Friday, April 27, 2012

Lauren Potts Post- 7 Heart of Dixie Dr: Martin Davidson 1989


Heart of Dixie

Director: Martin Davidson

1989

Mediocre


                I thought the movie would be better than what I saw.  The description on Netfilx made it sound good but sadly it was not.  This movie is about a southern sorority college girl named Maggie who becomes inspired to be an activist in the civil right movements.  The first scene of the movie opens with Maggie driving in a small town in Alabama.  She ends at her sorority house where her sisters greet her.  Most of the girls seem focused on getting “pinned” from boys in the fraternity. 
               
                The storyline was a little weak.   If this about the civil rights movement I expected to be more action the keep viewers tuned in.  The big moment in the movie is when Maggie witness an African-American boy gets beat up by police at an Elvis concert.  This motivates Maggie to write a piece about it in her school.  This was the only thing Maggie did as an ”activist” in the movie.  If you’re going to do a film about the civil right movements put more action that involves that.  The reoccurring theme of the previous movies I’ve been watching, another main character dies.  This time they don’t kill themselves but it was interesting making the connection to the other movies.

                This film was much liked The Help I can see where Kathryn Stcokett pulled her inspiration from.  A young girl gets motivated to make a change in the Deep South.  Overall it was an okay movie something that won’t be on my favorite movie list.  

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