Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Movie Reviews of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie Review: AN EXCELLENT & POIGNANT FILM
Summary: 5 Stars
A very poignant and well-acted story of love and spirit of the soul.
Halle Berry and Michael Ealy's love scenes are very sensual, yet
tasteful. The supporting actors are well-cast and the cinematography
makes you feel that you are there. My only complaint is the intro by
producer Oprah Winfrey. She sets the story up referencing some kiss
which takes place in the movie. In her best "I'm Oprah and $8 billion
makes me an authority on everything" tone, she says something like
"once you receive a kiss like that, you'll be ready to go to God". She
implied that she was still waiting for such a moment. Well, I'm
intrigued by this because, although I believed that I'd experience "the
kiss of life" in 1991, I'm always down for another one. So I cue up the
DVD and wait and wait and wait - distracted from the real story,
waiting for "The Kiss". Many steamy kisses go by, but nothing worth
dying over. I guess I've "been there, done that" in the kiss arena
while Oprah has only been shopping. Girlfriend, get rid of Stedman and
get a thug in your life!"
Viewers, ignore the distracting plug about the kiss - even if you
haven't had it yet. Just sit down and enjoy a great story of true love
and a woman who lived her life to the fullest. We can all learn from
her lesson here
Movie Review: A good try!
Summary: 3 Stars
This review is comparing the movie to the epic novel written by literary giant Zora Neale Hurston. The movie as a movie, in and of itself is not bad. Not bad at all. In fact is captivating, moving, and very well done. However, there are a few things that Hurston would have been upset over.
1) The title: In the movie Janie is always the one "watching God." Yet in the novel "their eyes" were watching Him. Meaning it was Janie, Teacake, and another guy watching God in the eye of a storm. That guy wasn't even present in the film.
2)The novel covered more broad issues than a woman's love life. Ex. race, gender, etc... However, that was all the movie focused on.
3) Certain scenes that were vital to understanding the movie were cut. Namely, Nanny (her grandma) dying. How is the movie watcher supposed to understand how the grandma dissappears from the scene. Or the court scene of Janie being tried for the death of Teacake.
Overall, it deserves an A for effort not Accuracy.
Movie Review: beautiful love story
Summary: 5 Stars
its full of pain an love an deception if you love good love stories that are not corny then you def need to check this one out you wont regret it i just ordered it. the first time i saw it was on tv an tv takes a lot the good parts out, so i cant wait to actually own it an see the whole movieMovie Review: Lyrical
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a certain lyrical beauty about this film. A thinly veiled Hurston lives vicariously through Janie, who wanders through life looking for a man who will bring her fresh strawberries and go fishing by moonlight--and she finds him in Tea Cake.
Oprah's intro to this film is telling when she says that a woman can die happy after being kissed by a man like Tea Cake.
In short, the film is masterfully filmed, character-driven and true to the era of the story.
Movie Review: Excellent for teachers
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product for teachers to use in the classroom as the dialect is sometimes hard for students to understand. Ruby Dee does a great job reading the novel and she does voices for everyone. My students thoroughly enjoyed listening to this in class.