Hello Readers, I will be talking about the movie “Candyman” the 2021 version. A quick summary of the “Candyman” in the 1992 version, it has been told if you say the name “Candyman” in front of the mirror 5 times he will show up and kill you with his hook. Candyman was the son of a slave by a wealthy lander. He fell in love with the daughter of the lander and who got pregnant. Which led to Candyman getting excluded by the father and covered in by honey. Helen turns out to be a look-alike to Candyman's old lover. Keep in mind that Helen saved baby Anthony from Candyman by a bonfire.
The film “Candyman” 2021 talks about Anthony who is now a grown adult who now lives in Chicago. His mother tries to forget about the past by moving cities but he gets daydreams about the past he didn’t know about. Anthony is an artist himself and captures pictures from where Candyman lives. He comes back and starts getting visions and starts painting those visions. Turns out that Anthony was becoming one with Candyman and controlling him. This movie shows more about black history through the number of characters who are played. After watching the movie, I noticed how much Candyman is helping black people not to be killed because his dad was a slave once. Very symbolic to see how Candyman kinda protects his people by killing all the white police officers. Keep in mind Anthony is being controlled by Candyman. It is good storytelling of how much it is connected between the past and now. It shows how much history can repeat itself by having the same fights about one race oneself. Blacks and whites are constantly repeating the same issue of not getting the same rights.
