Catch fire

For those who do not know...this is a name of a movie that is currently showing on the big screen. My main interest or the main reason I went to see this movie was because this is a true story and they have used some South African actors. True stories and documentaries always interest me cause I can relate to them, life of ordinary people like my self (sabaltans)

I know people think this is a tired story because these stories have been told, people fighting for democracy..we've seen that, we've seen how people struggled and how people died and how they were spying on each other during the apartheid years etc...

These same stories have been told in different ways and from different angles hence people are tired of hearing them cause all angles have been told and we assume the angles are exhausted so what now? Indeed this is a valid question, it makes sense cause that is the same question I had in my mind when there was a drama playing at SABC 1 called "when we were black". I really did not like it. When i saw it the first thing that came to my mind was excuse me this story is soo tired shame, we have heard enough of this, they had bits of comedy and drama which is a different angle all together of telling a story. I guess that drama was telling the same story as the one that is told by the movie "catch fire" but they are telling the story from different angles.

First of all the two are different because the movie is a true story and it should be depicted as such with no dramatisation of real events. For me the story was very touchy, there were times when i felt like crying it was real emotional. Most of these stories have been told through lives of people that we all know..the Mandela's Sisulu's, Hani's, Mokhaba's and other high profile business people (BEE) yes i agree those are tired, but a life of an ordinary person that we don't even know? that is the part that touched me most, seeing a life of an ordinary man who fought for democracy and the man was not a leader and after we got our democracy he is still not a leader and we don't hear anyone shouting his name.

The only thing i didn't like about the movie though was taking an american guy with an american accent to act the life of (forgot his name sorry) why is that? Is it because our actors cannot act on big screen or what? Are we lacking talent or what? somebody please enlighten me cause i really want to know and i don't understand. I am dissappointed by the producers of the movie...I am sure someone from somewhere in SA could have done a better job and speak a better Xhosa than that guy. Haybo wahy make that guy speak Xhosa mara...was it really necessary?

Yha thanks to a friend of mine who gave me something to blog about, We have different views as far as this movie is concerned. Maybe it is because we were born at different times and experienced life differently at different places and interacted with different people on different levels. Yha eish its good to look at all sides of the story.

Go see the movie and let me know your thoughts!!!!am waiting

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