| |
| |
Saturday, October 13, 2007 |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| iFly Review: Why Did I Get Married? |
Let me just start off by saying I loved this film. First off, let me say that yes, this is Tyler Perry's best movie to date. Which is not setting the bar very high. Was it romantic? Yes. Was it comedy? Hell yes.
As we all know, Tyler Perry isn't trying to win Academy Awards and such by being extremely deep or thought provoking. He's not Spike Lee, ain't trying to be Spike Lee. I think he just likes to tell our stories. I think he receives a lot of criticism for it.... but perhaps it could be because... he's one of the only people making black movies. He has his style and that's all there is to it. It really irritates me when people overanalyze everything. I'm not a critic... I went to enjoy the movie... and I did.
 Just a short background on the movie. The movie is about 4 married couple who met in college and are going on a retreat to work on their marriages. Believe me when I tell you, the relationships need work. Anyway, they get there... they find out all types of secrets about each other(the climax of the film)... Now... some of these secrets are like soooo wild that I couldn't even guess them. I am usually pretty good about guessing the rest of the movie. Who's going to end up dead, who's getting a divorce, who is sleeping with whom, what she did, etc., etc. Then they all go home to sort out their lives.
 I had no complaints up until the climax of the movie. It was great. The movie could have ended right there, and I would have been happy... maybe a tad bit lost lol... but happy still. However, it was drawn out a little. I guess Tyler Perry felt a need to tie up every single loose end. In a sense, I felt the movie was anti-climatic. I'm being very vague because I don't want to give any details... I feel like if I would have known anything about the movie before I went (I didn't), I may not have enjoyed it as much. But, there are a lot of WTF moments in the movie, most provided by Mike (Richard T. Jones). I can pretty much guarantee you that you are going to hate him for the way he treats his wife Sheila (Jill Scott). There is also never a dull moment, especially with Angela (Tasha Smith) neck-rolling and hooting and hollering throughout the movie. She pretty much played the same role she played in Daddy's Little Girls except she wasn't the baby mama this time, she was the wife. There is a lot of guesswork as to what is going on with Gavin (Malik Yoba) and Patricia (Janet Jackson), but it is all made very clear (maybe too clear) in the end.
 Let me just tell you why I loved the movie. 1.) It shows positive images of black people. There are all types of black professionals in here, pediatricians, lawyers, business owners, stock brokers, writers, and not a drug dealer in sight. I don't know about you, but that makes me happy. 2.) It was hilarious. It could be that since Tyler Perry started out with plays that he keeps the punch lines and shocking moments rolling in. 3.) Jill Scott was amazing. 4.) Marcus's (Michael J. White) body!!! Woo! I would pay $7.50 to see that again.... That man is super buff. 5.) The fabulous fur coats the ladies were rocking. I'm surprised PETA didn't protest this movie... There are probably 40 dead animals lying around somewhere... 6.) It was real. A lot of people fault Tyler Perry for perpetuating stereotypes, but I don't think he does that at all... well occasionally maybe. I think that he portrays what is really going on in our community. He does have Angela acting all super ghetto in the movie, and she is a salon owner ("stereotypical"), but, she also designed her own hair products because she was a chemist. That's real to me. It wasn't like.. Soul Plane or The Wash, now THOSE are terrible movies. 7.) The focus was not on being black, but on the people. I hate black movies that are always talking about black this, black that.. I mean we get it! The whole cast is black, the audience is black... you don't have to keep reminding me.
A lot of the reviews I read said married people would enjoy it most, I agree. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I encourage you all to go see it. It exceeded my expectations. It was definitely a stress reliever after a week of no sleep, Spanish, Physics, and Biochem exams. I'll throw a couple of pics at you of the cast from the premiere and doing promos. Malik Yoba did a great job too.
Let me just say how freaking FLY and Fabulous Jill and Janet look. My goodness.
 Labels: i |
posted by Coko Mulan @ 6:38 AM  |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
