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In Reply to: RE: "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing posted by tinear on May 01, 2014 at 07:34:26
Just got it out of Red Box and wrapped it up a few minutes ago. I was determined not to see it but finally had to capitulate after all the reviews here. I personally did not see ONE Oscar performance in the entire film. If anything, Fassbinder or Ejiofor deserved an Oscar over the best supporting female who was hardly in the film. The film looked to be made on the cheap but then again it reflected the reality of the time. Not everyone had a magnificent, sparkling white mansion.I was surprised that Benedict Cumberbatch helped put a more forgiving face on the plantation owner. According to an article contrasting the book to the movie this bears out.
Give it a few years and this will be the 21st Century's 'Mandingo'.
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"Mandingo" is in really poor taste.
The guy who thought it funny to mention, "Blazing Saddles," similarly was borderline, but he was trying for humor (I wonder if he'd humorously reference "Wet Hot American Summer" to "Shindler's List").
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slave porn and partly for those reasons I didn't want to see it. I don't think I said anything controversial. The Academy has a long history of rewarding "social causes" over art and craft. How 'Gravity' got all those awards is beyond me since it was mostly digital.One other thing: Who fact checked Northurp's book before it was published? Harriet Beecher Stowe? Point is we see so many films in our lifetimes that are attributed to the experiences of one person when we don't know what really happened. Eg. 'Django' gave an accurate portrayal of slavery because somebody knew someone whose great, great grand daddy lived it. See? If it sells, produce it. This goes for anything.
I really wish film makers would concentrate on promoting harmony not discord.
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irregardless of what one other critic said. I gave you a reason why your comparison was so out of place; again, would you reference the Jewish theme comedy in a Schindler review?
I'm not a fan of Hollywood's penchant for films about social issues du jour, but slavery is hardly that, is it?
You need to get hold of your emotions once and for all. "12" was an average movie with average performances. I'm not sure where your fertile imagination gets "humor" and "The List".
You need to take a time out until you can be a good citizen.
I said that would be tantamount to comparing a Jewish comedy to Schindler's List.
Would you do that?
Why not?
Is it because you're living in Mississippi?
You're a stereotype and don't even know it, sometimes.
If Mandingo were directed by Spielberg, we would have had another Color Purple and an Oscar. But all pale imitations of Roots.
Bill
It may well not have been 100% reflective of the vast majority of slave's experiences, i.e., a well respected black man living in the north tricked and then kidnapped and sold into slavery. However, if my passage into Heaven were determined by whether I chose correctly as to the truthfulness of Northrup's story, I'd choose truth. Maybe I'd be wrong, but like I said, it had the ring and feel of truth about it.
I don't see story telling of a sad moment in a nation's history, i.e., slavery, jewish persecution, burning of witches, beheading of "heretics", etc., as promoting discord. To the contrary, showing the horrors of those actions to the current generation should help raise awareness of what wrongs can be wrought by prejudice and ignorance. Just my $.02 and probably very poorly said....
Oh yeah, in the interest of promoting the harmony thing, I couldn't agree more about Gravity? Fun? Yeah. Academy Awards? WTF????
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