Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Steven Spielberg movie in order, I come to Amistad.I hold my hands up, and say I was totally wrong on this movie. It did nothing for me the first time I watched it. Yet, when I rewatched it I was blown away. It's not perfect, its historically inaccurate and Morgan Freeman is surprisingly under used. We get a lot of shots of him looking on, but not actually doing a lot. All the cast are great, and Spielberg knows how to tug on the heartstrings. Amistad was mostly ignored by cinemagoers upon its release the 50th highest grossing movie of 1997. With a $44 million dollar domestic gross.

TheLittleSongbird 'Amistad' is not one of Steven Spielberg's best, in the way that 'Schindler's List', 'Jaws', 'ET' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' are. He has however done worse, with the likes of 'The Lost World' and '1941'. Instead it's around solid middle when it comes to his films.Starting with the positives, the best things are the production values, coupled with the handsome and evocative period detail and the rich, searing cinematography there are some really arresting images here, and the sensational debut of Dijimon Hounsou, a performance of blistering passion and grave sensitivity.Throughout, especially in the first three-quarters, 'Amistad' boasts moments that are harrowing (the brutal voyage of the slaves), powerful (the opening scene) and moving (most of the film). The script is well-intentioned and thoughtful, if sometimes a bit over-sentimental and heavy-handed (especially Adams' big speech, that could have been stirring but didn't seem to know how far to go to make its obvious point, so it felt preachy). Much of Spielberg's direction is impeccable, with enough of what makes his direction so great in his best films.Hounsou isn't the only great actor here. Anthony Hopkins gives his all in an authoritative and stirring account of Adams and Matthew McConaughey shows more engagement and charisma than he does in some of his later films. Morgan Freeman is underused but is as you expect.On the other hand, 'Amistad' is a long film (not a bad thing necessarily), but could have been about 20 minutes shorter with less characters and some of the final act being trimmed. Some of the latter part of the film drags, and the score disappointingly is over-emphatic and gives a heavy-handedness. Despite being brilliantly delivered by Hopkins and clearly written with thought and good intent Adams' big speech just went too far making its point.In conclusion, a brave attempt at bringing a significant, if not as well known, event to film that works very well in a lot of elements but just misses the mark of completely working as an overall film. 7/10 Bethany Cox

macaylaharieno After watching the film Amistad, I realized how horrific the treatment of slaves really was. The brutal murder and mistreatment of the Mende people really left me deeply saddened and disappointed in the way American people treated the blacks. This film really captured the definition of freedom, and what it meant to the slaves. The excitement and hope that you receive at the end of the movie due to the court case decision to let the Mende people be free truly gives you a sense of humanity that didn't seem to exist throughout most of the movie. Cinqué, the leader of the rebellion, takes a part in a scene that is a very beneficial to the rest of the movie. He slowly walks towards the man holding the gun who had just killed several black men taking part of the rebellion, he soon fights with him and overpowers the white man and stabs him. The whole rebellion though it is very gory, but yet very intriguing scene gives us a sense of hope for the people to return to their homeland and be reunited with their tribes. Throughout the rest of the movie, Cinqué plays a huge part in the freedom of the people as he chants "us free" and gains the help of several abolitionists including Robert Baldwin, his lawyer (Matthew McConaughey). He fights for the freedom of the Mende people, that seems nearly impossible to win for the people since they had rebelled on the Amistad against the captors and killed all of them... The case seems as if there is no hope for them and they are for sure destined to die. But Baldwin finds hidden documents that prove that the Mende people were free citizens of another country and actually never were slaves at any point. William Hollabird argues that Cinqué's case is all a lie and doesn't make any sense asking him why the captors would kill their cargo off so brutally especially. The slaves despite all of the struggles they've experienced are granted their freedom after much argument and heated debate amongst the American people and in the court room. This movie really captures the definition of freedom and how important it is to the slaves. Steven Spielberg did a fantastic job creating such a real experience for each of the viewers to see how horrific the slaves were treated and how important freedom is to each person.

cryak Now I'm not really one for history. Never really was. But when I had first learned about the Amistad I was intrigued. I loved the idea of a group of slaves finally doing something about their captors on the ship (And on top of that Morgan Freeman starred in the film so you know I had to see it). The Film itself was extremely accurate to the actual event. It felt like I was actually watching a part in history before there were cameras or anything like that. My favorite scene in the film had to be when Cinque was having a flashback to what happened and how he came to America. From what I've learned in school, the treatment of slaves was accurately displayed however I was quite surprised when they threw the slaves overboard. Spielberg showed what happened if slaves got sick, if there were too many slaves on board, and the process and suffering the slaves went through. Throughout the film, before the translator came in, I found the African Americans extremely comical. The lawyers desperately tried to communicate with the Africans to save their lives and the Africans are just standing there thinking they're idiots. Their lines were comical and the whites had no clue what was going on. Overall, I thought the film was fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in history, slavery, or just want to watch a good movie.