Mea Culpa is another tragic attempt at filmmaking that's typical of Tyler Perry. I can't understand for the life of me why a man with all the resources at his disposal continues to make films like an amateur. I only got halfway through this BETesque project with absurd dialogue and pointless plot. From the beginning it was predictable that Tyler refuses to stray from his casting of pretty guys and attractive women. However, I wish Kelly Roland would have passed on this script and Trevante Rhodes too. His portrayals in Mike Tyson and Bruiser show his potential as a solid actor. This role did nothing for him, but add to Tyler's long list of casting hunky guys for his own eye candy I'm sure. Just look at all of his BET shows that follow the same casting formula.
Let me get this right; a highly intelligent, married and successful defense attorney falls for the accused murderer client she's representing, who acts like an overtly demanding, arrogant, womanizing pig because he paints and sleeps with anything in a skirt and could potentially give her any kinda STD. Come on Tyler! But his core audience loves that kinda soap opera nonsense.
I'm all for his success, but it would be refreshing to see Tyler get out of his own way and put some greenbacks behind developing and allowing other filmmakers an opportunity to tell their stories. Not just his own half hearted, written in a single weekend screenplays. He has a major roadblock when it comes to quality storytelling, character development, and filmmaking in general. He chooses quantity over quality, but he's said it works for his audience.
I have literally only seen seven of his movies that I thought were decent, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Why did I get married 1 and Too, the Family that Preys and Daddy's Little Girls, Good Deeds and Jazzman's Blues. I stopped watching anything with Madea in it after his second film featuring that character. That was all I needed.
Bottom line is Netflix bought this latest TP dud, but that's not surprising either. Content is king, quality or not. Here's a thought, Tyler, let someone else write a film you direct or direct a film you write with creative license. Or just produce an awesome film directed and written by a talented filmmaker.
Let me get this right; a highly intelligent, married and successful defense attorney falls for the accused murderer client she's representing, who acts like an overtly demanding, arrogant, womanizing pig because he paints and sleeps with anything in a skirt and could potentially give her any kinda STD. Come on Tyler! But his core audience loves that kinda soap opera nonsense.
I'm all for his success, but it would be refreshing to see Tyler get out of his own way and put some greenbacks behind developing and allowing other filmmakers an opportunity to tell their stories. Not just his own half hearted, written in a single weekend screenplays. He has a major roadblock when it comes to quality storytelling, character development, and filmmaking in general. He chooses quantity over quality, but he's said it works for his audience.
I have literally only seen seven of his movies that I thought were decent, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Why did I get married 1 and Too, the Family that Preys and Daddy's Little Girls, Good Deeds and Jazzman's Blues. I stopped watching anything with Madea in it after his second film featuring that character. That was all I needed.
Bottom line is Netflix bought this latest TP dud, but that's not surprising either. Content is king, quality or not. Here's a thought, Tyler, let someone else write a film you direct or direct a film you write with creative license. Or just produce an awesome film directed and written by a talented filmmaker.
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