"I don't wanna survive, I wanna live."

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2014)

"I don't wanna survive, I wanna live."
Just about one of the most powerful movies you'd ever see.
Slavery has been discussed for many times, but this time is different; McQueen with the help of the spectacular and phenomenal performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor and the mighty performance by Michael Fassbender, together they managed to get to the core, to go deep down the pain, the psychological suffering and harm of these black people at this period of time in history.
You may have watched a lot of scenes including physical pain, but this movie made it to physical--and-emotional-pain peak.
A lot of unforgettable scenes with savage, feeling-evoking actions that you think you, yourself, would breakdown with them. McQueen truly made this extraordinary.
But there was that genius scene where Chiwetel having a robe tied tightly around his neck which was tied to a tree that was low enough to keep his feet widely stretched to touch the ground. That went on the screen for whole two minutes, no dialogue, nothing. Just the sound of other working slaves and some playing kids. This scene was brutal to the extent that it delivered the pain personally to me.
Chiwetel has made the performance of his whole career.
Great cinematography and great customs.
And let's not discuss the religious part, you would see that this Scripture is what gives those in the greatest pain to believe that there's hope and one day justice will be done, but you would also feel the hatred towards the same Scripture that would allow people to go that far of abusing other human beings and do these inhumanly acts.