Tyler Perry movies are always, what the kids call "Gay". It's not just the fact that he does most of his movies in drag, or that the movies spend a good 30-50 percent of the movie bashing men, it's that Tyler Perry's movies are always black Christian chick flicks.

The women are always these very thin, demure, beauties with long relaxed hair that are in unhappy marriages or relationships with these handsome, successful, super rich and super EVIL black men. They are always emotionally damaged damsels that don't want to get into another relationship.

There is always a very handsome, clean-cut Christian black man with dreamy eyes, who is always there for them (but not in a sexual way of course). The guy is always built like a brick outhouse, like he's got to spend more time working out in a gym than reading his bible. The woman eventually addresses her demons and surrenders her heart to the good Christian man.

Madea (when she's not wearing her ankle locator bracelet) is always there to talk about those good old fashioned values, when you can bitch slap a child who's misbehaving and how a woman needs to fight their oppressive male friends. Mr. Perry also plays her horn dog, pot smoking brother who Madea is living with. There is always some comical banter between those two.

I know that Tyler Perry is providing an alternative to the other blacksploitation films that are out on the market. The majority of African Americans are good, hard-working middle-class people and they've got to be tired of the images of "gangsta" urban blacks in the media. On the other hand, there are those "gangsta" elements in Tyler Perry's movies also, and the drama in dealing with those elements, so there's a little there too.

I'm not saying that Tyler Perry's movies are bad. They are very good, well done movies from their church plays. They are very viewable and enjoyable. It would be a much better TV series material, except that viewers would quickly become aware of how similar each story is to each other.

"Madea's Family Reunion" stands out, in that it features Cicely Tyson and the honorable poet, Dr. Maya Angelou. The preaching of where the family had come from slave beginnings and how the family needs to take care of each other was great. However, the woman beater, portrayed by Blair Underwood was written as such a psycho fiancé that it held such an unbelievably plot point to the drama. His character was just put in as an excuse to get back at him at the end. And, thus my main comment from above.

It's OK, Tyler Perry, but give us something new.

After much debate, I finally agreed to see Madea's Family Reunion tonight. I'd seen most of Tyler's plays and rented "Diary", and really wasn't all that impressed with the writing. Although I'm not a huge fan of Perry's work, I don't dislike what he's trying to do or his messages.

I'm a graduate film student enrolled at New York University. I take film-making very serious and do plan on making a true difference in the industry. I agree that there are different films for different people, but as BLACK FOLK, we don't have that option. What was the last GOOD film that you've seen, with an all black cast, that wasn't about a wedding, jail, love/sex, and music? While we sit here debating whether or not Tyler Perry is selling out Black people. We need to look at the big picture. Hollywood is the most racist industry today. Excellent scripts, new black faces, are being shout out of the entertainment world. The people in power aren't BLACK, and have never been black, and if you think Spike Lee can represent for all of us, think again!

It's so funny how people are so quick to tare Tyler down, and yet no one has a problem with praising "Hustle and Flow". If you want to talk about bringing down black people as a race, explain to me why John Singleton and Stephanie Allain fought to tell the story of a pimp turned rapper. I don't give two S**ts about how good they "thought" the script was. Did we really need that mess? And did we need a white boy named Craig Brewer directing it? It's funny how some of our own people in the industry, who have some level of success and wealth, quickly turn away from a young future black filmmaker, such as myself, and run to the next white hype? It's also no coincidence that 36Mafia will be performing at the Oscar's the ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED SONG: IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP! They say ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, well it isn't Tyler Perry who's making us out to be buffoon's. Please don't get distracted. A bigger evil, and a much deeper pile of mess is at work, and Tyler is swimming in the thick of it, trying to get out some type of positive message, because honestly, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, I SAID ANY! FILMS THAT PORTRAY "US" IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. I don't think the Man's the best writer, and I am definitely not for putting a black man in a dress.

JUST REMEMBER: There is an upcoming group of strong, sophisticated, black men and women, that plan on changing the entire film world and we need all of you to support us. Tyler and Spike can't save us, and can't do it all by themselves. John Singleton has sold out and gone Hollywood, making Tyrese the new Denzel (LOL!), and Fuqua is in the back pocket of Jerry Bruckheimer. We will make a change, but recognize it isn't as easy and cut and dry as you think it is. Tyler Perry, 'chitlin circuit' and all, is not to blame for the deconstruction of BLACK FOLK, and if that's the way you feel, then you are sadly mistaken, confused, and have been BAMBOOZLED!

The original show was so much better. They should have left on a good note. This movie killed the whole idea. It was boring, over-dramatic, and the funny parts were too far in between to make up the slack. This movie really seemed like it was trying way too hard to be serious, and that was definitely not what I was wanting from this sequel. Not to mention, that for a long time it was just depressing about the same thing over and over again. So, sorry, Tyler Perry, but try harder next time. This movie is just kinda dull, and not that funny either. Sorry. 4/10 stars is it.

Jay Addison