Two years as a slave, my own nagging (draft)

Jamison 2022-04-22 07:01:03

Because of the title, I wanted to watch it for a long time, and because I saw the comments that it was very realistic, it "stands out" among several strong candidates, which made me start watching it "regardless of my career". Although the introduction to the title told me that the plot was clear at a glance, I still watched the whole film with the fantasy of Oscar, but it turned out that the jumping curiosity was like a tired child at the end, neither disappointed nor happy .
Since the title has been limited in time, tell us that this is a story of a free man who accidentally worked as a slave for twelve years and regained his freedom. And freedom is indeed a very poignant word. Even if the plot is seen through, it will still be painful and heart-wrenching with the difference between the fate of the protagonist before and after.
Rather than looking forward to the plot, it is better to look forward to the ending. I am really unhappy with the ending that only one person was rescued by luck and innate aptitude: how much virtue has accumulated in the past life will be hit by such great luck in this life, Does this tell us that people born poor or slaves have almost zero chance of turning over? I would rather like to know how your fathers got their freedom. And if drama comes from life and is higher than life, why can't he save other people, and let me get some fantasy happiness. But a few remarks about the original protagonist at the end were a relief for me - the lawsuit still couldn't be won because of the politics of the time. All in all, this not-so-all-or-nothing ending makes me a little itchy.
But at the same time, I have been recuperating at home because of a leg injury, and I have been sitting for a long time because of the leg injury and have low back pain. I have always felt that being a slave is an innuendo to me. The body has been eroded by years and endless work, the pride of the past is fading little by little, and I don't know why, but I am stuck in the current situation, and I am more accustomed to fantasizing rather than realizing it. What kind of willpower did Solomon, who became a slave, insist on. In fact, I am still very young, and I have nothing, so why am I afraid of changing and losing.

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  • Aletha 2021-10-20 18:59:21

    Can the flogging scene be left in film history? A white young man sitting on my right with a tattoo on his arm was full of tears at the moment when the lights came on, which was shocking. In addition, if this movie can win the Golden Man, the theme of the Oscars for two consecutive years will be "Canada Save the Actor".

  • Darby 2022-03-23 09:01:14

    As soon as I saw that Fasha got a new black girl again, I thought, director, you love him too much. You gave him such a complicated role and let him get a black girl again. I thought, both I think he's dying

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.