Selma

[MrMaooz]

Trailer

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Didn't see a thread for this. Looks really good.

 

[Silvermoth]

Looks fantastic, I can't wait to see it. It's an Oscar winner for sure

 

[MadVillainy]

Surprised there wasnt a thread about this before.


Im sure i'll like it, and I hear it's incredible, but the trailer did nothing for me

 

[Hurm...]

The trailer makes it look generic, but I'll probably check it out.

 

[Apollo]

Might check it out this weekend. Looks great. I know it is Hollywood. But Hopefully it is historically accurate.

 

[coreymb16]

I really want to see this film. Hopefully tomorrow evening! Classic in the making!

 

[terry78]

Caught it earlier, very well done. Not too heavy handed, but just enough. Though they did play some of the white characters almost too broad as villainous cariactures, like George Wallace. I dug the guy they cast as

Spoiler

Malcolm X

though.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Plan on seeing this Saturday night. I should have saw this tonight instead of Taken 3.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Damn fine film. Round of applause at the end. Stellar performances from the entire cast. If you haven't seen it yet, go do it.

 

[Octoberist]

i need to see it

 

[Thundercrack85]

I hear this film really throw LBJ under the bus.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I hear this film really throw LBJ under the bus.

A little bit:

http://time.com/3658593/selma-lbj-history/

 

[Thundercrack85]

What the hell is the point in doing a movie like this if you can't get basic history right?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

A little bit:

http://time.com/3658593/selma-lbj-history/

Well there went me watching this movie. Jesus....

 

[Thundercrack85]

I find it particularly egregious since LBJ – a rather boorish old white Democrat from Texas – really went out on a limb for civil rights and black people.

Quite frankly there's a movie in just that. What I'm reading sounds like character assassination.

And apparently the director is brushing it off with "I'm not here to make a white savior movie".

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Why must you disparage one race whole-cloth to build up another? Talk about missing the point of the movement. There wasn't enough actually bad white people for him to pick from?

 

[terry78]

Her. The director is a chick.

 

[Matt Mortem]

There were already enough white antagonists in the film, so to do LBJ like that was pretty dumb. They show in the film that there were sympathetic whites willing to stand with MLK. Doing LBJ like that was not necessary.

 

[Schlosser85]

For white villains, they already had George Wallace who was an ardent segregationist, and J. Edgar Hoover, who had a downright crazy hatred for King.

 

[Urich Leeds]

The film should've focused on J. Edgar, not LBJ, if they felt it necessary to have someone, higher up on the government food chain than Wallace, to antagonize King.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Focus on J. Edgar, who pretty much everyone can agree was a ****head. That'd make way more sense anyway.

 

[The Sage]

This was movie was amazing. I see why it's getting the accolades it's been getting. It was brutal, moving, contemplative, and inspiring.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

This is a beautiful and powerful movie. The acting is great all around and I really can't find any flaws with this movie ( though I am sure there are some). The movie is still relevant today with all the recent issues that have been going on in the news today. This already on my 2015 top films list. But technically the movie came out in 2014 on Christmas Day for a limited release. This movie gets my highest recommendation 10/10.



Side note, it's a shame this probably won't be #1 at the box office since it seems most are going for Taken 3 ( which is mediocre). I know some of my white friends who won't go see this because they don't want to feel bad. I guess that's the case with a lot of white people because the screening I went to was 98% black and 2% white and it wasn't sold out. The theater was actually packed but it was like weird segregation going on. Whites going to Taken 3 and blacks going to Selma lol.

 

[Apollo]

I really want to see this now! I have been waiting for a decent MLK movie for years!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Her. The director is a chick.

My mistake.