12 Years a Slave

2013 historical drama about black slavery in the USA. Based on real events.
Highly acclaimed. Stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, and probably others.
==First watch (25th February 2014)==
===Format===
Cinema with Mum and Sarah.
===Journal===
A total miss for me, I was completely nonplussed.
I hadn't even realised 12 years had passed when he was rescued, I thought the film still had a ways to go.
I wasn't compelled by the main character at all.
I was radically unmoved by his individual plight, in comparison to the general trend of the time.
I found none of the characters particularly compelling, in fact.
It was like boring and had too many excessively long pauses for dramatic effect like LOOK OVER HERE LOOK HOW THIS THING IN THE BACKGRUOND CONRASTS WITH THE FOREGROUND LOOK AGAIN KEEP LOOKING SOAK IT IN
The score was alright, but endlessly repetitive, and I was convinced it was the same guy from Sarah's Key
But in the end I really can't figure out for sure why I was so unmoved, when others are raving about it.
===Rating===
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Category:2010s films
Category:Films watched in 2014
Category:Films with 0 rating