School Daze
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Movie Reviews of School Daze
Movie Review: DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Clear vivid picture with great sound. Bought in brand new condition and I was completely satisfied.Movie Review: One of Lee's Best
Summary: 4 Stars
I once heard on a TV talk show that you don't have to be a parent to know about kids. This was uttered by a single female with tons of doctorate credentials. As I listened, having kids of my own, I found her comments clinical and devoid of those fundamentals any parent experiences during daily contact with their offspring. I subsequently disregarded most of her observations with the exception of the obvious. Some things do have to be experienced. With that said, Spike Lee's School Daze had to be experienced to really appreciate the social comments being made. Being a graduate of Howard University (an Afro-American college since federal inception) in Washington, D.C., I could readily identify with the life and social levels depicted. This movie is FUBU (For Us By Us). The distinction between light skinned and dark skinned, "good hair" and "kinks", "Greeked" (Fraternity/Sorority) and outsiders, upper-class, middle-class and no-class, may be lost in an already segmented society. However, it hits home to anyone (irregardless of ethnic background) who has attended historically rooted colleges and universiies. The voluntary (and involuntary!) sub-segmentation on campus is real and extant. Spike Lee's direction, musical scenes and comedic comment, gives us a laugh at these really stupid concepts. Laurence Fishburne as usual gives an excellent performance as a politically aware student, trying to change a system that cannot be changed, and personally changing because of it. Spike Lee plays his usual "Baby, baby, pleaseee baby, baby" self-depreciating character caught-up in fraternity life but willing to play for the perceived rewards of acceptance. Giancarlo Esposito is the fraternity leader and movie antagonist bent maintaining class/segment separation. Tisha Campbell (Martin - TV show co-star) plays Esposito's "girlfriend" and gives an excellent performance as a "have" who is victimized by her own would-be ascension and maintenance of same. This movie demonstrates our society's nature for congregation by segregation as we matriculate through a "Black" college and the surrounding urban community. View this movie with an inquisitive mind and you'll find it a very entertaining movie. View it with a similar background and it will haunt you. On a lighter note, of all the musical numbers one of my favorite scenes is the talent show when Tisha Campbell belts out a soul-stirring song so strong I want to "play" (read blast) it every summer when the weather is hot, the windows are rolled-down and the world is out.Movie Review: From Another Perspective
Summary: 4 Stars
I've seen this movie so many times during my childhood that I can pretty much recite the words, perform the dance moves, and sing the songs. Back then, I took it as a musical and didn't pay too much attention to the social messages involved (that of light skinned versus dark skinned; Greek hazing; oppression within the Black community; HBCU life; relationships), but after going to an HBCU, I can appreciate this movie much more than I did before (surprisingly). After watching the scene in "Stomp the Yard" when DJ made fun of another Greek fraternity, it made me remember the most entertaining scene in this movie, when Fishburne's character and crew interrupted an event to make fun of all of the frats. "Good God, yessss!" I had to reach back into my tape (now DVD) collection and watch this movie today. While "Stomp the Yard" took on more the purposes of entertainment, I appreciated how this movie talked about the much deeper aspects of HBCUs. After reading "Black Haze," I no longer find the hazing scenes remotely entertaining, but I question whether Lee meant for them to be in the first place. Great movie.Movie Review: Actually filmed on the campus of Clark Atlanta University
Summary: 4 Stars
I believe that this film is definltely one of Spike Lee's greatest works. The vivid techniques that he used in presenting both the positive and negative images of historically black colleges and universities is amazing. However, in my opinion, the stereotypes that Lee addressed were somewhat exaggerated, especially in greek versus non-greek social existence. This may have been done in an attempt to provoke thought in the minds of students viewing the film as to their daily actions and reasons for involvement in extracurricular activities. In all, if you're watching for entertainment, you will be pleased, but if you're looking to come away with some insight on campus life at black colleges and universities, you may come up short.Movie Review: School Daze
Summary: 4 Stars
I currently attend Morehouse, know sisters at Spelman, am friendly with Clark students, and got mad love for Morris Brown. The issues in the film resonate today in 2006. There is some resentment from the residents in the West End and University Homes; there is an elitetist attitude from some of the frats; there is an air of apathy among the student population, and when this film first hit theaters, most students weren't even born! There is talk a sequel is in the works, as Spike announced during NSO. An excellent introduction to HBCUs! And one of his better films...