Disturbing

Rating: 10/10 (15 November 2007)

This was a well made movie and entertaining for adults however, I guess the movie industry will be determine not to let Tyler Perry and Bernic Mac get away with showing blacks as decent people. America thinks our morals have gone to hell. It makes it hard on black single mothers and all blacks who commute 3 hrs each day, each way because the jobs are moving out of our neighborhoods leaving latch key kids behind. Good jobs are drying up for blacks in an already tight economy. People are tired of us. America's children as we are called. Gangs are walking black neighborhoods not just the ghetto. Most black kids are being raised by single mothers (everyone knows this) and to be victimized by our males like this is scary to us. Just think what everyone else thinks. I hope some of the money they made from this film goes toward programs to help grandparents who are raising their grandkids off of social security checks because the kids parents are on drugs. In the black community this is alarming. Spike Lee was one of those kids. He is not a gangster. He is very creative. Make a movie about his grandmother. Make a movie about LL Cool J grandparents. What about single parents who raised responsible creditable business people and their struggle? Show balance. Every race has gangsters but blacks cannot afford to glorify them at this time. I know movies like these will always be made no matter what. Please slow it down. We as a community need you to be social responsible and give to programs that those you are glorifying have hurt. You are glorifying gangs (intentionally or not) that walk our neighborhoods and not yours. The movie actors and producers live with guards at their gates. Single mothers come home and lock 5 locks on the doors and afraid to come out at night. I am a little disappointed in Denzel. I know that kind of money is hard to turn down and if he did not take the part someone else would have. I just wish he had let it been someone else. Maybe it would not have been such a blockbuster. I know I was one of those people that have seen every movie Denzel played in because Denzel starred in it. Even my kids tells me. Denzel has a new movie out mom. I know you are going to see it. Even the bootleggers yell from parking lots to women. We got Denzel new movie. They don't announce the title. Not putting you down brother just please don't do another one. Other black actors and producers will now want to make gangsters movies to make those papers. What is going on with that series on BET called American Gangsters? Enough is enough.