Do the Right Thing
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Movie Reviews of Do the Right Thing
Movie Review: My favorite Spike Lee flick
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this from the day it opened in my multicultural neighborhood. Eye opening and soul awakening!Movie Review: Doing the Wrong Thing
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched "Do the Right Thing" the other night and I am still sifting through my reactions. I know that I am essentially hanging on to a real sense of disappointment in the Mookie, the chacter played by the director/producer/writer (and probably a few other things as well) Spike Lee. Lee's acting was sufficient but the actions he took and the attitude he displayed gave me a perspective of a man doomed to a life of failure. In a movie that explored so many perspectives, it was unfortunate that failure was the ultimate message.
"Do the Right Thing" brings to life a community (Bedford-Stuyvessant) that those of us in the boonies only read about in a negative vein. The life of this community on the hottest day of the year finds its' own collective thermomiter reaching a combustible level. We can sense that as the day begins with optimism but gradually succumbs to various lingering anymosities. The wide range of characters of different personalities and races display their own perspectives, priorities and attitudes. Some of them are humorous, some are entertaining, some are challenging and some are disturbing but it takes all kinds. Perhaps that it the greatness of "Do the Right Thing"; the wide range of perspectives that this eclectic group displays. Lee's ability to show the positives and negatives of just about every character in the film seems to be leading us to a balanced perspective of our own. As we sense the growing tension, we get a general idea of what will likely happen. When it does, each viewer will have to decide for themselves how to react to it.
My guess is that Spike Lee intends us to see that not all is right and not all is wrong and, since we live in a diverse world, the more we look for the positive, the better our own world will be. Oddly enough, his own character is the one that seems to challenge this theory. Is Mookie the catalyst of change or is he the instrument of destruction? A movie that makes me think so hard on it's theme ought to be given a 5 Star rating. However, the opportunity of hope was lost in the manner Lee chose to end this film. His concluding pair of quotations continued the challenge of thought and the misguided direction of choices. This is an entertaining film with good to outstanding acting that will draw you in and leave you wondering which characters DID the right thing.
Movie Review: Do the right thing
Summary: 4 Stars
Do The Right Thing is a very loud and in your face film and set Spike Lee up for a long career are racially charged films. Overall i quite liked the film and while there are some specific complaints that i have it still warrants praise, especially for its complex and controversial subject matter.
The film starts out quite simple, simply showing life in New York in a black neighborhood. For a large part of the film I had trouble finding any particularly coherent plot. Normally I would immediately be put off by this in a film but I think Lee makes it work. His honest portrayal of communities like this one overshadows the lack a specific plot. Later on though, different character dynamics begin to take prominence and the point of the film becomes clearer.
The acting in the film plays a large part in making to film seem real and all the actors played their parts well. I'm especially impressed by Spike Lee's ability to write, direct, and act in his films, especially at his young.
The deeper messages of the film are especially interesting though many things in the plot don't seem to get resolved. This is another thing that normally would cause me to not like a film but I think it fits the subject matter. Spike Lee doesn't try to bring unrealistic closure to the issues being dealt with.
I thought Do The Right Thing was a very good movie and deserves the acclaim it has been given and the place of cultural significance it has.
Movie Review: so, what IS the right thing?
Summary: 4 Stars
Spike Lee's study of urban racial tensions stirred controversy when it was first released. Did he intend to advocate violence or merely record it as so many have experienced it? At the end of this film powerful quotations from Martin Luther King and Malcolm X support either view. Set in the sultry summer of inner city Brooklyn, nearly every scene in this film crackles with tension. The black neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyevesant is patrolled by white cops, and commercialized by an Italian family pizzeria that has been a mainstay for twenty-five years, and an upstart Korean grocery store. The racial tensions simmer just as much within the black community; there is only derision for a plan to boycott the pizzeria, Da Mayor is part village idiot and part wise elder, and even Mookie (Spike Lee) is caught betweeen allegiance to his black community and his Italian employer. Doing the right thing is sometimes hard not only to do but even to know.Movie Review: Do the Right Thing and see this movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is very confrontational, and not really a movie. It's a pissed off guys way of telling the world "HEY WE'RE ALL THE SAME YOU MORONS NOW LET'S STOP WITH THE RACIAL HATRED AND BIGATRY AND GET ALONE!" That's pretty much the message this movie sends. The ending will have you astonished. It's sad that we as people are biggots because of skin or nationality differences. So take this movie's advice and "Forget ABout It" okay! We're all the same! All equally created. No one person is better than the other. So see this film cuz it'll make you wanna kick the crud outta some KKK member or some Nazi punk. Not saying you should, cuz we need to understand each other, and love each other regardless if they have an opposing view. That is what this film comunicated to me, and I strongly recomend that every boy and girl should see this movie. Whether you're black, white, or an off color green, just see this important film.