OMG! It's Paper...IT'S PAPER!!!!!!
This was a very good movie. I really enjoyed it. I have the same issue with this movie as I do with any other movie "based on a true story". What parts are true. I don't really care if hardly any of it is, I just want to know.
I wish they would put a little light somewhere in the corner of the screen. Green when it's totally based on fact. Yellow when it's a version of the truth or embellished in some way. Red when it is total fabrication just for the sake of entertainment.
But the real reason for my post. THE PAPER.
I am sure this movie didn't have a huge budget, and let me strongly repeat, I think it is a very good movie, so don't bother trying to put me down for pointing out something that I thought really cheapened the whole thing and I am sure could have been handled differently without spending more money.
The MLK aftermath riot scenes. I guess someone said, "We don't have much money in the budget to simulate the damages of a riot, so let's just PUT TONS OF 8 1/2 X 11" PAPER ALL OVER THE PLACE".
Where did all this paper come from? Did someone blow up a Kinko's? They didn't even have Kinko's back then.
If you have this movie, or are planning on watching it, look for this. You can get a little chuckle out of it.
THE PAPER.....THE PAPER!!!!!!!!!!