So...
I think I got all the grumpiness out of my system on last week Thursday Movie Picks. The subject then was fake relationships, and well, I had no love for them. This week is different. I actually like these movies. Promise. For the topic, Wanderer at Wandering Through the Shelves chose something that makes much more sense to me: friends to lovers. I get it. Get it? I got it. Let's get it.
Menace II Society
(1993)
Caine & Ronnie
You're probably saying, "Woah, Dell. This ain't romantic." Touché. But it fits. We follow Caine (Tyrin Turner) over a (spoiler?) tragic summer of trying to navigate 'hood life. Through all of his ups and downs, the one person who's always there for him is Ronnie (Jada Pinkett-Smith). At first, their bond is over the love they share for the incarcerated Pernell. Slowly, but surely, they realize they were meant for each other.
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
(1996)
Darnell & Mia
If you've seen it, you know it's an unabashed Fatal Attraction knock-off with Lynn Whitfield playing Glen Close to Martin Lawrence's Michael Douglas. Lawrence's actual character name is Darnell, a single ladies' man rising through the ranks of the nightclub scene and falls for Whitfield's older, sophisticated Brandi. Of course, she goes rabbit-boiling mad, and the person who's got Darnell's back, through thick and thin, is his life-long friend Mia, played the by the ever-fabulous Regina King.
Brown Sugar
(2002)
Dre & Sid
As youngsters, Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sid (Sanaa Lathan) bonded over their love of hip hop. As adults, they both work in the industry, Dre as a record company talent scout and Sid as a journalist, and remain good friends. However, with Dre's wedding to Reese (Nicole Ari Parker) on the horizon, Sid's long dormant romantic feelings toward Dre bubble to the surface. Okay, so I had to give you one straightforward rom-com.
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