Amistad

Pros: great acting, script, attention to detail
Cons: Hollywood had to tell this story - not our history textbooks!

I have to admit that my greatest emotion after having seen this movie was anger... Anger that I never learned of this incident throughout my school years. Despite being and Advanced Placement student, not one of my courses ever touched on the La ...

Pros: Acting. Some emotion.
Cons: The rest of the emotion. 'PC' run wild initial acclaim.

There are few more shining examples of the Spielbergification of a story than ‘Amistad’. Couple that with a story that starts out, PC derring-do aside, ultimately not that interesting, and a short six years after its release it is already...

Pros: Powerful performances, moving imagery, great history lesson
Cons: None...

"Give us free, give us free, give us free, give us free" (give us freedom, give us freedom, give us freedom, give us freedom). So Cinque shouted in a crowded courthouse in New haven CT, and so it was to be; but not without a struggle,...

Pros: Historical costumes, setting, foreign languages, realistic boat scenes
Cons: Shudder-horror level of violence, nudity of slaves, mulattoes instead of Negroes

Steven Spielberg, with his reputation for a bleeding heart in choosing film subjects, could have done great things for exposing the realities of the slave trade and its consequences for the New World, especially in the U.S.A. Instead, this film is...

Pros: Inspiring story of a quest for freedom. Freeman, Djimon Hounsou, Paquin, Hopkins.
Cons: Slow at times. Skarsgård miscast. African languages opaque.

In the early part of the Nineteenth Century the status of black people in the United States was subject to much legal niceties. If a person was born in Africa found himself on American shores he was his own man, free to return there if he chose, ...

Pros: Very Entertaining! Very well done!
Cons: A little questionable as to the facts, but hey, it's Hollywood!

Written by David Franzoni and directed by the world renowned Steven Spielberg, Amistad was released to eagerly awaiting audiences in 1997. Starring such legendary film icons such as Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman, Amistad sets out to tell the story ...

Pros: Great film that makes you think!
Cons: None that I can think of...

Steven Spielberg's "Amistad" made up for the disappointment I felt after watching "The Lost World," and so many other films in 1997. "Amistad" proved two things to me, one, that Spielberg is still one of our greatest directors, and two, that good movies...

Pros: An all-round epic with a good storyline and good acting
Cons: Possibly not always historically-accurate

The movie is based on a historical 1839 legal battle which took place in the United States, after a group of slaves took control of a small ship, "La Amistad", and ended up on the shores of the New World, instead of their homes in Africa. The movie...

Pros: fact, beautiful film on history
Cons: none

Amistad is a strong movie that stands on its own with its content, it plot and the heavy duty conflict throughout the film.

Very few movies potray the reality of the days of slavery and the down right cruel acts of mankind. Push aside all that...

Pros: Some good performances; a promising open.
Cons: Cold and emotionally unengaging; sketchy African characterizations.

The true story of the 1839 revolt on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad would appear to make strong material for a film, and the brilliant opening scene of Steven Spielberg's Amistad proves that point. Depicting in graphic, unflinching...

Pros: Great acting, wonderful scenery, wonderful touching story
Cons: a bit long for some...but worth it for most

This film is being rated by me not only as a person but as a teacher who day after day deals with kids who have been desensitized to violence and cruelty.

This movie is Stephen Spielberg's first movie under the movie label, DreamWorks. And...

Pros: Suspenseful, emotional.
Cons: Subtitles, legal jargon

Amistad is a historical drama produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins. I must tell you that history has never been a favorite topic of mine. In fact, History was the subject that I hated most in high school....

Pros: Historical political intrigue, Anthony Hopkins, scenery and direction
Cons: Graphic and uncomfortable scenes of cruelty and violence

Never before has there been a film that so accurately depicted the life of a slave on his/her way to America. Amistad is harsh and painful to watch, but to understand at all how those people suffered you must see this film. But the film is also a...

Pros: Cast, screenplay, touching
Cons: None

As Speilberg's first movie under his personally owned directing company, Amistad is typical Spielberg. When I say 'typical Speilberg,' I mean greatness. He has produced the majority of the top ten movies of all time.

When Speilberg picked...

Pros: Important piece of American history. Great performances throughout.
Cons: Slow at times.

The second of three movies by Steven Speilberg to take one part history, two parts of injustice towards humanity, and three hours of film. It’s a roller coaster of a ride through American history as we are taught about slavery in our country after a...