Selma

Philw · January 22, 2015

rascal said:
https://twitter.com/ODEONCinemas

What? They announce it on their twitter? I thought the idea was you don't know what it's gonna be?

rascal · January 22, 2015

Philw said:
What? They announce it on their twitter? I thought the idea was you don't know what it's gonna be?

They give 5 clues lid.

Philw · January 22, 2015

rascal said:
They give 5 clues lid.

Ah I see. I'm [Poor language removed] at clues and too impatient/lazy to wait for them and work it out. Can you post it in the upcoming movies thread next month? Keep getting the emails for them but haven't been to see one yet. Seems like they have pretty good films on.

rascal · January 22, 2015

Philw said:
Ah I see. I'm [Poor language removed] at clues and too impatient/lazy to wait for them and work it out. Can you post it in the upcoming movies thread next month? Keep getting the emails for them but haven't been to see one yet. Seems like they have pretty good films on.

If I can remember!

One of the clues this time was "32 to the North, 87 to the West". So they're pretty easy to guess lol

jaycee · January 22, 2015

Is this a remake ?I seem to remember watching a film of the same title a few ears back

SerenityNigh · January 22, 2015

jaycee said:
Is this a remake ?I seem to remember watching a film of the same title a few ears back

There's a TV-movie with a similar name, "Selma, Lord, Selma," but I'm not familiar with anything recent and similar to "Selma"

Muggins · January 22, 2015

No has mentioned what this is all about..

*Taps nose and does secret handshake

SerenityNigh · January 22, 2015

Muggins said:
No has mentioned what this is all about..

*Taps nose and does secret handshake

Soz

Trailer is a bit anti-climactic, but the movie is tremendous, currently 99 on Rotten Tomatoes

Muggins · January 22, 2015

SerenityNigh said:
Soz

Trailer is a bit anti-climactic, but the movie is tremendous, currently 99 on Rotten Tomatoes

Cheers pal..!!

Dharma · January 22, 2015

Just don't forget that it is nothing close to historical fact.
It's Hollywood.

SerenityNigh · January 22, 2015

Dharma said:
Just don't forget that it is nothing close to historical fact.
It's Hollywood.

Which parts of the movie did you think were inaccurate when you saw it?

Dharma · January 22, 2015

The movie is littered with historical inaccuracies. despite it's documental style.
Ava DuVerna,the director, said in an interview that she did not see herself as "a custodian of anyone's legacy". In response to criticisms that she rewrote history to portray her own agenda, DuVernay said that the movie is "not a documentary. I'm not a historian. I'm a storyteller".
As i said. it's Hollywood.

mezzrow · January 22, 2015

SerenityNigh said:
Which parts of the movie did you think were inaccurate when you saw it?

To start with, how about the way that the FBI surveillance of MLK is laid at the feet of LBJ in the film. The film is very well done, and tells the story to another generation that needs to see it. I've driven many times over that bridge.

Contemporaries were well aware that this surveillance was actually initiated by Robert Kennedy/J Edgar Hoover when RFK was AG, not by Johnson. Lots of these folks are still around and have called them on this point. If you need links, I can find them, SN.