Watch "King" Staring Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson, Instead!

Rating: 1/10 (10 January 2015)

Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of my heroes. If I was on that balcony I would not have hesitated to have given up my life to save his. I want to make it clear my criticism is not of MLK, Jr. or of the Civil Rights movement. I despised this film for being overly depressing and gloomy. Selma was so bad I walked out. I couldn't stand it another second. It was like I was watching a horror movie.
Call it what you will, but you are preaching to the choir. Do you really expect racists - or the ignorant - or those who don't care - are going to race out to the movies to pay over $10.00 to watch Selma? I seriously doubt it! It's going to be liberals and others who are sympathetic to the Civil Rights movement that are going to watch this film.
If this is your audience, then why club us over the head with horror and fear? Was that really necessary to tell a such powerful story? The answer is "NO!" Watch "King" staring Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson and you decide. It's obvious you can tell a good story without sugar-coating it or traumatizing your audience.