"Black Dynamite" is ART. It is a brilliant parody and homage to the films of the 70's. Also any movie that has a num-chuk fight with Nixon IN the white house is ART. And to be fair, Black Dynamite is so righteous.
Black Dynamite's recollection of the Vietnam child is my favorite scene. His delivery, the kid looking nothing like he described, and purposely saying Chinese when he knows it's Vietnamese. It's perfect.
"I threw that shit before I walked in the room!" Is a line that always kills me from this 🤣🤣 A genuine comedy classic, great to see you react to it, and you are very right, a new Black Dynamite TV show would be a no brainer.
This actually did get a two-season animated tv series on adult swim with the cast returning to reprise their roles. Episode titles contained such gems as: "Just Beat It" or "Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes" "A Crisis at Christmas" or "The Dark Side of the Dark Side of the Moon!" "Honky Kong!" or "White Apes Can't Hump" "The Race War!" or "Big Black Cannon Balls Run!" "Roots (The White Album)" or "The Blacker the Community, the Deeper the Roots!" or "Those Cotton Pickin' Crackers", "Black Jaws!" or "Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea" "Mister Rogers' Revenge" or "Please Don't You Be His Neighbor" "That Seed of Kurtis" AKA "Father Is Just Another Word For Motherf***er!"
This is a classic. The director at the time had said that there was another level to the movie, the actors aren't just playing their character, but he had given them backstories of the era appropriate fictional actors that they are pretending to be doing the movie. That included his direction, I think he said the director had a drug problem, and owed money so had to do the movie. So some are playing like they were an ex-football player turned actor, the brother I believe is playing a Juilliard trained actor, and other specific non-actors. My favourite joke is when the guy gets hit "for real" and they seem to have cut around the fight that happened and the actor has been obviously replaced. The cartoon came after the movie.
Specifically, Black Dynamite is "played" by former Baltimore Colts all-star running back Ferrante Jones, who had to retire due to a neck injury. It's why Black Dynamite doesn't turn his head fully in the film.
Re: "Show his picture." It's not his internal dialogue. That 'actor' has been reading his stage directions the whole movie as if they were his dialogue. "The militants turn, startled", "Sarcastically, I'm in charge.", "Show his picture."
This movie is one of last great parodies, everything is so on point. The boom mic hanging in the shots, “actors” reading stage directions, people that got beat reappearing just to get beat up again, randomly wrong cars spliced in the car chase scene and crashes. All classic blaxploitation movie mistakes but they go that extra step to make it even more funny/ridiculous, plus MJW can say the dumbest shit with a straight face like Leslie Nielsen could. Also the soundtrack by Adrian Younge is absolutely amazing, dude became one of my favorite producers of the last decade.
It’s a damn crime that Michael Jai White isn’t a bigger star. A legit badass, great comedy timing, good comedy writer, seems universally well liked. He should’ve blown up after the 1-2 punch of Black Dynamite and a high profile roll in Dark Knight.
"Asclepius, of course!" is, for some reason, probably my favorite lines in a movie FULL of great lines. That whole scene is amazing, like all these guys are just these trivia masters. "Fiendish Dr. Wu, you done fucked up now!" is a close second.
Now you need to watch Eddie Murphy's "Dolomite is my name". Made from a position of love for the underdog filmmaker the movie portrays; ultimately a great film about artistic creation.
Black Dynamite is one of those rare birds that I call a "perfect film". Arguably the most well made parody movie ever made. Every frame is a work of art.
I totally agree, they took everything they grew up with and showed it meticulous love via homage/parody. I had to watch multiple times when it opened because I was laughing too hard and missed most the plot.
Saw this in the theater when it came out. The "little Chinese boy" part had me dying. (He was talking about Vietnam). The Adrian Younge soundtrack is sooper-dope, too.
"Ha ha! Threw that $h!t before I walked in the room!" One of my favorite movies. A loving homage to blacksploitation classics. I have never laughed so hard in my life as I did when I first saw Black Dynamite. That moment when he gets the nunchucks back from offscreen nearly killed me. There is a slightly better edit from a pre-release screener, and I highly suggest seeking it out.
So many great 4th wall breaking film production gags in this, a rare gag to pull off. The militant reading stage direction as lines is my favorite. “Sarcastically: I’m in charge.”
There are so many good little bits in this movie. I love how Black Dynamite notices the boom mic and you can see his eye darting at it and I love the one militant guy who reads out his stage directions out loud along with his lines.
I do think seeing some of the 70s blaxsploitation films this is riffing on would help. Shaft is probably the most coherent film of the era, but Dolomite, Superfly, Coffee, and Black Belt Jones are all pretty great. It was a fascinating time period of independent black film makers making movies about their world not one through an outsider's lens. They were shot on the super cheap and often the acting and script might leave something for a critical eye, but they 100% genuine. Moreso than many weird or quirky films discussed today they have a kind of honesty that I loved seeing as a kid when I first saw them. Unashamed of what they were.
I completely neglected to say that the music and soundtracks for those movies are INCREDIBLE. Superfly has some amazing tracks on it. There was some strong influence going back and forth between soul and funk music and blaxsploitation that will reward with you with examining.
the word "love letter" gets thrown around a lot when it comes to nostalgia / throw back films, but Black Dynamite is a legit love letter to blaxploitation films. there is so much Rudy Ray Moore in the dna of this movie.
Love this movie. I heard the director talk about making it and while there are obviously intentional goofs in it, some of the stuff was actual bloopers left in on purpose. When the guy doesn't put the car in park correctly for instance, that was just the guy messing up on the day and they just left it in because it was funny and the older films it was based on had stuff like that in it.
This movie is so accurate in its parody of Blaxploitation movies. The more of them you see, the funnier BD becomes. For example in the movie WIllie Dynamite, there is literally a meeting of pimps where they discuss "the game." It's hilarious in its own right because it's played completely serious but it's absurd. If I have one complaint about BD I think it kind of falls apart at the end when he's fighting in the White House; it feels like a TV sketch and most of these blaxploitation movies start and end at street level-- more grounded in reality.
My favorite parody movie ever made. Not only is it a super funny comedy movie but it's also faithful to its source material. Also gotta send some apprecation to Adrian Younge for the music score which adds to the vintage aesthetic and vibe of the movie.
The commentary on the DVd was super enlightening. The movie isn't about Black Dynamite, its a bout a film crew in the 70s making "Black Dynamite". "Militant turns startled!"
So grateful my friends and I found this movie in high school when it was released. So many memorable lines. Our collective DVD copy got borrowed, lost and stolen many times over.
Black Dynamite is one of my favorite comedies. Many people say it’s a parody or that it lampoons the Blaxploitation genre. To me it’s more than just simple parody. With movies like Airplane or Naked Gun they took a genre and went over the top to show the lunacy of their perspective genre. With Black Dynamite there was a sense of verisimilitude. They didn’t take a genre film and add a ton of humor or lunacy onto it, they took a genre and in earnest highlighted many funny flaws within many movies in that genre. It was common to see the boom arm in many of those movies, they did hire theater trained actors to play parts in those movies (why Black Dynamites brother sounded like he was from a Shakespeare play), actors readings screen direction etc etc etc. They took what was already there and just packed all those existing genre stereotypes into the movie. There was a level of care and reverence for the material that I think sets it apart from other parodies or spoofs. For this reason I think it stands up with Superfly, Foxy Brown, Dolemite, Coffy, Shaft, Cleopatra Jones etc.
I was listening to that Australian Podcast, "Weekly Planet" on youtube and they mentioned it on the show a long time ago. It was only 2 seasons, but they were both funny as hell. The 1st season especially tho. I love how hitler would always escape from them and avoid being killed, but they would reuse the same shot of him jumping through the window, lol.
@@Brooklyn_Bleek Agreed. The 1st season was much better and was closer to the same tone as Black Dynamite with maybe more of a retro 60s vibe. Second season they did the retro 80s vibe which while still fun didn't quite capture the lightning in the bottle the first one did.
Top tier comedy. So authentic to the films it's parodying, you can tell it was a labour of love. Michael Jai White has a hell of a gift for comedy but we don't see it enough! His subtle glance at the boom mic kills me every time.
Finally! I've been waiting for this viewing! It's one of my absolute favorite films. MJW did another film similar to this that came out or is coming out soon (been in production for a while and I'm sure covid messed with the schedule) called "The Outlaw Johnny Black". Can't wait to see him in a western setting.
If I’m not mistaken, Tyrone Magnus is gonna be in that too, who James said he’d love to see with MJW😂 bro I remember him posting some videos from set but that was like 3 years ago, I didn’t know if it had gotten cancelled or what.
One of the funniest films Ive ever seen. Spent about a decade watching every Kungfu and Samurai film I could find from the 70's-90s and saw a few Rudy Ray Moore movies. This film is the best Spoof of the Genre I have ever seen.
Damn this movie is too fucking good! The best parodies always manage to be amazing films within the genre they satirise. Love it! Great commentary as always.
His giant revolver is a Colt Anaconda Nickel Plated .44 Magnum, I love when he fires 18 shots from a 6 shot cylinder. Great stuff. Black Dynamite and Space Dandy are the best comedies the last decade.
@@88trapordie Nah, it's all good fun bud. It's just a goofy comedy, take Predator, NOBODY is going into combat with a 5.56 beltfed General Electric Minigun + the pack of ammo. It's funny, I have a Ruger PC Charger 9mm Sub-Semi Carbine, a 33 round Glock stick mag on Semi-Auto goes much faster than you'd think, so I can't imagine a full auto Submachine Gun stick mags would last at all. Black Dynamite is simple fun, and it really was one of the best American comedies made the last 20 years, since 2000.
That was Arsenio Hall who says, "Order, Ni**a!". The guy who says "I sell drugs to the community" was on Reno 911. Tommy Davidson from the crazy great sketch comedy show In Living Color as Cream Corn. This movie's cast is low key great! But, they can easily make a sequel off of the comic book/graphic novel they put out aptly titled, "Black Dynamite: Escape from Slave Island". (BTW, can you tell that I love this damn movie!)
Ohhhhh yeah. This movie is just fantastic. The show on adult swim is also top tier. I definitely recommend you doing a reaction of it on the channel. It’s only two. And I think it would be great to see your reaction to it now as an adult. And you are correct this movie is definitely black and beautiful.
There is actually a slightly different cut of the film (from what I can gather it was the original cut that played at Sundance) that was actually the first version I ever saw. A different montage during 'Cleaning Up The Streets', a different take on the "worst physical year ever!" line, they don't put down Gunsmoke, etc. For my money it's a (slightly) better version, and if you're lucky you might find it on torrent sites (as a DVD rip), but since we're talking from 12 years ago now, it's not likely.
Arsenio Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Tommy Davidson, Brian McKnight, Cedric Yarborough, Roger Yuan, Mykelti Williamson(Bubba from Forest Gump) all did great with their cameos
"Who dare knock when I'm planning to plant my...DYNOMITE!!! DYNOMITE!!!" I swear this movie is the most hilarious in all the best ways. And probably the best line of the film " I Am Smiling" 😂😂😂😂
OMG so hyped to watch you react to this.Black Dynamite is, in my opinion, the funniest film comedy of the 21st Century (so far). Experience with blaxploitation cinema really helps, though.
It all the quick zooms by hand, and janky panning that really sells it. Really sells the "here just hold this camera, and just try to keep up" aesthetic.
I remember watching it and cracking up at damn near every part. It's beautiful. The animated show was also hilarious. Also, I don't know if you take RUclips suggestions to put into the Patreon polls, but I would suggest Ali: Fears Eats The Soul (1974). It's a film from Germany and beautifully done. Although the subject matter can be touchy. (Racism and stuff).
My son turned me on to this, I laughed so hard!!! But watching you laughing out loud just cracked me up all over again!!! Thank you, awesome reaction!!! 😃
1. The story about "the little Chinese kid getting his little Chinese legs blown off" happened to him in Vietnam 2. When I hear Cream Corn say "I'm runnin things, I'm runnin thaaaangs" The Mint by Earl Sweatshirt starts
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So glad this is here! My favourite comedy! If you liked this you will definitely like Dolemite Is My Name with Eddie Murphy. It goes into the making of the film Dolemite by Rudy Ray Moore. A must for a filmmaker to see just like Ed Wood. You'll also get a lot more of the Black Dynamite jokes when you watch it
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. When the mic drops to the screen during his lines and he acknowledges it for a second, so little thing but so fucking funny.
James I was going through my movie collection and came across a gem I had forgotten about, Caveman. It's a comedy starring Ringo Starr (yes of The Beatles), Shelly Long, and Dennis Quaid. It's a HUGELY underrated movie you really should check out since it influenced a lot of the comedies you like that came afterwards. Also, if you haven't seen I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, you need to. Even a better salute to Blaxpotation films than this. It's in my top 5 comedies of all time.
Love this film, and can never recommend it highly enough. Not only is it a great parody of blaxploitation films, but a brilliant homage to Rudy Ray Moore. The whole cast and crew did a great job, and looking forward to see their next project, The Outlaw Johnny Black, which has been released in the US, but still waiting for it to come to my country.
Saw the premiere in Detroit. It was the film festival experience where old heads, young heads, hip-hoppers, punk rockers, all walks of life came out to skidrow in the middle of the night. It was a good time during the housing market crash.
This is a perfect parody. Especially because they shot it on 16mm color reversal stock. Nowadays, you expect a parody or homage film to be shot digitally and maybe post processed for a filmic look. But the coarse grain, harsh contrast, and garish colors of the 1970s' preferred low budget film stock really bake in so much of the period authenticity. There's also the meta level to the humor. Maybe my favorite gag in the whole movie is when the one militant dude is saying all his stage direction out loud, and at first, MJW - in character not as Black Dynamite, but as the running back turned actor *playing* Black Dynamite - looks confused at first, but tries to keep it going...but as the dude keeps saying the stage directions, he looks off camera, like he's waiting for the director to yell cut. The look on his face is just pure 'Are you seein this shit? Are we seriously not doing another take?' It kills me every time. 😂
HAHA! I TYPED THIS COMMENT BEFORE I CLICKED ON THE VIDEO! but seriously though this movie is amazing and I love it, it masters the fine line of trying to create an intentionally bad but good movie which is INCREDIBLY hard to do, things like Sharknado go too far into ridiculousness, and things like Scary Movie isn't trying to have intentional mistakes, but I bust a gut every time I see Black Dynamite looking at the boom mics when they enter the shots, or the slight hesitation when the black militant character reads his stage directions and you see Black Dynamite say his next line awkwardly as if he's waiting for the director to notice and say "cut!" but it never comes
Ahhhh so stoked to watch this later tonight! Saw this with my friends at 19 years old and it blew our nips off. Especially the “Euphoria shut the fuck up! I know that was you! I aint even gotta look!” line lmao
This movie is so good. I remember watching it and my mom came in, asked what I was watching, and was SHOCKED it wasn't really a movie from the seventies lol.
“But black dynamite, I sell drugs to the community!” Favourite line from the movie.
Mr. Potato Head but in physical form.
CreamCorn:
"Running things, Runnin' things!"
3 seconds later, literally running
😆😆
@@JamesVSCinema Is that anyway to talk about Chocolate Giddy-up?
"HAHAA, I threw that shit before I walked in the room!"
As soon as I saw the reaction, I commented this exact thing...
"Black Dynamite" is ART. It is a brilliant parody and homage to the films of the 70's. Also any movie that has a num-chuk fight with Nixon IN the white house is ART. And to be fair, Black Dynamite is so righteous.
This is also true.
People that know, know how absolutely perfrct this movie is. Can you dig it?
@@deraykrause4517 it ain't ego, it's how we go
Right on brother
The bit with the actor being replaced mid-fight scene after the slap to the face is the best thing ever.
Lol they did the same thing in Epic Movie. Equally hilarious hahah..white dude got replaced with an asian stunt double lol
Best Blaxplotation parody ever made. The plot shifts like 5 times, the purposeful mistakes all over the place, a true classic film
Fasho!
I don't know man, undercover brother is pretty exceptional too.
@@JoshuaC0rbit Looove Undercover Brother
@@JamesVSCinema Every single "mistake" in this film was an actual thing that happened in a classic blaxploitation film. This film was perfect!
One of the best parodies, in general, of all time.
Black Dynamite's recollection of the Vietnam child is my favorite scene. His delivery, the kid looking nothing like he described, and purposely saying Chinese when he knows it's Vietnamese. It's perfect.
that and the damn "ceiling fan" detail... in a tatch hut without electricity?
I THREW THAT SHIT BEFORE I EVEN WALKED IN THE ROOM!
Dude that was INCREDIBLE delivery hahaha
"I threw that shit before I walked in the room!" Is a line that always kills me from this 🤣🤣
A genuine comedy classic, great to see you react to it, and you are very right, a new Black Dynamite TV show would be a no brainer.
This part of the movie had me rolling first time I saw it.
It's such a simple line yet such a genius one at the same time
This actually did get a two-season animated tv series on adult swim with the cast returning to reprise their roles. Episode titles contained such gems as:
"Just Beat It" or "Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes"
"A Crisis at Christmas" or "The Dark Side of the Dark Side of the Moon!"
"Honky Kong!" or "White Apes Can't Hump"
"The Race War!" or "Big Black Cannon Balls Run!"
"Roots (The White Album)" or "The Blacker the Community, the Deeper the Roots!" or "Those Cotton Pickin' Crackers",
"Black Jaws!" or "Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea"
"Mister Rogers' Revenge" or "Please Don't You Be His Neighbor"
"That Seed of Kurtis" AKA "Father Is Just Another Word For Motherf***er!"
It would have been weird watching the cartoon first - callback jokes like "I threw that rock before I left the moon!" wouldn't have hit as hard.
Oh man the ‘ Jackson 5 across your eyes episode was jokes
Dude that animated series was absolute fire! I honestly think I enjoyed it even more than I did the movie.
I loved the anime!
The episode where him and OJ Simpson go to the moon is one of my favorites 🤣
This is a classic. The director at the time had said that there was another level to the movie, the actors aren't just playing their character, but he had given them backstories of the era appropriate fictional actors that they are pretending to be doing the movie. That included his direction, I think he said the director had a drug problem, and owed money so had to do the movie. So some are playing like they were an ex-football player turned actor, the brother I believe is playing a Juilliard trained actor, and other specific non-actors.
My favourite joke is when the guy gets hit "for real" and they seem to have cut around the fight that happened and the actor has been obviously replaced.
The cartoon came after the movie.
Didn't knew that. That's genius
Specifically, Black Dynamite is "played" by former Baltimore Colts all-star running back Ferrante Jones, who had to retire due to a neck injury. It's why Black Dynamite doesn't turn his head fully in the film.
Re: "Show his picture." It's not his internal dialogue. That 'actor' has been reading his stage directions the whole movie as if they were his dialogue. "The militants turn, startled", "Sarcastically, I'm in charge.", "Show his picture."
This movie is one of last great parodies, everything is so on point.
The boom mic hanging in the shots, “actors” reading stage directions, people that got beat reappearing just to get beat up again, randomly wrong cars spliced in the car chase scene and crashes.
All classic blaxploitation movie mistakes but they go that extra step to make it even more funny/ridiculous, plus MJW can say the dumbest shit with a straight face like Leslie Nielsen could.
Also the soundtrack by Adrian Younge is absolutely amazing, dude became one of my favorite producers of the last decade.
It’s a damn crime that Michael Jai White isn’t a bigger star. A legit badass, great comedy timing, good comedy writer, seems universally well liked. He should’ve blown up after the 1-2 punch of Black Dynamite and a high profile roll in Dark Knight.
"Asclepius, of course!" is, for some reason, probably my favorite lines in a movie FULL of great lines. That whole scene is amazing, like all these guys are just these trivia masters.
"Fiendish Dr. Wu, you done fucked up now!" is a close second.
Now you need to watch Eddie Murphy's "Dolomite is my name". Made from a position of love for the underdog filmmaker the movie portrays; ultimately a great film about artistic creation.
Sounds good, gotta check it!
@@JamesVSCinema And the original Dolomite!
@@JamesVSCinema Also, you should watch one of the original Blaxploitation films - "Petey Wheatstraw". Amazing.
such a good movie.
@@Video_Crow Petey Wheatstraw is insane! Hands down, my favorite Rudy Ray Moore film.
"HA I THREW THAT SHIT BEFORE I WALKED INTO THE ROOM!". Still rolling on the floor till this day from that line
Black Dynamite is one of those rare birds that I call a "perfect film". Arguably the most well made parody movie ever made. Every frame is a work of art.
I totally agree, they took everything they grew up with and showed it meticulous love via homage/parody. I had to watch multiple times when it opened because I was laughing too hard and missed most the plot.
Loved your Lucio Fulci Zombi pfp, man/women of culture right there
Saw this in the theater when it came out. The "little Chinese boy" part had me dying. (He was talking about Vietnam). The Adrian Younge soundtrack is sooper-dope, too.
"Ha ha! Threw that $h!t before I walked in the room!"
One of my favorite movies. A loving homage to blacksploitation classics.
I have never laughed so hard in my life as I did when I first saw Black Dynamite. That moment when he gets the nunchucks back from offscreen nearly killed me. There is a slightly better edit from a pre-release screener, and I highly suggest seeking it out.
Underrated movie and comedic performance by Michael Jai White. The art direction is so on point for 70s.
So many great 4th wall breaking film production gags in this, a rare gag to pull off. The militant reading stage direction as lines is my favorite. “Sarcastically: I’m in charge.”
This movie has one of the funniest screenplays ever. It is so freaking quotable. My favorite line:
“First Lady, I’m sorry I pimp-slapped you.”
There are so many good little bits in this movie. I love how Black Dynamite notices the boom mic and you can see his eye darting at it and I love the one militant guy who reads out his stage directions out loud along with his lines.
The scene where they were trying to figure out what the drug does with all the different correlations had me crying laughing. This film is a GEM.
The guy that reads the script directions as if it was part of his lines is hysterical. "Sarcastically, I'm in charge". So many incredible details
"THREW THAT SHIT BEFORE I WALKED IN THE ROOM!"
kills me every time
I do think seeing some of the 70s blaxsploitation films this is riffing on would help. Shaft is probably the most coherent film of the era, but Dolomite, Superfly, Coffee, and Black Belt Jones are all pretty great. It was a fascinating time period of independent black film makers making movies about their world not one through an outsider's lens. They were shot on the super cheap and often the acting and script might leave something for a critical eye, but they 100% genuine. Moreso than many weird or quirky films discussed today they have a kind of honesty that I loved seeing as a kid when I first saw them. Unashamed of what they were.
Coffy is the best. Rudy Ray Moore is the rest.
I completely neglected to say that the music and soundtracks for those movies are INCREDIBLE. Superfly has some amazing tracks on it. There was some strong influence going back and forth between soul and funk music and blaxsploitation that will reward with you with examining.
Don't forget Black Samurai. That was pure cheese gold. Along with Death Force and I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka!.
"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" is up there with this as a parody of blackploitation films. The cast is totally stacked too.
the word "love letter" gets thrown around a lot when it comes to nostalgia / throw back films, but Black Dynamite is a legit love letter to blaxploitation films. there is so much Rudy Ray Moore in the dna of this movie.
Let’s go!!! This is one of the favorite films ever. I just got randomly watched it one day and loved it. Can’t wait to see your reaction.
Enjoy it Patrick, my brotha!
Black Dynamite and the Hebrew Hammer would be a dope team up film
The way his voice breaks at fiendish Dr. Wu kills me every time.
This movie is Black Excellence and I love it and better that you have reacted to it made me like it ten times more 🙌🏿✨💯
Black Dynamite is one of those SUPER rare occurrences. It's near perfect art, commentary and comedy.
"This needs to be a TV show."
Happily -- it is! There's an animated series on HBO Max.
Yes!.. 👊
"I threw that shit before I stepped in the room" 🤣
Top moment in this film haha
I had to edit it.. its been a while 🤣
Classic movie gold.
I can watch this movie on a loop and never get bored. Brilliant spoof on the genre.
Agreed!
Love this movie. I heard the director talk about making it and while there are obviously intentional goofs in it, some of the stuff was actual bloopers left in on purpose. When the guy doesn't put the car in park correctly for instance, that was just the guy messing up on the day and they just left it in because it was funny and the older films it was based on had stuff like that in it.
Same with the guy curbing the door.
They meant to make a parody of Blaxploitation, but made the best Blaxploitation of all time 😎
Oh my gosh, I love this movie.
I was so lucky to get a chance to see this with the director in attendance at a theater in D.C. back in 2009.
One of my favorite gags in this movie is the actor who always reads the stage directions.
This movie is so accurate in its parody of Blaxploitation movies. The more of them you see, the funnier BD becomes. For example in the movie WIllie Dynamite, there is literally a meeting of pimps where they discuss "the game." It's hilarious in its own right because it's played completely serious but it's absurd. If I have one complaint about BD I think it kind of falls apart at the end when he's fighting in the White House; it feels like a TV sketch and most of these blaxploitation movies start and end at street level-- more grounded in reality.
My favorite parody movie ever made. Not only is it a super funny comedy movie but it's also faithful to its source material. Also gotta send some apprecation to Adrian Younge for the music score which adds to the vintage aesthetic and vibe of the movie.
The commentary on the DVd was super enlightening. The movie isn't about Black Dynamite, its a bout a film crew in the 70s making "Black Dynamite". "Militant turns startled!"
So grateful my friends and I found this movie in high school when it was released. So many memorable lines. Our collective DVD copy got borrowed, lost and stolen many times over.
Classic memory.
We need 'The Black Dynamite cinematic universe' (or BDCU) to be a thing!!!
Black Dynamite is one of my favorite comedies. Many people say it’s a parody or that it lampoons the Blaxploitation genre. To me it’s more than just simple parody. With movies like Airplane or Naked Gun they took a genre and went over the top to show the lunacy of their perspective genre. With Black Dynamite there was a sense of verisimilitude. They didn’t take a genre film and add a ton of humor or lunacy onto it, they took a genre and in earnest highlighted many funny flaws within many movies in that genre.
It was common to see the boom arm in many of those movies, they did hire theater trained actors to play parts in those movies (why Black Dynamites brother sounded like he was from a Shakespeare play), actors readings screen direction etc etc etc. They took what was already there and just packed all those existing genre stereotypes into the movie. There was a level of care and reverence for the material that I think sets it apart from other parodies or spoofs.
For this reason I think it stands up with Superfly, Foxy Brown, Dolemite, Coffy, Shaft, Cleopatra Jones etc.
I love this movie. My friends do the over explaining thing in D&D games and some one always mentions Malt liquor at some point and we just laugh.
There's a great and underappreciated TV series from Australia that has a similar retro tone called Danger 5 that's worth a watch.
I was listening to that Australian Podcast, "Weekly Planet" on youtube and they mentioned it on the show a long time ago. It was only 2 seasons, but they were both funny as hell. The 1st season especially tho. I love how hitler would always escape from them and avoid being killed, but they would reuse the same shot of him jumping through the window, lol.
@@Brooklyn_Bleek Agreed. The 1st season was much better and was closer to the same tone as Black Dynamite with maybe more of a retro 60s vibe. Second season they did the retro 80s vibe which while still fun didn't quite capture the lightning in the bottle the first one did.
Top tier comedy. So authentic to the films it's parodying, you can tell it was a labour of love. Michael Jai White has a hell of a gift for comedy but we don't see it enough! His subtle glance at the boom mic kills me every time.
Finally! I've been waiting for this viewing! It's one of my absolute favorite films. MJW did another film similar to this that came out or is coming out soon (been in production for a while and I'm sure covid messed with the schedule) called "The Outlaw Johnny Black". Can't wait to see him in a western setting.
If I’m not mistaken, Tyrone Magnus is gonna be in that too, who James said he’d love to see with MJW😂 bro I remember him posting some videos from set but that was like 3 years ago, I didn’t know if it had gotten cancelled or what.
One of the funniest films Ive ever seen. Spent about a decade watching every Kungfu and Samurai film I could find from the 70's-90s and saw a few Rudy Ray Moore movies. This film is the best Spoof of the Genre I have ever seen.
“This needs to be a TV show.”
…Should we tell him?
"But black dynamite, I sell drugs in the community." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Also, the adult swim series is funny af.
The movie came out before the tv show; it’s also cool how the main characters reprise their roles in both, even Michael Jai White!
Damn this movie is too fucking good! The best parodies always manage to be amazing films within the genre they satirise. Love it! Great commentary as always.
Black Dynamite is comedy GOLD!
His giant revolver is a Colt Anaconda Nickel Plated .44 Magnum, I love when he fires 18 shots from a 6 shot cylinder. Great stuff.
Black Dynamite and Space Dandy are the best comedies the last decade.
Gotta leave logic behind when u watch this.. just literally remove a cuple brain cells
@@88trapordie Nah, it's all good fun bud. It's just a goofy comedy, take Predator, NOBODY is going into combat with a 5.56 beltfed General Electric Minigun + the pack of ammo. It's funny, I have a Ruger PC Charger 9mm Sub-Semi Carbine, a 33 round Glock stick mag on Semi-Auto goes much faster than you'd think, so I can't imagine a full auto Submachine Gun stick mags would last at all.
Black Dynamite is simple fun, and it really was one of the best American comedies made the last 20 years, since 2000.
HAHA! I threw that like before I walked in the room!
😂😂😂
That was Arsenio Hall who says, "Order, Ni**a!". The guy who says "I sell drugs to the community" was on Reno 911. Tommy Davidson from the crazy great sketch comedy show In Living Color as Cream Corn. This movie's cast is low key great! But, they can easily make a sequel off of the comic book/graphic novel they put out aptly titled, "Black Dynamite: Escape from Slave Island". (BTW, can you tell that I love this damn movie!)
Ohhhhh yeah. This movie is just fantastic. The show on adult swim is also top tier. I definitely recommend you doing a reaction of it on the channel. It’s only two. And I think it would be great to see your reaction to it now as an adult.
And you are correct this movie is definitely black and beautiful.
There is actually a slightly different cut of the film (from what I can gather it was the original cut that played at Sundance) that was actually the first version I ever saw. A different montage during 'Cleaning Up The Streets', a different take on the "worst physical year ever!" line, they don't put down Gunsmoke, etc. For my money it's a (slightly) better version, and if you're lucky you might find it on torrent sites (as a DVD rip), but since we're talking from 12 years ago now, it's not likely.
This movie was filmed with a film reel camera to give it that iconic look. Also..Gloria ordered hot sauce with her donut 😂😂
Arsenio Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Tommy Davidson, Brian McKnight, Cedric Yarborough, Roger Yuan, Mykelti Williamson(Bubba from Forest Gump) all did great with their cameos
This movie is a fucking masterpiece.
"Who dare knock when I'm planning to plant my...DYNOMITE!!! DYNOMITE!!!" I swear this movie is the most hilarious in all the best ways. And probably the best line of the film " I Am Smiling" 😂😂😂😂
"You can bet yo ass and half a titty".... I'm on the floor and I can't get up. Classic.
i watched black Dynamite as well that shit was FIRE! that and the Boondocks was my childhood loved them so much.
OMG so hyped to watch you react to this.Black Dynamite is, in my opinion, the funniest film comedy of the 21st Century (so far). Experience with blaxploitation cinema really helps, though.
5:04 Boom mic is a reference to Dolemite. You see the boom mic so much in that movie it's practically a character in the story.
The animated series was an adaptation of this movie, the movie came 1st, that's why they're similar in tone.
It all the quick zooms by hand, and janky panning that really sells it. Really sells the "here just hold this camera, and just try to keep up" aesthetic.
I remember watching it and cracking up at damn near every part. It's beautiful. The animated show was also hilarious.
Also, I don't know if you take RUclips suggestions to put into the Patreon polls, but I would suggest Ali: Fears Eats The Soul (1974). It's a film from Germany and beautifully done. Although the subject matter can be touchy. (Racism and stuff).
The animated series (2011) was derived from this movie (2009 Release) not the other way around.
Notice that when recalling a Vietnam war story he continuously refers to the Vietnamese child as "Chinese".
This is one of my favorite comedies ever.
My son turned me on to this, I laughed so hard!!! But watching you laughing out loud just cracked me up all over again!!! Thank you, awesome reaction!!! 😃
1. The story about "the little Chinese kid getting his little Chinese legs blown off" happened to him in Vietnam
2. When I hear Cream Corn say "I'm runnin things, I'm runnin thaaaangs" The Mint by Earl Sweatshirt starts
Michael Jai White is THE Black Dynamite!
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On the same theme, undercover brother is a classic.
My dude you got to see the original dolomite but also the Eddie Murphy version of 'my name is dolomite'.
Dude maybe you should hook up with Tyrone Magnus and hit up Michael j and start a web series.
Thank you for watching this amazing movie!! 🔥🤘🏽💎
@@JoshuaC0rbit Yes!
Funny you mention Tyron Magnus because he has a part in the up coming Movie "The Outlaw Johnny Black" staring Michael Jar White.
Ive barely seen the cartoon, but I never returned the dvd to blockbuster after I watched the movie. It's the GOAT parody film.
If you want a tv show version of this, check out Darkplace! Its got very similar 70s vibes, and its also hilarious
Darkplace is absolute perfection. Pure genius.
So glad this is here! My favourite comedy! If you liked this you will definitely like Dolemite Is My Name with Eddie Murphy. It goes into the making of the film Dolemite by Rudy Ray Moore. A must for a filmmaker to see just like Ed Wood. You'll also get a lot more of the Black Dynamite jokes when you watch it
Good info to know!
Instant Classic love how it doesn't take itself to seriously
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. When the mic drops to the screen during his lines and he acknowledges it for a second, so little thing but so fucking funny.
Get your hands on a copy of the DVD and check out the commentary track. It is so fascinating learning how much work went into this
The fact that so many people appreciate a parody of blaxploitation movies is awesome
Black Dynamite shaking the lil crackhead. "Black Dynamite, no! We've tried that already!" LMAO
Yes bro this movie is so good, need more people to react to it
FINALLY! I have been requesting and suggesting this for a long time! I'm thrilled you are getting to this
I love him describing Vietnam and how he constantly says they were speaking Chinese. Lmao.
Every scene has sooo many gags... brilliant
I feel like I’ve recommended this movie in every comedy reaction
Let’s fucking go :)
“Black Dynamite… you’re so righteous!”
“This is also true.”
This actually made it into my top 200 but I haven't seen it since it was out. So this should be a good refresher.
James I was going through my movie collection and came across a gem I had forgotten about, Caveman. It's a comedy starring Ringo Starr (yes of The Beatles), Shelly Long, and Dennis Quaid. It's a HUGELY underrated movie you really should check out since it influenced a lot of the comedies you like that came afterwards.
Also, if you haven't seen I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, you need to. Even a better salute to Blaxpotation films than this. It's in my top 5 comedies of all time.
Love this film, and can never recommend it highly enough. Not only is it a great parody of blaxploitation films, but a brilliant homage to Rudy Ray Moore. The whole cast and crew did a great job, and looking forward to see their next project, The Outlaw Johnny Black, which has been released in the US, but still waiting for it to come to my country.
Saw the premiere in Detroit. It was the film festival experience where old heads, young heads, hip-hoppers, punk rockers, all walks of life came out to skidrow in the middle of the night. It was a good time during the housing market crash.
This is a perfect parody. Especially because they shot it on 16mm color reversal stock. Nowadays, you expect a parody or homage film to be shot digitally and maybe post processed for a filmic look. But the coarse grain, harsh contrast, and garish colors of the 1970s' preferred low budget film stock really bake in so much of the period authenticity.
There's also the meta level to the humor. Maybe my favorite gag in the whole movie is when the one militant dude is saying all his stage direction out loud, and at first, MJW - in character not as Black Dynamite, but as the running back turned actor *playing* Black Dynamite - looks confused at first, but tries to keep it going...but as the dude keeps saying the stage directions, he looks off camera, like he's waiting for the director to yell cut. The look on his face is just pure 'Are you seein this shit? Are we seriously not doing another take?' It kills me every time. 😂
HAHA! I TYPED THIS COMMENT BEFORE I CLICKED ON THE VIDEO!
but seriously though this movie is amazing and I love it, it masters the fine line of trying to create an intentionally bad but good movie which is INCREDIBLY hard to do, things like Sharknado go too far into ridiculousness, and things like Scary Movie isn't trying to have intentional mistakes, but I bust a gut every time I see Black Dynamite looking at the boom mics when they enter the shots, or the slight hesitation when the black militant character reads his stage directions and you see Black Dynamite say his next line awkwardly as if he's waiting for the director to notice and say "cut!" but it never comes
Ahhhh so stoked to watch this later tonight! Saw this with my friends at 19 years old and it blew our nips off. Especially the “Euphoria shut the fuck up! I know that was you! I aint even gotta look!” line lmao
This movie is so good. I remember watching it and my mom came in, asked what I was watching, and was SHOCKED it wasn't really a movie from the seventies lol.