The Brothers

What was the funniest scene in The Brothers?

When D.L Hughley’s wife comes strutting her ass in the bedroom, lil blue negligee hugging her behind and she starts ‘backing it up’ in the doorway. DL Hughley is sitting there like ‘what the hell are you doing?’ But she’s still trying to get him turned on; she hasn’t had any for a couple of weeks and is ready to get her freak on.. so she dips it to the floor brings it back up, winding her hips back and forth, looking sad as can be.

Going to see this movie I was expecting The Wood part two, you know how a successful film breeds imitation. The only similarities though are they are both about black men who aren’t thugging it out and pouring liquor and busting off caps at some fool who dissed them yesterday at the mall.

The success of movies like Big Momma’s House which grossed more than $120 million dollars; The Best Man, $55 million; Love Jones, and Love and Basketball; have slapped some sense into the stuffed shirts in Hollywood who don’t think black people are capable of emotions beyond singing, dancing, and violence. What Hollywood does understand is money and that’s what these movies are bringing in, on budgets that are as skinny, as a sick, pill popping, waistline watching, Madison Avenue runway model. Yup, they see the potential profits involved.

The benefit is that these movies give some kind of balance to the stereotypical ‘black male’ image.

The brothers in this film are all gainfully employed, come from decent homes, and should be happy, but they still have questions about their relationships with women. DL Hughley is married, but sexually frustrated; Shemar Moore is engaged but is not sure that he should be; Bill Bellamy is fed up with black women and dates white women instead; and Morris Chestnut can’t make a commitment.

The director lays heavily on the cast by placing them in group situations - like the benches at the basketball court - letting them sound off on their situations.

Bill Bellamy and DL Hughley keeping you laughing, especially when they are in the club and see Morris Chestnut’s ex-girlfriend with a flawless, pretty-boy type guy, they lay into him heavy.

Some of the situations are little unbelievable: the girl who closes the door to Shemar Moore’s office and jumps all over him (even though a lot of y’all would do that) and is overly dramatic; and the bride with the gun that keeps popping up in Morris Chestnut’s dreams, but it’s still a good movie.

There could there have been more plot to it, like when you’re cooking and the meal seems to need just a little bit of something, salt, pepper, you just can’t figure it out - it’s the same thing here. Good, but could have been better.

Oh yeah, I hear all of the women hooping and hollering about Shemar Moore and Morris Chestnut, they all want some special time alone with them. Well this brother would like to invite Gabrielle Union to a special time. How about a candlelight dinner at a penthouse condo overlooking the Manhattan skyline, white wine will fill the crystal glasses and the sounds from the high definition speakers will compliment the relaxing scent of Jasmine in the air. 😊 (thatz cheezy)

Gabrielle, if you’re reading this hit me up. I don’t have the keys to that condo but I can work it out with Don (That’s Mr. Trump to the rest of you.)

- FabTimesThree aka Chris G.

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