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well, I hope Star Wars nerds go out and support off Lucas' name alone.
that would help
that would help
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Honestly, from the music choice in the commercial to the cast, I'm just not feeling it. At all. I get that it's under the Lucas umbrella...I also understand the historical significance. However, the movie just looks poor. Who knows, I could be totally wrong and it's a blockbuster....but I have SERIOUS doubts.Originally Posted by seasoned vet
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
Do yall think this will do better than the Miracle at St. Anna? According to IMDB, it only grossed 7 mil.
Personally, I'm going to wait till it comes on DVD if I even consider watching it. I seriously wonder who's decision it was to put techno in the commercial.
....@++# man, dont say that. if this film grosses less than 10 million hollywood wont make any quality black films for another 20 years.....oh god no.
There was a movie some years back called Tuskegee Airmen. When it came out there were several veterans of WWII who referred to the airmen as the "Missing Engine Squadron." This was do to an inordinate amount of pilots from the squadron would radio back to the airfield that they were returning to base because their engines were missing, as in miss firing. I have no problem with Red Tails but can't we just be totally honest when dealing with political and racial issues?
http://www.imdb.com/title...985/board/nest/193297668
The screenplay was written by John Ridley (who's writing resume includes The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Martin and Undercover BrotherOriginally Posted by kdawg
The only worrying thing is what was said already - George Lucas writes bad dialogue.
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
Personally, I'm going to wait till it comes on DVD if I even consider watching it. I seriously wonder who's decision it was to put techno in the commercial.
Originally Posted by Deuce King
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
Personally, I'm going to wait till it comes on DVD if I even consider watching it. I seriously wonder who's decision it was to put techno in the commercial.
No disrespect to you DoubleJ's or anyone else that has this mentality but do you and others critique white movies as much as you do a black movie like this one?? What difference does it make if they had techno music in the commercial or not, you know the significance of this movie from a history standpoint and you should also know the significance of this movie for other black projects like this one to continue in the future which is why WE need to support this.
Black people line up by the truckload to watch buffoonery and movies that show blacks in a subservient role (shot out to all the sistas that went to go see The Help), but we make up piss poor excuses to not support a movie that shows blacks in a prominent role because folks think they heard "techno music" in a commericial about the movie, or what some deem as bad casting for the movie, SMH. We truly are our own worst enemy at times. Not to mention that Black History Month is right around the corner as well.
George Lucas exec produced Red Tails. He put up the entire budget (50 mil I think) solely out of his own pocket. Then he continued by hiring Black screenwriters and a Black director to bring it to the screen.
I love this dude for that.
And I'm pissed that "Black Hollywood" couldn't get their collective $+%$ together to do something like this. But...gift horse, right?
Now the REAL question is...
Are Black audiences going to get off our complacent $++!% to support this film? In theaters? Opening weekend? Take the kids? Tell a friend (or two)?
Or are we going to do what we always do...
1) get the bootleg...
2) act like we "forgot it came out already?"...
3) flock to the next Tyler Perry movie, then complain about how "Hollywood doesn't offer us enough choices"...
Originally Posted by NobleKane
dude that does the boondocks co wrote this? interesting.... its based on a true story so you cant possibly mess that up.
budget is only 58 million. i will be shocked and saddened if this does not atleast make 100 million at the box office.
i love ww2 movies and loved the hbo movie in the 90's
im hyped for it. gonna see it first day
"I realize that by accident I've now put the black film community at risk [with Red Tails, whose $58 million budget far exceeds typical all-black productions]
...we need some Selma, Alabama type togetherness to get this movie over the hump and thats just not going to happen, unless?
Originally Posted by Deuce King
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
Personally, I'm going to wait till it comes on DVD if I even consider watching it. I seriously wonder who's decision it was to put techno in the commercial.
No disrespect to you DoubleJ's or anyone else that has this mentality but do you and others critique white movies as much as you do a black movie like this one?? What difference does it make if they had techno music in the commercial or not, you know the significance of this movie from a history standpoint and you should also know the significance of this movie for other black projects like this one to continue in the future which is why WE need to support this.
Black people line up by the truckload to watch buffoonery and movies that show blacks in a subservient role (shot out to all the sistas that went to go see The Help), but we make up piss poor excuses to not support a movie that shows blacks in a prominent role because folks think they heard "techno music" in a commericial about the movie, or what some deem as bad casting for the movie, SMH. We truly are our own worst enemy at times. Not to mention that Black History Month is right around the corner as well.