georgi-sima
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I'm a big fan of Chey's first film - 'Fakin' Da Funk' - so I watched this.
My biggest film-buff friends didn't like this movie, so it took me nearly five years to get around to seeing it. I'm very glad that I finally did see it. Expert cinematography, carefully-handled subplots, and rock-solid acting make this film a cinematic masterpiece.
The movie is slow, but I didn't find it boring. This is basically a frame story told in flashbacks. Be careful when watching this movie to note the dates of the various flashbacks, because they're not all in sequential order; however, I found that they were masterfully interwoven. I think the last 30 to 45 minutes are the best part of the movie and well worth the wait.
Basically this movie is being like an old fashioned Biblical epic, with grand looking landscapes and a bigger than life story, or in this case underdog story, in which everything moves slowly but steadily. As often is the case with this type of movies, it's hard to get into at first, since it doesn't really become apparent, right from the start on already, which direction the story will be heading at. But once things are starting to take form and it becomes more clear what the story is going for, it becomes an engaging movie, as also truly was the case with this movie.
I really loved it how things slowly started to take shape within this movie. It also made it more apparent what an actual good and original story this movie has in it. It's not being too complicated either, which makes this movie all the more engaging to watch. No, this really is far from being pretentious genre movie, though it still has some pretentious tendencies in it, especially when it comes down to its acting and characters.
See 'The Islands' to really see a magnificent film as well. It just hit theaters nationwide on December 6, 2019
My biggest film-buff friends didn't like this movie, so it took me nearly five years to get around to seeing it. I'm very glad that I finally did see it. Expert cinematography, carefully-handled subplots, and rock-solid acting make this film a cinematic masterpiece.
The movie is slow, but I didn't find it boring. This is basically a frame story told in flashbacks. Be careful when watching this movie to note the dates of the various flashbacks, because they're not all in sequential order; however, I found that they were masterfully interwoven. I think the last 30 to 45 minutes are the best part of the movie and well worth the wait.
Basically this movie is being like an old fashioned Biblical epic, with grand looking landscapes and a bigger than life story, or in this case underdog story, in which everything moves slowly but steadily. As often is the case with this type of movies, it's hard to get into at first, since it doesn't really become apparent, right from the start on already, which direction the story will be heading at. But once things are starting to take form and it becomes more clear what the story is going for, it becomes an engaging movie, as also truly was the case with this movie.
I really loved it how things slowly started to take shape within this movie. It also made it more apparent what an actual good and original story this movie has in it. It's not being too complicated either, which makes this movie all the more engaging to watch. No, this really is far from being pretentious genre movie, though it still has some pretentious tendencies in it, especially when it comes down to its acting and characters.
See 'The Islands' to really see a magnificent film as well. It just hit theaters nationwide on December 6, 2019
I expected to either suffer or coast through this movie.
I was wrong.
This is the best film I've seen period. It's the first Asian-Black film and that says a lot.
The entire cast shines, including Ms. Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, and Tatiana Ali This is an engaging story told in a classic cinematic style. The realism is in the nuances - the tilt of a character's head after a dramatic moment or the look in their eyes while they sing. I literally discovered myself involved in this movie during the course of viewing it.
This movie has inspired me to be a better person. In life you don't know who you will run across and sometimes our prejudice will cause us to prejudge a person wrongly. I have learned to give a person the benefit of the doubt because of this movie. I also learned that tough love can build a stronger person. Now I want to know where to find the movie soundtrack.
I was wrong.
This is the best film I've seen period. It's the first Asian-Black film and that says a lot.
The entire cast shines, including Ms. Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, and Tatiana Ali This is an engaging story told in a classic cinematic style. The realism is in the nuances - the tilt of a character's head after a dramatic moment or the look in their eyes while they sing. I literally discovered myself involved in this movie during the course of viewing it.
This movie has inspired me to be a better person. In life you don't know who you will run across and sometimes our prejudice will cause us to prejudge a person wrongly. I have learned to give a person the benefit of the doubt because of this movie. I also learned that tough love can build a stronger person. Now I want to know where to find the movie soundtrack.