Cabin in the Sky
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Movie Reviews of Cabin in the Sky
Movie Review: The Good News message.
Summary: 4 Stars
Lord knows the trials dark skin people have been subjected to since about Day One,,,,
With this as a given, I Love the spirit and patience the cast demonstrated in the making of this wonderful film.
Movie Review: Great and not late!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is truly a classic! Not only well written but the acting was good as well. The energy in this movie it truly like no other. I recommend it big time. Trust me, you will not be disappointed!Movie Review: Cabin In The Sky
Summary: 4 Stars
Although it's not (In my personal opinion)as good as "Stormy Weather", I am very glad I bought this movie/DVD.Movie Review: First viewing two decades ago saw genius; second viewing last night found boredom
Summary: 3 Stars
I remembered this as a real classic, having caught it by surprise on late night tv overseas one night many years ago. It floored me then with its incredibly self-mocking racist tone, made all the weirder by an all-black cast. I loved the musical scenes and the incredible dancing and that's what I remembered.
But watching this last night, I realized yet again that memory wears rose-tinted lenses. This movie may have some excellent music and dancing but, they are in very short supply. What is has a lot of is a very cheesy, racist script and good actors trying to live down some very bad material. The lines they're forced to say are almost unbearably stupid at points, and game as most of them are, the Steppin Fetchit tone wears hard and fast.
It is of course a great treat to watch Satch and Waters and the rest in action, but I'd MUCH rather watch them play than act. Unfortunately, music is maybe ten percent of this very slow film, and the only highlight for me. There's almost no Satch, and as beautiful as Lena is she too is underutilized musically. The live singing and dancing in the church and Joe Henry's saloon scenes are tremendous, and I'll one day watch this again just for those two brief bits. They are clearly live and full of musical joy; outstanding.
But sitting through the weak, insipid morality play that is the rest of this movie was almost punishing. It's Faust lite/dark, in all the wrong ways. Seeing how demeaned these people were at this point in relatively recent American history is not only disturbing but painful, and the brief bits of humor only emphasize that. Minnelli's direction is solid, but the script is too idiotic to really deliver greatness. That it was considered "kind" to American blacks seems amazing today.
It's wonderful to see Duke and friends in action, but there's precious little of it, and despite moments of true glory, Cabin In The Sky is very boring for long stretches and is all told in no way a great movie. A great curiosity, no doubt. And the few bits of superb music are worth seeing. But don't expect anything approaching a truly good film.
Movie Review: Appointment With Repentance
Summary: 3 Stars
Petunia (Ethel Waters) is a woman who is close to the Lord. She prays for her husband, Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester "Anderson), daily, keeping the faith that he can become a better man. Little Joe finally attends church with Petunia and the man is trying to get to the altar to give his life to the Lord when he's snatched away by hoodlums who want him to gamble now and get saved later. Trouble comes and Petunia rushes to her husband's side while everyone else is running away. Little Joe ends up in his death bed and the battle for his spirit begins. Demons show up once he's left his body. Petunia sends up a powerful prayer and God's angels show up. Little Joe pleads his case to one of God's soldiers so he won't have to go to hell and a discussion between God's angels, Satan's demons and Joe takes place in the spiritual realm while Petunia continues to pray. Little Joe is given a second chance to live right, to make better choices, and, most importantly, to get saved. Demons plot to make Little Joe fall before his time is up and they plan to use Georgia Brown (Lena Horne) to get the job done. Will Joe give his life to the Lord before it's too late?
I liked Petunia. She was a woman who knew how to come boldly to the throne and she told God exactly how she felt. Something did happen to cause her to backslide, as many Christians have done. But she didn't forget how to call on God when trouble came again. That was good.
This was an okay movie except for one thing: The time to receive Jesus as personal Lord and Savior is before the spirit leaves the body.