I was 17, and about to be a senior in high school when this movie came out in 1997. I went to the movies by myself and watched it. I was enamored with the dark colors, the mood, the music, the poetry, and of course Larenz Tate who I still hold a torch for to this day LOL. This is one of my favorite romance movies of all times.
This movie is an experience like most black movies back in the day. I don’t remember half of the movies I used to loved plot line sometimes but I remember how they made me feel.
Can I tell you I LOVED this recap??? Oh my goodness! When it came out I was in my mid 20's and it absolutely spoke to what I was dealing with in Houston. Beautiful, professional, affluent men who thought they were the shit and believed that gave them permission to run game. LOL Thank God I act like a lady but date like a man...I believe in compartmentalizing when necessary. It's been one of my favorites since I walked out of the theater. Your grasp of the nuances is impressive...you're an old soul. Can't wait for Soul Food and might I request Poetic Justice?
I too was in my mid 20’s, living and dating in the Bay Area and dealing with the professional black men and athletes who thought they were above everyone 🙄. I definitely do not miss my 20’s but can look back and appreciate the good that came with it as well ☺️
That scene where Nina let Darius in her house was nothing short of movie magic, or a way to move the story along, cuz aint no way. Aint no way back in 1997, and damn for sure aint no way in 2022 LOL.
Awesome review! You touched on a lot of key points. I just want to point out a couple of things. A lot of the wordplay in this movie is significant in how Darius and Nina's love story played out. For instance, Darius asked if Nina would ever go up and say a poem about him and she told him that she'd tell a poem about love, but that he didn't know anything about that... she did end up doing so at the end. lol And if you caught what Darius wrote in his dedication for the book, he had dedicated it to Nina, saying that she helped him reach his level. He had told her on their first date that was the point of it all - to reach your own level. Just small but significant full circle moments for them, where first interactions were brought back to the forefront showing their growth in love for each other. I love this movie! It's my favorite if you can't tell. lol. The wordplay is a dance in itself. And as you said the cast is absolutely beautiful.
Loved this recap! Made me go and watch the movie again. We didn’t discuss enough how Josie gave some trash ass advice! And how women still play mind games like this til this day!
I have always been suprised about how quickly that breakup occurred. Feel like it really happened out of nowhere but as an adult I can see that it was because neither of them were upfront in the beginning. Darius was hurt about her going to NY and about Wood. And then it’s like he was trying to get over it but couldn’t. They never sat down and talked about their feelings. Like ever.
Girl!!! Why am I screaming “yes girl yes!” throughout this. And the Sumthin, Sumthin Mellow Smooth Cut is my all time favorite song!! Great commentary. Loved this so much! 🥰 ❤️
"Somebody need to call the police on Sheila!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You didn't mention my FAVORITE part of the movie.... When he was on the phone, w/ the phone company (I think). She just walked in the house, & started taking his clothes off, w/o saying ANYTHING. "Hello? How you doing??" And she hung up that phone, after he had been on hold all of that time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bendy when I tell u. I am 51 and saw love Jones when I was grown lol. Loved it from the start. The way u explained this movie had me in tears. Loved this!! And thank you for putting into words on how I felt about this movie.
I am 52 y/o and have seen this movie like 52 times- Bondy I love your review as it made me fall in love with seeing a passionate love story and feel all the feels it gave you! Thank you Ma! Excellent Excellent video! 😘💋
THIS just made my day 😁 Love Jones is my favorite movie. It came out when I was a senior in high school and I am 41 now and will still watch this movie like I have never seen it before! Your run down was everything!! Appreciate your content its always a treat!!
Girrlllll I enjoyed this!!! You have an amazing way worth words. & your vibe is on some Mrs. Steal Your Girl type ish’…lol you should do Boomerang too!!
This is my favorite movie because of the mellow vibe it has all the way through. It sparked my love for jazz and poetry. Also this is the ONLY thing that makes me love Isiah Washington.
Bondy girl you broke this movie down! This one of my favorites but I listening to this video at work and I can't wait until I get home to watch the movie again. I love your reviews but this one, baby, you did your thang! Love you girl!!
Loved every part of this review! Especially your take on rejection and not being afraid of it but instead accepting it's a part of life. I've def struggled with being open to love after a breakup.
I'm glad Bondy said it because I never could figure out why I couldn't completely fall in love with this movie. It was choppy. I didn't fully watch it all the way through until a couple years ago and I remember being confused a little lol still a great movie for our black love genre
👏🏽 Yes, yes, yes, yes PLEASE do Soul Food. Soul Food is one of my favorite movies! I couldn’t get into the show, but I know you were a fan of that too.
First off i know I'm late but im here now, but I AM IN LOVE with this movie and everything about it, the cast, soundtrack, location and all. And i love your recap.
@Mrs. Dawkins I agree! Im in my 60s and Mrs. Blue's review was very thorough and thought provoking. I'm definitely gonna watch the movie again and come back and listen to her review again. This movie was so stylish. The actors, the mood, the visuals, including some AWESOME poetry, the MUSIC all pulled together to create an excellent movie!
So I was 13 going on 14 in 97 but confession I didn't discover this gem until like 2002 2003 & instantly fell in love with this movie. I watch this at least 5 times a year. My 9 yr old daughter be like oh em gee you watching this again lol....
I love this so much Bondy. The review I didn’t know I needed. I was 10 when this came out. I’ve watched it with adult eyes at different stages in my adulthood.
amen. i work on being completely honest no matter what. i don't have time to fiddle with folks feelings. we all don't mesh and some i can see it's gonna be a dubb from jump
I love this new series Bondy!! It really is amazing to look back on these movies with “adult eyes”. They make so much more sense and I always appreciate your perspective. Keep it up!!!! 🤎🤎🤎
Fun Fact: Theodore Witcher the director of this movie didn’t want Larenz Tate for the role of Darius because he attached Larenz Tate to O-Dogg & Jada Pinkett was considered for the role of Nina. Can we please get NTWG on the following movies: Juice Menace II Society Friday Dead Presidents Why Do Fools Fall In Love
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I agree with some of what you said. I really loved the music and the poetry. I liked the choppiness and didn’t feel like I needed to know more. I’m gen X though. Why y’all (millennials) gotta tear up our old movies 😂 This is an ongoing argument that I have with my (millennial) sister who hates Love and Basketball lol! Great review though. Now I need to go watch it for 200th time 😂
I was 17, and about to be a senior in high school when this movie came out in 1997. I went to the movies by myself and watched it. I was enamored with the dark colors, the mood, the music, the poetry, and of course Larenz Tate who I still hold a torch for to this day LOL. This is one of my favorite romance movies of all times.
He's mine LoL!!😻😻😻😻
@@brandirichardson1491 GURL....LMAO 🤣🤣🥰🥰
This movie is an experience like most black movies back in the day. I don’t remember half of the movies I used to loved plot line sometimes but I remember how they made me feel.
This movie just makes you want to be loved and IN LOVE with your person ❤
How many of y’all already hit the 👍🏾 button before you hear the review? 💙💙💙
Can I tell you I LOVED this recap??? Oh my goodness! When it came out I was in my mid 20's and it absolutely spoke to what I was dealing with in Houston. Beautiful, professional, affluent men who thought they were the shit and believed that gave them permission to run game. LOL Thank God I act like a lady but date like a man...I believe in compartmentalizing when necessary. It's been one of my favorites since I walked out of the theater. Your grasp of the nuances is impressive...you're an old soul. Can't wait for Soul Food and might I request Poetic Justice?
I too was in my mid 20’s, living and dating in the Bay Area and dealing with the professional black men and athletes who thought they were above everyone 🙄. I definitely do not miss my 20’s but can look back and appreciate the good that came with it as well ☺️
That scene where Nina let Darius in her house was nothing short of movie magic, or a way to move the story along, cuz aint no way. Aint no way back in 1997, and damn for sure aint no way in 2022 LOL.
I wouldn't do it either, but plenty of folks go home with strangers or would find the light-weight stalking cute 😬
@@KeshaL8410 you are so right! Or let someone live with them they barely know....😒😒😒🙄🙄
My favorite soundtracks are Waiting To Exhale, Boomerang, Brown Sugar, and probably Belly
girl you had me crying... I am a 84 baby and I remember this movie..now I have to go watch it with my grown man eyes
As someone who’s older (70’s baby); I just have to say ‘84 was a hell of a year! I’m sure you’ve heard this already but I had to say it just in case!🤗
I love that you started this series! Can’t wait for you to do Soul Food. Always love your perspective on any topic. 💕💙
Awesome review! You touched on a lot of key points. I just want to point out a couple of things. A lot of the wordplay in this movie is significant in how Darius and Nina's love story played out. For instance, Darius asked if Nina would ever go up and say a poem about him and she told him that she'd tell a poem about love, but that he didn't know anything about that... she did end up doing so at the end. lol
And if you caught what Darius wrote in his dedication for the book, he had dedicated it to Nina, saying that she helped him reach his level. He had told her on their first date that was the point of it all - to reach your own level. Just small but significant full circle moments for them, where first interactions were brought back to the forefront showing their growth in love for each other. I love this movie! It's my favorite if you can't tell. lol. The wordplay is a dance in itself. And as you said the cast is absolutely beautiful.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 i love your addition to this review. Reading this makes me feel alive. Thank you.
@@Tammy-se2hu I can literally talk about this movie for hours!!! lol
Awesome points 💕
Loved this recap! Made me go and watch the movie again. We didn’t discuss enough how Josie gave some trash ass advice! And how women still play mind games like this til this day!
I have always been suprised about how quickly that breakup occurred. Feel like it really happened out of nowhere but as an adult I can see that it was because neither of them were upfront in the beginning. Darius was hurt about her going to NY and about Wood. And then it’s like he was trying to get over it but couldn’t. They never sat down and talked about their feelings. Like ever.
Girl!!! Why am I screaming “yes girl yes!” throughout this. And the Sumthin, Sumthin Mellow Smooth Cut is my all time favorite song!! Great commentary. Loved this so much! 🥰 ❤️
"Somebody need to call the police on Sheila!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You didn't mention my FAVORITE part of the movie....
When he was on the phone, w/ the phone company (I think). She just walked in the house, & started taking his clothes off, w/o saying ANYTHING.
"Hello? How you doing??"
And she hung up that phone, after he had been on hold all of that time.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bendy when I tell u. I am 51 and saw love Jones when I was grown lol. Loved it from the start. The way u explained this movie had me in tears. Loved this!! And thank you for putting into words on how I felt about this movie.
I like this kinda segment, please continue even including 80 & 90 sitcoms will be great - analyzing now that we're grown (great title too)!!
This is my all time favorite movie. I watch it at least 3-4 times a year.
I am in my 50s and and this is still my all time favorite love story ❤️..thank you so much Bondy!! You are the truth!
I am 52 y/o and have seen this movie like 52 times- Bondy I love your review as it made me fall in love with seeing a passionate love story and feel all the feels it gave you! Thank you Ma! Excellent Excellent video! 😘💋
THIS just made my day 😁 Love Jones is my favorite movie. It came out when I was a senior in high school and I am 41 now and will still watch this movie like I have never seen it before! Your run down was everything!! Appreciate your content its always a treat!!
I would love to see Lorenz and Nia in another project together. Excellent breakdown as always and I look forward to more :)
I LOVE your username! It’s my favorite poem by Maya! 💕
@@sabrina.natalie Thank you 😊 She was an incredibly special person! That poem will certainly live on for generations 🙏🏾
I love it. Thank you so much sweetie for your amazing perspective and beautiful story telling skills 💙💙💙🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
Girrlllll I enjoyed this!!! You have an amazing way worth words. & your vibe is on some Mrs. Steal Your Girl type ish’…lol you should do Boomerang too!!
Now I gotta go watch this and Mo Betta Blues!!
This is my favorite movie because of the mellow vibe it has all the way through. It sparked my love for jazz and poetry. Also this is the ONLY thing that makes me love Isiah Washington.
As a young girl, this movie showed me how beautiful and undeniable love can be. Now I have to watch it again. Great review Bondy!
Bondy girl you broke this movie down! This one of my favorites but I listening to this video at work and I can't wait until I get home to watch the movie again. I love your reviews but this one, baby, you did your thang! Love you girl!!
Girl I’m bout to watch it again
I love these series ❤️
This is one of my favorite movies!! Love this review!! 🥰🥰🥰
This is my favorite movie ever. Plus the soundtrack was EVERYTHING!!
Loved every part of this review! Especially your take on rejection and not being afraid of it but instead accepting it's a part of life. I've def struggled with being open to love after a breakup.
Going through that right now, Bondy did excellent with this review.
I'm glad Bondy said it because I never could figure out why I couldn't completely fall in love with this movie. It was choppy. I didn't fully watch it all the way through until a couple years ago and I remember being confused a little lol still a great movie for our black love genre
👏🏽 Yes, yes, yes, yes PLEASE do Soul Food. Soul Food is one of my favorite movies! I couldn’t get into the show, but I know you were a fan of that too.
AMAZING review Bondy. I felt like I just rewatched the movie while I was driving listening to you. I agree with everything you said.
Love the new series… Great content and as always great review
Love this movie and you did a beautiful commentary on it!
I love this movie. It’s one of my favorites. I loved your review on this. You broke it down to a T. It was all about the feelings for me.
The soundtrack is one of my all time favorites!!
This was awesome...I loved this and Eves Bayou, now I am going back to listen to them all...as well as go back and watch the movies...KUDOS!!!
First off i know I'm late but im here now, but I AM IN LOVE with this movie and everything about it, the cast, soundtrack, location and all. And i love your recap.
Well done young lady! I'm in my 50's and this movie along with some many others during the 80's and 90's are so memorable! Thank you ❤️
@Mrs. Dawkins I agree! Im in my 60s and Mrs. Blue's review was very thorough and thought provoking. I'm definitely gonna watch the movie again and come back and listen to her review again. This movie was so stylish. The actors, the mood, the visuals, including some AWESOME poetry, the MUSIC all pulled together to create an excellent movie!
💙💙💙Yess Bondy. You made me feel every emotion I felt watching the movie. Excellent recap💙💙💙Keep shining, glowing, and elevated.
Nina's poem: "I am looking at music" was written by Pinkie Gordon Lane
I love this recap, this has me all in my feelings! This movie was everything to me! I cannot wait for the next recap! 💙💙💙💙
I think I watched Love Jones at least 25+ times
I love this series!❤️
Your review and breakdown of this epic movie is just as beautiful and amazing as watching the movie! I absolutely loved this. Thank you! 💙
This was beautiful.
So I was 13 going on 14 in 97 but confession I didn't discover this gem until like 2002 2003 & instantly fell in love with this movie. I watch this at least 5 times a year. My 9 yr old daughter be like oh em gee you watching this again lol....
I've watched this movie too many times to count and it's true you can find something new in it every time. Also I am loving this series!
7:15 - 8:45 BEAUTIFUL advice!! 💙 Thank you for your Wisdom, Bondy. 💛
This is a whole word!! I love it! Talk that talk
This is one of my favorite movies. I'm late as hell on this video but I love you & I'm proud of you Bondy!
Love this new series Bondy! Let me get over to Waiting to Exhale!!
Waiting to Exhale was soo good!!
Thank you for this review of my favorite movie..appreciate the extra effort to make it perfect 👍🏼😉
Bondy you are doing such a great job reviewing these movie. I look forward to everything you put out.
HANDS DOWN!!!!!! One of my FAVORITE videos fr YOU!!!!…AWESOME JOB!!!…Now I hv 2 go watch it again…”NOW THAT I’M GROWN”!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Loved this review Bondy! Thanks for doing it and sharing! 💙💙💙
I love this so much Bondy.
The review I didn’t know I needed.
I was 10 when this came out.
I’ve watched it with adult eyes at different stages in my adulthood.
Watching this for like the 4 or 5th time, 1 it's my favorite movie 2 love the recap 3 live your voice, sang Bondy
amen. i work on being completely honest no matter what. i don't have time to fiddle with folks feelings. we all don't mesh and some i can see it's gonna be a dubb from jump
I love these! They're great to listen to while im workin
I love this movie and the soundtrack...great review! Love this series 💙💙💙💙
💙💙💙love this! Thanks Bondy
I'm inspired to print some of these poems.
I absolutely live for this now that we’re grown series
This was so good, Bondy! Thanks for the review with a “new” lens. 💙
I love this new series Bondy!! It really is amazing to look back on these movies with “adult eyes”. They make so much more sense and I always appreciate your perspective. Keep it up!!!! 🤎🤎🤎
This was great Bondy I really love you
You spoke a word to me at the beginning about holding on to past pains. I needed to hear that.
Hi Bondy, could you do the original Sparkle on one of your now that we’re grown videos. Love your channel.
BONDY!!! YOU BETTER SING THAT GIRL!!! YESSSSSS!
I didn't cry about this movie, but I did today 🥲😍
Me too!! Lol
I loved this review! ❤❤❤
Great review Bondy, looking forward to the next one 💙💙💙
Sis I love this series keep them coming!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I just saw the soul food one
Can I like it more than once!!!!!❤❤❤
Wood and Darius are like Lil fizz aka Lil fizzle Pop and Omarion! LoL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
OMG!! I sooooo loved this ❤️❤️ sis u took me all the way back to that era! This was a great video sis 💯🔥🔥 keep up the good work ❤️
How Stella got her groove back next please!!
This was beautiful 💙 Made me appreciate the movie that much more.
This was a great review! I enjoyed your review more than the movie 🍿 Please review Jason’s Lyric 😀
i love this recap🥰
Bonddddddyyyyyy💙💙💙I don’t even know what to comment bc this was such a beautiful video. I appreciate your prospective and vulnerability
💎Always💎!!!!!!
Even though I LOVE this movie. The main characters are supposed flawed especially in the ways of communication.
I shared it, liked it and commented!
I really enjoyed listening to your review of this Classic movie...
Bondy love the review one of my favorites movie’s
i love this movie, love this movie. your review was really good.
Bondy...I mad you didn't do the whole poem....now I got to listen to it...hold please...be right back
Fun Fact: Theodore Witcher the director of this movie didn’t want Larenz Tate for the role of Darius because he attached Larenz Tate to O-Dogg & Jada Pinkett was considered for the role of Nina. Can we please get NTWG on the following movies:
Juice
Menace II Society
Friday
Dead Presidents
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Thank you for reviewing this movie! This movie made me wanna kiss in the rain. I love it!
I love this new series... You should review She's gotta have it and eve's bayou
I had to pause this...and go listen to "Love don't live anymore"...be right back
This was great Bondy. I hope u are able to do soul food soon and also throw The Best Man in there if u can😅 thanks for the content it's always awesome
Love ❤️ you Blondy your the best
Love ❤️ you Blondy
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I agree with some of what you said. I really loved the music and the poetry. I liked the choppiness and didn’t feel like I needed to know more. I’m gen X though. Why y’all (millennials) gotta tear up our old movies 😂 This is an ongoing argument that I have with my (millennial) sister who hates Love and Basketball lol! Great review though. Now I need to go watch it for 200th time 😂
I need a Baby Boy Bondy!