Didn't Do It For Me

Rating: 4/10 (5 March 2018)

I understand the cultural importance of this movie. I really do. I know why there are so many people so excited about it. BUT, looking at it from my perspective? It's just not that great of a movie. The acting was bad. The script was disappointing. Visually, yes, stunning. Interesting to see the African imagery and cultural ideas woven in. It makes statements about colonialism, US foreign policy, slavery, etc, etc, basically all the social justice issues that Black Lives Matter discusses. But it doesn't make the statements well. I feel bad in saying that the person who I thought put in the best performance was Martin Freeman...a white guy. So, despite the fact that I know this is an important movie, and I want to tell people to watch it because of that...I can't. I just didn't think it was a very good movie.