Your comment that “We can blame Jordan Peele” for the existence of The Deliverance film is why you probably shouldn’t critique all films. Believe it or not, more than one black filmmaker can make a horror film, whether it be good or bad, and have absolutely nothing to do with each other. When a white filmmaker makes a horror film that is a total flop- of which they have been thousands-do you say that no other white filmmaker should get the chance to make one? When an African American filmmaker has success with a genre that we have typically been shut out of, then yes-more doors open for other African American filmmakers, and it sounds like maybe that’s what you really have a problem with. We will continue to expand our boundaries in all genres, with varying levels of success– just as white filmmakers have done since the creation of cinema.
I think you either misunderstood something I said or are deliberately misinterpreting to create your own narrative, which has nothing to do with me. This has nothing to do with Lee Daniels' race, and if you read my full review, you'll realize that I'm actually a fan of his previous work...but when he decided to make an Exorcist rip-off and set it in this specific Indiana community, than it's impossible to NOT bring up Candyman and the work of Jordan Peele, because it's the success of Peele's far superhero horror films that allows Daniels to go to Netflix with a blatant Exorcist rip-off, since they think he can deliver a horror movie on par with Peele with the same level of social commentary... which he can't, going by The Deliverance. But thanks for making this all about race, rather than about the fact that this is a very bad movie that got greenlit because Netflix was hoping it would connect in the same way as Jordan Peele's far superior films.
Thank you for proving my point, particularly with your with your last comment. If I had misunderstood, I definitely get it now. And for you to say it’s impossible not to compare Lee Daniels to Jordan Peele’s work- it’s only because they are both black and made a horror film! How can you not see that. Otherwise you’d have compared Daniels to ANYONE else, except you have no other point of reference. Lee Daniels signed a deal with Netflix years before the REMAKE of Candyman that Jordan Peele did, not to mention the original Candyman came out more than 30 years ago, so your comparison is moot and so is your response. The Deliverance was a bad film, based true events and a real
life setting-zero to do with Candyman- and the outcome can only be blamed on the THREE men who wrote it-the majority was written by a white guy. It has nothing to do with Jordan Peele or any other random black people or black films you googled. Lee Daniels is an individual as is Jordan Peele. That is the only point.
You keep putting words in my mouth that I never said, like: "And for you to say it’s impossible not to compare Lee Daniels to Jordan Peele’s work". Never said that. I said, " it's impossible to NOT bring up Candyman and the work of Jordan Peele."
I have been a film critic for 23 years, and I will review movies however I see fit, and sometimes that means bringing up obvious comparisons, and Candyman (including the one written and produced by Peele) is the most obvious comparison. Until you personally are paying me to write reviews, I will write them as I see fit, thank you very much.
Read your own post- you clearly brought race into it with your disdain for “another black-led horror”. The cast was in fact phenomenal, the writing was not.
You neglected to mention that "Reagan" is from the director of BRATZ.
(This comment was typed by Mavis Beacon)
Lol! I never saw Bratz... did you???
Saw it? No.
I LIVED IT.
(I did not see it)
Your comment that “We can blame Jordan Peele” for the existence of The Deliverance film is why you probably shouldn’t critique all films. Believe it or not, more than one black filmmaker can make a horror film, whether it be good or bad, and have absolutely nothing to do with each other. When a white filmmaker makes a horror film that is a total flop- of which they have been thousands-do you say that no other white filmmaker should get the chance to make one? When an African American filmmaker has success with a genre that we have typically been shut out of, then yes-more doors open for other African American filmmakers, and it sounds like maybe that’s what you really have a problem with. We will continue to expand our boundaries in all genres, with varying levels of success– just as white filmmakers have done since the creation of cinema.
I think you either misunderstood something I said or are deliberately misinterpreting to create your own narrative, which has nothing to do with me. This has nothing to do with Lee Daniels' race, and if you read my full review, you'll realize that I'm actually a fan of his previous work...but when he decided to make an Exorcist rip-off and set it in this specific Indiana community, than it's impossible to NOT bring up Candyman and the work of Jordan Peele, because it's the success of Peele's far superhero horror films that allows Daniels to go to Netflix with a blatant Exorcist rip-off, since they think he can deliver a horror movie on par with Peele with the same level of social commentary... which he can't, going by The Deliverance. But thanks for making this all about race, rather than about the fact that this is a very bad movie that got greenlit because Netflix was hoping it would connect in the same way as Jordan Peele's far superior films.
Thank you for proving my point, particularly with your with your last comment. If I had misunderstood, I definitely get it now. And for you to say it’s impossible not to compare Lee Daniels to Jordan Peele’s work- it’s only because they are both black and made a horror film! How can you not see that. Otherwise you’d have compared Daniels to ANYONE else, except you have no other point of reference. Lee Daniels signed a deal with Netflix years before the REMAKE of Candyman that Jordan Peele did, not to mention the original Candyman came out more than 30 years ago, so your comparison is moot and so is your response. The Deliverance was a bad film, based true events and a real
life setting-zero to do with Candyman- and the outcome can only be blamed on the THREE men who wrote it-the majority was written by a white guy. It has nothing to do with Jordan Peele or any other random black people or black films you googled. Lee Daniels is an individual as is Jordan Peele. That is the only point.
You keep putting words in my mouth that I never said, like: "And for you to say it’s impossible not to compare Lee Daniels to Jordan Peele’s work". Never said that. I said, " it's impossible to NOT bring up Candyman and the work of Jordan Peele."
I have been a film critic for 23 years, and I will review movies however I see fit, and sometimes that means bringing up obvious comparisons, and Candyman (including the one written and produced by Peele) is the most obvious comparison. Until you personally are paying me to write reviews, I will write them as I see fit, thank you very much.
Read your own post- you clearly brought race into it with your disdain for “another black-led horror”. The cast was in fact phenomenal, the writing was not.