tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post7849408254693100152..comments2023-11-05T01:31:45.483-08:00Comments on Invisible Woman.....Black Cinema At LARGE: Movies Revisited...Mo Better BluesInvisible Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-70990187478835936502009-07-05T20:45:51.853-07:002009-07-05T20:45:51.853-07:00Damn... just watched it again last night.
It was (...Damn... just watched it again last night.<br />It was (is) one of the prettiest movies by Spike.<br />The club scenes were (are) what I try to immitate when ever I open or take over a club.<br /><br />Coltrane and GangStar are the reasons I even began to listen to Jazz.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-80027861027307445102009-06-26T08:03:37.750-07:002009-06-26T08:03:37.750-07:00@bwbtt: aren't we all? lol@bwbtt: aren't we all? lolInvisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-17895157154241451972009-06-25T08:32:48.156-07:002009-06-25T08:32:48.156-07:00Hey gurl!
I haven't been by here in a while!!...Hey gurl!<br /><br />I haven't been by here in a while!!<br /><br />I see you are still burnin' it up!<br /><br />I had completely forgotten about "Mo Betta Blues"!! I am getting old....LISA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583559303233985031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-47114129329637744522009-06-24T18:46:46.451-07:002009-06-24T18:46:46.451-07:00@mlm: i felt that way the first time i saw it too@mlm: i felt that way the first time i saw it tooInvisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-20959548841517117952009-06-24T17:25:03.060-07:002009-06-24T17:25:03.060-07:00hey you know what i could never get through this f...hey you know what i could never get through this film. lol i think i may have finally sat down and watched the whole thing one day. i always hated the scenes of his love affairs. however, this is the jazz movie if you can think of one. i like this film way better than "devil in a blue dress" which always felt like it was a similar film to this one. i think this is one spike's better films but i just have a hard time watching it after a certain point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-91633469843514772302009-06-21T08:45:10.641-07:002009-06-21T08:45:10.641-07:00@marvalus: Ummmm...
Check and double check!!! lol...@marvalus: Ummmm...<br /><br />Check and double check!!! lol<br /><br />@ms lady: i agree, compared to those two films MMB was more lightweight as a jazz film.<br /><br />but MMB was more about other things than the music. Bird did focus on the music, but I thought it lacked a lot about the history of Bird and his personal life and motivations. I actually got tired of seeing Forest get high, play music, play music, get high.<br /><br />Round Midnight is the superior film of all 3 as a jazz purist film--Spike should have just kept his mouth shut and put it out there as simply a story--not an entry into the jazz film genre.Invisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-36185526112110484032009-06-21T08:38:11.793-07:002009-06-21T08:38:11.793-07:00Mo Better Blues is okay. It is not my favorite jaz...Mo Better Blues is okay. It is not my favorite jazz film. That is definitely Round Midnight. <br /><br />I just watched this film again about a year ago. I find that my initial I don't really give a daymn about the main characters still lingers on. Which is important to me as a viewer. I wtched to see if Spike was going to hold true to his claim that he could produce a better jazz film that Eastwood. I remember reading an article on MBB in which Spike had some major issues with films about jazz players dying in the end. I believe that Spike just has an Eastwood issue period. After my first couple of viewings of the film I cannot honestly say that I thought MBB surpassed Bird. I thought Forrest Whittaker did an outstanding performance as Charlie Parker. <br /><br />I think what I feel is missing is the depth of the individual players. I know a lot of jazz makers and they are complex people.<br />That seems to be somewhat just skimmed across in this particular joint by Spike.msladyDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593695415626632490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-71928860170705713342009-06-20T14:02:12.553-07:002009-06-20T14:02:12.553-07:00Whenever I'm asked to explain why I like Mo Be...Whenever I'm asked to explain why I like Mo Better Blues, I say its the music, and Denzel doing what he does well...<br /><br />But it really is getting to see Wesley put it down with Cynda...whew, chile! <br /><br />LOL...Marvalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351017369178485617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-88211371048086511712009-06-20T10:15:52.871-07:002009-06-20T10:15:52.871-07:00@soulafrodisiac: you are too funny! I got some dif...@soulafrodisiac: you are too funny! I got some different themes this time around, and that was surely one of them.Invisible Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299734445263175345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526861933315009124.post-84578239981479149712009-06-19T17:35:26.546-07:002009-06-19T17:35:26.546-07:00I SCREAMED and got a cut-eye (what y'all call ...I SCREAMED and got a cut-eye (what y'all call a side-eye) from a friend...lol<br /><br />Mo' Betta Blues is one of my favorite movies of all time. The struggle of quality vs quantity and at what cost? Just BRILLIANT!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com