So I saw 12 Years a Slave tonight...

[The Real]

Can we merge?

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/just-saw-12-years-a-slave.156019/


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I teared up at the end. That scene was so powerful

No problem, merge away.

Yeah, that was the scene that broke everybody in the audience during my viewing, too. When he

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goes into the house, sees his fam there, having changed so much after all those years, struggles to speak and find the right words to say, then comes out with that apology about his appearance... damn... it was a perfect way to say a ton without saying a lot, and also to show how nothing he could possibly have said would be able to fully convey what he wanted. Extremely powerful scene.

 

[mastermind]

No problem, merge away.

Yeah, that was the scene that broke everybody in the audience during my viewing, too. When he

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goes into the house, sees his fam there, having changed so much after all those years, struggles to speak and find the right words to say, then comes out with that apology about his appearance... damn... it was a perfect way to say a ton without saying a lot, and also to show how nothing he could possibly have said would be able to fully convey what he wanted. Extremely powerful scene.

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the line "say a ton without saying anything" says it all. When he told his son in law "we have to some acquainting to do" I laughed and then started to tear up. The other moving scene, when he finally got freed and he is looking at the plantation fading away. I cannot imagine what was going through Solomon Northrop's mind as he is realizing those horrors are going away. That was a beautifully shot scene.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

I'm going either tonight or tomorrow to a mostly white theater to see cac guilt at its finest...
















but only after i'm through with my feels

 

[Swagnificent]

Most of the audience (myself included) was tearing up, sniffing or straight up crying by the end. Very brutal, difficult watch full of excellent acting with a great screenplay, all the more compelling for being a true story. A lot of the grotesque and complex elements of the slave-owner relationship were fully portrayed, better than any previous movie on the subject. I do think it had some minor technical issues due to being somewhat more "Hollywood" in production than McQueen's other films and involving some outside influence (the soundtrack, for example... Hans Zimmer was a terrible choice,) but overall, I can't hate. This is currently the definitive slavery movie to date.

I could barely make it through Roots (the book) when Kizzy got sold after learning to read. I don't know if its possible for me to see this movie. A nikka would be crying like a bytch up in there.

 

[The Real]

I could barely make it through Roots (the book) when Kizzy got sold after learning to read. I don't know if its possible for me to see this movie. A nikka would be crying like a bytch up in there.

Crazy thing is, you already know what happens at the end before you go in. I figured ok, it's predictable, they'll just do a Hollywood style ending and that's that. I usually don't get emotional at movies, especially not when I already know the ending. But somehow, that last scene just hit me hard as fukk. That was when a lot of the people in the theater just started sobbing and shyt, straight up. It was crazy.

 

[Elle Driver]

I don't think I can watch this, shyt seems too brutal and I'm kind of tired of this slavery indentured servant theme that the movie industry has going on. I don't think my heart can take it. I do wanna watch it though.

 

[The Real]

I don't think I can watch this, shyt seems too brutal and I'm kind of tired of this slavery indentured servant theme that the movie industry has going on. I don't think my heart can take it. I do wanna watch it though.

Forget about all the other slavery movies. Just watch this one. No other slave movie in history can compare. And no other slave movie in history is actually just a true story on screen (Amistad was highly fictionalized, even though it was based on history, and had Spielberg, Hollywood sentimental nonsense all through it.)

 

[Ziggiy]

Forget about all the other slavery movies. Just watch this one. No other slave movie in history can compare. And no other slave movie in history is actually just a true story on screen (Amistad was highly fictionalized, even though it was based on history, and had Spielberg, Hollywood sentimental nonsense all through it.)

Pretty much what I'm going to do. Going to see it and let it be the "definitive" historical slave movie for the newer generation, adapted and directed by black man. ANY other movies set in slavery not directed by a black man/woman I'm pretty much going to ignore. The ONLY other possible film I'm looking forward too is of they finally allow Danny Glover to make his Toussaint movie

 

[JahBuhLun]

Pretty much what I'm going to do. Going to see it and let it be the "definitive" historical slave movie for the newer generation, adapted and directed by black man. ANY other movies set in slavery not directed by a black man/woman I'm pretty much going to ignore. The ONLY other possible film I'm looking forward too is of they finally allow Danny Glover to make his Toussaint movie

Not going to happen. Not mainstream; They are not going to show Blacks conquering their oppressors in a historical way. They would've rather shown an "attempted Haitian Revolution" than the successful one that Toussaint orchestrated.

 

[Elle Driver]

Forget about all the other slavery movies. Just watch this one. No other slave movie in history can compare. And no other slave movie in history is actually just a true story on screen (Amistad was highly fictionalized, even though it was based on history, and had Spielberg, Hollywood sentimental nonsense all through it.)

I feel like since it was written and directed by a black dude (even though I'm annoyed that they didn't cast an African American but whatever), I might just see it for that reason. I ain't tryna cry in no theater though.

 

[FaTaL]

Not going to happen. Not mainstream; They are not going to show Blacks conquering their oppressors in a historical way. They would've rather shown an "attempted Haitian Revolution" than the successful one that Toussaint orchestrated.

interesting, never heard of the guy until now

 

[mastermind]

Forget about all the other slavery movies. Just watch this one. No other slave movie in history can compare. And no other slave movie in history is actually just a true story on screen (Amistad was highly fictionalized, even though it was based on history, and had Spielberg, Hollywood sentimental nonsense all through it.)

this. 100% this

this will be the definitive movie on slavery.

 

[head shots101]

might be watching this tomorrow...haven't been to the movies since mos