RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me
man that sucks, but I assume it'll get there soon? -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecticut either... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravenadal Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:30 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me Hasn't opened here in Milwaukee, yet. I've been looking for it since I saw the trailer. I will break my rule of never paying first run movie prices to see it when it comes. ~rave! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still haven't gotten around to writing my review, but I wanted to exhort everyone to see Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talk to Me. This is a really good film. It captures the times and the feeling of the times very well. Cheadle--unfairly underappreciated by the masses, including some Black folk--is really good as Petey Greene. Potentially overlooked, but just as good is Ejiofor as the straightlaced Dewey Hughes. Often doing memorable but supporting roles, Ejiofor shows once again that he's good enough to carry a leading man role--if given the chance. (Incidentally, there was talk of Ejiofor being considered as the new James Bond, during the microsecond when it was considered to make teh character a Black man). Both men are powerful actors who hold their own against each other. Each actor's performance is made better by the other's. Also good in character parts are Tarija P. Henson, in another outlandish performance, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen, and Vondie Curt is Hall. The overall cast, acting, writing, and production values are excellent. This is no doubt due in no small part to Cheadle serving as an executive producer, and greatly to Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou, Caveman's Valentine). The movie just takes you back to those times when it was special to hear a black man on the radio actually talking about *black* issues. When it was revolutionary to hear someone on the radio talking about how they are keeping us down. When someone could call Barry Gordy a pimp and not do it out of mean spiritedness. When keeping it real wasn't a catch phrase calculated to pull in a demographic, but a simple description of a man who liked to run his mouth. Petey reminds you of that uncle, brother, or cousin everyone has. The one where you say boy, if only someone would pay you for talkign trash all the time, youd be rich. And like that loudmouthed relative, Petey's still just plain old folk, with all the flaws (drinking, women) and insecurities they have. The film is very profane--liberal usage of the f and p words abound--so please don't take the kiddies. But it's also funny, serious, and even thought-provoking in its own way. Overall a very good film that I plan to see again. It's been in limited release for two weeks, goes wide release this week. Please support it so that a good Black film can make some money. Support it so Hollywood realizes that someone other than Will Smith or Denzel Washington is a good Black actor. And support it because you'll have a good time at the movies with Petey Greene. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me
Opening day of the baseball season, maybe...LOL! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:30 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me what y'all doing up in Milwaukee? Surely there are enough Black folk up there to warrant some Black films geting released on opening day -- Original message -- From: Moondancer moondancerdrake@ mailto:moondancerdrake%40gmail.com gmail.com Heh, I'm in MIlwaukee too, so guess I have to wait. Moondancer On 7/27/07, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com com wrote: Hasn't opened here in Milwaukee, yet. I've been looking for it since I saw the trailer. I will break my rule of never paying first run movie prices to see it when it comes. ~rave! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still haven't gotten around to writing my review, but I wanted to exhort everyone to see Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talk to Me. This is a really good film. It captures the times and the feeling of the times very well. Cheadle--unfairly underappreciated by the masses, including some Black folk--is really good as Petey Greene. Potentially overlooked, but just as good is Ejiofor as the straightlaced Dewey Hughes. Often doing memorable but supporting roles, Ejiofor shows once again that he's good enough to carry a leading man role--if given the chance. (Incidentally, there was talk of Ejiofor being considered as the new James Bond, during the microsecond when it was considered to make teh character a Black man). Both men are powerful actors who hold their own against each other. Each actor's performance is made better by the other's. Also good in character parts are Tarija P. Henson, in another outlandish performance, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen, and Vondie Curt is Hall. The overall cast, acting, writing, and production values are excellent. This is no doubt due in no small part to Cheadle serving as an executive producer, and greatly to Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou, Caveman's Valentine). The movie just takes you back to those times when it was special to hear a black man on the radio actually talking about *black* issues. When it was revolutionary to hear someone on the radio talking about how they are keeping us down. When someone could call Barry Gordy a pimp and not do it out of mean spiritedness. When keeping it real wasn't a catch phrase calculated to pull in a demographic, but a simple description of a man who liked to run his mouth. Petey reminds you of that uncle, brother, or cousin everyone has. The one where you say boy, if only someone would pay you for talkign trash all the time, youd be rich. And like that loudmouthed relative, Petey's still just plain old folk, with all the flaws (drinking, women) and insecurities they have. The film is very profane--liberal usage of the f and p words abound--so please don't take the kiddies. But it's also funny, serious, and even thought-provoking in its own way. Overall a very good film that I plan to see again. It's been in limited release for two weeks, goes wide release this week. Please support it so that a good Black film can make some money. Support it so Hollywood realizes that someone other than Will Smith or Denzel Washington is a good Black actor. And support it because you'll have a good time at the movies with Petey Greene. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Moondancer Drake Website/Blog http://www.moondanc http://www.moondancerdrake.com erdrake.com My Space http://www.myspace. http://www.myspace.com/moondancerdrake com/moondancerdrake my space blog: http://blog. http://blog.myspace.com/moondancerdrake myspace.com/moondancerdrake Live Journal http://moondancerdr http://moondancerdrake.livejournal.com ake.livejournal.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me
Right after Milwaukee! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyhomesavers.com http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:04 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me man that sucks, but I assume it'll get there soon? -- Original message -- From: Reece Jennings mcjennings124@ mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com yahoo.com Connecticut either... Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation = http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com mesavers.com http://www.legacyho http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/ mesavers.com/ _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com] On Behalf Of ravenadal Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me Hasn't opened here in Milwaukee, yet. I've been looking for it since I saw the trailer. I will break my rule of never paying first run movie prices to see it when it comes. ~rave! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still haven't gotten around to writing my review, but I wanted to exhort everyone to see Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talk to Me. This is a really good film. It captures the times and the feeling of the times very well. Cheadle--unfairly underappreciated by the masses, including some Black folk--is really good as Petey Greene. Potentially overlooked, but just as good is Ejiofor as the straightlaced Dewey Hughes. Often doing memorable but supporting roles, Ejiofor shows once again that he's good enough to carry a leading man role--if given the chance. (Incidentally, there was talk of Ejiofor being considered as the new James Bond, during the microsecond when it was considered to make teh character a Black man). Both men are powerful actors who hold their own against each other. Each actor's performance is made better by the other's. Also good in character parts are Tarija P. Henson, in another outlandish performance, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen, and Vondie Curt is Hall. The overall cast, acting, writing, and production values are excellent. This is no doubt due in no small part to Cheadle serving as an executive producer, and greatly to Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou, Caveman's Valentine). The movie just takes you back to those times when it was special to hear a black man on the radio actually talking about *black* issues. When it was revolutionary to hear someone on the radio talking about how they are keeping us down. When someone could call Barry Gordy a pimp and not do it out of mean spiritedness. When keeping it real wasn't a catch phrase calculated to pull in a demographic, but a simple description of a man who liked to run his mouth. Petey reminds you of that uncle, brother, or cousin everyone has. The one where you say boy, if only someone would pay you for talkign trash all the time, youd be rich. And like that loudmouthed relative, Petey's still just plain old folk, with all the flaws (drinking, women) and insecurities they have. The film is very profane--liberal usage of the f and p words abound--so please don't take the kiddies. But it's also funny, serious, and even thought-provoking in its own way. Overall a very good film that I plan to see again. It's been in limited release for two weeks, goes wide release this week. Please support it so that a good Black film can make some money. Support it so Hollywood realizes that someone other than Will Smith or Denzel Washington is a good Black actor. And support it because you'll have a good time at the movies with Petey Greene. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Go See Talk to Me
Milwaukee has a sizeable Black presence, right? I'd think it'd be there with the nationwide release now in effect... -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hasn't opened here in Milwaukee, yet. I've been looking for it since I saw the trailer. I will break my rule of never paying first run movie prices to see it when it comes. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still haven't gotten around to writing my review, but I wanted to exhort everyone to see Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talk to Me. This is a really good film. It captures the times and the feeling of the times very well. Cheadle--unfairly underappreciated by the masses, including some Black folk--is really good as Petey Greene. Potentially overlooked, but just as good is Ejiofor as the straightlaced Dewey Hughes. Often doing memorable but supporting roles, Ejiofor shows once again that he's good enough to carry a leading man role--if given the chance. (Incidentally, there was talk of Ejiofor being considered as the new James Bond, during the microsecond when it was considered to make teh character a Black man). Both men are powerful actors who hold their own against each other. Each actor's performance is made better by the other's. Also good in character parts are Tarija P. Henson, in another outlandish performance, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen, and Vondie Curt is Hall. The overall cast, acting, writing, and production values are excellent. This is no doubt due in no small part to Cheadle serving as an executive producer, and greatly to Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou, Caveman's Valentine). The movie just takes you back to those times when it was special to hear a black man on the radio actually talking about *black* issues. When it was revolutionary to hear someone on the radio talking about how they are keeping us down. When someone could call Barry Gordy a pimp and not do it out of mean spiritedness. When keeping it real wasn't a catch phrase calculated to pull in a demographic, but a simple description of a man who liked to run his mouth. Petey reminds you of that uncle, brother, or cousin everyone has. The one where you say boy, if only someone would pay you for talkign trash all the time, youd be rich. And like that loudmouthed relative, Petey's still just plain old folk, with all the flaws (drinking, women) and insecurities they have. The film is very profane--liberal usage of the f and p words abound--so please don't take the kiddies. But it's also funny, serious, and even thought-provoking in its own way. Overall a very good film that I plan to see again. It's been in limited release for two weeks, goes wide release this week. Please support it so that a good Black film can make some money. Support it so Hollywood realizes that someone other than Will Smith or Denzel Washington is a good Black actor. And support it because you'll have a good time at the movies with Petey Greene. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
