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Have you seen the vampire movie "Sinners"?
(lemmy.world)
In the US, it's still in theaters and is now pay-per-view on several streaming services.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinners_(2025_film)
- https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sinners-2025
IIRC we mentioned it in this community a couple months ago when the trailer came out.
Very good. Great commentary on imperialism, and the whitewashing of oppressed cultures. The vampires acquiring music from the groups they subjugate (Irish then African American) is such an interesting detail to dive into. The dance/party scene that explores the full history of African American music and subsequently the African diaspora was so well done. Sound track is great. Special effects were good. Not sure there was a single moment where I felt my immersion was ruined by a janky effect, particularly with all the compositing they had to do to duplicate Michael B. Jordan. I actually quite like it didn’t turn into just full on action movie in the second half because I don’t think it’s supposed to be an action movie. I feel the movie shines in the slower moments, particularly when whole songs are given time to breathe and play in full.
7/10? Maybe 8/10?
Some good points there. I bet there'll be some quality scholarly essays written about the imperialism aspect.
A friend of mine wrote about black horror for uni. They submitted right before the movie came out and were very bummed they didn’t get to include it in the final piece.