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weaselettSo - today I went to see 12 Years a Slave with mum (I had lieu to use - so I had short work day)
That is a film that is worth seeing. It really is (I cried...and flinched). It's designed to do a certain thing, and does it well. It's different from the other films with a similar theme, but for good reason. It's not perfect, but damn, it deserves appreciation for being unforgiving in it's narrative choice. (It worries me, as it always has, but many of the attitudes shown still exist, they're just directed at different things now :/)
Mum thought it was good - but could have been better - her main reason? Roots did it better.
I am now finally going to do what I kept saying I was going to do, and am buying a copy of Roots so I can watch it. (I know it had an impact on mum, because she remembered, without prompting, the title and content).
On the other hand - I went to see American Hustle last weekend. Not worth it. The only good things for me where Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Rohm's characters. I honestly can't see why that film got the awards/nominations it has.
That is a film that is worth seeing. It really is (I cried...and flinched). It's designed to do a certain thing, and does it well. It's different from the other films with a similar theme, but for good reason. It's not perfect, but damn, it deserves appreciation for being unforgiving in it's narrative choice. (It worries me, as it always has, but many of the attitudes shown still exist, they're just directed at different things now :/)
Mum thought it was good - but could have been better - her main reason? Roots did it better.
I am now finally going to do what I kept saying I was going to do, and am buying a copy of Roots so I can watch it. (I know it had an impact on mum, because she remembered, without prompting, the title and content).
On the other hand - I went to see American Hustle last weekend. Not worth it. The only good things for me where Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Rohm's characters. I honestly can't see why that film got the awards/nominations it has.
