#151
Posted: 10/7/12 at 6:12pm
EW gave it a B+ and had some nice words for the Queen, but that's the only review I've seen.
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#152
Posted: 10/7/12 at 6:45pm
The Queen is going to be the Queen.
As Oprah would say, "This is a role she was BOOOOORN to PLAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
As Oprah would say, "This is a role she was BOOOOORN to PLAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
#153
Posted: 10/7/12 at 6:51pm
Well Oprah just did a masterclass episode with two extreme homophobes so I don't really care to hear anything she has to say for a little while.
#154
Posted: 10/7/12 at 7:53pm
Just over an hour! Although, I probably won't start watching it until an hour or so after it starts.
#155
Posted: 10/7/12 at 8:23pm
Is it racist to hope Queen Latifah throws herself on Shelby's coffin and screams "Not My Baby!!"?
#156
Posted: 10/7/12 at 8:36pm
I don't think so. Also, thanks for the spoiler alert! Jeesh!
#157
Posted: 10/7/12 at 8:55pm
I wonder if the moved the big house in the beginning of the movie to the projects.
#158
Posted: 10/7/12 at 9:55pm
^ I fail to see the humour. Fvckingracistretard
#159
Posted: 10/7/12 at 10:18pm
Ya win some, ya lose some.
#160
Posted: 10/8/12 at 1:11am
Anyway, did anyone else watch? It mostly lived up to my expectations. I thought the Queen was just marvelous and I thought all the other ladies were great, too. I feel like Phylicia Rashad had the least amount to do and it took me a while to warm up to Jill Scott, but all in all, I loved it.
#161
Posted: 10/8/12 at 1:34am
I'm taping it now and will watch it tomorrow. I will say thatI can't wait for someone to do a YouTube mashup of the two movies.
#162
Posted: 10/8/12 at 8:53am
In my opinion it was a MAJOR snoozefest. If ain't broke, don't fix it.
#163
Posted: 10/8/12 at 10:43am
Have to agree. Not really funny, and though well enough acted, almost devoid of real surprise. I would've cast Alfre Woodward as M'Lynn. Latifah was okay, but the role didn't seem an easy fit. Woodard is much closer to the Harling idea of this mother (saw the originals, Rosemary Prinz played the role on stage). As with the original film, however, it was too busy by half. It's one thing to open up a claustrophobic play, another to make sure it's constantly moving. A lot of the stuff with the men felt distracting. The strength of the material lies in the beauty shop scenes, and whenever that's trusted the story's point of view is sharpened. It's about what happens there, and everything else becomes boilerplate and far soapier than any moment in those salon chairs. Nothing wrong with this adaptation, but nothing to make it required viewing (or invite multiple viewings).
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
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#164
Posted: 10/8/12 at 10:50am
There were some unkind words for Condola Rashad in some of the reviews...and I thought she was the best thing in the movie. Completely unsentimental. A little flinty. She was terrific.
#165
Posted: 10/8/12 at 10:58am
i do not understand the love for Queen Latifah.
She is tone-deaf, has no emotion in her face and delivers her lines in every movie the SAME EXACT way... there is no tone, quality or dimension to any of her performances.
you can look at Living Single-Chicago-Hairspray-Steel Magnolias and Taxi- and her countless horrible films and it's all the same emotionless toneless diatribe.
The only good thing she did was her first rap song in 89' 'Ladies First'-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLB5bUNAesc
and even in that- she's using that same lifeless monotone delivery
I have no idea why she keeps getting work.
She is tone-deaf, has no emotion in her face and delivers her lines in every movie the SAME EXACT way... there is no tone, quality or dimension to any of her performances.
you can look at Living Single-Chicago-Hairspray-Steel Magnolias and Taxi- and her countless horrible films and it's all the same emotionless toneless diatribe.
The only good thing she did was her first rap song in 89' 'Ladies First'-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLB5bUNAesc
and even in that- she's using that same lifeless monotone delivery
I have no idea why she keeps getting work.
Updated On: 10/8/12 at 10:58 AM
#166
Posted: 10/8/12 at 11:13am
I have no idea why she keeps getting work.
Because she wisely produces the projects she's in. She is one of the producers of this Lifetime adaptation of STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Because she wisely produces the projects she's in. She is one of the producers of this Lifetime adaptation of STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
#167
Posted: 10/8/12 at 12:42pm
STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the gay GONE WITH THE WIND. You just don't mess with it.
#168
Posted: 10/8/12 at 12:58pm
STEEL MAGNOLIAS is terrible. Just terrible. It will never, ever be good. Not in any iteration. Black, white, Asian or other. It's just dreadful. I mean...I like it. The same way I like Funyuns.
Updated On: 10/8/12 at 12:58 PM
#169
Posted: 10/8/12 at 1:44pm
I don't understand the non-love for Queen Latifah. But then again, I don't understand the love for The New Normal, so there you go.
#170
Posted: 10/8/12 at 1:55pm
Latifah is not a good actress. She's had some good performances in a few films (SET IT OFF being her best, by far) but every movie he does she just seems extremely uncomfortable and totally unwilling or unable to "let go" and really become the character she's playing, so they all seem the same and very one-note. There are films where it works for her, like in that hilarious BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE or even CHICAGO where she doesn't need to display a range of emotions. But when asked to do that, I feel she completely fails.
#171
Posted: 10/8/12 at 2:00pm
I have to agree that SET IT OFF was by far Latifah's best performance.
#172
Posted: 10/8/12 at 2:02pm
Clearly you guys have never seen Last Holiday.
#173
Posted: 10/8/12 at 2:05pm
I love the Queen too. She's one of those personalities that doesn't really need to "act". She just needs to do a sassier version of herself and I'm happy
You know who is an excellent actress though? Mo'nique.
Seriously, her performance was volcanic and ultimately heartbreaking in Precious.
That ranks near the top of completely unexpected turns I've ever seen. I had no idea she had it in her. I wish she'd act more.
You know who is an excellent actress though? Mo'nique.
Seriously, her performance was volcanic and ultimately heartbreaking in Precious.
That ranks near the top of completely unexpected turns I've ever seen. I had no idea she had it in her. I wish she'd act more.
....but the world goes 'round
#174
Posted: 10/8/12 at 2:05pm
Baby, you know I don't eat nothin but my Lean Cuisine.
#175
Posted: 10/8/12 at 2:13pm
I found Latifah incredibly effective playing very much against type in STEEL MAGNOLIAS. I was skeptical when I heard she was playing M'Lynn and not Truvy, but she really pulled it off.
For the record, I'd say her best work was a few years ago in the HBO movie LIFE SUPPORT, where she won a Golden Globe for playing a recovering drug addict who becomes an AIDS activist in the black community.
For the record, I'd say her best work was a few years ago in the HBO movie LIFE SUPPORT, where she won a Golden Globe for playing a recovering drug addict who becomes an AIDS activist in the black community.
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Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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