This was a big deal why?

Rating: 2/10 (12 March 2014)

I thought the trailer looked good and I was wrong. As soon as Play was pressed, my attention was never caught. I was bored and playing on my phone instead of watching. It did not seem like a 12 year span. I do not see the hype over this - maybe only because these things really happened. But there have been better movies. And what the heck are these people freaking out about Lupita for? She didn't even do much! Why wasn't the main guy given so much credit to? I'm so confused about this. I think the hype was undeserving because it wasn't that good. I don't mean to sound hateful or that I didn't care about slaves because that is far from the truth. I just didn't like this movie. Or the hype it was given. Or the hype Lupita was given. Glad I didn't go pay money to see this in theaters.