12 Years A Slave = Did not think this was impressive

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Why is race relevant to opinions of this movie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My AA vote is that this was a terrible, terrible movie all around. Roots and even D'Jango Unchained were MASTERPIECES compared to this tripe. When she was wailing on the steps after her kids were taken away it was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Not believable at all. I couldn't take it seriously. I was shocked when I saw all the reviews and accolades. People really do get caught up in the subject matter. Smdh. It's too bad because it's a compelling story and I heard the memoir was very well done.

What does this mean?

[Anonymous]

Deeply disappointing

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Anonymous wrote:My AA vote is that this was a terrible, terrible movie all around. Roots and even D'Jango Unchained were MASTERPIECES compared to this tripe. When she was wailing on the steps after her kids were taken away it was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Not believable at all. I couldn't take it seriously. I was shocked when I saw all the reviews and accolades. People really do get caught up in the subject matter. Smdh. It's too bad because it's a compelling story and I heard the memoir was very well done.

Agree. The strange thing is that the book was more graphic and horrifying. The woman crying about her kids was a loser. In the book, she cried a lot, AND she bacame psychotic, speaking to the children as if they were there, then she died of some form of anorexia, after being beaten over and over. They could have shown some respect for this woman and what she endured by getting a better actress.
BTW, in the book, they implied that her daughter would be used as a prostitute in New Orleans later.

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In the movie they more or less said her daughter would be used for sexual purposes (because she was light skinned).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, didn't you get the message? You're not allowed to criticize the slave movie.

There are valid criticisms and then there's "melodramatic" and "unintentionally funny." Those aren't tenable positions.

They are perfectly valid criticisms. Just because you don't agree does not make them untenable. Maybe you need to look up the word?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My AA vote is that this was a terrible, terrible movie all around. Roots and even D'Jango Unchained were MASTERPIECES compared to this tripe. When she was wailing on the steps after her kids were taken away it was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Not believable at all. I couldn't take it seriously. I was shocked when I saw all the reviews and accolades. People really do get caught up in the subject matter. Smdh. It's too bad because it's a compelling story and I heard the memoir was very well done.

What does this mean?

I think it means, "Shaking My Damn Head."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My AA vote is that this was a terrible, terrible movie all around. Roots and even D'Jango Unchained were MASTERPIECES compared to this tripe. When she was wailing on the steps after her kids were taken away it was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Not believable at all. I couldn't take it seriously. I was shocked when I saw all the reviews and accolades. People really do get caught up in the subject matter. Smdh. It's too bad because it's a compelling story and I heard the memoir was very well done.

Agree. The strange thing is that the book was more graphic and horrifying. [b]The woman crying about her kids was a loser. In the book, she cried a lot, AND she bacame psychotic, speaking to the children as if they were there, then she died of some form of anorexia, after being beaten over and over. They could have shown some respect for this woman and what she endured by getting a better actress.
BTW, in the book, they implied that her daughter would be used as a prostitute in New Orleans later.

I meant the actress was a loser.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My AA vote is that this was a terrible, terrible movie all around. Roots and even D'Jango Unchained were MASTERPIECES compared to this tripe. When she was wailing on the steps after her kids were taken away it was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Not believable at all. I couldn't take it seriously. I was shocked when I saw all the reviews and accolades. People really do get caught up in the subject matter. Smdh. It's too bad because it's a compelling story and I heard the memoir was very well done.

Agree. The strange thing is that the book was more graphic and horrifying. The woman crying about her kids was a loser. In the book, she cried a lot, AND she bacame psychotic, speaking to the children as if they were there, then she died of some form of anorexia, after being beaten over and over. They could have shown some respect for this woman and what she endured by getting a better actress.
BTW, in the book, they implied that her daughter would be used as a prostitute in New Orleans later.

Loser? We must have different thresholds. I was a mess watching those scenes.