Went to see Selma today

[Omaha Steve]

Hard to take at times. I loved it.

My granddaughter in College learned a lot while sitting on the edge of her seat today. I did explain several things in detail after the movie.

I can't decide if Selma or The Imitation Game should be this years "best film" winner.

Both deal with real life prejudice and offer a way to change the way some people think.

I hope both get nominated.

OS

[bigwillq]

1. Saw both.

I enjoyed The Imitation Game more, but thought Selma was outstanding. Both are well made.

[el_bryanto]

2. I want to see it - it looks really good.

It'll be interesting to see how it does at the awards - kind of frustrating the controversy around it.

Bryant

[Omaha Steve]

3. I agree they over did LBJ

But it is well within license for the drama.

I don't want to give ANY spoilers.

[Mass]

4. I saw it today too. Excellent.

Hard to see though.

I really liked Imitation Game too.

[avebury]

5. I saw Selma last weekend and loved it.

I don't know if you saw The Butler but the actor who played MLK was fabulous in The Butler (playing the activist son of Forrest Whittaker's character). I loved the part where they cut away from the actors and spliced in some historical footage. I left the movie wanting to read a lot more about that whole era.

I am hoping that The Imitation Game will still be here this weekend so I can go see it.

[Neurotica]

6. We took our teenage sons to see it over the weekend--quite the experience.

One is in college and the other is in high school. So much to talk about afterwards. Amazing film.

[greymattermom]

7. I went with Julian Bond's brother

It was great to hear his perspective. He was working in Selma at that time. I hope it will have a big impact. Has anyone heard anything negative about it coming from certain groups?

[Raine1967]

10. Wow. I take it you are friends with the brother of Mr. Bond?

I have read of some negative crap in the media. I haven't seen it yet, but here in DC, a few of LBJ's people are kinda having a hissy fit over this portrayal in the movie. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-movie-selma-has-a-glaring-historical-inaccuracy/2014/12/26/70ad3ea2-8aa4-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html

Personally, I don't give a crap about their very dear concern over his legacy:

it's not like the white structure in America was really fast to move on civil rights… It's not like they wanted it to happen.

They were forced to have it happen.

I think he did fine in finally supporting the civl rights act, but from everything I have read, historically, he really needed to be convinced to support it.

I cannot wait to see the movie.

[caraher]

8. Didn't see Selma yet, but it's likely more accurate than The Imitation Game

I did enjoy The Imitation Game but it was a very cartoonish rendition of the real story. Many surprising (to me) elements were based in fact but others were entirely fabricated, and in some cases unnecessarily so.

[cwydro]

9. I won't go to movie theaters anymore.

A great loss to me because that was a favorite thing of mine through my teens and 20s.

But I can't stand the texting, talking etc.

So I can't wait for those movies to be out where I can see both in the comfort (and silence) of my home.

Thanks for posting!

[appalachiablue]

11. Can't wait to see 'Selma' & 'The Imitation Game". Cumberbatch is an outstanding selection for the

complex life of genius Alan Turing. The story recalls aspects of 'A Beautiful Mind', the film based on Sylvia Nasar's Pulitzer prize winning book about mathematician John Forbes Nash.
Alabama's Selma to Birmingham historic March and the Civil Rights era needs real attention in these times.

Another beautiful, quality film out now in select theaters is 'Mr. Turner'. Britain's greatest artist, J.M.W.
Turner (1775-1851) was a romanticist landscape painter and polymath. And an artistic genius according to 19th cent. art critic and social commentator John Ruskin.

English actor Timothy Spall portrays the contradictory son of a barber and wigmaker who rose to artistic acclaim during the Industrial Revolution. Turner is regarded as a precursor to Impressionism and Abstract art; Claude Monet was an admirer. Online there's a film trailer and an in depth interview with Timothy Spall who portrays Turner.