Do the Right Thing (1989) directed by Spike Lee

Unread post by **GottaLoveLA** » June 18th, 2005, 5:21 pm

movie bout racial tensions in a new york neighborhood

did anybody see it?

Unread post by **se11** » June 21st, 2005, 8:59 am

i seen parts of it. i dont understand it though. those kids kept going into that guys store starting shit and in the end spike lee sides against the people that called him their brother. i am confused about it.

Anesis · Unread post by **Anesis** » June 21st, 2005, 4:25 pm

My mother took me out of school to go see it when it was first released.

I don't remember much about the movie itself, but I remember my impressions about it.

At first, I was excited because I wasn't in school, but I remember feeling sick to my stomach after watching it.

I've been meaning to netflix it so I can get a more accurate impression of the movie.

Unread post by **purplecityhello** » June 21st, 2005, 4:30 pm

One of the best movies spike lee made aside from Jungle Fever and Mo Better Blues and of course MALCOM X

ya need to buy it word up, ya must be white. this movie is a staple in the black community

Unread post by **SiNN702** » June 21st, 2005, 4:39 pm

^^Agreed shit was tight.

Unread post by **se11** » June 21st, 2005, 7:39 pm

i only seen the last like hour of it or so. but i didnt get the point of it? all i seen was the kids with the radio keep coming in to the guys store blasting the radio and disrespecting the guys property. then in the end they got into a fight he called them n***ers, and i think one of the black guys got shot. then there was a riot and the store burnt down.

what was the point of that movie?

Unread post by **NW10** » June 28th, 2005, 5:18 am

purplecityhello wrote: ya must be white. this movie is a staple in the black community

I got this film, we need more films like this, putting out the right message. In England where i was born is predominantly white but everyday more and more people arrive there from Africa and face racist violence and hate. I now live in a black community and could not face being made the focus of racial hate like that which is focused on African immigrants in north-eastern England.

'Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.' MLKJ