Sinners

 Finally saw "Sinners." All the people I knew at work were talking about this movie. The news and the awards shows talked about it. So I watched it. It's not really my kind of movie. I was afraid that that it was a horror movie, and really, no, it isn't. I was hoping more about the history of the black people and the history of dance and the history of music and I did see some of that but not enough. I get that Remmick, played by Jack O'Connell, wants everyone to be a family. Black, white, Asian (Chinese back in that time) - didn't matter. He was right: Jim Crow South, yeah the white man would try and succeed in taking that Jut Joint away from them eventually. Not to see the black man, or black brothers, succeed and make money like they did in Chicago. The brothers are Smoke and Stack, both played by Michael B. Jordan, come on the scene from Chicago and this town in the South knows them. They are wary of them. But they give them a chance. The town comes out to dance and sing and grind all night long until Remmick shows up with the son and daughter in law of the local Klan leader. But not for Klan intentions....but for unity. To create a family. Granted, vampires, but still, a family. Remmick doesn't have his family. So he is creating one. It's interesting to me how knowledgeable Annie, played by Wunmi Mosaku, is with vampires and "haints". She knows about garlic and wooden stakes and such. Makes me wonder how the movie would go if she was wrong. For me, it was sad to see some people die. So much death. But odd enough that I understand why they died. What the goal was for Remmick to change these people. But at what cost? And what kind of existence would these people have afterwards? I'm glad I finally saw this, but it's not my favorite movie.