Norton's Favourite Film

Norton must not have seen many films or he must have poor taste.

That is Norton's opinion, and he is entitled to it. He loves basketball and is also a huge fan of Spike, so there is a good reason that it's his favorite.

There are alot of idiotic comments made on this thread...

First off, there is plenty of reasons why "He Got Game" is an incredible film. The movie balances social criticism, social realism, and a non-corny drama that is relevant to anybody who wishes to help others succeed. (which Hollywood seems to have a hard-on for) The acting is very good, with maybe an exception Ray Allen. (I thought he did okay, but whatever) Denzel plays a father who is determined to make his son the greatest basketball player of all time, and does an excellent job fulfilling this role. The father-son story played really well to the bigger picture. Jesus hates his father for the murder of his mother, but he realizes in the end, that after the extremely corrupt system of greed that is the basketball recruiting process, his father is the only one that he can see eye-to-eye with.

I understand that not everybody likes Spike Lee, but these ridiculous, unmerited, comments are just offensive. First off, he's clearly not the only 'successful' black director. (successful, btw, does NOT mean good) If you really need me to name people, let me see that you are just ignorant, but just for the record, some names that come to mind are John Singleton, Tim Story, the Hughes brothers, Reginald Hudlin, Julie Dash, etc.

Let me say this. Spike Lee is one of the last great American independent auteurs, period. Just because your opinion conflicts with Spike Lee's opinion does not make him a bad filmmaker. Spike Lee's characters have a sense of realism that is rarely seen in modern cinema. The emotional response out of people after seeing "Crooklyn" is nothing like I've seen from Hollywood's cookie cutter 'dramas.' "Do The Right Thing" evokes some of the such sincere dialog on race that I am stunned at people's positive reception "Crash." Sure, it didn't win any awards. "Clockers" brought forward the complications and nuance within the war on drugs and street crime that was clearly not on Hollywood's radar at the time. Sure, Spike Lee isn't a frequent nominee at the Oscars, but Spike Lee doesn't make films for awards, he makes films for people. While all these Kubrick-wannabes are busy trying to state symbolism in some random shot and getting inspiration from their Netflix account, Spike Lee gets his inspiration from the American people.

amazing movie. its about capitalism , not basketball.

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