12 Years a Slave

Fidel 2022-03-20 09:01:12

I have also watched the liberation of slave-style movies. This one is really not good, because it seems that there is no climax, but it is just a comment, and it is not bad, because the story is very complete and not too boring.

A free black man was accidentally abducted and trafficked. He experienced two slave owners and worked as a slave for 12 years. During this period, he suffered various abuses and suffered white jealousy, discrimination, and flogging; of course, he was always looking for On the chance of going home, a kind white man finally appeared and helped him write a letter. After a long appeal, he finally returned to his home and saw his children.

As a person's life experience, it is not unfavorable. Too much hardships, and the end is full of suffering, but as a movie, when you see the beginning, you also know the end. It is only after watching it, and there is not much resonance. Maybe It is cultural differences.

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  • Miller 2021-10-20 18:59:24

    4.5. Reproduce the history of slave trade. In that period of distinct hierarchical systems, the lowly status of the blacks made people sad. If you change to a director who is good at making commercial films, it might be a shocking epic. However, McQueen still maintained his personal style, and the whole movie is more realistic, focusing on recreating the real trivial lives of black slaves, and the psychological coexistence of depression and explosion. The terrible scars on the back are the mark of longing for freedom

  • Wayne 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The director conquered me with only a 3-minute long shot.

12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Clemens: If you want to survive, do and say as little as possible. Tell no one who you really are and tell no one that you can read and write. Unless you want to be a dead nigger.

  • Robert: I say we fight.

    Solomon Northup: The crew is fairly small. If it were well planned, I believe they could be strong armed.

    Clemens: Three can't stand against a whole crew. The rest here are niggers, born and bred slaves. Niggers ain't got the stomach for a fight, not a damn one.

    Robert: All I know, we get where we travelling we'll wish we'd died trying.

    Clemens: Survival is not about certain death, it is about keeping your head down.

    Solomon Northup: Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. "Tell no one who I really am" if I want to survive. I don't want to survive, I want to live.