Sinners

(bro i had a whole essay written and idk how but letterboxd just litteraly delete RIPP) Ah Sinners…Can we start by saying, holy fuck, the dance scene with all the different black icons was crazy? I loved seeing the grandpa cracking jokes, the dynamics with brothers/look alike (wink wink mickey 17), The SOUND, the music!!, THE SYMBOLISM and the story that represent in black community through!! I do think some part of it are a bit forced, because I geniuenely believe the 1 hour they spent presenting the characters was not well used but most (but not all) details make up for it. The fact that it’s based on african myths, similar to how whistling attract bad spirits or that the "white"/colonizers were the one who planned the whole chaos is just representative of how, even with success, it get stepped on by white people, through generation ( i must say though, the whole "nigger" caught me SO OFF GUARD bro, i felt like we were in django lmao.). I did not catch that until WAYYY later but when preacher boy tries to save himself, he pray, only for the leader of vampire to…follow him? He mentions the fact that this prayer was used ON his irish ancestors, BY COLONIZERS and that, although it brought him comfort, it did NOT save him, all while almost mocking preacher boy (?). It lead me to realize; bro is basically stating facts—religion especially with black community but even others, was used by colonizers as a form of weapon to assimilate, to control, to silence.  It’s why, when his father, a priest, ask him to get rid of the guitar, he doesn’t. It’s not even religion, that’s not even from his people to begin with, that saved him. It’s a fucking silly guitar and his cousin Smoke who stabbed the vampire.  Now, I must say, though, the LACK of developpment on characters is what ruined the movie a bit for me. We had ONE WHOLE hour ( or so i believe) to give us time to recognize and learn about characters. Except for the girlfriend of Smoke and the grandfather, barely nothing was given to the public to get us attached to the characters. So when they died, it was shocking, especially for ME, that I felt BAD for them. But I didn’t cry. And when the flashback of the barn or the brothers together, along with sympathy for the character was the sensation that the "sad" emotion was FORCED upon us when we LITTERALY BARELY KNOW SHIT ABOUT THEM AND DIDNT GAVE US THE TIME TO GET ATTACHED TO THEM UGHH. Give me more time screen with his girl and Smoke. (side note: this whole review was a parenthese to my delire with my denis villeneuve speedrun but I’m coming back on that soon)