I've seen it several times and I cry everytime at the end. They play it often on the Oh channel
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that movie is a CERTIFIED ghetto classic! It needs a stacificate for it's ghettoness!! Watch people start quoting shit...

2ndRevolution said:

the color purple is "ghetto"?

I've seen it several times and I cry everytime at the end. They play it often on the Oh channel
[Edited 6/30/07 21:41pm]

Another movie that I LOVE! ...but will never watch again- sad gets in my head and any movie that's going to make me cry, I skip.

I remember going to the movies with my mother and my aunt to see this. I was doing a review for my high school paper.

I remember my mom and my aunt crying their eyes out when "Mister" was separating them. They said it reminded them when they had to go into foster care because my grandparents were homeless.

2ndRevolution said:

the color purple is "ghetto"?

I just caught most of this... what a roller coaster ride! I saw it 5 times in the theatre back in '86 and every time was with a packed house. One of the most intensely communal enjoyable emotional fairytale like movies EVER!

Naysayers hate it for it's schmaltz, but I am a devotee. And I'm the type of guy that watched "Eraserhead" daily in 9th grade.

i used to LOVE this movie, but i don't know if it's aged very well for me. i think the emotional triggers are really forced and manipulative, kinda like the way some people complain about lars von trier movies being, only i think spielberg made the indignities in the story really cartoonish, so you MAKE SURE TO KNOW people are being wronged. it's almost choreographed, or timed, to make you start tearing up at a pinpoint specific moment. i used to think that was great, but now it just takes away from the larger messages i think the book was trying to convey. i mean, in the book, celie and mister become friends at the end, sitting on the porch together and having gentle conversations. shug writes a book of philosophy (ok, maybe that doesn't happen till the next book, but still). i think alice walker wrote a book about redemption and tenacity, and spielberg adapted it into a movie about something else. and there's still a lot of stuff i love about the movie, don't get me wrong. it's wonderfully acted, beautifully filmed, and utterly quotable...but i think the book holds up SO much better than the film. it's a crime for anyone to be a fan of the movie without reading the book.






ok, rant over.

ufoclub said:

huh, what do you mean fairytale like....I'm confused by that?

Anxiety said:

Spielberg is a master at manipulation, I don't think Ive seen a real emotion in any of this movies.
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statuesqque said:

Cinderella story (except it's the misplaced, abused sister waiting for her sister instead of a prince), told with Warner Brother Cartoon Spielberg style (think empty rocking chair), but with soul, music, and emotion... and incredible texture, details, and locations.

"Alice Walker attended the rushes at the end of filming each day, yet she was horrified with the final cut of the film, especially what she referred to as the "Oklahoma"-type opening scene. However, at the premiere, when she watched the movie with an enthusiastic audience, she changed her mind. She now says she likes the film very much, but thinks of it as being very different from her book."

lazycrockett said:

who cares about documenting real emotion, I'll open my front door for that, it's the manipulation in a darkened theatre with 100+ people that's fun.

ufoclub said:

sure, i don't disagree with that. i'm just saying, i've read the book a few times over the following years and i've seen the movie a few times over the following years, and the book has a lot more to say than the movie upon repeated sittings. the movie handles the superficial emotions of the book. the book actually delves into the "why" of the characters' actions and feelings. that means more to me ultimately. i'm not saying the movie is worthless...i'm just saying it shouldn't be enjoyed without checking out the book as well.