The Birth of a Nation (Official Thread)
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Damn.. so Nate did the damn thang huh
If cacs are panning the movie n low key throwing shots, than it's definitely a good must see flick.
Dude is hating hard
Lmaoooo Cacs R gonna pan this.. for me that make's this a must see
Well if they are panning it due to lack of action ie "cac murder" than I don't really want to see it either,talking about a rebellion the whole movie,and only killing for the last 15 minutes
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TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
It's getting really impressive reviews.
Most I've seen/read say it's every bit as emotionally resonating and powerful as 12 Years A Slave, albeit not always as expertly made because Parker still has ways to go as a filmmaker, but still say it's one of the best films at Sundance by far. And to just touch back my biggest fear, a lot of reviews mention that it handles the moral ambiguity of the retaliatory violence very well, so I'll eat crow on that one.
Most I've seen/read say it's every bit as emotionally resonating and powerful as 12 Years A Slave, albeit not always as expertly made because Parker still has ways to go as a filmmaker, but still say it's one of the best films at Sundance by far. And to just touch back my biggest fear, a lot of reviews mention that it handles the moral ambiguity of the retaliatory violence very well, so I'll eat crow on that one.
kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
im loving the love dat boy nate gettin and im fully supporting this in theaters if it come to my city.....that quote from nate in that interview a few post above tho
Damn for a brief second i thought this was featuring Nat Turnher.
I need to get my life together.
Well if they are panning it due to lack of action ie "cac murder" than I don't really want to see it either,talking about a rebellion the whole movie,and only killing for the last 15 minutes
So that's ALL Nat Turner was huh
a crazed murderer. Surely he COULDNT have been a MAN who was driven towards violent revolution by the circumstances of overwhelming white supremacy, and certainly as a character the audiences wouldn't want to see how his mind set evolved from docile slave to a man who was willing to fight for the freedom of his people by any means necessary. Character development isn't needed whatsoever, no no. We need to skip STRAIGHT to murdering Cacs because that's how we like our action movies
This movie isn't an Action Movie, and honestly the murdering of Cacs isn't even the most important aspect of Nat Turner's life. It was the TRUTH of the savagery and horror of slavery and White Supremacy that DROVE Nat Turner to take up arms and become a freedom fighter. You've already got Cacs like @TheGodling bytching about "bu bu but...he KILLED innocent Lilly white children!" When he was 100% justified in doing so, but if you base the ENTIRE movie around that, then it strips Nat Turner of HIS humanity because it doesn't allow for exploration of his circumstances, those of our people, or his psyche.
Nat's cause was righteous, and every white oppressor he killed was one less legacy that would've existed to put their boots on our necks today. But Nat Turner wasn't simply a killer, he was a hero and just like Malcolm X and MLK his depiction deserves a complete character study
#tpc
Yep. Can't apply the laws of a "civil" society when that society is corrupt to the core.
will support this
we made ithad the chance to briefly meet him like 5+ years ago, we done came a long way from debating with ms smollett
"Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood
Standing ovation for Nate Parker's "A Birth of a Nation," but this Nat Turner saga is slow & sanctimonious -- no African "Spartacus" this."
But we're the savages.
Standing ovation for Nate Parker's "A Birth of a Nation," but this Nat Turner saga is slow & sanctimonious -- no African "Spartacus" this."
But we're the savages.