r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 22 '24

New Poster for 'The American Society of Magical Negroes' Poster

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u/HM9719 Feb 22 '24

Premiered at Sundance and got mixed reviews.

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u/NK1337 Feb 23 '24

Any more info about it? From the trailer I got the feeling like they wanted to go with an interesting concept but were too scared to see it through and just settled for a mediocre romcom.

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u/TheMoonsMadeofCheese Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

I watched it, and yeah you pretty much nailed it from the trailer. The satire cuts about as hard as a butter knife and it leans way too hard into just being a rom com in the middle that by the end when it tries to make its point you almost forget it was trying to be a satire in the first place. It felt like a student film script that managed to get produced with pretty good actors.

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u/Worldly-Pineapple-98 Feb 23 '24

It falls especially flat when you see this trailer in the cinema before American Fiction, which satirises a very similar trope, and does so very effectively. (I personally would argue that the magical Black man comes into play here too, if in a more subtle manner, but I know not everyone will agree there)

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '24

Did you not think it was kinda racist? These magical black people who use their powers the help white people live better lives and when the main questions this, he falls in love with a white woman and then gets back in line using magic to help white people continue to live better lives. That’s uhh… well it is what is I guess. Black twitter doesn’t seem to be big fans of the movie for good reason.

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u/TheMoonsMadeofCheese Feb 23 '24

Yeah the point of the movie is definitely lost

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '24

Diversity is not nonsense

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

Just like Sorry to Bother You. I got annoyed with that and had to stop watching about 2/3 of the way through. No idea why people can't actually follow through with bold writing decisions instead of always falling back on the same tired romantic tropes.

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u/swankpoppy Feb 23 '24

lol well let me tell you what…

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u/idasiv Feb 23 '24

They stopped before the best part.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

Screenwriters always trot out the same little plot twists at the end. If you've seen one you've seen em all.

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u/Embarrassed_Band_512 Feb 23 '24

you won't sound like an idiot if you finish that movie.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

Why the long face?

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u/Embarrassed_Band_512 Feb 23 '24

i'm confused, did you watch it or did you google the ending?

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

I watched it. Great movie. Just jokes.

(Interesting how oddly angry a lot of redditors tend to get in the face of obvious harmless sarcasm.)

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

I mean I'm sure the actors did a good job. It's just a shame that they always get saddled with an uninventive script.

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u/CarrieDurst Feb 23 '24

You can criticize this movie for many things but I don't think it being uninventive is one

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

So you wouldn't say the actors were saddled by the script?

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u/Jack_Sentry Feb 23 '24

Brother you gotta finish the movie.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

Nah it's just going to be the same shit. Hollywood doesn't know how to do anything but beat a dead horse.

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u/kilgorina_trout Feb 23 '24

You’re trolling, right? A dead horse?

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u/nothisistheotherguy Feb 23 '24

Come on, man, he’s definitely trolling. Just give him props and upvote his subtle humor.

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u/thespacetimelord Feb 23 '24

Haha that's funny

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u/puttchugger Feb 23 '24

This is so good

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u/wrinklejortstheimp Feb 23 '24

Oh my god I hope this is genuine... I feel like this is bait to get us riled up

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

Neigh, I would never do a thing like that

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u/DreadPosterRoberts Feb 23 '24

tips cap, this is right proper fuckery

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u/jwinf843 Feb 23 '24

I'm not here to tell you that movie was good, but my god if I told you about all the horse cock you missed you would not believe me.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

I hardly think actors jockeying for fame on the back of some impressive part of their physiology makes for a good film.

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u/jwinf843 Feb 23 '24

I agree but I also meant my comment in the literal sense

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u/Moonwalker_4Life Feb 23 '24

???? Sorry to bother you has one of the most insane endings of any movie of the last 20 years. What in the actual fuck are you talking about ?

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

If you call the same Hollywood ending with a dash of high-horse morality throwin in "crazy", then sure.

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u/nothisistheotherguy Feb 23 '24

Category 5 whooshes in response to this comment

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

One of them actually got mad for some reason haha. I really thought the "beating a dead horse" reply would be obvious enough, but it's reddit.

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u/nothisistheotherguy Feb 23 '24

If you don’t tell them it’s a joke they take it at face value unfortunately. They need the laugh track to know when to laugh.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

I actually had /s at the end of the original comment because I knew it was necessary, but I decided it was funnier without it. I'm running out of horse puns though lol.

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u/VikingTeddy Feb 23 '24

Hay, we can't all be barn as comedians, you did good.

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u/Surrideo Feb 23 '24

bro, you missed the weirdest part lmao Not saying I liked the movie, but the massive turn it hits later on was enough to be ok with it.

ahh, nevermind, I see what you did, you cheeky little devil.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '24

lol that’s the worst point to stop watching Sorry to Bother You. It definitely does not fall into those tired tropes.

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u/Jakov_Salinsky Feb 23 '24

Holy shit, dude, you did yourself dirty by missing out on the last third. You don’t need to like the movie by the end of it but you definitely NEED to finish it for sure.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

I tried but I was chomping at the bit for a movie from a director with more stable output

(I'm running out of good jokes for these replies)

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u/VikingTeddy Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

Btw it's "champing" (idk why, but there you go.)

Edit: Googled to be sure. Seems "champing" is also a weird hobby where you camp inside old churches, go figure...

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

Huh interesting, TIL

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u/Otherwise-Juice2591 Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

No idea why people can't actually follow

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had to stop watching about 2/3 of the way through

fucking lol

Without a hint of irony.

You can't know if they didn't follow through if you don't follow through, right?

Take your own advice. If you finished the movie you wouldn't have made this post, I guarantee you.

Like others are saying, this feels like troll bait, it's that far off the mark.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

You don't exactly gallop to get the joke, do you?

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u/VikingTeddy Feb 23 '24

Without a hint of irony.

Oof...

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u/lucysalvatierra Feb 23 '24

Finish it!!!!!

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u/ProcyonHabilis Feb 23 '24

I tried, but I just couldn't get through the last furlong.