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Disturbing movie, ordinary acting. Idris Elba not so great


I watched in on purpose, reading about Idris Elba as the top forgotten black Oscar-worth performance. Sorry, guys, that's a huge hype! I like Idris from other movies, but here he had such an ordinary secondary role and display, I've been shockingly dissapointed.

First conclusion: people don't actually know what makes a movie great. Put a machine gun in the hands of a 10 years old kid, make him shoot a woman being raped and he's a candidate for Academy Awards! Really?!!

That's about Africa, guys, there are horrors there nobody wants to know about, hundreds of people killed on a day by Boko Haram or armies of children. When a white guy, born in US, from Japanese parents, writes an directs such a movie, let's calm down with the illusion some black actors made the movie worth. I've seen Elba in other movies where he's been better.

As so many people say, this year Oscars seem deserved by rather white actors. Don't be bad losers and learn to respect talent. People vote for talent, not color of the skin.

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Chill out dude. That kid was the one who deserve the Oscar.

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grow up, douche bag. One kid who acted like a monkey does not deserve an Oscar, silly, when true actors like Leo DiCaprio played in dozens of movies with great directors and he's still waiting his turn.

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You're the one making it about skin color. What does it matter if a "white guy, born in US, from Japanese parents, writes and directs such a movie"?

What are you even talking about? Judge the movie on it's own merits rather than worrying about what some people's reaction to a pointless award show is. What a weirdo.

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feel good, you idiot, posting such a reply? what a loser...

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The acting was ruined by the english language IMHO. They should have used their native language, ditched Idris Elba and subtitled. English just made it hard to hear what they were saying, ruined the acting and made the whole experience less genuine.

My 2 cents.

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