A Highlighted Sense of Reality

Rating: 7/10 (24 August 2015)

English is not my mother tongue, please excuse any errors on my part.
I haven't watched a lot of movies about slavery, but this one is definitely my favorite. A mixture of a talented cast, a compelling plot and a wonderful cinematographer created a highlighted sense of reality. I am not a black, therefore I can't say I totally understand what slavery can do to humanity. But when Soloman struggles to keep his footing while being hanged by Tibeats, my breath was totally taken away. Along with nearly five minutes of that long, stead shot, I felt I was experiencing slavery from the first-person perspective. In this sense, both Solomon's pain and hope became mine. I came to realize slavery is evil in a sense that it not only brings pain and misery to the slave, but also brings out the bad side and dark nature in the slaver.
From my point of view, the best performance came from Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyon'o and Michael Fassbender, their wonderful performance and wholehearted dedication took us on an emotional journey through the dark history of slavery.
Though it is a great movie, but it still shares some shortcomings with other movies of the same genre. This movie took too much time to illustrate the cruelty of slavery which keeps people on their toes, but the problem is that the tension never lets up since Solomon gets kidnapped. It would serve me better if once in a while, we can get a moment of light relief away from all the depression and sadness, so we can better identify with Solomon's plight. After numerous representations, the incessant miseries almost become expected. During watching this movie, I actually felt a short moment of boredom.
Is it just me or does the movie end too abruptly? It could have provided more details to describe how Solomon finally escaped slavery. Because after almost two hours of watching Solomon endure all the pain and hardship, it is difficult to convince me that he can regain freedom in only 15 minutes. I understand the difference between the time in movie and the time in real life, however it still gives me a feeling that Solomon's freedom comes at a cheap price.
Despite all the disadvantages , watching the movie still gives me great pleasure.
Once again, I apologize for any mistake in my English.