Decoding 'Sinners': Cinematic Soul and Spiritual Battles

Peace, peace, everyone. It's your girl, Sequoia Blue. Hope everybody doing all right.

I had to come in here on this marvelous Sunday night to talk about sinners. Now, folks that have been following me since the beginning of me starting this podcast, I started off talking about movies and TV shows that I like and stuff.

That that's always been my thing because that's my hobby and and to me you know it's talking about life and it's showing you different things depending on the director or the cinematography or you know the film itself so always like to talk about what I've experienced and what I've learned from movies and tv shows and how it correlates to my life or just life in general so I just had to come here and talk about centers and of course I give my quick little mini

review like some people on YouTube are giving long hour reviews and stuff. I'm just more straight to the point with it. I just give my little quick mini review. Mind you, there may be some spoiler alerts. So just don't give some of me. I'm telling you now might be some spoiler alerts, but I ain't going all deep, like the people are on YouTube. They're giving you some details and stuff. And it's great. I think you should check it out too, because if there's some parts you didn't understand.

YouTube commentators can break it down for you.

So I definitely say support them and check that out too but but yeah let me just tell you so I had a good time seeing the movie I thought that the cinematography was great I've been watching interviews up until I went to see the movie and, unfortunately I couldn't see so unfortunately I couldn't see the movie in IMAX because I guess they only played the movie in IMAX for a few weeks or so and I just got there late because I was supposed to see it like two weeks ago, but hey,

at least I got to the movies to see it because I haven't been to the movies in, I don't know, years. So it was an interesting moment. And it was a few people in there. I thought it was going to be more empty than what it was, but there was some people in there. So that was cool. So I got my popcorn and everything like that. My moms came with me. I had me some Sauvignon Blanc in a can.

They gave me a little wine, a little wine cup to put my wine in so I was chilling and it was just it was chill I mean seats weren't as comfy at this particular theater but hey it worked out but anyway without further ado let me get into the topic at hand but.

What I must say is that Ryan Cooper did an amazing job. I think that the cinematography, the vibe, the whole Jim Crow thing and the whole storyline that's revolving around music. Now, mind you, this is my opinion, my opinion only. Everybody going to see the movie different as far as their own opinion on how they view the movie. I'm just telling you my opinion of the movie, how I view it. And heck, if I watch it a second time, I might have more information.

But this is what I've seen the first time for now. So I feel like the music is just like a spiritual symbol. You can, you know, if I'm an artist, you know, people that didn't listen to me know that I've been singing forever. I mean, doing music since I was like 13 years old. I was singing younger than that, probably at six years old before I even knew that you can even make money in music or anything like that. It was like, I was just called to do it. Like, oh, you just got to do this, you know?

And so I would just sing to the bullies or whoever would listen to me to calm them down or to make myself feel better.

And I always felt like music was, was, I would, I would say like a spiritual thing for some artists, like some people become music artists and be like, Oh, I'm just trying to make money or whatever. And don't really feel none in their soul. They're like, whatever. And then you have artists that's just, heck, I'll do this for free. I mean, I just like to sing. Is there something coming?

And I think And when I watched Sinners, it was like watching Sammy's story played by a young man named Miles, which I really, I never heard of him. But there's so many great artists out here and singers that I can't keep up with everybody all the time. But he has a really great soulful voice like he's been here before. So, but, and the first scene when the father's like, hey, you know, you shouldn't, you know, stop playing the devil's music, stop doing this and whatnot.

I don't think music is evil, you know, per se, but I do think that it can summon certain spirits if you're not tapped in and you're not able to protect yourself and stuff. And I think that that's what I had got from, you know, Sammy's story and stuff and the whole, the whole theme of just music and how it just draws so much in. And it just, it was like, to me, the, the point of the, the film was the music part. It was like the whole premise of it was this music, how it's,

it's summoning different spirits and stuff. And when the, the vampires, the Irish vampires.

Were playing their music they were you know tapping into their spiritual powers some you know their music and and somehow I mean in my opinion you know and I may watch you watch it again and get a different idea but I feel like Sammy was kind of pulling them in like you know summoning them in a way because they were you know getting weaker is is Sammy was was fighting back and it was just something that was going on there.

And I found that to be interesting because he was like the fallen angel, I guess, the summoning of these spirits. And it's just, there's different opinions on how that could go about. But I do feel like that, I felt that energy happening. Like it was almost like he was some type of God or something like that. I can't explain it, but, and maybe he wasn't, But I just felt like the whole, the music was definitely summoning different things. And Sammy was kind of leading it in an unbeknownst way.

But, you know, at the end of the day, he was able to fight back and get through it. But what I did like was talking about like hoodoo and how, because think about it is there's so much, you know, people say a lot about hoodoo and stuff like that and about hoodoo or whatever and say it's evil or this and that.

Now to me voodoo and hoodoo is not evil it's the person that's that's doing it is they are they evil you know i mean i think whatever you're doing it for if you're evil then it's gonna be evil you know i mean like it's it's same thing with ai artificial intelligence oh well you know are you gonna take job over and stuff like that well if that person is evil then ai gonna be evil then whatever because you're the one creating it is being a tech person as well we're

the ones creating it so to me it's it's the person and that's just something that's that involves critical thinking as far as saying okay who you know what makes a thing evil because you can say a christian could be evil you know i mean because our christianity could be evil because the person behind it is doing evil things right and one part in the scene when sammy was in the water and the Irish vampire was, you know, had his hand on his neck and stuff.

He was reciting the Bible verse and stuff like that. And the vampire started reciting the Bible verses too. And I think right there, I think that Ryan in a way was trying to say that, yes, have faith and pray and do what you have to do, but do know that evil can still come. Do know that things can still come in and try to come after you because we're all in a spiritual war, believe it or not. I mean, we're all in a spiritual war. We're in a spiritual battle. And.

When we think that, okay, I'm good, I just prayed and it's okay and not be vigilant and stay on your toes, you're going to get hit, you know? And so I think that that's what I got from that scene. It was like, okay, you were citing the Bible and the vampire is like, well, I'm going to say it with you, you know? And I think that was that turning point. He wanted us to think about how can we be vigilant and not just pray, but also do something too, like in whatever way we can.

And so I think that that was a pretty cool scene there. It was saying a lot there. And Michael B. Jordan killed it in Smoke and Stack. I think he did a great job.

I mean, his swagger, everything is on point. I mean, he really put a lot into this role, I can tell. And I was very impressed. you can tell the difference between their mannerisms and stuff. And I think that's important. I think that takes a lot of work to be able to just be someone else, you know, and show that you're this other person and be a twin. And I think that's amazing. And plus, I heard that Ryan had a twin consultant come on set and explain how it is being a twin.

And I thought that was amazing too, because you get to see the, learn the synergy between twins.

How can they have this this connection with each other you know psychic connection or whatever and I thought that was amazing because it adds more adds more fruit into the soul to the to the show you know and I thought that was amazing and yeah the whole scene I mean everything was so great I mean I think the acting was great I love vampires I like horrors and stuff like that and it just it just makes me appreciate good art again because

I'm not saying there's not any other good films because I'm always watching different things. Like I said, it's one of my hobbies to chill, sit back and watch a show and stuff and see what I can get from it. But this has been one of the best movies I've seen a long time since Get Out, and The Matrix and stuff like that. I mean, it has been one of the best. I think that Ryan did his thing. I'm so proud of him. And I hope other, especially Black filmmakers, you know, that feel like they

can't do it. I hope this is a, this is a, like. Inspiration, you know, to go out and try the best you can, because it's not going to be easy. And he said it wasn't easy, but, and it's about choices too, you know, especially young filmmakers out there making the right choices and getting with the right people, you know, dating the right people. Because when he was in college, he met his wife, his then wife, his wife now.

And he met her in in college and she helped him you know she bought him this this software to be able to create scripts with and I can't remember the name of the software but that software is still out now but we have AI now to help out but the whole point is that he had the right girlfriend there in college to help him get there so I think it's important to to also take in to be careful who you hang around with be careful who you're dating and and find your own journey and

so what I want to say is that this man go support sinners is really good like I said everything was just perfect the fighting scenes were amazing the script was amazing everything was timely I like the soul in the scene when everybody was dancing in the club I like seeing the different dancers from different times and I really think he was trying to show that everything is connected there's nothing new under the sun you know everything's connected in its own way and

it's just the it's like everything is happening all at once.

We think, oh, this is gone. This was in 1900s, and now we're doing music this way. Well, everything is still there. Everything is happening everywhere all at once, like that movie. That was another good movie too, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Check that out. That was really good. But everything is definitely happening everywhere all at once. All I know is that. Music, you do music for you, but don't sell your soul for it. And, and that's, that's what I've, that's what I feel about that.

And I love the, the blues, you know, the bringing back the blues energy and the guitar. And that was amazing because a lot of, a lot of the.

Like I said, nothing has ever went away, but I think history kind of is repeating itself is showing itself even more even though it has never left but it's like things are coming back into fruition people are yearning for that soul again that that downhole home soul and and that's what that music provided it was that blues where you can sit with a glass of whiskey and just put your head down listen and or go and zone out to another dimension and I think that

that was great it was a tribute to the blues you know if you will and I like towards the end when Sammy you know grows old and he's he's playing you know he's playing at this bar and stuff and and then Smoke comes in and he's you know you know I mean it might have been Stack but it's one of the twins look Smoker Stack one of the the twin that lived as a vampire he came in and he's basically saying hey you know stack told me not to kill you you

know so that's why i'm not messing with you that's why i'm not doing anything to you and i and you know it sammy he doesn't want to he doesn't you know he said hey i had enough of his life i don't want to live eternally i don't want to be a vampire i just want to die when i need to die so i'm done you know i had enough of this life and i think that um. Some people don't want to be a vampire and live forever through all this. And honestly, you know, if I chose, I'd probably rather be a witch.

I wouldn't want to be, I don't think I want to be a vampire neither. I mean, it's just too much going on in this world for me to keep seeing. I'll tell you that right now. I don't know if I can keep seeing all this stuff that's going on and deal with that. So I don't blame Sammy for that one.

And yeah, but I think that, you know, another thing that I noticed too about the movie was when the brothers came back to open up the joint, you know, the music club, I would call it the juke joint, because that's what they called it back in the day in 1932, the juke joint, you know, in the Jim Crow, Mississippi. I mean, that takes balls. So, I mean, for them to do that and to try to put some joy into the Black community, I found that to be interesting, too.

I mean, they went to Chicago, did some things, they worked with Capone.

Which was a known drug dealer or whatnot and you know they did some gambling and stuff and they came and took all that money said hey we're gonna open up this juke joint we're gonna open up this blues bar and do our thing and they just didn't expect all this stuff to happen you know they just didn't expect the vampires to come on the scene and all this stuff to happening and lose all these people that are in your soul but it just says a lot about about spiritual warfare and

about being keeping your head on the swivel and and being careful who you trust and and and whatnot and and yeah i mean i think it was just an amazing movie and the the stuff that black people had to go through is is still going through is is crazy that the strength that that they have to still be able to dance and have joy despite having to pick cotton and and not get paid much and stuff like that and smoking stack bringing this juke joint gave them some possible joy some possible upliftment

that they just didn't really have much of.

You know because you're out there picking cotton and stuff and then if you try to do something then the kkk will kill you i mean so and the crazy thing is one scene when the other brother that turned into a vampire i think it was smoke he he came to stack he told him he said hey he's like you thought you was free he said but you was never free he was like you was never going to be free because because they were never going to let you be free basically and that

part hit my soul because I feel like as a black a woman in America you're never really free like yeah we we're not picking cotton and we're not in slavery but you're not you're not free you know I mean and it still rings true to today even though that was 1932 because the white Irish vampire told him he said hey my my. You know, the other guy in the Klan, which is another white vampire, said, hey, his uncle was going to come blow the joint up tomorrow.

You was never going to own this club. You was never going to own this building. And, you know, I think Stack didn't think about that. And he's like, dang, you know, like, but at the same time, it's like, he tried, you know, and when he realized that, he said, well, dang, you know, but yeah, freedom is, freedom is something else. And it's just not, it's definitely not here. It's never going to be here, especially for a Black person.

And I think that that really hit hard and that probably hit a lot of people's souls that thought about it, that want freedom and want certain things to be fair. So, I mean, I say 10 out of 10 for that. I did not get to see a 9-max, although disappointing, but hey, I still got into the movies to see it and I had a good time and I cried a little bit. I laughed. There was some comedic scenes and whatnot.

And it was just great. I had a tough week. So it was really great to be able to go and do something that can inspire me and inspire me to continue my music and do what I do.

Because I, you know, like I said to maybe a few, I probably said this a few episodes ago basically i'm doing music for me now you know and anybody that resonates i'll put it out there for anybody that resonates anybody want to pick it up fine but i'm doing it for the future you know someone in i don't know year 3000 or whatever is going to be like oh you know who was that girl that sung that song you know who you know this was cool and i think that that's what keeps me going and

and also spiritual i feel like music is definitely very spiritual that's, that's why it's so much going on in industry because music is spiritual it taps you into certain frequencies and movies are too don't get me wrong movies are spiritual too you know that's why some people don't like watching horror movies and whatnot but. Music is definitely a spiritual experience, especially for the real artists. You know, like I said, from the womb to the tomb for me, you know,

music calls me all the time. And every song ain't always about me. It's about, it might be something that just popped up in my head or a movie I watched.

So it's just one of those things. And also just, I think with blues music, it just, I don't know, it just feels more freeing, you know, know the type of style of music and and breaking the rules and and following and singing from your soul and in whatever way that may land and just it's an amazing feeling and I think that artists will walk out fully inspired the ones that are are spiritually connected to music not just for the money but just

connected they're going to come out feeling like a new person and maybe re-evaluate why they do music and and and really tap in and start doing some tunes they really want to do before they leave this earth. So I just want to say it was a great horror. It was telling you different things. You got the Jim Crow, you got the spiritual side, you got the vampires, you know, and you got a twin connection. You got a connection.

You got a love connection too, because the connection between, well, I can't remember all the character names right now, but the love connections were strong especially with Smoke and the black lady that played the hoodoo, the hoodoo, I was doing the hoodoo I can't remember her name right now y'all so don't beat me up but it was amazing I think her name is Woonie, I think her name is Woonie or Winnie but.

It was just amazing that scene, their love connection and how their love transcended after life, like after. And I think that some relationships do have that spiritual connection where it just, you just feel like, dang, we just connected and it's very rare, but it is there. And I thought that was a great thing to show that love, love is still there. Love can still be out there for people and it shows that spiritual side of love.

So I thought that was an amazing thing to put in. So anyway, y'all, I just had to come in here and talk about this. And I have so much to talk about that I haven't really jumped on about. So I am trying to get caught up. Oh, and check out the store now. So go to blogmaspodcast.com. We have some cool merch. You can rock my merch. It helps support the podcast. It helps support the equipment that I buy to push the show and everything I'm doing.

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