The Color Purple (1985)

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 1 15:07

Spielberg's first attempt at a mature work soars above and beyond, and creates a moving portrait of humanity during a specific period in American history. It is a beautiful film about life and love, filled with all of the joys and pains that go along with it. At times it adheres closely to the letter(s) and spirit of the wonderful source novel, but when it divulges it either transcends and creates something richer or distracts and creates unnecessary comedy. In the book Harpo is given more a spine and less of a comedic character, while Mr. ____ is given more dimensions and scope. Here that is all removed or changed. Mr. ____ begins his transformation at the end, and we only briefly glimpse into the anger and abuse that formed his persona. He adheres close to cariacture, but Danny Glove...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 27 11:37

A lot of people may not know that this was directed by Spielberg. I know I didn’t, when I watched it, so I was surprised.
However, I’m not surprised that he would pull off such a great direction with then relatively unknown actors like Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg; their performances are impressively emotional.

This film proves that Spielberg doesn’t just direct blockbusters; he does take risks and I now respect the man for that.


Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at Apr 25 23:58

Usually when it comes to novels being adapted to film I pick out all the faults and am thoroughly disappointed but in this case I think it was done beautifully. Even Whoopi Goldberg (who I don't usually like) played the part of Celie perfectly. Most of the detail was included too. The only problem was the length of it (I do have a short attention span though) but I believe that if they had of cut it shorter it wouldn't of done the story justice.

Rating : 9/10