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Oh Brother, 29 July 2005
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krywolff from Sioux City, IA
Let me start out by saying that I am a white male. I thought it was a
decent effort at what they were attempting to do with this movie, so
I've rated it a 4. But overall, this movie sucked.
Every time the camera was on a different person it was like the show
stopped and they were trying to make some big drama out of each
character. In order for that to work, people have to care, and I didn't
care at all. It was like a bunch of different ideas that they were
trying to mold into one film, but they didn't complete any of those
ideas and in my opinion they didn't even work together.
Now let me get to the part that is probably controversial. I watched
the special features on the DVD to see what the maker of this film,
Jean Claude, was thinking... because really, a black western? An urban
western?? Hey I'm a fan of Moulin Rouge where they incorporated modern
music through the whole movie and it was superb, so I am not against
new ideas. But Moulin Rouge was as much of a comedy as it was a love
story and musical. It was meant to be a fantasy world of dreamers.
Brothers in Arms was to be taken completely seriously. Jean Claude
explained that he wants to be the person to show people that there can
be black westerns, that there can be black sci-fi, and a "black race
car movie", etc. I admire his intentions, but for the love of God, a
black western?? I kept waiting for there to be some kind of narration
in the beginning that spoke of blacks in the old west, historically
speaking. If that were the case, if the movie were to be documenting
the little known black addition to the old west, I would have been
glued to the screen. But this movie's attempt to put blacks in a
western is like someone making a remake to Roots featuring an all white
cast.
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