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Selma Was Very Good
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:58 am
Posted on 1/10/15 at 11:58 am
Saw it yesterday. Yes, the stuff with LBJ was fictionalized and that bothered me, but LBJ was a mean SOB anyway and I do know that he was trying to use/manipulate King in many ways. So, while the conversations are fictionalized, using LBJ to represent the white establishment that did oppose Civil Rights was a type of shorthand that I didn't have a huge problem with.
David Oyelowo did a great job as MLK. I felt like I was really watching him at times. Movie didn't pull punches on King. Showed good and bad and also showed the controversy with him and SNCC and Malcolm X. Even had a line where they called him, "Da Lawd," in a mocking way. And, Oprah did not talk that much and only had a few scenes, so that was good.
The Alabama history part was right except the night raid where Johnnie Lee Jackson was murdered happened in Marion instead of Selma.
Powerful movie that was well acted and directed. We have not had a Civil Rights movie like this that really looked at the Movement from the inside and from a Black perspective.
I am a White Southerner and I really liked it. It paints the White South in a pretty terrible light, but things were pretty terrible back then and the story needs to be told.
Good movie. 4/5 stars or whatever.
David Oyelowo did a great job as MLK. I felt like I was really watching him at times. Movie didn't pull punches on King. Showed good and bad and also showed the controversy with him and SNCC and Malcolm X. Even had a line where they called him, "Da Lawd," in a mocking way. And, Oprah did not talk that much and only had a few scenes, so that was good.
The Alabama history part was right except the night raid where Johnnie Lee Jackson was murdered happened in Marion instead of Selma.
Powerful movie that was well acted and directed. We have not had a Civil Rights movie like this that really looked at the Movement from the inside and from a Black perspective.
I am a White Southerner and I really liked it. It paints the White South in a pretty terrible light, but things were pretty terrible back then and the story needs to be told.
Good movie. 4/5 stars or whatever.
This post was edited on 1/10/15 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:49 pm to AlaTiger
frick Oprah
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:52 pm to AlaTiger
this should go over well
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:55 pm to REG861
More white guilt movies. No thanks.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:59 pm to AlaTiger
Very good, indeed. Definitely one of the year's best.
The most moving part of the movie for me was King's conversation with Johnnie Lee Jackson's father at the morgue. Damn good acting by both. That scene really got me.
quote:Agreed. Excellent portrayal. I too felt like I was watching MLK himself.
David Oyelowo did a great job as MLK.
The most moving part of the movie for me was King's conversation with Johnnie Lee Jackson's father at the morgue. Damn good acting by both. That scene really got me.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 12:59 pm to Tommy Wayne
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More white guilt movies. No thanks.
Sorry you find the Civil Rights movement so offensive.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:37 pm to Tommy Wayne
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More white guilt movies. No thanks.
Well most of the atrocities in history were committed by white people sooooo.....
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:38 pm to AlaTiger
Did you know David Oyelowo is british. He was good in MI5
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:53 pm to Tommy Wayne
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More white guilt movies. No thanks.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:55 pm to Tommy Wayne
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More white guilt movies. No thanks
This
Plus Oprah is a racist POs
Posted on 1/10/15 at 1:58 pm to AlaTiger
Good review. Looking forward to seeing this.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:22 pm to AlaTiger
If it wasn't for Oprah, I would watch this movie. There is not a woman I dislike more than Oprah. frick her.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:32 pm to AlaTiger
I just don't think I can watch it objectively given Oprah's involvement. I question motives too much watching those clowns.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:36 pm to lsusportsman2
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If it wasn't for Oprah, I would watch this movie. There is not a woman I dislike more than Oprah. frick her.
Why? Because she's a rich black woman? What reason do you have to hate her?
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:37 pm to Tommy Wayne
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Tommy Wayne Selma Was Very Good More white guilt movies. No thanks.
I am white. A native Southerner. My ancestors owned slaves and fough in the Civil War.
I felt no guilt.
What are you talking about? A white guilt movie? Why do white people say this? It is the height of stupidity.
It is what happened. The white establishment in the South was full of hate and bigotry and fear as they tried to maintain their position. It was insane. Why does that truth make you feel guilty? It doesn't make me feel guilty because I didn't do it. But, denying it or acting like it didn't happen would make me stupid.
I love studying the Civil Rights Movement. Black people were right in what they fought for and the white people who opposed them were wrong. It is an amazing part of history full of courage and struggle and tragedy. This movie shows that well.
We should know our own history. Except for a few points (and every movie fictionalizes things to tell the story), this movie did a good job of telling that history.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:41 pm to AlaTiger
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I am white. A native Southerner. My ancestors owned slaves and fough in the Civil War.
I felt no guilt.
What are you talking about? A white guilt movie? Why do white people say this? It is the height of stupidity.
Because they are ignorant and stupid. I can understand not wanting to see a movie that Oprah is involved with because she annoys you. Ok, fine. However, the notion that every movie dealing with Civil Rights, slavery, or a primarily black cast is a 'white guilt' movie is chicken shite logic for close-minded fools and barely concealed bigotry.
This post was edited on 1/10/15 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:43 pm to AlaTiger
It was a legitimately entertaining, well made movie and I say as someone who abhors the current state of race obsession in America. It's sad that some are so obsessed and wrapped up in their political ideology that it prevents them from enjoying a fricking movie.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:46 pm to Pettifogger
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I just don't think I can watch it objectively given Oprah's involvement. I question motives too much watching those clowns.
Oprah did not have a huge role in the movie. I don't like her either. There were some things that were wrong historically, but the overall thrust of the story was right. And, there were some things covered that really showed MLK's flaws and issues within the different groups - jealousy, competition, etc.
Overall, the movie was very good. Except for the LBJ stuff, what happened in Alabama is what really happened. Horrible things.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 2:49 pm to Roger Klarvin
Because I'm tired of oprah and people like that shoving this shite down our throat
It has a 100% on RT because critics are scared to be called racist if they rip it. Sharpton and jesse Jackson and the race baiters will be all over them
Oprah is the biggest racist since Jamie Foxx
It has a 100% on RT because critics are scared to be called racist if they rip it. Sharpton and jesse Jackson and the race baiters will be all over them
Oprah is the biggest racist since Jamie Foxx
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