Eve Bayou is a film that I truly enjoyed. I feel that all of the aspects of the movie complemented each other and created a great film. The actors and actresses fitted their roles very well. The plotline was very interesting and kept me intrigued. I was able to get lost in the movie and the time went by very fast when watching the film.
While watching the movie progress, I would continue to ask myself ‘how is the family going to deal with Louis Batiste?’ Louis is a character in the movie that we grow to hate. He spends most of his time away from home, spending a good deal of this time with his mistresses. The film is shot in a way that my feelings for Louis progressed as the story unfolded. The film did not just come out and say that this is the person that you are going to hate throughout the movie.
Near the end of the movie we learned that not everything about Louis is true. Yes he was not faithful to his wife, but the incident that took place between him and his oldest daughter was not as it appeared to be. Learning what really happened after his death was a very interesting choice. The driving force to fuel his death in the movie was the incident between him and his daughter, not that he cheated on his wife. Now that the truth was out, did he disserve to die? I ask myself this question and don’t have a clear answer. However, I enjoyed the fact that this movie made me think.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119080/
6 comments:
I had a hard time hating his character. Probably due to my admiration for the actor playing him. Unfaithfulness is one thing, alot of people are unfaithful with their wives or husbands. It's not like he was so bad that he placed a death curse on someone, that would be really messed up.
I agree that this was a great film and I too enjoyed it. It was hard to find myself disliking Louis as although he was hardly present he appeared to be a good father.
The kiss thing with his daughter creeped me out. I think, because of the way his character was built up to the point of the kiss, I forgave the daughter, and still blamed him!
I believe Eye's Bayou was a good film. One of the aspects that made this a good film is that you can find at least one thing you disliked about Samuel L. Jackson's character, Louis, and there was at least one thing you liked about him.
I agree, Eve's Bayou was an interesting movie that kept us involved with the stories and characters throughout the entire film. It did have some amazing actors especially Eve, I was amazed by her acting abilities at such a young age.
I agree taht the film was unclear if Louis was a so-to-speak "good guy" or "bad guy" I kept changing my mind throughout he film. But I am sure that he did not deserve to be murdered.
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