...How much I hated this film. I realize that with internet reviews, people are usually way too quick to tag a movie as "best I've ever seen " or "worst I've ever seen", without appreciating the sheer weight of the word "ever". But "Beloved" was by far and away, bar none, the absolute worst movie I've even seen. THREE HOURS (that felt like twelve hours) of my life that I'll never get back.
I went into this movie with an open mind, all I knew about it was that it starred Oprah, so it must be a "Chick Flick", but that's all I knew. And I thought she did a good job in "The Color Purple," so I thought how bad could it be? At first I was surprised that the first ten or twenty minutes were actually almost interesting, lots of scary stuff happened. And the acting was very good. But that's it, once they dispensed with that, the movie took a three hour turn for the worst.
Basically, there was no continuity, no ascertainable plot, and a lot of really gross stuff. In my opinion, the producers/directors/Oprah wanted an oscar, and they wanted it bad. So they got out their cauldron and started concocting: Shocking scenes, all-star cast, confusing as hell, Oprah as the lead role for political correctness, eye of newt (okay, no newts were harmed in the filming). The movie tries way too hard to be so meaningful and psychologically intense. Instead, it ended up irritating and annoying me. I got nothing out of this movie.
I give it a ZERO out of ten.
I went into this movie with an open mind, all I knew about it was that it starred Oprah, so it must be a "Chick Flick", but that's all I knew. And I thought she did a good job in "The Color Purple," so I thought how bad could it be? At first I was surprised that the first ten or twenty minutes were actually almost interesting, lots of scary stuff happened. And the acting was very good. But that's it, once they dispensed with that, the movie took a three hour turn for the worst.
Basically, there was no continuity, no ascertainable plot, and a lot of really gross stuff. In my opinion, the producers/directors/Oprah wanted an oscar, and they wanted it bad. So they got out their cauldron and started concocting: Shocking scenes, all-star cast, confusing as hell, Oprah as the lead role for political correctness, eye of newt (okay, no newts were harmed in the filming). The movie tries way too hard to be so meaningful and psychologically intense. Instead, it ended up irritating and annoying me. I got nothing out of this movie.
I give it a ZERO out of ten.