I am so far behind with my movie blog that there’s only one
way to catch up. I will briefly
comment on the various movies and assume you know what the movie is about.
What “Selma” does so well is to bring to life the events of
1965, especially ‘Bloody Sunday’ (the first march). The movie is riveting and
David Oyelowo’s performance as Martin Luther King Jr. is impressive. There are
a few missteps, such as the glossing over of Coretta King’s meeting with
Malcolm X and the occasional captions, purportedly ‘reports’ by the FBI, which
prove distracting and sometimes confusing. Nonetheless, ‘Selma’ demonstrates
not only how far we have come as a society, but how far we have yet to go.
Always confusing to me is how a movie can receive a Best Picture nomination,
but not the director, Ava DuVernay.
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