yeah ita, I'm not seeing that movie anytime soon. I STILL haven't seen Amistad. Uh uh.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
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le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 9:32:22 am PDT #24965 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2013 9:52:03 am PDT #24966 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I STILL haven't seen Amistad. Uh uh.
I think I cried for 3/4 of that. So there's a slave ship, right? Well, at some point in the story, some slaves try to escape off the ship during the transit, and their escape plan? Swim east. I broke down there and never unbroke up.
megan walker - Jul 17, 2013 10:06:04 am PDT #24967 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Having just watched Amistad for my Spielberg blog series, don't worry, le nubian, you are not missing anything. it is really not a good movie. While it doesn't reach Hook levels of awfulness, it's one of Spielberg's worst.
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2013 10:12:20 am PDT #24968 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some movies don't have to be good to have a deep emotional impact. I'm going to guess that LeN should avoid Amistad on that criterion primarily.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2013 10:39:43 am PDT #24969 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Look, I haven't seen Schindler's List either. There are some movies on this score that I just have to avoid. I have a category of movies in that vein that I do not see at all.
I would watch documentaries, mind you. But dramatized in movies, I just can't.
Dana - Jul 17, 2013 10:40:54 am PDT #24970 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I really avoid all of WWII. I have also not seen Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan or any of the Clint Eastwood stuff or Band of Brothers.
Amy - Jul 17, 2013 10:45:10 am PDT #24971 of 30000
Because books.
Schindler's List is the only one I'm not sure I could watch again.
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2013 10:50:35 am PDT #24972 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In general, I'm allergic to the default war movie, just like I can't handle most Middle Passage narratives. But I have a long-seated compulsion to consume slavery stories, implanted by my parents. For war, I restrict myself to Britain during WWII and select POW pieces (which I love to pieces, and some I know I can't handle--I haven't seen Schindler's List either).
I don't see how I can't see that movie, but the premise is making me weepy right now. If only it starred a Wayans brother.
Burrell - Jul 17, 2013 11:41:58 am PDT #24973 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have avoided Amistad for the reasons le n states. It's not just the emotional well they draw from, I end up really resenting a movie that draws from those wells without giving me any more insight than I had going into it.
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2013 11:51:26 am PDT #24974 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will trade Djimon for insight 8 times out of ten.