What the [bleep] is wrong with all these people on IMDB?!?!

I agree. There's just something wrong with that. Most of Spike Lee's films deserve at least an 8, because they serve as accurate portrayals of the black community, and of America. Spielberg, Scorsese, and Ron Howard all have their classics. How come Spike Lee can't have his?

But, if you know what I know, I'd say there are some people on this website who deliberately vote down black movies for racially-motivated reasons. That's why I don't take votes on this site seriously at all.

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Sorry, I have to agree with toddp-10...and I am a black man. I have not been very impressed with most of Spike's work, and when talking to some other black people, I often feel that I am SUPPOSED to like his movies just because he is black. It doesn't work that way with me. I absolutely *HATED* "She's Gotta Have It" (why do we insist on glorifying the "playas" and "hos" among us in black movies?), didn't much care for "Mo' Better Blues" (to this day, the only thing I can even remember about that film is Joie Lee's character's birthing scene towards the end because it just seemed so overdone and out of place), or "Jungle Fever" (just plain forgettable), and I thought "Malcolm X" didn't do justice to the story of Malcolm X at all, which is a shame since he was complaining that a white director shouldn't be telling that story (like "The Color Purple"). A white director might have done a much better job, though (like "The Color Purple").

The only Spike movies I liked were "Crooklyn" (and I agree that this movie SHOULD be rated much higher), "25th Hour" (absolutely EXCELLENT movie...this one is rated 7.9 out of 10, which is much more accurate), and "Do the Right Thing" (but only grudgingly...the ending of that movie really doesn't make any sense to me, other than to perpetuate racial tension). I've heard "Inside Man" is pretty good, but I have not seen it yet.

I really have to say that I don't agree with this idea that Spike's movies portray the black community as it really is. I don't identify with most of Spike's characters, and I've been black all my life! This is probably why I like "Crooklyn" so much...it is the only movie he has done which DOES give a more accurate picture of the black community because those characters all seemed REAL and living REAL LIVES. I think Spike focuses way too much on the racial aspects of his films, making those issues more of the focus of the film than the actual characters or story. "Crooklyn" had a very different vibe, presenting a rather honest portrait of a family that just so happened to be black, and thus were going through things that perhaps more blacks go through. "25th Hour" is pretty much devoid of "the black story." Spike is just telling a damn good story, and telling it well. It doesn't hurt that he also smartly cast my favorite actor in the lead (Edward Norton).

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Aside from his jazz member dating a white woman, I'm trying to find out what's so "racial" about this film?



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Crooklyn was awesome,
Mo Better Blues... well it wasn't quite my thing. I would reate it with 6.5 but did with 7 on here.
It's not really my taste althought technically it's really nice conc. soundtrack and acting. But the story... I don't know...

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I luv spike lee but this movie and crooklyn weren't his best. His masterpieces,,,, X , Do the right,,,, and jungle deserve 8,9


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This was a very good movie, I personally hesitated between 8 and 9. I think Spike Lee is a brilliant director, his direction is so smooth and creative, especially in the 80s-90s. That Statue of Liberty shot with the ferry near the end, man... gorgeous! And he knew it and held the shot. That's what make great directors.

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