THE COLOR PURPLE

I want to begin this blog by saying that I have no idea if this movie is considered a classic, but I watched it and I want to write a review on it anyway. It should be a classic- not only because of its length, but also because of the cast of characters. With a leading cast of Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington, this movie was really good. I hated it at the beginning. I just can't imagine having to go through all that. And the worst part was that it didn't just happen to this one girl- it seemed to be the theme throughout the movie. How disgusting. Anyway, after the first couple of depressing hours, it started getting better. I couldn't really fathom the relationships they had, though. How could you be friendly with the woman your husband spent every waking minute dreaming and fantasizing about and then being with her. I mean, obviously this wasn't a loving relationship, but still, isn't that kind of weird? I was so thankful that Shug did become a part of her life though. And to find out that her sister and children were happy all those years! And the ending couldn't have been better. The two sisters playing their hand games with him walking right past....how awesome! When Whoopi had her major part, I was so excited for her, but scared at the same time. She had some guts to stand up to him like that. I think I remember reading this book or maybe a friend of mine reading this book in high school. Who chooses those books, seriously? Heather Conley-do you know? Anyway, I watched it and appreciated it. The 3 hours and 30 minutes goes by rather quickly without commercials. I would consider this movie better than GWTW- just because I liked the main character better.

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