Malcolm X was his greatest accomplishment. I liked most of his joints though. Jungle Fever pissed me off because he tried to FORCE the B storyline of his crack-addicted brother and then the shit just didn't fit. He was trying way too hard.

Others that come to mind:

"He Got Game" was cool as well.

"Clockers" - Eh.

"School Daze" was important as hell. Without that, there probably wouldn't have been "A Different World".

I just saw spike lee himself this past Saturday.
We bonded over voting for Obama.

Yes, very much so. I respect Spike. He's a talented cat. I have all of his films on dvd. His Malcolm X film is beautiful. Denzel should have gotten Best Actor for that. No doubt about it. And in my opinion, Spike should have won Best Picure. But yeah, I'm a fan of Spike's.

blackguitaristz said:

That is an understatement.

blackguitaristz said:

Well, we ALL know why none of those awards came to fruition.

thekidsgirl said:

Clockers was the worst of them, and I liked all the rest...Whap!!

Is any stoked about his upcoming Miracle at St. Anna, slated for an October '08 release?!?

Plot (from Wiki):
The film follows four African-American Buffalo soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped in a a small tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The film deals with the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre perpetrated by the Nazis in retaliation to Italian partisan activity. There is also a reference to a sculpted head from Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence that acts as a plot device.

Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: James McBride
Starring:
Derek Luke
Michael Ealy
Laz Alonso
Omar Benson Miller
Luigi Lo Cascio
James Gandolfini
John Leguizamo
Kerry Washington
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Walton Goggins
Pierfrancesco Favino
Valentina Cervi
Alexandra Maria Lara
Christian Berkel
Michael K. Williams
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Language: English, Italian, German

Bamboozled never gets any love. I really dig that flick.

Lammastide said:

Wow...Omar...the one on the left is my boy!! We played on the same basketball team in L.A. in a league there...he is an amazing athlete for a big dude!! It's good to know he is still continuing to get work....he had a small cameo in Transformers.....

Lammastide said:

Ooh, that looks interesting. I wonder if the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre the same one that the book The Order Has Been Carried Out discusses? (I have the book at home, but can't remember the name of the massacre. I think it happened in Rome, though, so this is probably different.)

MuthaFunka said:

Mutha.. Different World was before School Daze ... and i wasnt too much of a fan of that movie cause i wish Spike had of put more of a solution in that movie for the division in our race.. the last ten minutes of the movie 'wake up' .. that's it? the division still exists today and it's annoying... the only thing Spike did that i liked was when he did 'When the Levees Broke' exposing the government and the Core of Engineers for what they did to the ppl of New Orleans.. they KNEW that should a storm like Katrina (category 5) would come along it would tear up the whole territory and 'deliberately' built levees only strong enough for a category 3 storm.. and the government knew that... cause they want the land, it's very rich..

Flowerz said:

Yeah, the casting for both were around the same time though (School Daze casting was before ADW I believe). Vibe magazine had an article on both and they said ADW got an extra boost after the buzz about School Daze.

And you can't really hold Spike to that ending and say "We still have division today" because he didn't address it. That's not fair to Spike, or any filmmaker with a social conscience.

And yeah, he did the damn thang on the Katrina series.

MuthaFunka said:

He REALLY shoulda won for the documentary 4 Little Girls.

I like his movies. There was an old one I have on dvd. Girl's gotta have it. I was crazy but in the end turned out ok

DexMSR said:

That's all well and good, but I'm personally interested in the brother on the right.

Lammastide said:

Okay????

MuthaFunka said:

no, what im saying is.. he should have instead of 2 hours of division, put more of a solution in his film for it to stop.. being he has power in the movie industry to influence .. all that division in the film, we see that in everyday life n we really didnt need to see more of it on film.. but where's the solution? create a part 2, a 2 hour solution movie...he's in a position to talk to 'us' with his films .. im sorry lol.. im just annoyed @ alot of black on black stuff..

Do the right thing is one of the best movies I've ever seen, and Malcolm X is the ultimate movie about him
but I don't care that much about the rest of his filmography...

Flowerz said:

Eh, I guess I can see that. I still think it's too much to ask though. I think the consequences presented all that to begin with.

I liked Crooklyn and Summer of sam, thats about it.

PANDURITO said:

I don't know? Maybe

abierman said:

I didn't even know he did 'Inside Man'

Okay you guys, I didnt even realize he had so many films under his belt. Alot of them I somehow didn't even know he was resposible for (ie. Summer of Sam)


Also, alot of you seem to really dig Crooklyn, I remember when that came out alot of my friends loved it too, but I thought it was kinda boring

thekidsgirl said:

Its cool if u found the movie boring but OMG u had to laugh when the lady was looking for her dog Queenie and it popped out of the couch

Lammastide said:

Bruh.... Telephone... It's your wife...

thekidsgirl said:

Summer of Sam came out in 1999. Makes sense Spike Lee made that movie since it takes place in New York in the 70's.

How could I forget "She Hate Me?" Oh, wait! i know... with practice...

DanceWme said:

Okay, yeah it does have its funny moments

A big fan...

"x" made me go and re-study Malcolm and a whole lot more!
Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever were my Teen Hood Flicks, which groomed me to an extent.

ThreadBare said:

I'm only looking as I would at a vase, or rug, or work of art!! Nothing covetous.
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