Guest Author - Terry L Kosse
Precious – Gabourey Sidibe This is one of the movies that were nominated for best picture. My goal is to watch all of them and then give what I honestly think along with the mistakes of course. I must say that I was surprised by the feelings that came over me while watching this. I had no idea what I was going to see. If you haven’t seen this one just make sure that you have a box of Kleenex near by.
A sad, sad story of a teenage girl and the trials that she faces. I am not sure that I could have had the strength to endure her hardships. Abused by both her parents from the age of three, Precious also struggles with illiteracy and we find out at the beginning that she is pregnant with her second child.
Even though I write articles on the mistakes I find this one was difficult to watch. Here are the ones I did find.
When Precious arrives home with Abdul she sets her backpack down on the chair. Shortly after her and her mom have a fight. Grabbing the baby and nothing else Precious runs for the door. Later you see her with her backpack again.
When Precious is meeting with Mrs. Weiss for the first time, if you look at her right ear it seems she has only one earring on.
When Precious is sent to the Principles’ office it shows her in her yellow sweatshirt. If you watch the zipper it keeps changing from slightly zipped to almost zipped up.
When the social worker comes to see Precious and Mongo her mother is holding the little girl. At first Mongo has a sucker and then after the social worker sits for awhile Mongo has a piece of red licorice that she then throws on the floor.
When Precious runs out of the restaurant without paying for the fried chicken she forgets her notebook on the counter. You see her shortly after with her notebook that she needs for her class.
When Mary, played by Mo’Nique tries to hit Precious with a frying pan she does not have a cigarette in her mouth. After swing the pan she has one in her mouth.
When the social worker, played by Mariah Carey tries to reunite Precious and her mother Mary, the scenes go back and forth from the three of them. If you watch Mariah’s purse in the back ground it changes positions from facing the front to facing the back.
This movie is quite true to life and contains some disturbing scenes. If you are easily offended by this, then this movie is not for you. It’s incredibly real and true to life which makes it difficult to watch. Having said that, I highly recommend it.
