Current Events > The new Candyman sucks so much ass. Can politics stay out of anything?

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 7:54:46 PM
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My gf dragged me to see this, and even as liberal and pro black as she is, she even she admits the movie was garbo.

The original movie was smart and subtle with it's social commentary. The ignorance of rich whites, along with the violence and hostility of black people who's neighborhoods were being taken away were both shown in equal light.

The Candyman did not kill based on race at all. And the main racial theme in the movie was gentrification. Not police brutality.

The new movie instead made Candyman some type of anti hero, taking out racist cops and other evil whites. They have you rooting for the kills (because apparently everyone hates white people now) instead of being scared in the slightest. The social commentary here is like a shovel to the face. With no respect for the audience's intelligence.

The movie also suffers from a terrible script, some insane overreacting, and a seriously dumb plot. Stop making movies political with some dumbass social justice "message". People are too smart for this shit.

I watched this movie in D.C. with a mostly black theatre crowd and there was alot of sighs and sucking of teeth in the audience. When it was over we all just kinda walked out in silence. Deservedly so. This movie is a 3/10. And only because of a few pretty shots do I even give it that

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EricDraven59
09/07/21 7:56:40 PM
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I'll watch it when it's like $3 to rent. But yeah that sucks dude, can't believe they would throw all that dumb crap in there. The original movies were dope
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s0nicfan
09/07/21 7:57:47 PM
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Is Jordan Peele the next m night shyamalan?

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CRON
09/07/21 7:58:29 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Is Jordan Peele the next m night shyamalan?
No.

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Humble_Novice
09/07/21 7:59:20 PM
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Until the far right is gone forever, movies will continue to become more political.
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Hayame Zero
09/07/21 7:59:24 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Is Jordan Peele the next m night shyamalan?


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s0nicfan
09/07/21 8:05:04 PM
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CRON posted...
No.

I don't know. Candyman seems to be doing worse than Us which did worse than his biggest success Get Out, and Wikipedia says he's writing another horror movie next year called Nope. If his gimmick becomes releasing a new horror movie every year I could see that getting very formulaic very quick, but I guess he needs one or two more horror movies under his belt before people can start to call it a trend.

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refmon
09/07/21 8:06:57 PM
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Its a Jordan Peele movie what do you expect

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FortuneCookie
09/07/21 8:07:34 PM
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My mother wants to see the movie because of the social commentary.
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specialkid8
09/07/21 8:08:04 PM
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Yeah, I kind of disliked it the more I thought about it. I went in with middling expectations because I didn't care much for Peele's other movies but this left a really sour taste in my mouth.

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What_
09/07/21 8:08:57 PM
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Pro black
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ThePrinceFish
09/07/21 8:10:28 PM
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The days of subtle political messages in entertainment are over. Now they have to beat the audience over the head or they fear the audience might not get the message.

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viewmaster_pi
09/07/21 8:10:35 PM
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why is he called candyman, and is there any significance to the bee?

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UnholyMudcrab
09/07/21 8:12:15 PM
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goldenBoi45 posted...
even as liberal and pro black

At least they always put this at the beginning of the post so you know the rest is just trolling and not worth reading
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specialkid8
09/07/21 8:13:23 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
why is he called candyman, and is there any significance to the bee?
The original Candyman was tortured and killed partially by bees so it's part of his motif. Even though this movie uses a different Candyman they kept the bees just because it's part of the franchise.

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orangefire25
09/07/21 8:13:25 PM
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Damn that's crazy it's political

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MutantJohn
09/07/21 8:15:00 PM
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Lol TC is a racist, I see

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:15:39 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
At least they always put this at the beginning of the post so you know the rest is just trolling and not worth reading
Lol what?

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sabrestorm
09/07/21 8:16:01 PM
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Can I get a non political horror movie?

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Hayame Zero
09/07/21 8:17:43 PM
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I would actually be surprised that a movie written and directed by a black woman wouldn't have any sort of social commentary

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Smackems
09/07/21 8:18:26 PM
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Tc say thing I don't want hear. I NO LIKE TC

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:18:38 PM
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MutantJohn posted...
Lol TC is a racist, I see
Please explain how I'm a racist. My identity has been confirmed on here and I'm black so please think about your answer before you type it.

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FortuneCookie
09/07/21 8:18:50 PM
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sabrestorm posted...
Can I get a non political horror movie?

Friday the 13th was about the Vietnam War

Not really, but it just as easily could've been had the director said so.

Real talk though. Aliens absolutely was about the Vietnam War. And They Live was about the Reaganomics.
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Delirious_Beard
09/07/21 8:19:56 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
At least they always put this at the beginning of the post so you know the rest is just trolling and not worth reading

yeah p much

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Notti
09/07/21 8:20:32 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
why is he called candyman, and is there any significance to the bee?


Original black artist (had an affair with a white daughter) had his hand chopped off and body smeared with honey (bees came after him). As he was dying the white crowd taunted him in his sweet honey covered suffering by calling him Candyman.
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pegusus123456
09/07/21 8:21:13 PM
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sabrestorm posted...
Can I get a non political horror movie?
The Babadook

Just a good old-fashioned plot about a single mother being haunted by a homosexual in a top hat

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:21:27 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
yeah p much
My gf is super left wing and still didn't like the movie. I get that alot of people pretend to be black on the internet. I don't lie on here.

But whatever, plug your ears and continue to watch your bad movies. I honestly hope you go see it so you can suffer like I had to

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:23:28 PM
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Also how ridiculous is that? Someone says they're black so you immediately dismiss their post?

Oh wait, they said a thing you don't like so they can't be a "real" black person. Since when do you get to decide who's black and who's not? Shut the fuck up


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JimmyFraska
09/07/21 8:23:36 PM
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MutantJohn posted...
Lol TC is a racist, I see
for real can i get a lmao
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dancing_cactuar
09/07/21 8:26:28 PM
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First one already had politics in it with the Candyman being killed for an interracial love affair, so it's less "can politics stay out of anything" in this case and more "can politics not be handled poorly in media".
sabrestorm posted...
Can I get a non political horror movie?
Don't remember the politics in the OG Nightmare on Elm Street, just a guy with a bladed glove killing people in their dreams.

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:27:30 PM
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I love how no one has refuted any of the points I made. Just resorting to calling me "Racist" because I didn't like yet another brain dead and lazy Jordan Peele project.

You guys' playbook is getting pretty tired

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Infinite 2003
09/07/21 8:28:21 PM
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You arent really black because if you were black youd agree with me! - White liberals on the Internet

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Hexenherz
09/07/21 8:29:39 PM
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What is "sucking of teeth"? Is that supposed to be like a sign of support or a sign of disgust?

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:29:59 PM
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sabrestorm posted...
Can I get a non political horror movie?
The original Black Christmas is really good and just a pure slasher.

The remakes of it are horrible. One is a lazy cash in, the other is a feminist garbage Mary sue non horror lazy cash in

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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:31:24 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
What is "sucking of teeth"? Is that supposed to be like a sign of support or a sign of disgust?
A sign of annoyed disapproval.

Like "Tisk Tisk" but you just make a sound with your teeth

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Flauros
09/07/21 8:31:41 PM
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008Zulu
09/07/21 8:31:57 PM
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Even if a movie isn't political, you can expect a bunch of attention starved no-bodies to make it political.

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Hexenherz
09/07/21 8:34:56 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
Isn't that the cringeface sound

Like this thing:
wait that's a cringeface emoji? looks like a guy sucked a sour lemon in both orifices.

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Zikten
09/07/21 8:38:40 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...



This movie should just be a horror movie for like the first 15 minutes and then rest of the movie is about family drama or something

Movie starts and freaky shit goes down. The main characters get the fuck out. And then forget about it and deal with every day troubles and drama rest of the movie in a heartwarming tale of family
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aquablack
09/07/21 8:39:04 PM
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goldenBoi45 posted...
The new movie instead made Candyman some type of anti hero, taking out racist cops and other evil whites.

It felt like they had him kill the dry cleaner guy's big sister (who was black) just to make this any less obvious.
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Mistere Man
09/07/21 8:41:38 PM
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dancing_cactuar posted...
Don't remember the politics in the OG Nightmare on Elm Street, just a guy with a bladed glove killing people in their dreams.
Sorry you reminded me of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1sBubc5Prk

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Mistere Man
09/07/21 8:43:34 PM
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Zikten posted...
This movie should just be a horror movie for like the first 15 minutes and then rest of the movie is about family drama or something

Movie starts and freaky shit goes down. The main characters get the fuck out. And then forget about it and deal with every day troubles and drama rest of the movie in a heartwarming tale of family

With reports of it on the tv/radio in the background as they walk away.


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RoseLuck2022462
09/07/21 8:45:12 PM
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I heard it's pre bad too
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FarFromFields
09/07/21 8:46:51 PM
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I have TC tagged as "Cosby defender" but I don't remember why.

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slipknirvana
09/07/21 8:47:33 PM
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Jordan Peele has been known for his racist/superiority views of blacks for quite a while. Get use to it as he is going to ruin The People Under the Stairs with more BLM bigotry.
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goldenBoi45
09/07/21 8:50:29 PM
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slipknirvana posted...
Jordan Peele has been known for his racist/superiority views of blacks for quite a while. Get use to it as he is going to ruin The People Under the Stairs with more BLM bigotry.
They're letting him do People Under the Stairs!? Fuck man, not John Carpenter. Leave his movies alone, damnit

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