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The Help (2011) ★★★★★/★★★★★ (Possible spoiler ahead) When I’ve heard Emma Stone’s nickname in the movie, I thought about that Skeeter woman from the Potter universe. The headstrong and tenacious writer in elaborate curls, with a poisonous pen, set to destroy people’s lives and reputation. Emma as Skeeter here might don the same physical attributes but her pen was set to change lives of the maligned and marginalized group of people. A lot of movies have already tackled the issue of racism and racial segregation but this movie “The Help” offers another take on this subject. Viola Davis as Aibeleen and Octavia Spencer as the smart mouth Minny gave compelling performances, making them worthy of their Oscar nominations. I last remember Octavia Spencer in “Ugly Betty”, as the immigration officer or something-to-that-effect, greatly in love with Betty’s father. Interestingly, segregation and shunning was also made against Celia (Jessica Chastain) as she was deemed to be unfit in the circle of the society ladies, particularly because she was from the working class and was the wife of the malevolent ringleader Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard). It’s a curious mix of drama with a dash of comedy thrown at some parts and the next thing you know, tears are already welling up in your eyes. I can’t enumerate enough the scenes that broke my hear —- Skeeter’s then nanny Constantine being fired and looking at the wall graffitied with Skeeter’s height measurements growing up; Aibeleen constantly telling Mae Mobley “You is kind, you is smart, you is important”; or the young girl bawling her eyes out by the window when Aibeleen was reluctantly fired by her mother. I can go on and on and on. I can’t stress enough how much this movie made me Emma Stone more. She was typically associated with badass, smart mouth  and rebellious roles, that for a moment, I was taken aback that this girl can wrench your heart with her drama skills (e.g. “You broke her heart.” scene). It also broke my heart. She had a lot of love for her nanny Constantine and you can feel it each time she says her name and talk about her. Heart-wrenching. The movie ran approximately for two hours and a half, but I did not even feel the time. And frankly, I was quite shocked that I had been on the last 10 minutes. I know that the American Civil Rights Movement meant really something, but interpretations from movies like these really brought the message home. Some group of white supremacist people once used to act that they have bought the lives and souls of the people working for them. Oh well, some people still do act like that.

The Help (2011)

★★★★★/★★★★★

(Possible spoiler ahead)

When I’ve heard Emma Stone’s nickname in the movie, I thought about that Skeeter woman from the Potter universe. The headstrong and tenacious writer in elaborate curls, with a poisonous pen, set to destroy people’s lives and reputation. Emma as Skeeter here might don the same physical attributes but her pen was set to change lives of the maligned and marginalized group of people.

A lot of movies have already tackled the issue of racism and racial segregation but this movie “The Help” offers another take on this subject. Viola Davis as Aibeleen and Octavia Spencer as the smart mouth Minny gave compelling performances, making them worthy of their Oscar nominations. I last remember Octavia Spencer in “Ugly Betty”, as the immigration officer or something-to-that-effect, greatly in love with Betty’s father. Interestingly, segregation and shunning was also made against Celia (Jessica Chastain) as she was deemed to be unfit in the circle of the society ladies, particularly because she was from the working class and was the wife of the malevolent ringleader Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard).

It’s a curious mix of drama with a dash of comedy thrown at some parts and the next thing you know, tears are already welling up in your eyes. I can’t enumerate enough the scenes that broke my hear —- Skeeter’s then nanny Constantine being fired and looking at the wall graffitied with Skeeter’s height measurements growing up; Aibeleen constantly telling Mae Mobley “You is kind, you is smart, you is important”; or the young girl bawling her eyes out by the window when Aibeleen was reluctantly fired by her mother. I can go on and on and on.

I can’t stress enough how much this movie made me Emma Stone more. She was typically associated with badass, smart mouth  and rebellious roles, that for a moment, I was taken aback that this girl can wrench your heart with her drama skills (e.g. “You broke her heart.” scene). It also broke my heart. She had a lot of love for her nanny Constantine and you can feel it each time she says her name and talk about her. Heart-wrenching.

The movie ran approximately for two hours and a half, but I did not even feel the time. And frankly, I was quite shocked that I had been on the last 10 minutes. I know that the American Civil Rights Movement meant really something, but interpretations from movies like these really brought the message home. Some group of white supremacist people once used to act that they have bought the lives and souls of the people working for them. Oh well, some people still do act like that.

3 months ago
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