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In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
I recently found out that black friends of mine have never seen Coming To America or The Last Dragon. Ever since this has been revealed to me, I question their "Blackness" a bit. They have nodded and laughed many a day,when I made allusions to the dialouge of The great Shonuff.
There are some movies that it seems that seem to be required viewing for Brothers and Sisters. After watching these gems it will become easier to understand your Black friends and family members, and you will know where some of the jokes and stories they tell originated.
Off the top of the dome:
The Last Dragon
The Color Purple
Coming To America
The Mack
Shaft
Super Fly
Harlem Nights
Roots
Uptown Saturday Night
Raw
Delirious
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Baby Boy
Boyz N Da Hood
Cooley High
School Daze
Glory
The Five Heartbeats
Malcolm X
Boomerang
New Jack City
Hmmm do these count?
Life
Purple Rain
Menace 2 Society
Hollywood Shuffle
A Soldier's Story
A Lady Sings the Blues
A Rage in Harlem
The Wood
Which Way Is Up
Jo-Jo Dancer
Coffy
Cotton Comes To Harlem
Dolemite
mahogany
car wash
Second Tier
Love and Basketball
Love Jones
The Brothers
The Best Man
Juice
Belly
The Wiz(Hated this goddamn movie, but I have seen it several times)
Don't be a menace to society while drinking your gin and juice in da hood (I get that right?)
Friday
Barbershop
A raisin in the sun
The Wood
A piece of the Action
How High
Money Talks
richard pryor: live in concert
jungle fever
Last edited by Dasher; 02-07-2009 at 11:30 AM.
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Hardwood Hero
Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
I'm Gonna get you Sucka.
Baby Boy
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I know from experience
Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Tales from the Hood /thread
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Originally Posted by Sanity
Tales from the Hood /thread
Cooley High /shyts on your post without a courtesy flush
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Originally Posted by GOBB
I'm Gonna get you Sucka.
Saw this film at the theater back in the day. I was 4 and too young to get any of the jokes. I snuck out of another movie while my mother was not looking to check it out.
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
School Daze (black frats/sorors and college life)
Glory
Hollywood shuffle (hoe cake! hoe cake!)
The Five Heartbeats
Hmmm do these count?
Life
Purple Rain
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Originally Posted by -primetime-
You went from a nice score with The Wiz to being a d!ckhead in a matter of minutes. This thread isnt designed where you google or ask jeeves nut ass "Help me find black movies that qualify for Dasher thread", its for people to brainstorm and see if they can do what is asked.
Any poo butt, sheltered, suburbanite who has zero clue about classic black movies can do what you did and pretend they not only saw those movies but have a recollection of how/when they experienced them (like Dasher did with Im Gonna Git U Sucka).
I could lay into you so bad you'll lose all your hair for good. But I'll back off.
Dont ever pull no stunt like this again while I'm around. Wont be nice next time.
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
School Daze is scarily accurate. My first couple of years in college could have been a subplot of the movie and fit in with no problem.
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Originally Posted by GOBB
You went from a nice score with The Wiz to being a d!ckhead in a matter of minutes. This thread isnt designed where you google or ask jeeves nut ass "Help me find black movies that qualify for Dasher thread", its for people to brainstorm and see if they can do what is asked.
Any poo butt, sheltered, suburbanite who has zero clue about classic black movies can do what you did and pretend they not only saw those movies but have a recollection of how/when they experienced them (like Dasher did with Im Gonna Git U Sucka).
I could lay into you so bad you'll lose all your hair for good. But I'll back off.
Dont ever pull no stunt like this again while I'm around. Wont be nice next time.
that did kinda put an end to the thread...
however looking at that list it brings up a decent question...
should movies like Beverly Hill's Cop and Leathal Weapon be consindered "black movies"...
I don't really think so...
edit: I deleted the post for you GOBB
maybe you should delete the link where you quoted it if you want it to continue as how you pictured...
Last edited by -primetime-; 02-05-2009 at 07:35 PM.
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Alot of these movies (older ones especially) you watch them again and notice, see things you didnt before. Like Last Dragon, you ever noticed Shonuff cursed in the funniest way? "n*gga please!!!". Its like yo he saying something that people say as a normal part of thier language/convos. Comical. You ever notice the scene in the movie theatre where the two swole guys lookin like the poster G-Train had on like tube tops (what females would wear) with these GAY colors?
Did i speak/post on this? Either way the dress code during that time was horrible. But to see it in a movie made me crack up. Alot of scenes and sayings just made me laugh my ass off. And when I first watched the Last Dragon and again later on in the years these are some things I didnt pick up. The annoying white "singer" who reminds me of Cindy Lauper (spelling?) irks me so much. It didnt before but if i watch Last Dragon now and she is doing her "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh" crap ugh! My ears!
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Originally Posted by GOBB
Dont ever pull no stunt like this again while I'm around. Wont be nice next time.
@ primetime taking this threat to heart.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GOBB again.
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Re: In Honor of Black History Month:These are the essential Black Movies
Cooley High was the first movie I ever cried for. Like my entire existance on Earth, watching tv, movies. This was the first where I cried my ass off (not due to fear. I cried and was shook to sleep when Michael Jackson Thriller primered hahaa). But when dude actually died? I balled my ass off and even wrote a letter. bwhaahahaa I dont know why or to who. I think to GOD expressing how much Cochise was a cool guy and it sucked he had to die.
Sidenote: This isnt a movie but was a TV Series "King". Anyone remember that? Used to come on TV all the time during his bday/or black history month. I actually thought that was Dr MLK until my mom told me he was an actor. Then its like Hey I remember him from Star Trek Wrath of Khan!!!! Another tv movie so to speak Shaka Zulu. My fav scene is when Shaka sister was callin his name "Shaka! Shaka! Shakaaaaaa!" cuz some boys were messing with her at a pond. He came running and didnt care he was outnumbered. Took them on. He got his ass kicked but he had heart/balls. And ended up being a f*cking KING!
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