grandparent level Stank Face"
I loved the review ..... Thank You!!!!
"This movie didn't have alot of horror elements to it" then you describe how the opening shots were nightmarish and horrible to see Black people as slaves. #Horror
Yea but no.
In movies, horror involves things close to the supernatural that NO ONE can control. Things you can't wrap your hbeard around because as far as we know, it should just not be able to exist.
What we saw was suspense, thriller
@@agonleed3841 👍🏾
I agree with Agon, this movie is not horror but thriller historical. What common movie goers expect from horror is the supernatural and/or the unnerving sensation like something from the screen would come out and grab you long after you are done watching. I don't feel that with this film and so the trailer was misleading.
@@agonleed3841
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror%20story
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
It's common for them to have supernatural elements, but not necessary to be considered horror. Antebellum could be considered a horror movie based off of the definitions.
@@akiadima3814 the dictionary will change meanings based on how people change. Like.. remember when the word ,"literally" used to have only one meaning?
Yea, it NOW can mean something that doesn't ACTUALLY literally happen.
You can say "I literally died" which you obviously didn't, but the dictionary supports that now.
Let's to back to the beginning of movies to the current era. Notice anything?
Up till the current era, horror indeed had supernatural elements. Then there was this weird mix or psychological thrillers.
Then we come to the era where people felt lie they HAD to explain EVERYTHING. Monsters were no longer real. Which is interesting, but slowly gets away from horror..it's really what is literally a psychological thriller.
I liked the movie and the plot twist tripped me out. The cinematography was gorgeous. And loved the shoutout to black artists and designers. I really enjoyed that. Could it been better, yes. But overall, it was pretty good. It wasn’t a waste of my time.
Loved your spoilers
The trailers told me no sirrrrr
So I'm not going to watch it
"Christmas is early" 🤣😂🤣😂
@Ton Lok What?
What does the butterfly stand for ?
I’m guessing freedom
Second season of homecoming jenelle was the best thing about that Amazon show
On point review.
The movie has potential
It’s like they rushed it
I feel like it’s missing something
It is put in the wrong genre, it’s not a thriller
20.00 dollars or did visit the wrong site?
thanks I'll watch it this weekend
Personally , I think spoiler reviews are very entertaining! It helps me see different perspectives of the movie! Maybe you can do spoiler vids and just out in the title that its a spoiler so people know what they're getting into? Good vid!
Hope he sees your comment
I can't get behind slavery but Jonelle is great actress and fashion outfit that she wears was on point.
Good review
Love this review, on point!! I liked it, but yes..i felt like it should have been longer, or more in depth. And yessss..the memory thing. They wouldn't of put up with that shit! But I did love when she burnt them up!!
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'The Geckoator II - Ben Crick'
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I waited since April to watch this movie. I was sad because I wanted and expected MORE. The scene in the trailer when the plane flew overhead gave away the plot. I would say this was a version of The Village for racists. I thought I was going to see a MAGA hat at the end though.
I didn’t make it past the first ten minutes. Can’t stomach it. Thanks for the review.
I’m glad that I watch the movie at home. Now with that said, my biggest issue with the movie was that the studio released sneak peaks and those sneak peaks to me were the best parts of the movie. I don’t know maybe I came into this thinking that the storyline would be different based upon the sneak peaks. However, the actual story was lackluster to me.I completely respect your opinion, though. I can completely understand why the CEO decided to release this on VOD rather than in the theaters.
Guess I'll wait until it's on cable. Too many mixed reviews. 😒
Say no more, I’m gonna check it out
Wasn’t worth the money had some good parts however the story as you said could have been developed more... it was so slow. It could of been something like Django.
I wish you had done the spoiler on a separate review.
He literally warned viewers and said when he would start the spoilers ...
I share his reviews in 5 Star Movie Reviews but I can only do so if it is spoiler free.
You did your best Brendan avoiding to spoil the film but I don't know how I can follow suit. For me it was a disappointment, maybe my expectations were a little high that yours. I mean they did trick me awesomely but not the characters. There wasn't any moment of discovery on their party to say oh this wasn't a teleportation to a different time thing, it was a simple kidnapping story.
@Ton Lok Wow!!!
I didn't see the trailer. I just tried to watch it because Janelle is so pretty. I couldn't get past 20 minutes. I had no idea that someone was trapped in another time. For 20 minutes all I kept thinking to myself was that I would have killed myself as soon as I realized I was trapped in a hateful land like that. Like even if I was a pure white man, I would not have lived in an area where they treat animals like that. Clearly black people aren't animals but if you're a supremacist, you rate living creatures like: human, smart animal, dumb animal.
But I would never treat a dog that refused to fetch the bone like people were treated in the movie. I just wouldn't have taken the dog with me and fed it at all. Live and let live.
That said, after 20 minutes of the movie and without watching a trailer, I can clearly see why there's a BLM movement where a raging mob just bangs and breaks everything in sight. "Oh shit, see that car just driving down the street with a white person in it minding his own business? After watching Antebellum, I can clearly see that they hate my right to Express my empathy for black people and for that, I'm going to scream BLM while I bang on the car!"
And why the other folk just expressing their empathy for living creatures would join in in banging on the car screaming BLM" until the other idiot in the car panics and for fear of their life, would just floor the gas no Matter if someone is standing there or not.
The movie was too painful for me to watch. I have traumatic experience with certain people but I just stay away from them. I don't watch movies where they are being abused worse than a dog. I just won't be there friend no more.
To me anything more is pure evil.
Let me set my reminder to check later if TH-cam deleted my comment for not, "saying my name!"
I agree. If the main character had, after her escape, gone around the country telling people everywhere what happened, then she was being chased by the bad guys to keep her mouth shut, THEN we would've had a movie to watch. What we got was the trailor. Uh-huh.
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I think the movie would’ve been better if it was a sci/fi horror film with time travel or multiple dimensions colliding. The present day slavery thing felt very lazy. Very disappointed. This movie was definitely written for a specific crowd in mind.
I actually enjoyed the movie. I don't see this as a typical film about slavery. I felt the plot was very realistic and I wouldn't be surprised if something as sinister is happening present day. It absolutely is not the best movie ever, but it was profound and a good source of reference for the past heinous crimes of slavery.
This film gave me quite a bit of anxiety when I was watching it. I liked it and Janelle delivered a wonderful performance.
I’m really happy that you liked the movie.
I liked it...i thought it was a bit slow in the beginning but it's the middle when you start wondering wth is happening...very suspenseful