Feast Of All Saints
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Movie Reviews of Feast Of All Saints
Movie Review: feast of all saints
Summary: 5 Stars
this tale was very intrigueing and susspenseful and i absolutely loved itMovie Review: Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints: Part I / Part II
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Rice is my favorite. Great story.Movie Review: Surprisingly Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I had never heard of this movie but after reading some really positive reviews I decided to check it out. When I first started the movie, within 15 minutes I wanted to turn it off. I was so annoyed and disgusted with some of the comments made by the Creole characters concerning the black slaves. But I'm actually glad I didn't turn it off. Once you get into the background of the characters, you realize that what you see at first glance is not really who they are.
Under the system of placage, Cecile St. Marie gives birth to two children, Marcel and Marie, with her white caretaker Philippe. Marcel and Marie grow up with a seemingly privileged existence. However, viewers will soon realize that their privileged existence is littered with the same heartbreak, suffering, and dehumanization experienced by the black slaves. The story chronicles 3 generations of "colored" Creoles. While Cecile is dependent on placage for her livelihood, her daughter Marie is determined to not be subjected to such a system and to marry for love, regardless of the consequences. Marcel grows up with dreams of being educated in Paris where he will become a "true gentleman" but he is soon hit with the harsh reality that even though his family is not being sold on the auction block, there is actually very little that separates him from the slaves that his family always told him were beneath him and he must learn to find his identity not only in his Creole heritage, but in his African ancestry as well.
The only reason I didn't give this movie 5 stars is because I felt that the writers didn't take advantage of the talent of this truly superior cast. Also, some of the scenes are really poorly shot especially the love scene with Anna Bella and the gentleman that she was promised to. I just wish that the movie dug deeper into the stories of these characters and was not so focused on Marcel because even though Robert Ri'chard did a decent job of portraying the character, he was often overshadowed by the other actors whose talents were simply superior.
But overall it was a decent movie and I would definitely recommend seeing it at least once. But the book is much, much better!
Movie Review: Anne Rice - why do you let them adapt on their own?
Summary: 4 Stars
Anne Rice has had a troubled history with her books turning into films. Unrecognizable adaptations of EXIT TO EDEN and QUEEN OF THE DAMNED are more frequent than quality films such as INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE. Here you have a half and half treatment of a novel that dealt with people who were half black and half white! Parts of it are true to the novel and its characters, and then parts will leave you scratching your head wondering where they got something. Anne Rice should step in more often and make sure these things are done right, but alas ... this one is close! Pretty pretty sets, costumes, and actors bring to life a story of racial identity crisis in the South of the 1800s. New Orleans before the slaves were free had a third race of people who were neither black and slaves nor white and truly free. They lived on a fringe of society, and had to arrange their lives carefully or pay for the consequences. Educated bohemians they became the basis for the creoles!
It's an oft ignored subject of American history, and a beautiful story told in rich detail. The book has the luxury of its own pacing, and here the movie has to step quickly to keep up! So some of this feels rushed. But they got the right people! Famous black actors mix with unknowns, and they all come out fine and noble. Even if the dialogue or pacing does not always seem to be on their side.
But worth a look! Then read the far superior novel.
Movie Review: A Feast For Viewing!
Summary: 4 Stars
I was talking with my sister who had mentioned this movie and I discovered that I had seen the same movie. This movie will explain to those who do not how it came to be that some lighter skinned blacks and blacks feel that the lighter skinned blacks are better. This type of thinking is perpetuated by the following comments that one may hear: your hair is good if it is straight, wavy or silky curly or you are pretty if your skin is light. These children had privaleges that the black children with black mothers and black fathers did not have. This explains the beginning of the separation of the color coded racism that existed among blacks and is still in existance today.I think this movie was excellent in this area. It allows one to examine what they really feel inside of themselves. It is hard to see my sister wish that her hair was like mine or I must be mixed. Both my parents are humans-black humans. If any one is troubled with wondering why, this movie explains the how and why of color coded blackness as well as Creole history.
I highly recommend this movie!