If you like Spike Lee in general I can't imagine disliking the movie. It's nowhere near his best but it's an interesting and worthwhile journey. And it's dripping with Spike's aesthetic.
durdencommatyler wrote:If you like Spike Lee in general I can't imagine disliking the movie. It's nowhere near his best but it's an interesting and worthwhile journey. And it's dripping with Spike's aesthetic.
he is very hit or miss to me. But ill watch this new one.
durdencommatyler wrote:If you like Spike Lee in general I can't imagine disliking the movie. It's nowhere near his best but it's an interesting and worthwhile journey. And it's dripping with Spike's aesthetic.
he is very hit or miss to me. But ill watch this new one.
Ah. Then, I'm gonna guess this one will be more on the miss side for you. But I'm glad you're going to check it out and see for yourself. If nothing else, Delroy Lindo gives a career defining performance that shouldn't be missed.
VinylGuy wrote:yeah i missed him so much its the main reason to see this one.
I think my favs from him are He Got Game, Summer Of Sam and 25th Hour.
I haven't seen He Got Game, yet. But Summer of Sam and 25th Hour are both top tier. Do The Right Thing is still is best, though. And one of the greatest films in American cinema history, I think.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I think He Got Game on HBO Max now. So, I plan on checking it out very soon. My wife and I always go way to long between Spike Lee Joints. We watch one and then want to binge them all and then wait to long to see another. Rinse/repeat.
But there are so many available on streaming services right now that I just don't have any excuses. I want to watch Chi-Raq, He Got Game, and Malcolm X before the summer is over.