So I'd never bothered to watch any of this Tyler Perry junk prior to this past week (the picture above had a lot to do with it. All the shows just look loud and corny). In fact I've never known anyone that has watched any of his movies or tv shows, so I think I may be the first. Anyway, I didn't intend to watch the movie, it was one of those dvr crap-shoot situations where you exit a show/movie you had recorded and you're at the mercy of whatever is showing on the channel you were previously watching. 9 times out of 10 you crap out. But this was that 10th time, and it was Awesome.
The movie wasn't one of the corny Meet the Brown sequels, it was one of the darker dramas (no pun intended, seriously), Diary of Angry Black People or Why Did I Marry My Baby Momma II or some shit. Well let me tell you, Tyler Perry brings it hard in those movies. I happened to tune in right in the middle of some kind of Holiday dinner scene with a bunch of couples and they just let loose and dropped bombs on each other for the entire scene like; "Why don't you tell your wife about your mistress", "Well why don't you tell him who the daddy really is", "Why doesn't he tell you that he got tested for VD", "How about you blaming your wife for the death of your son."
Seriously, none of those are made up or exagerrations. Just film history being made left and right at that dinner table. I was riveted for the next 15-20 minutes. Sat right in front of the tv like a little kid, right up until all the drama wore down and the couples started making up. The movie lost me there, felt too unrealistic, no one is making up with their spouse after having an A-Bomb dropped right in the middle of their turkey dinner. I also noticed that all the characters continued to wear Cosby sweaters after the holiday dinner, and they all drove around in black Ranger Rovers, Escalades, and Denali's, just didn't ring true.
Bottom line is I still wouldn't recommend these movies to anyone, they're still really corny, and I feel a bit embarrassed for even admitting I watched 20 minutes of one. But I will say next time you happen to land on one of these movies give it 10-15 minutes. You won't be let down.
