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I saw it over the weekend....and it was quite the experience.

It was a really good movie but I think ppl are overhyping it a little bit. I'm waiting for 28 years later, that's going to be epic !

Warfare was the most intense movie I’ve seen this year

Buttah304 wrote:Warfare was the most intense movie I’ve seen this year

bro that movie was trashh !! Im sorry lol I wasted money on that IMO

I know that the MCU is so yesterday, but Thunderbolts is getting some nice reviews. Best MCU movie in a while . . . not that the bar has been set very high - the Marvels was trash. Brave new Words was TV quality. It'll be nice to have a good one for a change.

Best film I've seen in theaters in a long time.

Thread is about Sinners and mofos is yapping about other movies.

I've been looking forward to this one for a while.

Lots of good horror movies have been made over the last 10 -12 years.

Sinners is one of the best movies made in recent years. Saw it on IMAX last week.

Going back to see it on 70mm IMAX this week since that his most proud format of the Film.

Wasn’t a bad movie but also wasn’t that good, not deserving of its current ratings on IMDB of 8+. Worth a watch but wait until it’s streaming instead of paying at the cinema.

I grew up with a town theater, and I still go to the movies a lot to see if I can catch the nostalgia from old theater experiences. Generally, the only movies that get theater audiences absorbed nowadays are really good horror movies (the Smile movies, found footage stuff, etc). Then once or twice a year, you'll get an Oppenheimer or something...movies made for the big screen.

That's what Sinners felt like to me. It was made for the big screen and for the extra audio capabilities. The audience I was in was clapping at scenes, gasping, and just fully invested. It's the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time...and it's extremely rare for me to appreciate a musical at all, but this barely felt like a musical. The music (almost entirely the blues) was integrated so damned well into the narrative that it never took me out of the experience.

Also, the horror scenes were really well put together. I'm a huge horror head, and there were only a couple of true horror scenes here (this is more From Dusk Til Dawn than Sinister), but they were really well put together. Of course, the action sequences were elite. Plus, the performances were crazy. Michael B Jordan will get his credit, but I'm also happy to see Delroy Lindo get his flowers.

P.S. That "Music can transcend time" scene had every opportunity to come across forced or corny, but I think Coogler managed to make it one of the most memorable scenes of the movie (second only to the car scene for me).

TerrenceClarke wrote:Thread is about Sinners and mofos is yapping about other movies.

^that scene

Kampuchea wrote:Wasn’t a bad movie but also wasn’t that good, not deserving of its current ratings on IMDB of 8+. Worth a watch but wait until it’s streaming instead of paying at the cinema.

Disagree. This is absolutely worth seeing in theaters.

j4remi wrote:I grew up with a town theater, and I still go to the movies a lot to see if I can catch the nostalgia from old theater experiences. Generally, the only movies that get theater audiences absorbed nowadays are really good horror movies (the Smile movies, found footage stuff, etc). Then once or twice a year, you'll get an Oppenheimer or something...movies made for the big screen.

That's what Sinners felt like to me. It was made for the big screen and for the extra audio capabilities. The audience I was in was clapping at scenes, gasping, and just fully invested. It's the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time...and it's extremely rare for me to appreciate a musical at all, but this barely felt like a musical. The music (almost entirely the blues) was integrated so damned well into the narrative that it never took me out of the experience.

Also, the horror scenes were really well put together. I'm a huge horror head, and there were only a couple of true horror scenes here (this is more From Dusk Til Dawn than Sinister), but they were really well put together. Of course, the action sequences were elite. Plus, the performances were crazy. Michael B Jordan will get his credit, but I'm also happy to see Delroy Lindo get his flowers.

P.S. That "Music can transcend time" scene had every opportunity to come across forced or corny, but I think Coogler managed to make it one of the most memorable scenes of the movie (second only to the car scene for me).

That scene, a love letter to Black music from its origins in Africa to becoming Jazz, Blues, Rock and hip hop was incredible. Ludwig Gorranson is the composer for Sinners (he also did Black Panther) and I was floored by what he came up with.

Delroy Lindo deserves a best supporting actor nod for sure. He crushed every scene. Made me wanna know what that corn liquor tasted like back then

Also, I had no idea that Hailee Steinfeld is actually not white. I was curious about if her role was a play off of her real life backstory and sure enough, her Grandfather is Afro Filipino. So the stuff in the film about her character's ancestry and her "being family" was legit.

MrDollarBills wrote:That scene, a love letter to Black music from its origins in Africa to becoming Jazz, Blues, Rock and hip hop was incredible. Ludwig Gorranson is the composer for Sinners (he also did Black Panther) and I was floored by what he came up with.

Delroy Lindo deserves a best supporting actor nod for sure. He crushed every scene. Made me wanna know what that corn liquor tasted like back then

Also, I had no idea that Hailee Steinfeld is actually not white. I was curious about if her role was a play off of her real life backstory and sure enough, her Grandfather is Afro Filipino. So the stuff in the film about her character's ancestry and her "being family" was legit.

Yeah, that scene was really something special. A lot of the music breaks felt that way.

Best supporting actor nomination ought to be a lock for Lindo. He was really great. The Irish dude deserves props too, he owned that vamp role.

There's an intentionality to how Coogler cast the whole flick. Everyone felt like a perfect fit. I also like that the melting pot aspects gave shine to the Choctaw, Irish, and Chinese immigrants as well. Like, this is a cool bit of history to nod to
https://www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7496131625298709791

I like how Coogler's casting choices have sparked people mentioning that casting with representation in mind is completely attainable despite what some major studios try to claim. I also love that the industry insiders are sweating over Coogler's success because he got a really dope deal to put this together. He gets rights to the movie after 25 years, and he's collecting gross profits straight out the gate. I think Quentin Tarantino is the only other example I know of to work out a deal retaining rights to the movie after a certain amount of time.

j4remi wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:That scene, a love letter to Black music from its origins in Africa to becoming Jazz, Blues, Rock and hip hop was incredible. Ludwig Gorranson is the composer for Sinners (he also did Black Panther) and I was floored by what he came up with.

Delroy Lindo deserves a best supporting actor nod for sure. He crushed every scene. Made me wanna know what that corn liquor tasted like back then

Also, I had no idea that Hailee Steinfeld is actually not white. I was curious about if her role was a play off of her real life backstory and sure enough, her Grandfather is Afro Filipino. So the stuff in the film about her character's ancestry and her "being family" was legit.

Yeah, that scene was really something special. A lot of the music breaks felt that way.

Best supporting actor nomination ought to be a lock for Lindo. He was really great. The Irish dude deserves props too, he owned that vamp role.

There's an intentionality to how Coogler cast the whole flick. Everyone felt like a perfect fit. I also like that the melting pot aspects gave shine to the Choctaw, Irish, and Chinese immigrants as well. Like, this is a cool bit of history to nod to
https://www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7496131625298709791

I like how Coogler's casting choices have sparked people mentioning that casting with representation in mind is completely attainable despite what some major studios try to claim. I also love that the industry insiders are sweating over Coogler's success because he got a really dope deal to put this together. He gets rights to the movie after 25 years, and he's collecting gross profits straight out the gate. I think Quentin Tarantino is the only other example I know of to work out a deal retaining rights to the movie after a certain amount of time.

Oh yeah. Hollywood execs are not happy that he negotiated an incredible deal for himself. And now that Sinners is a success he now has even more leverage. I'm happy for him.

And spot on about the casting. I had no clue that Chinese immigrants lived in Prohibition era Mississippi.

It reminded me of how in Barbados, Chinese immigrants along with Irish immigrants (Redlegs) were very prevalent in the early 20th century and lived among the Black population. I have Irish ancestry and my grandmother had Chinese ancestry. So all of the stuff in the film hit home, even the Irish vampire guy

Just a very cool, thoughtful project.

j4remi wrote:

MrDollarBills wrote:That scene, a love letter to Black music from its origins in Africa to becoming Jazz, Blues, Rock and hip hop was incredible. Ludwig Gorranson is the composer for Sinners (he also did Black Panther) and I was floored by what he came up with.

Delroy Lindo deserves a best supporting actor nod for sure. He crushed every scene. Made me wanna know what that corn liquor tasted like back then

Also, I had no idea that Hailee Steinfeld is actually not white. I was curious about if her role was a play off of her real life backstory and sure enough, her Grandfather is Afro Filipino. So the stuff in the film about her character's ancestry and her "being family" was legit.

Yeah, that scene was really something special. A lot of the music breaks felt that way.

Best supporting actor nomination ought to be a lock for Lindo. He was really great. The Irish dude deserves props too, he owned that vamp role.

There's an intentionality to how Coogler cast the whole flick. Everyone felt like a perfect fit. I also like that the melting pot aspects gave shine to the Choctaw, Irish, and Chinese immigrants as well. Like, this is a cool bit of history to nod to
https://www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7496131625298709791

I like how Coogler's casting choices have sparked people mentioning that casting with representation in mind is completely attainable despite what some major studios try to claim. I also love that the industry insiders are sweating over Coogler's success because he got a really dope deal to put this together. He gets rights to the movie after 25 years, and he's collecting gross profits straight out the gate. I think Quentin Tarantino is the only other example I know of to work out a deal retaining rights to the movie after a certain amount of time.

Yeah Lindo had a GOAT performance. Gotta admit I also loved any scene with Cornbread... especially that whole "Invitation" sequence.

Everyone had a Goat Performance imo.

No one actor was bad.

I'm gonna go see it tomorrow, heard nothing but good things.

Can we talk about how Coogler is the one in charge of the X files Reboot....

This dude is about to really take over