Just got back from it. Saw it for free. There were 13 people in the theater. 3 of those were white.
I thought the movie was very elementary. Amateurish really. It seemed to be done by a very skilled college group with a great budget. The lead actress wasn't a strong enough lead for a gritty legend such as Tubman.
The acting was mediocre. If you were to close your eyes and just listen to the dialogue, you wouldn't believe you were listening to 1850s banter or speech. You would think this was someone trying to imitate that period and that's exactly what it came across as; people trying.
The bounty hunter and young slave master were so bad that it was comical. The black bounty hunter looked like Killer Mike mixed with Bubba from Forrest Gump. It really looked like they just went and got a country breh from Decatur Georgia and told him to memorize these lines. No acting whatsoever. It was a joke. Ol buddy playing the young slave Master seemed so disinterested the entire movie. I didn't see any emotion or range from him at all. Just there for the check.
The best acting was from Harriets father. I liked him. He spoke and acted like you would think a older slave would back then. He was unintentionally funny too the way he would wear a blindfold when Harriet would sneak to see him so he couldn't lie and say he didn't see her if the cacs came asking.
There were 10 gunshots in the entire film and only 2 people were killed, both being black.
The movie was so cookiecutter. I've read books on Tubman about how gritty and merciless she was. She would threaten to kill the slaves she was helping if one of them wanted to turn back outta fear and return to the plantation because it would jeopardize the group and mission.
I know the movie was pg 13 but I really was expecting a real narrative of her prime days leading the underground railroad. There was no tension in the film. NONE. How you have a film on Tubman sneaking all up and down through Baltimore in the freezing night freeing slaves and not have tension. There are stories about the lengths she'd go; almost like a spy. Wearing disguises. Hiding in plain sight, using animals as decoys and distractions. The type of shyt you'd see in a looney tunes cartoon, she was doing in real life, tricking cacs and risking her life.
Now I've read that she's had to kill but I can't substantiate it. It is always inferred that she's caught a few bodies because they always say she packed a revolver and she wasn't afraid to use it. Harriet killed nothing in the film. She fired a gun 3 times. They made this big scene in the movie where Janelle Mones character opened this fancy box and pulled out a nice revolver and showed Harriet how to wield it. That scene was pointless cause she barely used it.
The finale was awful. Bubba the bounty hunter is about to shoot Harriet despite orders to capture her alive. The slave owner then shoots him in the head, killing him and saving Harriet. Harriet then shot him in the hand disarming him in the process. He's on his knees staring down the barrel of her rifle only for her to walk away
Knowing how ruthless Harriet was and how she would let no loose ends jeopardize her mission, why tf did she not shoot this mf?
By the way, Janelle Mones character is killed by bubba the bounty hunter after he beats her and kicks her in the head. Black on black crime
So the only 2 people who are killed in the film are black and one was killed by a black man. Hollywood just couldn't help themselves.
I know Tubman was super religious and even said that God would give her visions but the way the movie implemented it was a joke. This is a real scene:
Harriet is leading a group of 7 slaves at night. They are running from a legion of horsemen, bloodhounds and slavers. The slavers have set up roadblocks ahead so the slaves would have nowhere to run. Harriet, with the slavers on their tale, faints to her knees and has a vision. The slaves are panicking because she's unresponsive. The vision shows her that the road ahead is blocked. So she leads then in another direction through a river. All this happens and these nikkas ain't get caught?
The costumes were dope though and the negro spiritual songs were well sung and implemented nicely.
I hate that a hero and legend such as Harriet fukking Tubman was disgraced to be portrayed by such a half assed film. You can do any other legend like this but not Harriet. I enjoyed birth of a nation actually and was hoping this film would mirror that in some ways but this shyt we got now
I thought the movie was very elementary. Amateurish really. It seemed to be done by a very skilled college group with a great budget. The lead actress wasn't a strong enough lead for a gritty legend such as Tubman.
The acting was mediocre. If you were to close your eyes and just listen to the dialogue, you wouldn't believe you were listening to 1850s banter or speech. You would think this was someone trying to imitate that period and that's exactly what it came across as; people trying.
The bounty hunter and young slave master were so bad that it was comical. The black bounty hunter looked like Killer Mike mixed with Bubba from Forrest Gump. It really looked like they just went and got a country breh from Decatur Georgia and told him to memorize these lines. No acting whatsoever. It was a joke. Ol buddy playing the young slave Master seemed so disinterested the entire movie. I didn't see any emotion or range from him at all. Just there for the check.
The best acting was from Harriets father. I liked him. He spoke and acted like you would think a older slave would back then. He was unintentionally funny too the way he would wear a blindfold when Harriet would sneak to see him so he couldn't lie and say he didn't see her if the cacs came asking.
There were 10 gunshots in the entire film and only 2 people were killed, both being black.
The movie was so cookiecutter. I've read books on Tubman about how gritty and merciless she was. She would threaten to kill the slaves she was helping if one of them wanted to turn back outta fear and return to the plantation because it would jeopardize the group and mission.
I know the movie was pg 13 but I really was expecting a real narrative of her prime days leading the underground railroad. There was no tension in the film. NONE. How you have a film on Tubman sneaking all up and down through Baltimore in the freezing night freeing slaves and not have tension. There are stories about the lengths she'd go; almost like a spy. Wearing disguises. Hiding in plain sight, using animals as decoys and distractions. The type of shyt you'd see in a looney tunes cartoon, she was doing in real life, tricking cacs and risking her life.
Now I've read that she's had to kill but I can't substantiate it. It is always inferred that she's caught a few bodies because they always say she packed a revolver and she wasn't afraid to use it. Harriet killed nothing in the film. She fired a gun 3 times. They made this big scene in the movie where Janelle Mones character opened this fancy box and pulled out a nice revolver and showed Harriet how to wield it. That scene was pointless cause she barely used it.
The finale was awful. Bubba the bounty hunter is about to shoot Harriet despite orders to capture her alive. The slave owner then shoots him in the head, killing him and saving Harriet. Harriet then shot him in the hand disarming him in the process. He's on his knees staring down the barrel of her rifle only for her to walk away
Knowing how ruthless Harriet was and how she would let no loose ends jeopardize her mission, why tf did she not shoot this mf?
By the way, Janelle Mones character is killed by bubba the bounty hunter after he beats her and kicks her in the head. Black on black crime
So the only 2 people who are killed in the film are black and one was killed by a black man. Hollywood just couldn't help themselves.
I know Tubman was super religious and even said that God would give her visions but the way the movie implemented it was a joke. This is a real scene:
Harriet is leading a group of 7 slaves at night. They are running from a legion of horsemen, bloodhounds and slavers. The slavers have set up roadblocks ahead so the slaves would have nowhere to run. Harriet, with the slavers on their tale, faints to her knees and has a vision. The slaves are panicking because she's unresponsive. The vision shows her that the road ahead is blocked. So she leads then in another direction through a river. All this happens and these nikkas ain't get caught?
The costumes were dope though and the negro spiritual songs were well sung and implemented nicely.
I hate that a hero and legend such as Harriet fukking Tubman was disgraced to be portrayed by such a half assed film. You can do any other legend like this but not Harriet. I enjoyed birth of a nation actually and was hoping this film would mirror that in some ways but this shyt we got now
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