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Originally Posted by djchameleon
Fruitvale Station
This movie hit me right in the feels. It made me look more into the real life events that this movie portrays but after looking into it.
I'm a little mad at how the director decided to gloss over a few things and purposely went for a sympathetic reaction to something that was much more complex than he ended up portraying.
This movie also had the benefit of coming out around the time that the Trayvon Martin verdict was being given.
Once again Octavia Spencer shows off her great acting chops and I wouldn't be surprised to see her get an Oscar nom for supporting from this movie. |
Yeah, I can see how you might be mad about the absolute sympathy for Oscar Grant. In fact, the movie may have been better and more thought provoking if it had been a little more balanced. I remember the real event like it was yesterday (it was news headlines for like months, complete with all kinds of video footage) and, unlike the Trayvon thing, this was just a very sad and frustrating event for almost everybody.