Are any of you gonna see it this weekend? The reviews have been great,some are saying it's Lee's best work.

DavidEye said:

Maybe because white critics are finally giving him the time of day because he has a predominantly white cast.

Spike Lee's movies are always interesting,so I will definitely go see this film.I loved 'Summer Of Sam'.

Spike Jones?

Welp, guess I was wrong. It's definately a spike lee joint.

Dauphin said:

What's wrong Dauphin? Did somebody "spike" your coffee this morning?

I'm going to check it next week, I just saw Antwone Fisher, and thought it was very meaningful film...

DavidEye said:

I want to see this so bad..Phillip Seymoure Hoffman in it too--sheeit!

rdhull said:

and ED NORTON

00769BAD said:

Oh word..no doubt hes great anyways but Hoffman is like icing to the cake..Hoffman in a Spike Lee joint?..gotdamn!

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I will always go to see any movie made by Spike Lee - like my other favourite directory (Woody Allen), I've been watching his movies long enough that I just implicitly trust him to give me a movie I will enjoy.

Dunno when it will be released in my corner of the globe though.

Speaking of Spike, I just dug up the Stevie Wonder soundtrack for Jungle Fever... great stuff!

DavidEye said:

I liked 'Summer of Sam' too. Thought it was really underrated...

NPGMCsucks said:

AMEN!!! in fact recently in a Interview SPike Said the same exact thing.He said they forget "Do THe Right THing"&Other films were He has had a Diverse range of People in His Films.Spike knows what time it is.

soulflower said:

Damn! I agree--what movie! It is everything that Boogie Nights wanted to be! 1999 the last summer of great movie releases!

mistermaxxx said:

I dont by that completely..a lot of his issues and ideas were hamfiste d and pushed etc..regardless of whom th e cast was. I think its odd to say that most critics bothe r to watch and fairly evaluate a Spike Lee joint because they dont have a large white cast. I think most critics have more of a sense of diversity than to be that dumb. Not saying every critic but the film medium is quite liberal for the most part. A few ignant fools who jusge a film by cast color shouldn't be the reason for not admitting some of his films-structure etc were lackluster just as him having a predomnantly white cast is not the reason why he makes a great film.

NPGMCsucks said:

One of his most critically acclaimed films, Do The Right Thing, had a predominantly Black cast, so that's not exactly true.

Supernova said:

Funny how Do the Right Thing had some ppl scared outta they azz... "Whhhyyy whhhyyy whyyy did Mookie throw the trash can through the window? Whhhyyy Spike, whyyy would you have him do that?"


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ian said:

If you can dig up the CD single for Gotta Have You. It contains the song "Feeding Off the Love of the Land" the song that played in the closing credits of Jungle Fever.

Saw it this morning, GREAT!!! It didn't blow me away exactly, but I enjoyed it & it's very good. I think critics are shocked that Spike can still make a solid film or something, but I'm glad the reviews are so good

rdhull said:

why would Spike Lee Himself say that? Spike said recently that this Film is Considered really Good by the Critics&He said He knows what that Mean."Do The Right THing" Got Props from the Critics but it also met Some Hatered as well.Spike knows the Game&He doesn't Bite His Lip.Films aren't that liberal when it comes too Black Film-Makers or there would be more speaking out for Black Based Film-Makers come Oscar time.

ian said:

You know what,though? My favorite song from the 'Jungle Fever' soundtrack is the ONE song that Stevie doesn't sing lead vocals on,"If She Breaks Your Heart".It is sung by Kimberley Brewer,Stevie's backup singer and girlfriend at the time.But there is some great stuff on that CD.