My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Fruitvale Station (2013)

I was still pretty stunned after seeing the last film I wrote about (12 Years A Slave) and then I decided to watch this modern masterpiece on racism. First I see racism in the past and now I sample racism of today. I’m numb. Here is the true story of Oscar Grant, a young black man out with his friends celebrating the New Year when BART officers at a subway station in Oakland hassle them as thugs. The result made national headlines and yet until I saw this film I was ignorant of this tragedy. First time film maker Ryan Coogler delivers a fine film, one that must be seen by everyone in my opinion. Racism is a subtle demon that messes up with first impressions and leads people (even good people) down ugly assumptions. Michael B. Jordan will find a lot of respect after this film; he’s an actor to keep an eye on that’s for sure. I would have loved to have seen this film nominated for best picture. It’s in my opinion in the same league as 12 Years A Slave. I guess the Academy can only stomach one film about racism at a time. Grade: A
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