Our review of the film is up and I'm posting here mainly because I feel recent events have caused reviews and viewers to become highly wary of saying anything even remotely curious that might raise the racism eyebrow.
The film is decent but it's currently holding over a 90 on RT for both reviewers and viewers. It's simply not that great.
The first hour of the film is just slow, tedious footage of the main character (Oscar Grant) going about his daily business. There's absolutely nothing interesting about it other than to give us some backstory that, actually, goes against what I think the producers wanted us to feel for the final act.
Then we get an amazing final 30 minutes with one huge glaring change that was entirely unnecessary to tell this true-life story.
I'm really growing concerned that concerns about racism is taking hold on film reviews these days. Don't get me wrong, this is a decent movie. It's just not the nearly flawless film it's being portrayed as.
The film is decent but it's currently holding over a 90 on RT for both reviewers and viewers. It's simply not that great.
The first hour of the film is just slow, tedious footage of the main character (Oscar Grant) going about his daily business. There's absolutely nothing interesting about it other than to give us some backstory that, actually, goes against what I think the producers wanted us to feel for the final act.
Then we get an amazing final 30 minutes with one huge glaring change that was entirely unnecessary to tell this true-life story.
I'm really growing concerned that concerns about racism is taking hold on film reviews these days. Don't get me wrong, this is a decent movie. It's just not the nearly flawless film it's being portrayed as.