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SINNERS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME 😭🙏🏾 (Patreon)

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2025-08-03 17:41:43
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This is the quick stream of consciousness analysis I wrote and sent to my sister after reading some of yall’s comments and thinking about Sinners all day. This movie got me bout to mess around and write a paper for no one and no reason 💀

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Tyler Jones

write the paper! i wrote one for the substance for myself 😭😭

Lunacr8tr

Girllll 😭 video essay when???

Joe

now she preaching

John

So many levels!

Destiny 🩵

Omg, I love when I can talk about movies with someone and fully express the thoughts I didn’t even know had on the messaging and themes. It’s so fun lol.

Lailah Johnson

I saw Sinners alone in theaters and cried for the last 30 minutes of the film. And then I drove home and cried the entire 20 minute drive. I couldn't figure out why I was so moved until like a week later. But yea, Sinners spoke to me on a molecular level.

Nicolas Loewenstein

It got her in a whole discovering journey 😭✋🏼

Ev 180

This is exactly what film should do!

nathan h

ryan coogler did RESEARCH. this movie has so many layers i did the exact same thing with my brother 😭😭

Cosmic Giraffe

I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS!!!!! Your thoughts in the moment are always so insightful anyway but after giving you time to sit and process your feelings and get them written down, I'm sure you're gonna have some very enlightening takes on this phenomenal movie!!

Drama King

Not me actually pausing the video so I can fully read it! It’s a film I’ve been analyzing since I first watched it in the theater! It’s a brilliant piece!

Alanda
>>182780283

Like I feel like my viewing experience was pretty sedate, but the after effects?!? Gotta watch it again

world of tinashe

this movie is so beautiful, heartbreaking and so powerful...I haven't stopped thinking about it ever since it came out and I saw it. I watch any and every commentary video about it that I can find! you know we would be seated if you decided to make another video just to properly express your feelings and thoughts about this video because after anyone watches it their mind is all over the place ❤️​

Alanda
>>182780378

This doesn’t get too deep with it, cause it’s more general thoughts on theme, but good lord this movie is ripe for analysis!!

bribricutie3

No like the way I could talk about Sinners FOREVER like there’s so much to unpack about it😭😭😭 truly PEEEEEAAAAAAK CINEMA. Also the parallels between Remmick & Sammie’s dad like ooooo‼️‼️‼️ also it’s was very refreshing to see a (black)movie, especially one so popular, where Christianity wasn’t the savior(Remmick reciting The Lord’s Prayer with Sammie, Sammie’s dad wanting Sam to give up music when to Sammie, that’s what saved his life) & to see other practices be shown in a respected light(Annie our QUEEN being respected & loved in her community & not some “crazy witch doctor”) because PERIOD😭 like believe what you want but the chokehold this yt man religion has on our community & how it’s practiced be so depressing sometimes😭😭😭

Shay Tuck

I wrote one after seeing it in theaters three times. I’m 37 and not in school for film at all 🤣 I love this movie so much!

Alanda
>>182780761

Right like I couldn’t say ANYTHING even while I was watching it because I was equal parts overwhelmed and immersed

Alanda
>>182780925

I didn’t even touch on Remmick like LAWD! That’s a paper in and of itself! EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS PHENOMENAL 😭

Aidan Halliwell

The English degree I earned almost two decades ago and have done nothing with rocketed to the fore of my consciousness after watching this movie. I wrote pages and pages of notes, marveling at the symbolism and the metaphors, the allegories and fables, and how all of them were seamlessly melded into a world at once both alien and sadly too familiar. I haven't been able to STOP thinking about this movie since my first viewing (which was 20+ viewings ago). This is one case in which the hype is both deserved and yet not nearly enough.

AP

Fantastic writing.

Alanda
>>182782068

LITERALLLYYYYYYY 😭😭😭 Im begging my brain throughout the day to think of something else but its so satisfying to analyze 🤧

Alanda
>>182782261

Thank you, lovely! It’s a bit scattered and undeveloped but the ideas are there! 🥹💛

Santiago Hardy

I figured Sinners as whole would have a profound effect on you. I appreciate the fact that it made you look deep beyond it's vampire/ horror movie surface. It's the type of writing that isn't merely blood and gore for the sake of a vapid/predictable jumpscare. Due credit to Coogler for tailoring a movie to the esoteric folk who can see/understand the broader intent of his cinematic storytelling, and gave something very, very special to be fixated/pondered upon. I'm glad the movie compelled you to breakdown the many complex layers of such a unique film and Southern Gothic story. That is how POWERFUL a well conceived/executed idea can be to those who are open to understanding it.

Joe

I would totally read your books if you ever became an author. js

☆Cam☆

This is telling me I gotta watch your reaction again brb lol

Quinn

My food got cold reading through this whole thing lol but that’s ok. You write damn well. Lmk if you’ll be free to help me with defending my proposed dissertation 😂

RinCaimo

Noooowwwwww what if I told you that Remmick has a lot in common with a Puss In Boots: The Last Wish character? I wanna just live in Cooglers mind for a minute.

Waylon Jordan

It's that kind of movie! My friends and I have had endless discussions about freedom and what it means to be free. Stack at the end saying they *were* free that day. Does he mean he no longer feels free or is he just free in a different way? Or was he talking about communal freedom? There's so much to unpack.

Simone Cherie

One more thing Still on my mind regularly two months later - still not tired of the soundtrack. Still in awe over the real and authentic representation of so many characters.

Dominik

The movie is everything, really. The music, the characters. The way each character gets introduced is perfect! Love reading what you have written. I very much understand how this movie can't leave your mind!

Ana Fox

HOLD ON- she's a writer and historian! Seriously! That was beautifully written and insightful. You delved into the deeper layers of social identity and historical oppression that make this movie so poetic and real at the same time.

Vicki M

I would love to see you dive deeper into the 4 women of Sinners. They each offer so much to think about and discuss.

Tim D.

Alanda, that was an absolutely wonderful read, and you made so many great points. It really made me think about a lot of my own experiences throughout the past half century, and it helped me to better understand just why I have valued specific friendships and relationships above and beyond so many others. That's all I'll type here, as I don't want to share so much of my personal thoughts and feelings online, nor do I want to become a distraction from all you shared here. Thank you.

Kirwyn Sutherland

what an amazing amazing dissection of Sinners' themes. I myself am still baffled by the visual sumpstiousness. Currently writing something about the rhythm of its visual aesthetics, especially in the first half of the movie, and how those aesthetics fluctuate between fragmentation and linear narrative (poetry and prose) even within a scene. Where a movie like Raven Jackson's 'All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt' I would say is unflinchingly poetic, Sinners in its' depiction of how black folks are moving through the atmosphere dips in and out of convention (filmic and literary) which fits perfectly with its' themes.

treasure.evolution

Ooh! And let's not forget watching Slim transmute and distill his pain into music in real time. There's so much to it, I would personally love to read your paper!

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

I've already paused multiple times to read this. If you've got more please do post it as well. I'd love to read it.

David

I really liked how he chose an Irish man as the main villain. The Irish in America were treated quite poorly when our ancestors first immigrated. 'Luck of the Irish' is a good example. It was used as derogatory term to diminish the accomplishments of Irish Americans. Implying we could only ever achieve anything if it was purely due to luck. Yet, as Irish Americans, were part of the majority now and continue to perpetuate those injustices on others. Tragically continuing the cycle of hatred and abuse. Brilliant choice for the villain.

Brandy Henry

One of my friends is creating a class focused on the spirituality, history, and the importance of music as a form of communication/storytelling throughout history. He’s seen this movie so many times he can quote it word for word and has also seen new things he didn’t notice each time.

Daniel McGuinness

Okay, this was a slay and made me like the movie even more 😭 making Remmick Irish was an interesting choice too, part of a group which had historically been subjugated and face prejudice in the US and UK, to show that even those who have experienced oppression can become the oppressors to others

Mo Mi

Alanda, you are already my wife in my head due to your humor, calming energy, warm smile, and empathetic heart -- now you are adding analytical writer and historian to the mix? Total package, indeed. 💖

Quinton

Ugh you genius you

Nell Sun

So, which country are you planning to move to then? If America's so inherently evil?

LaTrese Harris

Ms. Alanda, you did that ma’am. Your analysis is very beautifully written, and I love it! I recently spoke with my mother about Sinners as my second watch was with her and her first time watch. These are the very things we discussed, and I spoke about how Annie was my favorite character. It was how she carried herself and accepted her reality. The love she had not only for her husband and child, but for those around her. She used her knowledge to try to protect them, especially after Stack’s death. She felt for Smoke, but she recognized the urgency to remove his body to protect the people that were still inside. She was the real MVP of the film.

earthangel

i am absolutely loving the content we’re getting over here. 🤍

Tyler Foster

I admit that someone else's comments (sadly I don't remember who) pointed me in the direction of this interpretation, so I can't take credit, but I love that within Sinners you can also see Coogler's experiences as a young Black creative who is both trying to make independently financed original movies while also being part of the biggest and most corporate Hollywood studio around, working on the world's biggest franchise (even if the MCU appears to be running out of steam). In some ways it might be more expected to make Smoke and Stack the two halves of the equation but instead it's Sammie and Stack. Hollywood wants his talent, with the promise that through them he can live forever, as long as he gives up his independence to be part of the collective, and maybe look the other way when that collective absorbs and absolves some moral and ethical monsters along the way, like Hogwood. And Coogler doesn't even deny that there is a truth to that, if you accept those conditions. Stack lives a life that works for Stack, and so does Sammie, and Coogler is both of them simultaneously.

Christina Perdue

To your point, Smoke tells Annie in her shop that he hasn't seen any magic, only power, and power comes from money. But in the end, as Hogwood begs for his life, he offers Smoke money, and Smoke kills him. He realizes that money is nothing and family is everything.

angelia blackson

I'm so glad you watch Sinners, Ryan Cougler is Awesome!!!!!!

RC Flores

I would take it one step further back only to say it starts with a need to consume. Or rather a subconscious inability to recognize when "you've had enough." In the literal case of vampires, it's blood. In the context of the metaphor, it's societal resources. I would also say that in practice, it's not unique to capitalism. Within any system, an actor ultimately assumes control. It's inevitable to keep any system intact. It's there that hunger and corruption take root.

Alanda
>>182782981

absolutely! It's one of those pieces of storytelling that you can see/think about for a very long time, and still discover new things that illustrate/examine its messaging! My lil ramble isn't even the tip of the iceberg! I'm just so happy to have this movie!

Alanda
>>182783398

omg standing with you in spirit, love! 😭😭😭💛💛💛

Alanda
>>182785639

so glad you enjoyed it! This movie will really crawl in your brain and take over your consciousness 😭😭😭

Alanda
>>182788952

Oh these women are phenomenal characters fr! Such disparate experiences, but they have so much in common too!

Alanda
>>182789603

That's really lovely of you to say, and I'm so glad you got something from it. I almost didn't post this, because I didn't anyone would be that interested, but I love that we've all shared some of the same responses to this story and how we view our lives against it.

Alanda
>>182791931

Oh that sounds like a great read! I didn't really register it while I was watching, but during the edit I noticed all of these really incredible shifts in the aspect ratio. I was having intense emotional/sensory reactions to these narrowing/widening views without even realizing that the scope of my perspective had changed. Just incredibly agile storytelling!

Alanda
>>182808527

Right! I think it's really important that those who suffer in the film are not immune to perpetuating harm! Yes, you were bitten. And didn't ask to be! But you still bit someone else! You still killed someone else! And whether or not it's intended to harm is largely irrelevant, because people are suffering nonetheless.

Alanda
>>182826906

Well there’s nowhere in the world where human beings reside that’s untouched by human brutality. The goal of media that examines human atrocity/injustice/“evil” (and any critical analysis we do around that media) is not to encourage us to abandon our lives in search of some elusive utopia. The goal is to be aware of the reality of our history and our current circumstances. To acknowledge the context in which we live our lives so that we’re able to mitigate harm, avoid repeating our worst mistakes, and progress toward something better. I think there are a lot of powerful messages in the film, but the one that’s most obvious, for me, is that everyone suffers under the reality of these systems, even those who benefit from whiteness, and yet the desire/power to carve out a life for ourselves doesn’t vanish or placidly submit to that suffering. 💛

Alanda
>>182827246

thank you! I think Annie might be one of my favorite fictional characters ever! 😭😭😭

Alanda
>>182831439

This is very interesting. Especially in the context of this unique ownership deal Coogler signed with the studio for the rights to this film. ART IS LIFE, LIFE IS ART!!!

Alanda
>>182852697

Oh absolutely! I was actually just thinking about this theme of asserting control/power through a kind of consumptive ownership and, when left unchecked, the inevitability of cannibalism. (I'm watching zombie horror again and there's similar thematic exploration)

Tyler Foster

I also gotta say, this kind of analysis and exploration just reinforces my hope that you get to Blindspotting (2018) some day. If I were really dreaming big that would also lead to the TV show sequel (2021-2023). My pitch would be that in 2018 the Bay area had a cultural moment at the movies. The mainstream hit was, of course, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. The hip indie hit was Sorry to Bother You. The third movie, which didn't get as much acclaim but was still notable, was Blindspotting.

Alanda
>>182991903

Oh! I've put this on my list!! I actually haven't seen Sorry To Bother You either (even though I've had it in my queue forever!)