Loving Review

The first half of this movie was painfully dull to me. Maybe it was the lack of emotions or the lack of investment on my behalf to this film, but it seemed rather bland. The love story just seemed rather cold and tasteless. Visually the movie catches my attention, but the acting on Richards behalf was intensely stiff. Regardless if that is the intention of the director of if that's genuinely how Richard was I felt no dept in the first half of the film. It was politically charged and seemed overzealous regarding showing struggle. Maybe this has to do with the discussion in class where we spoke about Kristen Green writing about black struggle. Maybe Jeff Nichols shouldn't make a film about love and black oppression. Perhaps it wasn't my cup of tea, or perhaps I'm exhausted of race politics it being in class or outside. In my perspective, this first half of the film essentially made me not look forward to the continuation.

The second half of the film I must admit picked up. I'm not sure if it was the pace of the climax of the film, but it did redeem itself in some scenarios. If we're breaking the movie in twos Id, give the first half a 4 and the second half a 7. The transcendence was less political and more about love. Which is ironic because the second half law and politics have more to do with the film than the first half. Which is also ironic because in the first half it's more about love and companionship than the second. I'm not sure why I felt this or how this happened, but it did. The second half didn't seem like civil rights propaganda and more about a forbidden love film. I still dislike Richard, but Mildred and Bernie seem to have stolen the show for me. Overall I would not recommend this film, but it does have its gold moments. Honestly seldom do you feel the emotion in this film besides when Rich is drunk and crying and when he lays on her lap.