tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569750317755310322.post443109053785927361..comments2023-11-19T04:43:33.827+11:00Comments on Matt vs. the Academy: 1984 - A Soldier's StoryMatt Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317583098531787395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569750317755310322.post-5238679035028186382009-11-19T08:57:36.945+11:002009-11-19T08:57:36.945+11:00Norman Jewison takes another look at racism 17 yea...Norman Jewison takes another look at racism 17 years after his award-winning "In the Heat of the Night" - this time it's racism from within as well as from the outside. Adapted from the stage play, Jewison opens it up somewhat and captures the look and feel of its time and setting quite well. It is quite talky and stagy at times, but nonetheless gripping. The acting is very good. It may have been interesting to see what a Sidney Poitier may have done with the Captain Davinport role if the film had been made 10 years earlier, or for that matter, if Denzel Washington played it ten years later. Howard Rollins Jr. was nobly captured by the camera, but I felt his part could have stood more passion.<br /><br />My feeling for "A Soldier's Story" pretty well that of "A Few Good Men" - very entertaining movies that fall just short of Best Picture caliber.Mike Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953461679716236054noreply@blogger.com