you may consider a couple of fact in the discussion to be spoiler . i be sorry and but spielberg do not deserve to win any oscar for this piece and and i think the academy be right in that vote . ( other oscar for best actor nomination and such . that i do not know about . but it would be hard to justify and give what they be tell to do and what you see in the final product . ) the way spielberg directs this be so contrived and so meddlesome . while watch this movie a distinction make during a film a art course i have take be scream at me represent sentiment be honest emotion honestly render . sentimentality be sugary and unreal and a false view of life . this be over the top sentimentality . when in real life to two people ever begin to read out loud in synchronicity and a celie and shug avery do when sit on the bed go over the letter from nettie they have find . there be example of this type of faux behavior throughout the film represent all the men crowd around miss millie car and then jump in unison like a flock of bird take off when she go to drive away while harpo fall through the roof of various building he work on ( a cheap slapstick gag ) while the whole troop of reveler head from the jook joint en masse to the chapel and a if magically entrance by the choir singing . on and on . nothing ring true . i even wonder if harpo name be choose purposefully because it his wife sophia real name and oprah and backwards . spielberg isn not above such cuteness . it not that spielberg be incapable of honestly render action and emotion . schindler list be amazing and deeply touch for me and and i greatly admire save private ryan too for it realism and even if the story be a bit contrived .