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'Sinners': A black masterpiece of story telling . . .

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Posted on April 22, 2025 at 18:50:18
Billy Wonka
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 Jordan has clout. This production got a $90M budget, a wealth of supporting actors, and a story told in a highly compelling manner. The film is filled with blues, juke music, and choreography that becomes progressively wilder as the story gets crazier.

Delroy renders a great, natural performance as a drunken, Delta blues man. Wummi Mosaku plays Sammie, who is a spell-caster and on-again/off-again lover of Smoke in a compelling performance. There are other standouts that you will have to see to make your pick.

The film has a "false ending" where it picks back up for a final sequence. Then the titles roll by, we suddenly see Sammie playing the blues sixty years later when Stack and Mary enter the club to say "hello" and offer him eternal life. The credits continue to the very end, where Sammie plays a bit of the blues before the screen goes dark and out.

Highly compelling and worth the time.

 

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RE: 'Sinners': A masterpiece of story telling, period . . ., posted on April 23, 2025 at 05:47:56
Steve O
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 I found it to be a great story enhanced with great music, beautiful cinematography and overall superior production values. The imagination employed to develop the story and maintain its flow was impressive. Pretty clear Kugler studied Tarantino . . . I was really blown away by the sequence midway thru where the past, present and future of the blues is considered in a really compelling performance that smashes the space/time continuum into one nite in the south in the 30s. There's also a good dose of bluegrass/folk from unexpected characters. This film is absolutely worth the time investment . . . Stay for credits but be forewarned, the last scene is gory. I saw this in a Dolby Atmos auditorium where sound and images are improved over std presentations and would recommend it be experienced either here or in an IMAX auditorium. Well worth the premium. I was impressed . . .

 

Well said . . . , posted on April 25, 2025 at 17:53:16
Billy Wonka
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 You absolutely nailed it. It's like 'Sinners' needs a 12-foot Oscar that everyone shares. The magic of Jordan playing twins was a marvel in itself. It will be a long time before someone brings us another production like this one.

 

A beautiful movie that was a bit ordinary by the end but is a strong recommendation. nt, posted on April 29, 2025 at 16:44:19
PhilJ
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RE: 'Sinners': A black masterpiece of story telling . . ., posted on April 29, 2025 at 23:44:12
fantja
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 Another great horror/thriller- BW.

 

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