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Amistad is ultimately about good and evil. We see the atrocities of the Middle Passage and of the illegal slave trade, but we also witness incredible goodness in the actions of those defending the Mende. Most of the film's characters are rather flat: either entirely good or entirely bad. It's an effective strategy. We don't have to worry about the moral complexity of the heroes of the film if they are portrayed as virtually without vice. - Sarah Richardson | Amistad is ultimately about good and evil. We see the atrocities of the Middle Passage and of the illegal slave trade, but we also witness incredible goodness in the actions of those defending the Mende. Most of the film's characters are rather flat: either entirely good or entirely bad. It's an effective strategy. We don't have to worry about the moral complexity of the heroes of the film if they are portrayed as virtually without vice. - Sarah Richardson | ||
| − | I believe this film is the most historically accurate of all the ones we have watched so far. The one major flaw, that doesn't really show up to the end, the idea that the Amistad case was an abolitionist cause (even though abolitionist did fight for it). As we know it had more to do with illegal international slave trading. Of course the film would not be as feel good if it focused more on the latter point instead of the former point and as we know the 90s loves this kind of feel good ending. | + | I believe this film is the most historically accurate of all the ones we have watched so far. The one major flaw, that doesn't really show up to the end, the idea that the Amistad case was an abolitionist cause (even though abolitionist did fight for it). As we know it had more to do with illegal international slave trading. Of course the film would not be as feel good if it focused more on the latter point instead of the former point and as we know the 90s loves this kind of feel good ending.--[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 21:46, 24 September 2008 (MDT) |
