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I was skeptical of the film, considering this is material that has been covered a million times. But I have to say that this is probably the best portrayal of the topic from a pure cinematic standpoint that I have seen in a while.
I do have some issues with the LBJ portrayal, but that's Hollywood, doesn't do any good to get upset over it. The whole, "all northern whites were good guys" motif got a little old (Boston has it's own racist history), but still a film I would highly recommend.
I don't like this attitude of "It's a movie, not a documentary, it doesn't need to be accurate."
But if you are going to make a HISTORICAL movie, why not make it accurate? The idea of LBJ being against the march is idiotic. The march was HIS IDEA. This is according to Julian Bond, one of MLK's closest associates. It's also recorded on the White House tape.
But they knew that other movies were criticized for black people having to be 'rescued' by white people (The Help and 12 Years a Slave spring to mind), so they had to make LBJ a bad guy to please the critics.
A lot of young people get their history through movies. They are going to walk away from this one totally miseducated.
All people care about is whether it moves them emotionally. Well, you can tell the true story and still do that.
I enjoyed this movie, and think it was very well done, but IMO The Butler was even better and will have more staying power, for decades to come, as IMO the acting was far better.
That theme is getting a bit tired. Especially given that the film doesn't even offer an honest appraisal of King -- although I have not seen the film, I guarantee you that Hollywood, with its current political agenda, would never dare release a film about the real MLK. Perhaps if someday the sealed FBI files regarding MLK are released to the public, and a new regime controls Hollywood, then we'll see a film about King that shows his true character, but until then, the whole grievances inc. film thing is rather passe.
If you mean the 'real' MLK, as in his character flaws, apparently the movie does deal with some of those issues, like his extra marital affairs. I didn't see the movie but that's what I read in one review of the film.
Ordinarily I'd want to see this movie, but indeed all the race baiting, the hypocrisy and double standards over all things race related in the media and all, I'm a bit fatigued at movies like these.
It's ironic, because it portrays an important part of American history, but I feel people are so fatigued over what I mentioned previously, they have no desire to see things like these at the moment.
*yawn* I'm so tired of talking about race I wouldn't see the movie if someone paid me. I get it, white people are evil and the cause of all black people's problems. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same old, same old.
It's ironic, because it portrays an important part of American history, but I feel people are so fatigued over what I mentioned previously, they have no desire to see things like these at the moment.
Funny thing is, your average American really doesn't have very much knowledge of that part of history. They have general ideas of it and get the gist, but not much historical knowledge.
*yawn* I'm so tired of talking about race I wouldn't see the movie if someone paid me. I get it, white people are evil and the cause of all black people's problems. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same old, same old.
Because we all know this film doesn't depict white people dying for the same cause
I'm sick of people droning on and on about being "tired" of talking about race when they've never even bothered to talk about it or study up on it in the first place.
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