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Number23

(24,544 posts) Fri May 23, 2014, 02:13 AM May 2014

Just came from seeing "Belle!" Who wants to talk about it???

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/

Oh, what a beautiful movie. Oh, my goodness. It discusses the inelegant evils of racism and sexism in such an elegant way.

Dido is easily one of the most exquisite people on screen out right now. Both as a young girl and as grown woman, the two characters that play her are breathtakingly beautiful.

There were some weak moments, though. A couple of times I wanted the story to move a bit faster and it could have been tightened up a bit. I would also to have liked her to have had more interactions with black characters in the film. And the ending, let's just say I think she owed her "Papa" a hell of a lot more than the warm smile that she gave him.

This is a movie I will be showing my daughters as soon as I think they are old enough. My husband stumbled out of the theater, he was so moved and affected by the film, particularly the scene where this stunningly beautiful woman scratches at her skin as if to remove her blackness. It didn't matter that she was breathtaking. Hell to these folks, it didn't matter that she was RICH (another kick to the ass of that whole "it's not race, it's class" stupidity). She was black. And that's all she was.

And to think, it all sprang from this. One mysterious, stunning picture:

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Just came from seeing "Belle!" Who wants to talk about it??? (Original Post) Number23 May 2014 OP

Wasn't sure if I was going to go see it but now I think I will. trublu992 May 2014 #1

I highly, highly recommend that everyone go and see it. I enjoyed it immensely Number23 May 2014 #2

I expect any time for the Right Wing to come up with a movie depicting a happy Old South.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #3

Oh my God. I'm sure they're trying to pitch that to a movie studio as we speak Number23 May 2014 #5

I wish I could talk about it, yet sheshe2 May 2014 #4

trublu992

(489 posts)

1. Wasn't sure if I was going to go see it but now I think I will.

Reply to Number23 (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 02:21 AM

May 2014

Number23

(24,544 posts)

2. I highly, highly recommend that everyone go and see it. I enjoyed it immensely

Reply to trublu992 (Reply #1)

Fri May 23, 2014, 02:22 AM

May 2014

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. I expect any time for the Right Wing to come up with a movie depicting a happy Old South....

Reply to Number23 (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 05:16 AM

May 2014

Back before them damn Northerners came down and stirred things up.

Number23

(24,544 posts)

5. Oh my God. I'm sure they're trying to pitch that to a movie studio as we speak

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #3)

Fri May 23, 2014, 06:34 PM

May 2014

And if they can't get someone to make it for them, they'll just buy a studio and make it themselves. Foolish Far-right Flicks.

They can make all of the movies about the Rapture too!

sheshe2

(83,815 posts)

4. I wish I could talk about it, yet

Reply to Number23 (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 08:08 AM

May 2014

I have not seen it.

Thanks for the review Number23. I will put it on my to do list.

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