Rating: - Doesn't Come Close to the Book
Most movies based on books do not deliver the power that the books do, but the film version of Roll of Thunder does an even worse job that usually is done. It would be hard to replicate the experience of that wonderful story, but this movie does so little for the viewer that it is not worth the time to watch. It is slow and drags on and on.
Rating: - The movie was Whack
I feel that this movie was not so good. I like some parts like when Uncle Hammer came to thier house. He had a nice car. I didn't like how he sold his car. However, Uncle Hammer had to sell his car in order to make payment on the land. I also liked when Cassie pulled Lillian Jean's hair. The parts I didn't like was how the charachters didn't look like they were suppose to. Another reason I didn't like the movie was because it skippd alot of parts and it stopped too much. I wish the director would have showed more completed scenes. If I was to rate this movie, I would give it a one (1).
Rating: - We're Disappointed!
My Sallie Humble Elementary School 6th grade gifted class just viewed the video of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry", after reading the novel by Mildred D. Taylor. We think that the movie was jumbled and confusing. There were scenes from the middle of the story in the beginning of the video and scenes from the middle of the story at the conclusion of the video. One would not know what was happening in the movie unless he/she had read the novel. We agree with another reviewer who said that they were eagerly awaiting Casey's retaliation towards Lillian Jean. We were so disgruntled when this scene was not included in the movie. The movie was a huge disappointment! Our class enjoyed the book so much and anticipated that the movie would capture our interest, also. It did not. Don't bother watching this movie.
Rating: - Roll of Thunder Review
Our class read the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. After that we watched the movie in class. We had to write an Essay about both the movie and the book. We would not recomend this film because the plot is out of order and the characters are not portrayed well. We would reccomend reading the Newberry Award winning book instead.
Rating: - How Disappointing :-(
My fourth-grader and I read this wonderful book together and I hyped her on watching this movie, which came out when I was in the fourth grade in the seventies. How disappointing! What a rip-off! This video takes edited scenes as a montage at the beginning and then starts in the middle of the story. Entire scenes critical to character development and plot are lost--the beautiful relationship between the siblings, Stacie's relationship to TJ, how the Logans got their land and why they were so different than the other sharecropping families, the role of Mama and Big Ma in keeping the family together, etc. You'd be lost watching this movie if you hadn't read the book. My daughter and I were eagerly awaiting the scene when Cassie gets her revenge on Lillian Jean, which is shown only as a ending montage of scenes. How unfortunate--with DVDs out now, there's no reason for this movie not to be available in its entirety. I should have heeded the warnings of the other Amazon reviewers!
- Doesn't Come Close to the Book
- The movie was Whack