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This movie was great, tough to watch because you know whats coming at the end |I It was beautifully shot and Michael B. Jordan along with Octavia Spencer both delivered amazing performances.
FRUITVALE STATION starring Michael B. Jordan -- The Life of Oscar Grant
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Can't wait to see it. Even the trailer gets me hype to see it.
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First movie I have teared up in since Radio. Had me looking like
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Unbelievable that anyone could not like this movie.
I was really impressed with Michael B Jordan's performance.
Hope he gets an Oscar.
Hope we see a lot more of him in white *** Hollywood too
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Never really liked bodie. He looks like a ninja turtle and spits like a llama.
Never really liked bodie. He looks like a ninja turtle and spits like a llama.
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Cried too much
Left the Grand Lake Theater all sad and whatnot
Left the Grand Lake Theater all sad and whatnot
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He had no choice.
Wallace should've stayed at his grandma's house. From String's perspective, his behavior was extremely suspicious. Too bad Wallace couldn't see that
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at people callin him Wallace.Anywho Ill be seeing this today.
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Hell, I still call Idris, Stringer...I saw the Mandela trailer and I was like...oh, Stringer is playing Nelson Mandela
The last 15 minutes of this movie
Had to hold back tears a couple of times
The last 15 minutes of this movie
Had to hold back tears a couple of times
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Amazing movie. The acting was great, the writing was great, and it was shot really well. Wasn't a dry eye in the house at the end. I thought the last scene in the shower was the perfect ending.
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Movie hit me.
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Excellent movie but terribly sad story on why it even existed in the first place.
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I can't help but think about this story everytime I pass by this station on my way to a Warriors game.
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Horrible story. Just left the movies. Great acting and so sad.
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watched it yesterday this movie GO!!!! movie was too dope... from laughin to goin dumb literally to cryin in the theaters .. welp not me i almost shed a tear
im bouta watch this movie again
i encourage everybody to watch it
****** cop took a life for no damn reason. SMH
had me slappin jacka tear gas track 7 on the way back home from the movies lol
im bouta watch this movie again
i encourage everybody to watch it
****** cop took a life for no damn reason. SMH
had me slappin jacka tear gas track 7 on the way back home from the movies lol
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At the end of the day, this story wasn't sexy enough to sell. "Oscar" vs "Johannes Mehserle"? Nah... hard to draw the racial lines on that one. "Trayvon" vs "George Zimmerman"? Oh, hell yeah. Ratings bonanza.
Plus pushing Oscar's story would have lead to more backlash against police, etc.
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You must not watch the news or pay attention to social media. It was a national story just like Sean Bell.
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I know it was national (I can see from my comments how you could think I was saying it wasn't), but it never got that "push" as THE story like the Trayvon/Zimmerman with a televised trial. A lot of people didn't know what the hell I was talking about when I brought up this incident that was actually on video tape. And a lot of them were too busy being letting the big media outlets pimp Trayvon's name to care.
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I think the difference is that the officer was immediately charged, which diffused a lot of it. The outrage over Oscar Grant was mainly over the sentence.
It's really an apples and oranges situation.
Because with Trayvon, there had to be outraged for his death to even be investigated. Zimmerman wasn't even drug tested.
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This story still makes me sick till this day. How the cop only got 2 years for this ill never know. He took a life. I know dudes that got more time for stupid dope charges. "When you get more time for selling dope than murder, in this crazy world" -Young Jeezy
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So this is where Wallace has been at....
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I loved everything about this movie; you could feel Oscar's struggle, the organic flow of the movie, the realness... even scenes as standard as the stray dog scene were on point. Hard to get into much detail without spoiling it but I'd advise any/everyone to go and check out this movie ASAP.
Especially considering the movie scene has been weak as hell these last few months.
Especially considering the movie scene has been weak as hell these last few months.
