So I recently watched Stonewall and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado.......
Danny Winters (played by Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent's home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.
This was a really weird film to watch. The story itself is one that needs to be told, but the way this was told was just odd. Nothing really flowed throughout the entire film. The acting was atrocious and the dialogue was muddled which just led to a big mess. Roland Emmerech is a director who usually sticks to the big action films and while it's ok to step out of your comfort zone, you have to at least make a decent film and this isn't it. This is an important part of the LGBT movement and the story could have had a better justice to it. It plays off as a coming-of-age film but in reality it just becomes a drama and that shift in tone can take someone out of a film. The film also comes off as really offensive towards the LGBT community and that this just isn't a great portrayal of this historical event. Overall this a pretty offensive film, boring and uninteresting. I give Stonewall a 0 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Stonewall, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
Danny Winters (played by Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent's home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.
This was a really weird film to watch. The story itself is one that needs to be told, but the way this was told was just odd. Nothing really flowed throughout the entire film. The acting was atrocious and the dialogue was muddled which just led to a big mess. Roland Emmerech is a director who usually sticks to the big action films and while it's ok to step out of your comfort zone, you have to at least make a decent film and this isn't it. This is an important part of the LGBT movement and the story could have had a better justice to it. It plays off as a coming-of-age film but in reality it just becomes a drama and that shift in tone can take someone out of a film. The film also comes off as really offensive towards the LGBT community and that this just isn't a great portrayal of this historical event. Overall this a pretty offensive film, boring and uninteresting. I give Stonewall a 0 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Stonewall, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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