12 Years a Slave Comments

  • Marjolaine 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    It is not simply the race, the indifference of the same kind, the indifference of human nature, the despair and helplessness of human...

  • Zelda 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The Chinese people do feel a little bit of pain when they are stepped on. The little Japan in the 20th century was much more brutal than the Americans in the 19th century... I think the Chinese really need to learn to calm down with "human nature, system, and divine condemnation". The story of ethnic suffering is probably not quite right. Those white people are still human after...

  • Clare 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    Political correctness is really annoying, just like this film that I want to complain about is long, verbose, without focus, and without rhythm. Of course, I can’t help but say that I am really a black girl in and out of the scene. Year (being...

  • Kira 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    The best picture of this year's Oscar. The whole film is very neat, several long shots such as hanging and caning are very powerful, the leading role and the actress are very good, and some details are also handled perfectly. But I don't know why I feel that I am still a little short of five stars. The best Oscar films are often such "blockbusters" that are too neat and tall and adapted from real events. A good film is a good film, but it is always lacking in spirituality and surprises....

  • Jimmie 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    An epic of personal tragedy under slavery. Lynching on the road, the ashes of the night, the details are exquisite, cruel and calm, maintaining the usual level of director Steve...

  • Jalyn 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    It is estimated that the other director will have to make a vulgar accusation film; McQueen is still as cruel as ever, and the long shots and sound arrangement are both catching designs. Limited by the story itself and the contemporary mainstream, some politically correct passages must always be added, but beyond this, what is commendable is that he created a huge and powerless atmosphere: among the black slaves, only a few have the spirit of resistance, more It is silence and...

  • Idell 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Restraint, balance, consideration, and dignity meet all the requirements of classical aesthetics. This politically correct and sensitive genre can only be shot like this. I really like a few scenes in the dark background. The light and shadow effects are very strong in the "classical" style. It would be more interesting if the whole movie was shot like this-but would this reduce the realistic skinny of the "true story adaptation"? ...This kind of film is the kind that has no complaints and no...

  • Randy 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The details are very good, and there are textbooks, but the reason why it is not highly rated here is the question of the origin of the damselflies... Most people can't figure out the history of the country here, and they always have a very weak sense of substitution for the old things in the United States. Oh, besides, even though BC is very popular, you don't need to make a cameo in every movie, even though BP gets old, you can't just make a...

  • Harmon 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Recording the sins of white people does not represent a reflection on history, but the sad soundtrack of Uncle Lonely swears a stand. Under the gorgeous Oscar-level coat, it is just an overly correct value and a portrayal of misery. The era of slavery is America's eternal pain? I think it's more like a good place for Hollywood farce. With McQueen's talent, it is a waste to create such academic propositional...

  • Keyon 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    McQueen attaches great importance to visual effects, contrasting the cruel and unacceptable suffering with a picturesque southern American idyllic scene. The scene where Solomon is hanged is the most prominent. This kind of alienation effect is somewhat similar to Fassbender’s "Fear Swallowing". soul". But this still can't support a 134-minute feature feature film. There are too few substantive ups and downs. If the goal is to stimulate the audience's sympathy, 90 minutes is...

Extended Reading

12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Edwin Epps: If something rubs you wrongly, I offer you the opportunity to speak on it.

    Bass: [exhales] Well, you ask plainly, so I will tell you plainly. What amused me just then was your concern for my wellbeing in this heat when, quite frankly, the condition of your laborers...

    Edwin Epps: The condition of my laborers?

    Bass: It is horrid.

    Edwin Epps: The hell?

    [chuckles]

    Bass: It's all wrong. All wrong, Mr. Epps.

    Edwin Epps: They ain't hired help. They're my property.

    Bass: You say that with pride.

    Edwin Epps: I say it as fact.

    Bass: If this conversation concerns what is factual and what is not, then it must be said that there is no justice nor righteousness in their slavery. But you do open up an interesting question. What right have you to your niggers, when you come down to the point?

    Edwin Epps: What right?

    Bass: Mmm

    Edwin Epps: I bought 'em. I paid for 'em.

    Bass: Well, of course you did, and the law says you have the right to hold a nigger. But begging the law's pardon, it lies. Suppose they pass a law taking away your liberty, making you a slave. Suppose.

    Edwin Epps: That ain't a supposable case.

    Bass: Laws change, Epps. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, a plain and simple fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.

    Edwin Epps: You comparing me to a nigger, Bass?

    Bass: I'm only asking, in the eyes of God, what is the difference?

    Edwin Epps: You might as well ask what the difference is between a white man and a baboon.

    [chuckles]

    Edwin Epps: I seen one of them critters in Orleans. Know just as much as any nigger I got.

    Bass: Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it. There is an ill, Mr. Epps. A fearful ill resting upon this nation. And there will be a day of reckoning yet.

  • Ford: What is the price for the ones Platt and Eliza?

    Freeman: A thousand for Platt; he is a nigger of talent. Seven hundred for Eliza. My fairest price.

    Ford: You will accept a note?

    Freeman: Always from you, Mr. Ford.