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Post by southstreet on Jul 25, 2022 14:49:11 GMT
Fantasia's Celie was amazing on stage, so am looking forward to seeing her in the film version. Obviously being amazing on stage doesn't mean it'll necessarily translate well on film and she doesn't really do much 'acting' stuff, but I am hopeful for it. :-)
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Post by stuartmcd on May 22, 2023 22:36:20 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 19, 2024 7:52:53 GMT
I saw it a couple of days ago and on the whole I enjoyed it, but I'm surprised by how much they toned down the queer aspects, which in turn diminishes the impact of I'm Here. Very good cast, especially Brooks.
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Post by WireHangers on Jan 21, 2024 19:09:00 GMT
I saw it a couple of days ago and on the whole I enjoyed it, but I'm surprised by how much they toned down the queer aspects, which in turn diminishes the impact of I'm Here. Very good cast, especially Brooks. I agree. I’m glad it’s a lot more obvious than the original movie but it wasn’t as prominent as it is in the musical, which in turn really makes I’m Here a bit pointless. I thought the movie was stunning but actually found the songs the weakest part of it. I thought the acting was so strong I found myself wanted to see a full on remake with the cast rather than a musical. Danielle Brooks is STUNNING. Oscar nom for sure. |
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Post by clive on Jan 24, 2024 22:58:28 GMT
Danielle Brooks is STUNNING. Oscar nom for sure. She stole it whenever she was on screen. He was only in it twice but a great cameo from Louis Gossett Jr. as well. |
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Post by capybara on Jan 31, 2024 1:04:10 GMT
Wonderful, really powerful. I didn’t know anything about this story but it works so well as a musical film.
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Post by mkb on Feb 10, 2024 0:43:07 GMT
The Color Purple stage musical just about managed to succeed despite dealing with themes that could not be more removed from the light-hearted fare typical of the genre. However, rinse that through the filter of the Hallmark Channel and enact in the style of Glee (as it feels the creative team have done here), and we're left with something that on the surface may be Technicolor bright and dazzling but is actually rather dull and lacking any emotional punch.
Some of the performances verge on caricature, the villains in particular being two dimensional and lacking nuance.
I really don't know what the writers and director were aiming for, but the result is trashy. The sooner this interpretation is confined to history the better. Spielberg's original non-musical telling was not exactly subtle in its emotional manipulation of the audience, but at least it engaged and left you invested in what would happen next.
Two stars.
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Post by SuttonPeron on Feb 13, 2024 9:35:10 GMT
I really didn´t like this film either. The original source material is a very raw, difficult queer story. This "take" on it has little to no emotion, sugarcoating for days and performances that lack depth or nuance. A shame, because the cast could´ve done a spectacular take on the material, had they been well directed. Danielle Brooks still delivered a stunning performance, but the rest of the cast was plain and lifeless. Celie and Shug had 0 chemistry!
Add some colorism, queer erasure (unbelievable, in 2023, and directed by a queer man) and an unusual and purposeless way to stage the musical numbers... and you got the recipe for a terrible adaptation of an overall excellent source material. What a shame.
Spielberg too sugarcoated the story and erased "certain parts" of it. But at least he made you truly care for the characters, and root for them while seeing their best and worst. At least he showed them as real humans.
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Post by cezbear on Feb 13, 2024 10:06:27 GMT
I have to disagree with some of the posters, I really liked the movie. I do agree there was no chemistry between Celie & Shug, and in general I was underwhelmed by Shug (and also by Squeak). But otherwise I thought it was visually beautiful, and clearly made with real love. I missed the humour from the stage show, although I suppose I can see why it might not have worked om film.
The staging of certain numbers as Celie's imagination really worked for me.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 2, 2024 22:26:18 GMT
Currently on Amazon Prime to own for £3.99
Just watched it and what a disappointment.
I loved the musical and saw it multiple times as I was working at the Menier when it was on there.
Half the songs are missing in the film and many of the ones left are almost unrecognisable as they have been changed around so much.
Have to say that pretty much all of the recent stage to screen musicals have left me underwhelmed, thinking especially of Jamie and Evan Hanson.
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