Movies with BM/WW Couples

Discussion in 'In the Media' started by Kid Rasta, Jan 13, 2006.

  1. blackbull1970

    blackbull1970 Well-Known Member

  2. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    is it a porn film or something
     
  3. blackbull1970

    blackbull1970 Well-Known Member

    No....just a low budget independent film.

    Synopsis

    The film consists of two stories that are unrelated and have different actors, titled "Fiction" and "Non-Fiction."

    "Fiction," starring Selma Blair, is about a group of college students in a creative writing class taught by a professor who has affairs with his students.

    "Non-Fiction," starring Paul Giamatti and John Goodman, is about the filming of a high school student and his family through the college application process.
     
  4. qnet

    qnet New Member

    Damn, I thought that was her.
     
  5. nobledruali

    nobledruali Well-Known Member

    Review Of Mother & Child

    Mother and Child: Heartbreakingly Lovely

    Have you ever been grateful to disappear into an emotional roller coaster of a movie? One that doesn't manipulate you, but genuinely makes you feel compassion and heartache? This is how I can sum up Mother and Child, a drama about the complexities of maternity from writer/director Rodrigo Garcia. Annette Bening is at the helm of the ensemble cast as Karen, a middle-aged woman who grieves daily for the baby she gave up at 14. Naomi Watts plays Elizabeth, the grownup child Karen has never met, and Kerry Washington is a conflicted wife who is pretty sure she wants to be a mother.
    [​IMG]These aren't just sad, woeful women; they're strong, but also majorly flawed. Elizabeth's cavalier treatment of the lives around her is hard to swallow, but her destructive personality is a direct result of her loveless upbringing. Bening is also quite unlikeable as Karen (the nature of their shared biology isn't lost on anyone). Throughout the film, you wonder how both of their lives would have been different had they known each other all along. Would they be softer, more loving?
    The pace of the movie is somewhat slow, but it's well-suited to the subject matter; it makes you think, feel, and grieve along with its characters. To find out why, just read more.
    The performances in this movie are stellar; not only are Bening and Watts predictably great, but the supporting cast also makes magic. S. Epatha Merkerson and Shareeka Epps (best known from Half Nelson) are both superb, while Samuel L. Jackson manages to break away from typecasting, playing the man who falls for Elizabeth with surprising gentleness.
    [​IMG]The ensemble format, overused in recent years, actually works fantastically for Mother and Child. It allows for multiple layers of plot and character; no person is one-dimensional, and even in their lowest moments, you sympathize with everyone.
    My only complaint ultimately proves to be moot; the separate storylines seem to fray as the story builds — until the climax, when the paths are organically and beautifully merged. It's an emotionally satisfying ending for a beautifully acted and written film.

    :smt024IMO the movie was very good with positive portrayals of men and/or brothers for the most part. However towards the middle & near the end they are pushed aside in order to really make this film all about mother, child, and more importantly women.
     
  6. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    siskel and ebert has spoken. Im going to rent this.

    well written
     
  7. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    I saw that flick and the only thing I hate about this flick was the baby from the brother man will never meet that birth family.
     
  8. blackbull1970

    blackbull1970 Well-Known Member

    Hancock

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    The movie didnt go into Will and Charlize relationship, but if they make a sequel, they will have too.
     
  9. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    Hancock sucked because not only there was no IR kiss but no story as well.
     
  10. blackbull1970

    blackbull1970 Well-Known Member

    Bad Company (1995)

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    Ok movie. Interesting love scene with Laurence and Ellen.
     
  11. Thump

    Thump Well-Known Member


    This scene was deleted from the theatrical release. The chemistry in this scene helped the rumors of their off screen dalliance.
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  12. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    Loved the scene but I wished that kiss would had lasted a few more seconds.
     
  13. Trey1540

    Trey1540 New Member

    I love bm/ww pairing, but most of these movies never have a love scene. That is why it's hard for me to determine my favorite interracial flick.
     
  14. Bliss

    Bliss Well-Known Member

    Two IR-based Movies ( hadn't heard of)

    Anyone seen either, or both?

    *I don't get the need for 3 different covers...

    (1995)
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    World War II, England.
    A young black soldier falls in love with a married white woman - an affair which soon finds him on trial for his life.



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  15. Bliss

    Bliss Well-Known Member

    (2006)

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    An exploration of contrasting European and American attitudes towards race... Taking place in the 60’s...
    Melvin Van Peebles stars as a soldier in France being rewarded a three day pass who then meets a young lady and then faces prejudice because of the ongoing relationship.
     
  16. GQ Brotha

    GQ Brotha New Member

    Interesting never heard of them until your post. Will have to check them out.
     
  17. dafty pukk

    dafty pukk New Member

    Both are good movies, although I feel Melvin's film (actor/director Mario Van Peebles' father) was and always will be a classic. It's sort of a masterpiece in my opinion that doesn't get too much recognition.

    The story behind it is pretty amazing, as is Melvin himself.

    Although at the time Hollywood thought it was made by some French director (Melvin was a Black American who wrote the novel behind the film in French), it helped catapult him into blaxploitation film-making as well as some tv show work here and there.

    I always felt he had a lot more to offer after seeing that film and comparing it to his others.

    - Daft
     
  18. dafty pukk

    dafty pukk New Member

    Whoa, hang on.
    That wasn't him as the soldier it was Harry Baird.

    Melvin was not even in the film as I recall.

    - Daft
     
  19. Bliss

    Bliss Well-Known Member

    Oh yeah, I see that now - thank you for the correction...I have never seen the movie.

    Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Starring Harry Baird, Pierre Doris.

    The site I found it on had that original synopsis which I had c & p.

    And thanks for the review. :D
     
  20. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    I've heard of 'The Affair' but not the Melvin Van Peebles one.
     

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