Reviews of The Color Purple 1985
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Part 1 of my 13 hour flight to Japan.
I was originally going to spend my flight filling in blank spots in the Ghibli canon but Air Canada had a surprisingly strong selection of "classics". It's contemporary selection had this weird abundance of African-American issue films so I was going drop Ghibli in favour of that. This was a bad place to start (I'll try to get to the few Spike Lee movies on there on the return flight).
This…
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-Part of my on-going Spielberg marathon-
‘The Color Purple’ is one of those movie where it’s driven and anchored purely by its powerful and superb acting. I can’t remember the last time where I actually focus, thoroughly, on performances and all these characters who are portrayed amazingly by each of the actors and actresses, utterly blows me away.
Everybody, and I do mean every single one of them; from Oprah Winfrey’s incredible turn into Sofia, Margaret Avery’s loving and caring…
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The film was a tonal mess and too melodramatic most of the time. Great performance from Goldberg though.
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Excelente!
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Steven Spielberg Retrospective
This was a pretty good drama. It's a bit long for my tastes and honestly is pretty unpleasant at times. There is a mix of Steven Spielberg light heartedness which made the movie easier to get thorough. It's a pretty good film. The Cinematography was good. The story, while long, is well written. The acting is really good. Danny Glover does a good job playing a character that I freaking hated. A bit long but besides that it is a good drama. Worth a watch.
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People often describe this as Steven Spielberg's first "grown-up" film which I find quite insulting. Just because movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jaws are genre pictures anyone can enjoy does not mean they weren't made for adults. At any rate, I think what people mean to say is that it's Spielberg's first straight-forward drama which isn't a genre film, but I suppose that's more of a mouthful. The film itself is problematic. For a film that depicts…
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La escena de la iglesia es verdaderamente breathtaking.
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The Colour Purple is driven by the strength of its characters and the immaculate performances from the actors who bring them to life. The deeply affecting narrative is powerful and thoroughly emotional and supplemented by a beautiful, painterly aesthetic. Spielberg’s incredible acclaim has naturally increased the expectation for each of his films, which makes every one of his releases that continue to achieve this same standard all the more incredible considering they are also dealing with such intense scrutiny. The…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Purple Prose
Nothing of his middle-aged, middle-class Jewish life suggests Spielberg's kinship with Walker’s ground-level exploration of female exploitation, sexual awakening, and blossoming social consciousness. He shares no evident background, ethnic or otherwise, with the characters that populate his film; but he brushes off accusations of authorial mismatch—or worse, exploitation—with brash self-assurance. The Color Purple vividly illustrates Spielberg’s faith in the empathetic power of cinema, and importantly, his confidence in the compassion conjured through his images.
Those convictions manifest in…
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I always love a good southern drama (or southern lit). Unfortunately, I dont think Spielberg can pull it off. His gallows humour is quite good at times, even if it doesnt always suit the film. The oversentimental melodramatics dont work either. The 'women are good, men are bad' vibe I got at times was a little off as well. But ultimately, despite how lovely it looked, it doesnt soar above a pass for me. To think this was practically the favourite for the oscars 27 years ago is somewhat disturbing.
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The Color Purple is a bizarre film. It deals with very serious matters such as marital abuse, slavery, and rape, but it also has a slapstick side to it and even a couple musical numbers to go with it. That’s not to say a movie can’t possibly work with these elements, but that this one did not. The movie had odd pacing and the characters seemed like thin parodies of themselves at times. The last 30 minutes or so of the film are satisfying as a whole, but after 2 hours of banality, it’s a bit too little, too late.