>I only agree halfway with this statement because race does
>lend a small bias when it comes down to black films. Some
>critics really don't get it because they're white.

Don't get what? His writing is awful. His story telling is cliched and formulaic. He's preachy and overly melodramatic. None of that is about black & white.

>>To summarize: He's melodramatic, can't write dialogue, and
>>his characters are simplistic. Guess what? That makes him
>a
>>bad writer.

>That makes him a subpar writer.

Talk about lowered expectations. A screenwriter who can't write dialogue is a bad screenwriter. Period.

>Perry still manages to tell a
>story from beginning to end.

So can a 12-year-old.

>What's the need for complexity in a story that is very simple
>to tell?

Notice I was talking about complexity of characters.

>Like I said before, he told the story from beginning
>to end.

Like I demonstrated earlier, that's nothing to brag about.

>A film shouldn't have to comment on the state of
>anything nor does it have to work on multiple layers to tell
>its story.

I never said it did. But it does have to be well-written and at least mildly original.

>And as far as expecting more, do you even to relate to
>anything found in Tyler Perry's plays or films? That may be
>the problem right there. Maybe I relate because I'm from the
>South...I don't know.

I was born and raised in North Carolina. I don't relate to his characters because they are paint-by-numbers, cardboard cut-outs of real people. That's bad movie making, and I don't like it.