12 years too long.

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2014)

I went into 12 YAS with an open mind. I only watched it yesterday night, which was after all the awards and buzz surrounding this movie. People say it's hard to watch, (which some scenes are I suppose) but I found the whole movie was hard to watch. Not because of it's accurate story- telling, costumes, dialogue, or anything like that.....It was just a bad movie in general. It was very slow and I could have used a lot more flow, struggle, and more "moments". I got the feeling only a couple times that our character was really struggling. And so many people were introduced that clogged our vision of the true story. And many had amazing opportunities to make amazing scenes. (Benedict, and almost with Fassbender) They both fell short though. And it's not their fault. I don't know how to describe it exactly. It's sort of like a documentary they would show in High School or College classes. The one where no one really wants to watch it and it takes 4 class periods to finish.
I'm sure many will disagree with me and call me a racist but that's not what I'm arguing. I'm arguing the movie as a MOVIE was not good. I gave it a five because as for location, costumes, and trying....it was okay.
Cheers.