Carmen A Hip Hopera (2001) It’s So Bad It’s Good!
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025
- Carmen: A Hip Hopera is a 2001 American musical romantic drama television film produced by MTV and directed by Robert Townsend. The film stars Beyoncé Knowles in her debut acting role (predating her theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember), Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Wyclef Jean, Da Brat, Joy Bryant, Reagan Gomez-Preston (who had previously work with Townsend on The Parent 'Hood, which ended two years earlier), Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow. It is based upon the 1875 opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac. The film is set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles in modern times and features a mostly original hip-hop/R&B score in place of Bizet's opera.
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Who pulled up to cap for Beyoncé and bring up Goldmember (a parody) & Deena Jones when it comes to her acting strengths?! 😂😭
😂😂😂😂 i would at least say Cadillac Records 🤡😭🥳
🤣🤣🤣even those were so cringe!
The movie is free on RUclips and I tried to watch it but it was cringey. I love the actors though ❤️
Actually 🤣🤣🤣I was going to bring up Cadillac records. Would love to see your review on that
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Somebody said that Beyoncé can’t act because she can’t stop being Beyoncé. That’s why she always act like she about to break out in song lol
😂
I don't blame her. I'm not sure she knows how to be Beyonce the superstar and Beyonce the person. That's why it seems like she does not have a personality outside of the untouchable goddess she has been built to be.
@@jmonique6409I didn’t mind her in dreamgirls though. It fit!!
@@jmonique6409 Haha, you basically just described the concept of the I Am… album.
🤣😂🤣
So many iconic moments
Bey/Carmen: No no no no I don’t wanna I don’t wanna I don’t wanna goooo
WYCLEF THE FORTUNE TELLER : THE CARDS NEVA LIEEEE😂😫😭🤣🤣🤦🏾♀️
Main 2 scenes I remember.
My favorite part! 🙌🏾
Beyoncé is super talented, but acting has never been her strength
It's okay, she is absolutely perfect in everything else she does 💙
You ain't never lie
I was just about to comment this🤣
No lies were told here!!
There's something about her speaking voice that destroys her acting performances. She needs to except that acting may not be her strength
Mos Def and his dimples know he’s cute as a button!
Ikr! He’s an underrated cutie cuz I barely hear people speak of him in that way
Yeah I just noticed his lil dimples today he’s cute
Could you imagine the singer Mya playing this Carmen role instead. 🤔🤩🥳.. and if DMX played Mehki character 👀
I could and that would have been 🔥!!!
Would have been even better
ooooo YES
Can you please review on Selena the 1997 movie because she showed courage to face the music world as a Latina woman, loyalty to both her Mexican and American roots, and confidence in her many skills as an artist.
Wow I can see that
I remember the premiere of Carmen on MTV.
yep it was a thing then you watch the movie it was bad😂
Me too i was 10
Yep! And now I feel old 😅😅
idgaf what nobody say this was my favorite movie when i was younger lol. i know every word to like every song
Mekhi Pheifer should've been a rapper cuz his bars were FIRE!
Complete ✅💯
He actually started out as a rapper.
You killed that intro Tyra. Great review. I forgot about this film
Thank YOU!
Can you please review on Selena the 1997 movie because she showed courage to face the music world as a Latina woman, loyalty to both her Mexican and American roots, and confidence in her many skills as an artist.
i couldn’t get over lil bow wow in the pen with grown men and his high pitch voice lmao he must’ve come along with the deal of jd agreeing to write and produce the tracks 💀
It was a reality of the time though. They were sending 12 year old babies to adult prisons.
Yall crushing on Mos Def, and he was cute, but Mekhi Phifer was looking real scrumptious. He was so fine.
That card scene and song lives in my head rent free 20 years later.
"Oh, no, no, noo! I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna go... Just, just, just let me stay home... see another dawn..." G'on Beyonce!
Random Carmen's house decor was so beautiful and girly
Hill should never get to thinking he is irreplaceable lol 😂
Mos Def is HELLA fine. Mmm. I know exactly what cha talking about. There’s just something about him. He’s just so chill & smooth☺️
Yes LORDT! 😂❤
Every time you sing 🎤 “Question” from Independent Women is absolutely killing me🤣🤣💀 On pitch & everything!😂 You are a woman of many talents & being a vocalist is one of them💛 You my Dear are gifted👐 So humorous, so informative & this breakdown of one of my favorites has been a trip down memory lane for me. NOW YOU WANNA MAKE ME HAVE YOU DO “Honey 🍯” starring Jessica Alba💃🏻 That’s gotta be next!🤭
Fr!
Effortlessly dope. That You Don't Know My Name video ❤❤❤
Yes the day we found out Beyonce couldn't act. Sad part is she STILL can't act. This was my movie though
TBH this was the sugar honey and ice tea back when I was kid LOL
Robert Townsend was Tryin his hand at Being HIP 🤡😂
lmaoooo
Beyoncé & the other cast members did a great job in this movie 😊. One of my favorites.
Lmao "Da Brat with her 50 piece in the street ass orchestra "
Finally a movie I seen so I can watch the review...but the fact I used to know all these songs n would sing em with ALL that energy yu did in this intro is hilarious🤣🤣🤣
🤣 the song do need that 👏🏾 energy! 👏🏾
Knew it word for word! I feel you! Lol
That 'Question😮✋' joke is absolutely hilarious 😭🤣.. Cuz her music video acting is something I've never been able to put in words. 🤣.. But you did IT ! 😭🤣🤣🤣..
'Question 😮✋' 👩🏿🎤🥳😂
😂😂😂😂
2001 was my year. The year I was born in this world. I can’t remember the last time I saw this movie but I do love all the people. I listen to their music everyday especially Beyoncé, Bow wow, and Jermaine Dupri. You must have a big crush on Mos Def.
All my life lol
The dmx part took me tf out! 😭😭😭
The intro is always 🔥 but using that Britney Spears meme to call out the shenanigans is priceless 🤣
Thank you! 😂😂
I was in 4th grade when this came out. I remember reading about the premier in a Jet magazine. Those were the days.
I had a love/hate relationship with this movie growing up lol I remember waiting for it to air on B.E.T😂
BABYYYYYYYY YOU BETTER GIVE US ALL THE VOCALS!!! 😂💖 new subscriber and I’m glad you were recommended by this app lol. Your intro on this one 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for subbing!❤❤❤
Very beautiful voice 😍
Girl you are hilarious!! Talkin bout he thought he was DMX and the wyclef part 😂😂😂 funny asf!!
It’s the sound effects in the beginning for me 😂 loved the reviews
Tyra I'm calling Tyler Perry to hire you cuz sis the wigs be right on these skits you be doing...hell your acting be better that some of the ppl on his BET show🤣 go off sis I love what you be doing on these reviews
THANK YOU!!
Oh my! I remember when this came out. The promo and everything. Me and mom watched it that night. Beyonce was a lil slow in this movie but I still fux with it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Beyonce a terrible actor but this movie is something to entertain you with how bad it is😂. Lil Bow Bow being in a adult prison was the funniest scene lmaoooo
It’s funny because my mom and I were obsessed with this movie when I was little but I never realized how bad the acting was 💀 I let it slide because the movie is nostalgic
She’s not a terrible actor but she was only 19 with no acting background. Watch Cadillac Records or Obsessed for a better view on her as an actor.
@@CC-kg3hfBeyoncé is not good at acting but she’s not the absolute worst.
Damn, girl, this awful ahh movie, you just made me buy it on Prime! 😂😂😂🤣 It used to drive me crazy how bad it was but I want to show it to my son. Thx. 🌹
lol please do I showed it to my daughter she hated it I was like girl this classic 🤣
That was a hell of an intro
I remember when I first saw this movie. I was like 'Oh Mehki Uh Uh. ! C'mon Bars & Delivery ! ' 😄😂
He use to be a rapper before he was & actor
"The Pepsi's gone! The Pepsi's lost!
The joy of Cola comes at any coooost!"
-- Beyonce
...Pepperidge Farm remembers....
Lol temptation was my shit. I love the writings on the wall album. She was definitely giving music video acting, but it’s so nostalgic at the same time
I lived for this when it came out 🙌🏾 Me and my friends had a watch party for it when it came out. I was 11 years old and my momma let me and my friends have a sleep over and a movie night. I thought BLAZE was so cute. The B The L The A The Z The E 😂😂 Anyways Sis, you know I live for your reviews! Keep ‘em coming 💪🏾
Thank You💕 And Blaze’um Amaze’um was Cute! 🤣
I was in my teens and I lived for this too. Lol. I’ve always watched the original Carmen Jones and listen to the theme from the original opera. Carmen has me in a chokehold for a minute lol.
The actor for Blaze was/is foine 😭
Literally had a watch party/sleepover with my cousins when this came out. It was a thing 😂😂
Can you please review on Selena the 1997 movie because she showed courage to face the music world as a Latina woman, loyalty to both her Mexican and American roots, and confidence in her many skills as an artist.
Not you mimicking Wyclef 😂😂😂
Finally someone else admitted mekhi phifer got bars
I love the original Carmen Jones. This remake made me want to gag when it came out.
Quote of the Episode: "...Question?"
lmao!
every "question?" took me out😂😂😂😂😂 you are funny girl!!!!
Lmao. Chile i even know you was gone mention DMX when i said He could've played Mehkis Part ! 😭🙌🏿.. Yasss synchronicity! 😂🥳
The way you kept me laughing and smiling the entire time watching made me subso damm fast.
" *Question* " (every 5 minutes in Beyonce) 😂
So aint nobody gon say anything about Joy Bryant crack being out in that clip 😂
The epic low LOW rise jeans 🤣
Everyone ass crack was out in the early 2000s the low rise jeans and the thongs 😭😭 I wanted those pants badly
I could never get into this Great Value version of a classic.
it's cheesy lol
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xccheesy but good
Bro I remember tape recording this movie and mt and my friends watched it a million times Lol my favorite song was wyclef Jon and Beyonce singing NoNoNoNo i dont want i dont want to go Gooooooo!!! Lmao and of course Blaze intro song 😂 the good old days
Yeah my friend recorded it for me too!
The B to the L, the A to the Z to the E!! 🔥😂 I can’t wait for your thoughts!
Me too ! 😂❤
13:12 20:22 23:08
I want a t-shirt with Beyonce's face on the front and it says "Question?". 😆
🗣🗣🗣 YOU DON'T WANT BEEF WITH MILLER CUZ I'M ILLER! 😂😂😂
I love Beyoncé down, but acting isn’t her strongest suit 😬. Unpopular opinion: I really liked her in Obsessed , cmon Sharon 🤣.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That scene in the kitchen and the line, “…you could have why didn’t you?!” Makes me cringe everytime, but just like this it’s so bad it’s good lol
That’s my movie 😂 I still remember everyone cheering in the theater when she started whoopin the ladies ass all Over the damn house 💀
Her acting was good on Obsessed
Love Robert Townsend! Hollywood shuffle is GOLD.
Carmen holds a special place in my heart. Because.... well....nostalgia 😂
The actress Ella Joyce was Beyonce's acting coach for a moment. Ella Joyce can act but unfortunately her acting talent didn't rub off on Beyonce. But Beyonce is so popular and has such a huge name, so when she is acting, it's distracting and hard to see her as the character who she is playing on screen. She needs a good meaty role that will allow her to get lost in the character to the point where people won't be able to tell that she's Beyonce. She tried with Dreamgirls and Cadillac Records. It's not that she can't act. People just don't take her seriously as an actress because of who she is. She probably would have fair better if her first role was a dramatic role that had nothing to do with music.
Wyclef scared tf out of me in the Cards Never Lie scene when I was younger.
I feel that she improved in obsessed
@@Daydreams-hu2fs I liked her performance in Obsessed. Beyonce needs to take on more non-music roles.
Beyonce is just not a good actress and that is ok!
There are tons of huge musicians (more famous than Beyoncè) who turned to movies and gave excellent performance. Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Cher (the list goes on). It's okay that Beyoncè can't act, nobody has everything.
I just found out about your page drone AshleySaysSo and I must say I am hooked. I loved this movie. It’s a good classic like Baby Boy, Boyz N The Hood, Five Heartbeats, etc. I agree the acting and graphics were bad but they had some bops on this movie though. That’s what saved this movie. I remember watching this on MTV and after the movie they premiered the Survivor Remix video featuring Da Brat.
Thank you for coming over!
I love AshleySaysSo’s channel.
Me too love !
Hi sis! This was a great review. You should do “Love Song” next. It’s a movie that came out in 2000, starring the singer Monica. ❤
yes with Billy I remember that one!
Im new to your channel. But seeing this classic be reviewed FINALLY lol made me subscribe. I loved this movie so much that when I was gifted a portable DVD player in 2006 this was the first bootleg movie I asked for so I can watch it whenever I wanted.
Now this is one of my favorite low budget movies I will agree with the acting being subpar. But I was here for all the music and was singing right along with you lol.
Thank you for reviewing this movie and giving your honest opinion. ❤
Thanks for the sub! ❤
You better sing 🎶 such a beautiful voice! Love your passion, your reviews give me life and nostalgia ❤️
Thank you so much!!
@@StruggleReviewzTV you're welcome ❤️😌
Carmen was a city girl.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying her performance here was terrible, I believe the delivery of the performance can be based on the chemistry between actors, scripts, personal lives and schedules. Beyoncé has made guest appearances on t.v. shows, cameos in videos, starred in DC music videos, etc in the past, but nobody is good at everything. I think she played the ditzy, fame-seeking, money-loving young twenty-something well, but it could’ve been better❤️
I still like the original with Dorothy Dandridge better than this messy trash movie. Cool retro movie review.
I think all musicals have a bit of cheesy acting, Hairspray😂
But yes, get out those “temptation” lyrics. Probably DC’s most underrated song.
I’m sorry but cards never lie was/is my jam that music is hauntingly good.
Oh my God! I love your DXM voice. I laughed so loud.
Putting my love for this movie to the side, this is another great review. I always appreciate your perspective.
I liveeeeeeee that intro was great lmao
I still play cards never lie and that seduction song 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Cards never lie😊
This movie was okay for me. Can we please reviews on other Mekhi Phifer movies such as Clockers, High School High, O, Paid In Full & This Christmas?😂
Clockers is a classic 'O' is deep
I heard a rumor that Nas was supposed to play Mekhi Phifer’s roll. I wonder if that’s true…lol
I couldn’t see it he’s so smooth and laid back lol a bit too pimpin to be simpin 🤣
Too pimpin to be Simpin lol😂. I gotta use that one
for real Jay wasn't going for that lol
Blaze was HOT. I remember him from Don't Drink Your Juice in the Hood. He had a small cameo getting shot at the beginning. LOL.
He also was in white chick's as Terry crews homie
It was something about 2001-03 music that was just so good ❤
Omg this was my shiiiit growing up , plus the survivor 💿 lol. I watched this movie bout million times. Thank you for this review , you went INNN, i was weak 🤣🤣 this entire review. ❤❤❤❤
As the title says "it was so bad it was good" You just enjoy it for what it was and say quotes from the movie in real situations🤣🤣 me and my people had a ball doing that
This to me is an oldie but goodie , by the fact that I didn’t know this movie even existed.
Really!
@@StruggleReviewzTV dead ass
@@daikeembell4305 it’s available on YT somewhere
They use to show this on BET back in the day all the time
My movie since I was younger
When You realize Joi Bryant Is the Friendly Gabriel Union.. Gabriel Union is thee Evil Joi Bryant 🤡😂 (their roles)..
The most diff'rent role I've seen Joi in is Roscoe Jenkins.. and thats a role i would've expected for Gabriel Union. 😄.. Joi kill'd that shihh tho.. Showed me she has under embraced range..
Yeah the first time I saw Joy Bryant was in the Roscoe Jenkins movie (a childhood classic of mine) She was too much in that movie 😭 but she always looked fabulous
Joy Bryant was good on the show Parenthood
This video is hilarious 😂 😂😂 New subbie here!
Mos Def..I Love!
This takes me back. No matter how terrible this was I will always watch it. Lol this was my era!!! Love Rah but her acting was the absolute worst.
I remember being so hype to watch this when it came out 🤣. Looking back, the acting was trash lol
Facts it was cheesy
I love Beyoncé but if I never have to see her act in this life or the next I would be okay🥴
She’s not a terrible actor but she was only 19 with no acting background. Watch Cadillac Records or Obsessed for a better view on her as an actor.
Good musical from the early 2000's, Beyonce singing is great, her acting not so much, her best acting role is Goldmember
I liked her in Cadillac Records
"It's giving...Question?.."
I love this channel. I will have to watch this again. Would love to see you do Volcano High
thank you and I've never seen that one
@@StruggleReviewzTV no problem! It was a Korean supernatural action film that was redubbed by many of the popular hip hop people of the time and the score soundtrack was changed as well. Andre 3k voiced the lead. It was pretty cool!
Reagan Gomez acting was bad as well
Across the board idk what was happening!
Please do glitter with Mariah Carey it awful
See I love Mariah but Jesus that movie was a mess 😂
no one talks about this.
Carmen is my favorite movie with Beyonce in it. Carmen and Dream Girls
so okay I thought the scene where she auditioned for a movie she was supposed to sound like a bad actress if that makes sense lol
Happy 10k TARA🎉 !!!!
I remember almost all of MTV’s original movies. I was a teen in the early 00s so this was my time lol. This was an era. Do you remember MTV’s original called Jailbait and the one about a fake boy band. Lol Jailbait probably wouldn’t fly today.
Lmfao @ Wyclef adlibs 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Na you are too funny "question" New sub completely earned
Thanks for subbing!
Your review is way better than the movie 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you! 💕
It was the 2000s and a tv movie 😂😂😂😅
I think a lot of the actors that act as well as the artists, never done theatre 🎭 before.