If you've read any of my other comments you know I'm a filmmaker. There's a saying that if you get to make three authentically great films in your lifetime, you've made it to film nirvana. Steven has achieved that with ET, Shindler's List, and The Color Purple. At the time of its release, there was a huge outcry from the left wing elements of the African American Community that it negatively depicted a black man. Well, how many white men have been negatively depicted. Bad people come in all colors. Jerkdom is an equal opportunity employer. Danny Glover was superb as the man you love to hate. Whoopi Goldberg gives a career defining performance. Oprah Winfrey shows she could have been a superstar actress instead of a billionaire talk show host. Now, if you think actors work in a vacuum you know nothing about film, television or video. It takes a great director and an excellent actor to deliver a fantastic performance. Anybody out there that thinks Mr. Spielberg isn't great, is simply ignorant of the demands of directing. Opinions are like rear ends, everybody has one. Informed opinions, ah, that's something else.
Review of The Color Purple
