drmbt48 Reviews

Unknown (I) (2011)

Questionable medical detail

[10 September 2011]

This may be a spoiler for you, so read no further unless you have seen the film and can understand what I am talking about. Typically, a patient with a head injury and memory loss has primarily short-term memory loss, while retaining long-term (which is how he knows him name, for instance, and whether he is actually married). This man's memory loss is the opposite - he knows his (phony) name, insists that he is married to his fellow spy, which he is not, but does not remember what his real occupation is and the bad things he has done in the past. Works for the plot, but is medically inaccurate. I also question why his journal, which must have been in his pocket when he went into the river, looks only slightly water-damaged, and the ink isn't smudged at all. Please!

The Color Purple (1985)

FINALLY saw The Color Purple!

[8/10 · 27 February 2005]

I can't believe I am just now seeing this film -- I think perhaps I thought it was another movie about slaves being mistreated, and I avoided Roots for the same reason -- just as I have yet to see Schindler's List -- I don't want to be "entertained" by other peoples' pain, not matter how authentic or informative it is supposed to be.

So I guess the main thing I noticed about The Color Purple was that it was not about black people being mistreated by whites. The black people were perfectly capable of raping their own daughters -- or giving them away to be treated as slaves by their "husbands". It was painful to watch, but everyone redeemed himself in the end, and the acting was phenomenal! I couldn't believe the character Oprah played at the age of 35! And I adore Whoopi to start with - she was amazing. I'm so glad I was feeling lousy yesterday afternoon and Showtime was running The Color Purple.