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Summary: Review of The Color Purple
Review: This movie was one of the best movies I have watch over and over again. Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover performance was fanatastic. The movie was heart moving as you see the pain in her eyes. Celie has not self esteem and she sacrifices herself to protect her sister Nettie from their Pa. Celie has so much love for her sister. And the pain she feels when she does not hear from Nettie just made me cry. Celie puts up with an abusive father and husband until Shug Avery helps her see that their is hope. And I loved it when she stood up for herself and let Mr have it.
You read the book also it is just as good.
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Summary: Just Awful
Review: This film , like the tired book by the same title , is a collection of hateful thoughts by a "women" who hates men..The men are reduced to mere criminals and the women are the heroic victims..Tell me something ... How can a movie be soooo great if the entire plot centers around a complete dyfunctional Black community...??? There is'nt one male character protrayed here that is a positive human being..Are all Blackmen like this..??? Would you want your brother, father , sons , husband to be anything like the "men" in this film...??? I did'nt think so... What's wrong with a little balance and a lot of realism..There are some good brothers out there just take a look at your own family...The title should by changed to "Dumb People Watching"....
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Summary: Best movie ever made
Review: An incredibly inspiring story about faith, hope, injustice and deliverance. This is an artistic masterpiece, lovingly created by Steven Spielberg and Alice Walker. That this movie did not win a single Academy award of the eleven that it was nominated for (not to mention not even a nomination for Spielberg as best director) was an indication of how corrupt and biased the "Academy" was at that time. Every detail of this movie is lavishly attended to including the wonderfully brilliant score by Quincy Jones (Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) was co-written with Lionel Richie). The cinematography is nothing short of spectacular and incredibly imaginative with every scene worthy of freezing and framing. The dove-tailed juxtapositioning of the African scenes to the US scenes are in a creative league that is rarely even comparable to modern movies. Whoopi Goldberg gives the performance of her life as Celie, a poor black woman that finds inner-strength and salvation after a lifetime of appalling injustices. Warning: Do not attempt to watch this movie without having a box of tissues nearby! You will need them for the sad scenes as well as the happy ones. I wish Hollywood would create more movies like this. -Vince Boston
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Summary: Syrupy, awful.
Review: This film is one of the toughest celluloid experiences to sit through. No respect for the (infinately worthier) source material. It is ironic that Spielberg attempts a "Griffiths-like" approach to this subject as it dessimates any possibility of true insight into the machinations of Walker's more resigned, cerebral literary experiences. Strangely enough, she condoned Spielberg's requisite butchering. Interesting. Spielberg is a technically astute filmmaker, masterful at grabbing an aesthetically appealing image, arranging shots from strict pre-production storyboarding, layering on Quincy Jones' cloying score and hearing the coffers rattle with cinema punters' coins and cash, but this project he should have left to someone else. As one critic put it 'it either grabs you emotionally or leaves you cold'. It left me positively glacial.
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Summary: Great special features but....
Review: I just bought the Color Purple Special Edition DVD even though I already own the Original release on DVD because I wanted to see the Special features added in this new edition. Although I throughly enjoyed these documentaries, upon hearing Speilberg mention a 6 minute reconcilliation scene between Celie & Mister that was to be placed at the end of the film, I cant help but wonder WHY wasnt this missing scene added to this Special Edition? Instead of a photo gallery of snap shots from the film as a "Special Feature", why not show Color Purple fans some Deleted scenes like the one mentioned above? It Angers me when the studios Rerelease an already released DVD with Special Features to make you buy a 2nd copy and STILL leave certain things (like deleted scenes in this case) out so that they can re-RErelease it as an "Ultimate collection"( Heard about the RErelease of the ALIEN saga set yet?) or sometimes not at all.The next DVD Special edition Im waiting on is for Titanic where there was over 3 hours of the film cut from the original release. When & if they do release a Titanic Special Edition, I hope they will SHOW us everything they mention & not replace what the viewer would TRULY enjoy by a snapshot photo album.
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Summary: "Maybe someday, Hollywood will forgive me."
Review: This is purportedly what Spielberg had to say after "The Color Purple" was snubbed out of all 12 nominations at the Oscars. Watching the original DVD release of this beautiful movie, that is what the viewer might think. Not that there was anything wrong visually or audibly with the transfer of the film to a digital disc. But somehow, someone with decision-making capabilities at the studio got it into his head that it should be perfectly acceptable to release a 2 1/2 hour film on a single layer disc, which requires that half the movie be placed on one side, half on the other. In other words, halfway through the film, most DVD players would need to have the DVD flipped over before finishing. It's as if Hollywood needs to forgive you, the consumer, for some great offense. Well, not anymore. This two-disc special edition features a dual layer disc for the movie, and a fantastic rendering to digital format of a film that was virtually unanimous in the praise it received at its premiere almost twenty years ago. You don't just see the color purple in this movie. There is a seemingly limitless palette of colors: bright reds and greens, yellow, orange; and the most perfect blue sky that continually resurfaces in one scene after another. You'll swear it's been painted, but it is in fact the amazing cinematography that accompanies the action from start to finish. You also have your choice of audio to fully experience the wealth of musical styles from both the American and African traditions, woven together with a lush orchestral score. If you've seen "The Color Purple," you should know that this release leaves nothing wanting. If you haven't seen "The Color Purple," why not?
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Summary: THE COLOR PURPLE
Review: This film is absolutely outstanding. It's powerful, highly emotional and leaves you exhausted, but with an amazing feeling of triumph over adversity. I love it's gritty portrayal of a life less than glamourous and is not afraid to show the true horror of what a grim place the world can be. But and this is a very big but, if this is not a tale with a happy, uplifting and tear-jerking ending, i don't know what is. Even the hardest of men will love this film.
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Summary: Spielberg succeeds uniquivically
Review: Steven Spielberg utilizes his cinematic expertise to transform Alice Walker's emotionally wrenching novel to the big screen. The use of powerful images, such as the belt slapping against the head board as Celie is unwillingly raped nearly takes the place of the narative in Walker's novel. The casting for the movie is perfect, with a star-studded cast led by the multi-talented Whoopi Goldberg, who shines in her portrayal of Celie. Although Spielberg's movie is exceptional, it does not take the place of Walker's novel.
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Summary: Celie's life...
Review: The Color Puple is the disturbing story of Celie's (Whoopi Goldberg) life and search for love and happiness in an existence where her she is taught that she is less than others by those who are suppose to love her. The story begins with Celie giving birth to a baby boy, the result of her fathers incestuous abuse, and she is forced to give the child up on the fathers demand. Celie is then given away to Albert (Danny Glover), who is much older than her, to be his wife and to take care of his children from a previous marriage. Shortly thereafter, Celie's sister arrives at Albert's house and Albert begins to act on his attraction to Celie's sister. However, she fights back and Celie is once again separated from her beloved sister. Years later, Albert's son Harpo is marrying Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) and when Harpo asks Celie what to do about Sofia's head strong behavior she only knows one answer, beat her. At the same time, Albert is courting a beautiful blues singer, Shug Avery (Margaret Avery), but this does not concern Celie, since Shug's presence provides a sense of hope and love for Celie. Color Purple is a traumatizing cinematic experience where the life of Celie is displayed on the screen as brutal search for what all humans need in their life, love. In addition, the cinematography enhances the presence and absence of warm and tender love as Celie struggles, which enhances the overall experience and leaves the audience with a brilliant event.
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Summary: an absolute masterpiece just got better.............
Review: i saw this wonderful movie 8 times in the theatre in 1985, and wore out my vhs copy but this magnificently restored dvd makes it look and sound as wonderful now as it did in the theatres! bravo, as usual, to mr. spielberg for sparing no expense in creating an instant masterpiece on dvd, with some wonderful interviews, many extras, but so lovingly restoring this great, moving, and so powerful film to all of it's majestic beauty! get ready for an unforgettable journey!
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