Saw Sinners a couple days ago - great movie. Wasn’t expecting it to get so real
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When they talk about that night being the only slice of freedom they could get, and white supremacy tried to destroy it like everything it touches…nearly had me tearing up by the end thinking “it can’t be like this forever”.
I loved the vampire leader and his attempts to relate the oppression of the Irish to our black protagonists, how they were forced to abandon their culture and language and work for the benefit of a parasite class - literally so he can get in and kill them! It created some real sympathy for a second before reminding “DON’T TRUST WHITEY!”. I wasn’t expecting this visceral representation of people seeking respite from white supremacy and the realities of “assimilation” in my vampire horror movie.
Oh, and the music was just perfect. The scene of spirits of past and future visiting was beautiful and tragic in the face of what was to come - and melancholy in the context of the society they lived and we continue to live in.
Michael B Jordan was great as the twins, but I loved Wunmi Mosaku. She killed it as Annie. I thought Smoke’s last scene was fun but was a bit of a cheesy tonal shift - the violent catharsis after the night of tension was maybe necessary though, and I did get teary at him seeing Annie and holding his baby.
I loved the "free"folk paying in whatever they can because they themselves aren’t paid in real money and community just letting things slide because that’s how we survive. Small tidbit but I felt that in my core. I wasn’t convinced to NOT be a vampire personally
Wouldn’t mean much if it wasn’t tempting right? Feel like they’d be sacrificing their own will for that of the master vampire though - they’d have community but I don’t know how much agency & personality they have while he’s still around. Seemed like they were free to do as they wished after he exploded though, wouldn’t necessarily mind that…
My friend bought up the same point so I said simply kill the main one first to liberate the vampires, turn your friends, and then go turnup on the kkk and liberate the country.
- tho I spose we don’t know exactly how these vampires work. Is bloodthirst an addiction? Does a vampire need to convert someone every time they drink blood? Can you be vampire? Does being a vampire fuck with your empathy when no master vampire is around? Annie seemed to have a pretty negative view of the whole “vampires fucking with souls” experience and she seemed to know what she was talking about… We want answers!
Saw Sinners a couple days ago - great movie. Wasn’t expecting it to get so real
spoiler
When they talk about that night being the only slice of freedom they could get, and white supremacy tried to destroy it like everything it touches…nearly had me tearing up by the end thinking “it can’t be like this forever”.
I loved the vampire leader and his attempts to relate the oppression of the Irish to our black protagonists, how they were forced to abandon their culture and language and work for the benefit of a parasite class - literally so he can get in and kill them! It created some real sympathy for a second before reminding “DON’T TRUST WHITEY!”. I wasn’t expecting this visceral representation of people seeking respite from white supremacy and the realities of “assimilation” in my vampire horror movie.
Oh, and the music was just perfect. The scene of spirits of past and future visiting was beautiful and tragic in the face of what was to come - and melancholy in the context of the society they lived and we continue to live in.
Michael B Jordan was great as the twins, but I loved Wunmi Mosaku. She killed it as Annie. I thought Smoke’s last scene was fun but was a bit of a cheesy tonal shift - the violent catharsis after the night of tension was maybe necessary though, and I did get teary at him seeing Annie and holding his baby.
I give it 9/10 pure kino.
Sinners
I loved the "free"folk paying in whatever they can because they themselves aren’t paid in real money and community just letting things slide because that’s how we survive. Small tidbit but I felt that in my core. I wasn’t convinced to NOT be a vampire personally
spoiler
Wouldn’t mean much if it wasn’t tempting right? Feel like they’d be sacrificing their own will for that of the master vampire though - they’d have community but I don’t know how much agency & personality they have while he’s still around. Seemed like they were free to do as they wished after he exploded though, wouldn’t necessarily mind that…
Sinners
My friend bought up the same point so I said simply kill the main one first to liberate the vampires, turn your friends, and then go turnup on the kkk and liberate the country.
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