Monster's Ball
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Movie Reviews of Monster's Ball
Movie Review: I loved this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW!I am surprised at everyone's review on this movie! One person saying- "I want my two hrs back!"
Did we watch the same movie? The one with Billy Bob and Halle Barry? My God, this movie moved me off the couch and touched me with so many emotions, I am still talking about it to my friends.
Billy Bob is a corrections officer (mean, racist, relentless, did I say mean?)
Halle is the widow of (Puff Daddy) whom Billy Bob and others put in the electric chair. She is without makeup (still stunningly gorgeous, a victim of the choices she has made, a welfare mom, a sort of loser you could say.
They somehow meet (Destiny) The big, bad Billy and welfare mom, Halle.
And it is
ELECTRIC...
I can still feel the shock waves running through my veins, still feel my body and mind covered with goose bumps.
Halle did not win the academy award because she is black, she won it because she is damn, damn good.
One scene which moved me completely is... when Billy Bob asks her "What can I do? Tell me what to do." after her son dies.
She says..."Just make me feel good. Make me feeeel goood." she wanted to feel anything other than what she was feeling. Anything. Sex. Something.
Raw, yes. But the tenderness overpowers the sex... This is why the scene works. The connection between the two is amazing. Black and white becoming one. And in the end REDEMDTION.
Forgiveness...Hope...and a Light glimmering through the darkness.
Movie Review: monster's ball gave us all....
Summary: 5 Stars
in a time of terrible films to flood the multiplex cinemas, this is a rare diamond which needs to be seen. forget everything you've read, all the rumours you've heard, and try to forget the fact that halle berry just won oscar for her striking performance in this much overlooked film. walk into this film with an open mind and i'm sure this one won't disappoint. for those of you who have already missed the film at your local theatres, just buy the dvd. billy bob thornton and halle berry are both wonderful and give some of the best performances you are likely to see this year. monster's ball has a way of grabbing you, squeezing you, and not letting you go. monster's ball is simply a very moving film and definately one which should provoke much discussion from moviegoers everywhere. monster's ball tacles the themes many of us would rather forget and/ or overlook such as racism, tyranny, and senseless hatred. although many scenes may shock and perhaps strike a nerve, you will be glad you made this trip. monster's ball is perhaps the greatest love story of our time and should touch many a heart. i made the trip twice and i will be adding this little independent masterpiece to my collection as soon as it hits the streets. some films give us a little taste of life, monster's ball gives us everything it's got and leaves us asking for more. as one reviewer stated earlier here, monsters inc. may be suitable for you if this film is too meaty for the likes of you.Movie Review: If You Haven't Seen It Yet, Definitely Check It Out
Summary: 5 Stars
Monster's Ball is a riveting movie that takes you into a world many of us don't inhabit. Great performances are the icing on the cake here as well.
I'm in complete disagreement with comments that remark the film shows 'a black woman is sexually servicing a white man' - it's obvious the comments were written by someone who hasn't seen the movie and is just aware of the contoversial scene. Halle Berry doesn't play a prosititute in the film and Thornton is not her john, there is no money exchanged and no 'servicing' going on here. In fact, if the reviewer had watched the entire movie they would have found it quite clear that, if anything, Thornton's character was 'servicing' Berry's character. But when two lovers have sex, I've never found it common to describe either person has servicing the other. In addition, describing a film as 'racist' when it clearly and intentionally portrays at least two characters as racists is just a poorly framed comment written by someone with a chip on their shoulder. Berry did not get an Oscar for the sex scenes in the film, she won in spite of them.
Also the New Yorker's comments about "the plotting is sheer Hollywood in its schemes and coincidences" are misleading. The most interesting stories in our lives are full of coincidences and surprises ("you won't believe what happened to me today... you wouldn't believe who I ran into today"), they are what make a story worth telling in many cases.
Movie Review: My confusing review!
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes i gave it 5 stars but i really didn't like the whole movie. The first part waiting for the execution of Halie Berry's husband was just way to tense to be entertaining. It was like the director wanted everyone in the audience to experience "waiting" to die or something. I thought it was stressful to watch.Now for Halie Berry herself. She gave a wonderful and renching performance of a struggling black mother who has an overweight child who loves candy bars. She really deserved the award for Best Actress. As you know i don't treat movie actors all that kindly but in Berry's defense she gave one-hell of a performance. Now here is the "But",,,,,With all her beauty and all her extreme wonderful talent was it really necessary for her to expose so much of her body? Were the sex scenes really needed to be filmed with Billy Bob and Halle? I'm not a prude and i have had my share of porn movies, But why did she have to lower herself into doing this in front of a camera. She has proved herself over and over again in films that she is turly a talented actress. To me it just cheapend her and the film. I realize that todays "Hollywood" goes into shock value to the audience because most actors can't make it on acting alone and need either special effects or sex to help sell tickets.All in all i give this film a very high mark. Just be prepared to get a little stressed out while watching it. It's no light-hearted comedy that's for sure.Movie Review: Great performances in a compelling interracial drama
Summary: 5 Stars
"Monster's Ball," directed by Marc Forster, focuses on two main characters: Hank Grotowski (played by Billy Bob Thornton), a white death row corrections officer who lives with his viciously racist father, and Leticia Musgrove (Halle Berry), a black woman who struggles to raise her overweight son while her husband awaits execution in Hank's workplace. These two very different people are brought together in an intense relationship.This is a raw, gripping film. It's a pretty dark piece at times: its characters are mired in poverty, familial dysfunction, and/or racism, and there are some graphic, heartbreaking scenes of human suffering. There are also some extremely graphic sex scenes, but I feel this extreme material is wholly relevant to the characters and plot.
The performances really make this film special. Coronji Calhoun is quite touching as Leticia's son. Heath Ledger and Peter Boyle offer solid support as Hank's son and father. But the film really hinges on the two leads, and they are extraordinary. Thornton brings a depth and complexity to this very difficult character. And Halle Berry! At times explosive, at times quiet and subdued, she creates a rich and full portrait of a woman going through both tragedy and passion.
"Monster's Ball" asks whether, in the midst of suffering and irrational hate, there exists the possibility for redemptive love and personal transformation. I found it to be a very moving film.