Then it’s on to Precious III: Precious Harder, the sequel to Precious and Preciouser: the Repreciousning, the sequel to Precious: based one the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, the motion picture adaptation of the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.
Given all the mashups these days, it’s only a matter of time before we get Pride and Precious: Based on the novels ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen and ‘Push’ by Sapphire, with an uncredited script revision by William Goldman and Bob the Wonder Horse.
Will there be zombies in that one?
No, for that you’ll have to wait for *Pride and Precious and Zombies: Based on the novels ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen and ‘Push’ by Sapphire and the motion picture ‘Dawn of the Dead’ by George Romero, with an uncredited script revision by William Goldman and Bob the Wonder Horse; a Quinn Martin Production. *
Duh.
In color!
After that, the film sequels go like this:
Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire IV: Die, Precious, Die
Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: In Space
Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: In the Hood
Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: Back 2 tha Hood
I’m afraid he isn’t. I saw this thing on cable once (though I couldn’t finish it.) Did lissener mention that Cuba is not just Helen Mirren’s boy-toy, but also her stepson?
Come on. You guys are jerking us around. This movie doesn’t exist.
That Cuba can sure pick a script!
Behold:
No. I had blocked that part out.
Yes, and that she killed his father.
Rose is diagnosed with cancer; at the baby’s first birthday party, she decides that she would rather die at her happiest point than suffer. She has Mikey take her to nearby woods and convinces him to have sex with her and shoot her as she reaches orgasm. Before she dies, Rose makes Mikey promise to take care of Vickie and the baby and do whatever Vickie asks of him.
It just gets worse and worse ( ETA: or maybe better and better, I dunno ). I almost feel like I have to see this movie now.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/movies/21boxe.html
The NYTimes review reminded me that there was also a pet Zebra involved, and that Mo’Nique’s crack ho character was named Precious.
Anyway, just to keep this on topic, my point in bringing this up is that, having seen ***Shadowboxer ***before I saw Precious: Based on the Novelization of “Norbit” by Sapphire, all those weird little quirky moments don’t come off as inspired, outside-the-box directorial flourishes, so much as random directorial headscratchings. And the bizarre “After School Special” meets “snuff” aesthetic of the thing isn’t “edgy,” it’s just bad, unfocused filmmaking. ***Shadowboxer ***is evidence of Daniels’s artistic pedigree. He got lucky this time around; he flung some random shit at the wall and enough of it stuck to Oprah that he got a hit out of it. But it’s not a very good movie.
Am I missing something? I don’t really see why this is such a head scratcher. The producers wanted to do two things with the title.
- Make people realize their movie was based on Push by Sapphire.
- Avoid confusion between their movie and the science fiction film Push released earlier in the year.
It’s a clunky title but it’s not whoring. The book came out in 1996, won several awards and while not a best seller, has sold very consistently (and well before Oprah). It’s also one of the few books out there that explores contemporary existence in a poverty stricken urban environment. Why wouldn’t the producers want to make sure people understood that Precious was based on Push?
It’s just clumsy, much like Tyler Perry making sure his name is part of every project he does. And it’s a little unusual that the ‘Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire’ part isn’t just part of the marketing: it’s the formal title of the movie.
This, since we’re back on topic.
There have been lots of movies that had titles different from what they were based on. This one seems to want to make absolutely sure you buy the right book when you go to the store.
I don’t think it’s about buying the book. I think it’s about making sure the book’s audience buys the movie tickets.
To-may-to, to-mah-to. Because of what I do to earn my kibble, I think of the book side of it first. 
In a weird coincidence, Mo’Nique’s character is named Precious in the movie…