fu-avci Ray is a biographical movie and focusing parts of Ray Charles' private life and music career. Ray Charles is a legendary musician, as many people know. He tried to integrate different kinds of music and helped to social change in American culture. He was lost his sight when he was a kid because of a disease, and he had to learn to live without seeing when his childhood. The movie built two main images. One of them is his little brother and other is his mother. His brother symbolized his fears because he died when he was a child and Ray couldn't save him and blame himself because of his death. And the mother image is symbolized his strong parts, cause his mother was the one of the supporter and teacher about the new life without seeing. Actually, I don't want to give too much specific information about the movie, I want to talk about being a black blind person in 1950's USA. It is important because racism had strong effects on all over the country those years. People were not equal and the black people were discriminated because of their skin colors. So, Ray Charles was the black and blind people in such an environment. Also, the regulations for disabled people were not developed properly, and there was not enough consciousness about being disabled. Therefore, he had to rely on only his remained senses to continue his life. It should be really hard to get used a life without seeing, especially if you know the better option.

nzswanny The movie Ray was an incredibly big critical hit in 2004 and earned a spot in film history as the first African-American biopic to be nominated for 6 Academy Awards and in my opinion rightfully the movie truly earned those Academy Award nominations simply for the stunning editing techniques. This film is a biographical film that is based on the real-life blind musician Ray Charles and his successes and downfalls that also revolves around the wicked, self- indulgent effect that fame can have and how it causes his social life to quietly fall down a hole. The fact that the film deals with the cause of fame means that it is very honest, realistic and confronting in my opinion because of how some people are naive to the consequences of being famous. The message of this is also carried along in a very well made flow throughout the development of the film as we get to know Ray Charles and his past and we get to know some of Ray Charles's inner demons that show us that even the most perfect people can have flaws. The film itself is very well made purely because of the even pacing, exciting editing and ear- pleasing music, and with all that a dedicated performance by Jamie Foxx is given to execute it. This will probably be one of the more exciting biopics you will see in your life, so why not give this a watch?

Kirpianuscus the first virtue - it is more than a biopic. it is a smart, seductive, precise fresco of an era. in its details and dramas and sparkles. the second virtue - Jamie Fox. who does more than a great role but becomes the best guide to a way to survive, be victorious and remain yourself against each challenge. not the last - the music. not only for fans. but as window to a style to imagine and create the life. a film about pain, sacrifices and an impressive fight. and, maybe, about victory. in a form who escapes from ordinaries definitions. this is all.

Michael Ballard (mballardc32) Taylor Hackford's 15 year vision finally came into fruition with this amazing movie of Ray. Jamie Foxx's portrayal of Ray Charles Robinson in the title role was powerful and moving. It is great to know that Fox had met Ray Charles multiple times and he even got to play piano with Ray. This made Foxx prime for this role especially considering Foxx's piano and singing abilities. The Oscar Awards associated with this movie, i can't recall at the moment how many it won, were well deserved. This movie outlined the career of a great musician from amazing perspectives. It fitted each element of his life in evenly and flawlessly. Drugs, woman, family, music, loss and pain. The amazing genre reach and breadth of Ray Charles career is covered throughout the movie in its display of the amazing music. Country, jazz, blues, gospel, etc. The most powerful scenes to me personally are found at the end of the movie. The last two scenes. Especially the re- connection that Ray has with his past. Overall this movie was brilliant and I would suggest it to many of my friends and family.