Jonboi

7mo

Best hangout movie since Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

Would she have gotten away with killing him?

I seen that you made a comparison with the guard she shot later on, but that's assuming that cops give a f*** about niggas dying, and that's a white military dude she's dealing with. Hard to really distill that s*** down to "if she killed that guard, then why didn't she kill Lockjaw?"

And don't get me wrong: there's a tendency on here for folks to assume that a***yzing her character in ways that don't paint her negatively all the way automatically means I'm saying she was perfect or she was a helpless victim. That's not it. But I simply don't believe that power tilted in her favor like a lotta people are saying on here. Still, love the discussion

Jonboi

7mo

Yeah. Hangout chase movie.

SuperSaiyan

7mo

I think the motel was there perfect chance and place to kill him. No one would know they were both there.

I don't believe Lockjaw would tell anyone he was at the motel meeting up with a black women. :

Also yes they gave a f***. once that security guard was shot. choppers and police were chasing those fools

Oscar Winner

7mo

I don’t think killing him was ever an option. But I do question how much of the first interaction is coercion. I think the fact he told her “meet me here later” rather than just tryna f*** in the bathroom puts agency back in Teyannas character. Because she showcased to us she’s gonna go wherever she pleases no matter what. So I do feel, yes obviously manipulation was going on from both ends but there is also parts of her that wanted to be there and dominate the nigga lmao.

I think she loved dominating white men, especially white men in power which she did until she got caught. I think the actual coercion happened when she got caught and no longer had any agency to make decisions. Until she finally decided to run away.

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

They only cared because that bank situation wasn't an isolated incident, not because she shot a guard. That was just a cherry on the s*** sundae. French 75 was already wreaking havoc leading up to that, messing with white folk money. Of course the police would zero in after that.

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

"I think the fact he told her “meet me here later” rather than just tryna f*** in the bathroom puts agency back in Teyannas character. Because she showcased to us she’s gonna go wherever she pleases no matter what."

But how is she showing agency by giving in to the instructions? Not sure I agree with that but all good

Oscar Winner

7mo

Because she made the choice to go over there. She didn’t have to. This isn’t some random innocent girl lol she held Lockjaw by gunpoint and and locked him up in a cage. Clearly she doesn’t fear him.

I feel like she knew early on she had control over bro with her sexuality and she got a thrill from it.

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

Bro, I think you're overlooking how somebody finding you in a bathroom stall when you didn't even think they'd be tracking you that well, messes with your head. How do you decide to just not show up when dealing with a mf like that

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

Bro, I think you're overlooking how somebody finding you in a bathroom stall when you didn't even think they'd be tracking you that well, messes with your head. How do you decide to just not show up when dealing with a mf like that

Oscar Winner

7mo

She was in the middle of getting ready to blow some s*** up, she just locked that nigga in a cage and held him at gunpoint, she would have to be a complete fool to not think nobody would be coming after her.

Also let’s view the context of the interaction at the hotel. She wasn’t nervous to be there. She wasn’t awkward. She was in control and had her way with him. We can’t ignore that.

I just don’t believe this whole “she was scared and had no choice but to go to the hotel”…it cheapens her character.

humey

7mo

is it weird that no performance in this leaps out at me, everyone’s great but It really just feels like PTA just did his thing here

SuperSaiyan

7mo

Lockjaw told her verbatim

“I want you to do your worst , you can blow up anything you want, it doesn’t make a difference to me.”

Elric

7mo

Penn and Teyana were pretty gnarly but Leo was underwhelming ngl. was really hoping he'd get that classic PTA treatment where a career best performance gets coaxed out of him.

Elric

7mo

Penn and Teyana were pretty gnarly but Leo was underwhelming ngl. was really hoping he'd get that classic PTA treatment where a career best performance gets coaxed out of him.

humey

7mo

out sauced crazy by BDT in every scene but thats what the character calls for also

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

7mo

I don't see how it cheapens her character at all. Quite the opposite, but aight

SuperSaiyan

7mo

Lockjaw told her verbatim

“I want you to do your worst , you can blow up anything you want, it doesn’t make a difference to me.”

Elric

7mo

that clip of Jennifer Lawrence chuckling to Leo's phone scene was so performative s*** wasnt funny and I was on shrooms when I saw it

humey

7mo

made me go and find this lol

Elric

7mo

j law; this is the best movie ive ever seen in my life

also j law;