[nikos1121]

Fellow FReepers. I purchased RAY on DVD last night. It is a recently released movie starring Jamie Fox as the late Ray Charles. I encourage everyone to see it. It did not take long for me to realize while watching it that in no other country in the world could produce a Ray Charles. In fact ask yourself, why is it that only in America do we see disabled artists thriving. Other countries subsidize the arts ten fold more than we do in America, but with a few exceptions only America produces artists like RAy Charles because we provide an environment of freedom which cultivates artistic expression. It baffles me to explain why the liberal left is so unwilling to promote the cause of libery and freedom abroad.

It was not easy being Ray Charles, in fact he endured the usual hardships of being black, but the movie tells the story of how a young blind black boy in the south grew up to be not only independent and self sufficient but able to fullfill his dream.

Only in America, no other other country could this have happened. Think about the millions of people set free in the world over the past ten years. How many are now fullfilling their dreams or at least attempting?

I welcome the views of others on this movie and whom you believe will win the oscars. I think AVIATOR will win best picture, although my favorite film last year was SIDEWAYS. Jamie Fox gives a first rate performance and should win best actor. Leonardo De Caprio surprises you in the depth of the character Howard Hughes that he plays in AVIATOR.

nikos vlachos

[Hank Rearden]

I think AVIATOR will win best picture, although my favorite film last year was SIDEWAYS. Jamie Fox gives a first rate performance and should win best actor. Leonardo De Caprio surprises you in the depth of the character Howard Hughes that he plays in AVIATOR.

Agree on all points except Sideways, which I thought was ok, pretty well acted, but grossly overrated and overhyped. Paul Giamatti is a fine actor, though.

[Hank Rearden]

Saw Vera Drake last night. Man, that movie defines the word "dreary" from beginning to end. Not a bad movie, but stifling and dreary.

[MotleyGirl70]

It's the one movie I'd really like to see. I guess Jamie Foxx's performance is exceptional.

[cloud8]

Thanks for the review! I look forward to seeing RAY.

[MotleyGirl70]

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