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epilogue · **Posted:** Mon June 22, 2020 9:30 pm

Spike Lee Joints I've seen:

1. She's Gotta Have It
2. Do The Right Thing
3. Summer of Sam
4. 25th Hour
5. Inside Man
6. Miracle at St. Anna
7. BlacKkKlansman
8. Da 5 Bloods

So I still have a lot of stuff to dive into. I've missed a lot. Still, I'd rank him among my all-time favorite filmmakers. Just that body of work above is enough to canonize the man.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon June 22, 2020 10:25 pm

Chi-Raq is not good.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon June 22, 2020 10:27 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

Spike Lee

Do the Right Thing
BlacKkKlansman
When the Levees Broke
25th Hour
Clockers
Inside Man
Jungle Fever
4 Little Girls
Summer of Sam
Bamboozled
He Got Game
She Hate Me
Malcolm X
She's Gotta Have It
Chi-Raq

epilogue · **Posted:** Mon June 22, 2020 10:30 pm

I have a strong feeling that I'm going to love Chi-Raq. Loved the trailer. Love Lee's overall aesthetic in general. Love the play it's inspired by. Love theater and theatricality in film. I'm going in with pretty high expectations.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon June 22, 2020 10:42 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:

I have a strong feeling that I'm going to love Chi-Raq. Loved the trailer. Love Lee's overall aesthetic in general. Love the play it's inspired by. Love theater and theatricality in film. I'm going in with pretty high expectations.

yeah, and you just might love it for all the reasons I disliked it. The theatrical element was too much for me.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue June 23, 2020 3:00 am

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.

Man, I'm on a real roll with these bizarre movies with great casts that I've never heard of somehow!

Mickey · **Posted:** Tue June 23, 2020 9:24 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

Spike Lee

Do the Right Thing
BlacKkKlansman
When the Levees Broke
25th Hour
Clockers
Inside Man
Jungle Fever
4 Little Girls
Summer of Sam
Bamboozled
He Got Game
She Hate Me
Malcolm X
She's Gotta Have It
Chi-Raq

Surprised to see Malcolm X this far down. It was long and a little overdone but I thought it was pretty good.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Tue June 23, 2020 9:28 pm

I haven’t seen it for years, but my recollection is that it’s also oddly “straight” for a Spike Lee Joint — none of his usual vibrancy. Maybe my memory is off?

Mickey · **Posted:** Tue June 23, 2020 9:46 pm

Oh yeah it's really straight. Mostly it's just a pretty good, well-acted biopic.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47316

Anyone see Aniara? So awesome.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

Duck Butter.

Im a huge Alia Shawkat fan, but this movie was just....i mean..what a waste of time.

tree_ · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 2:12 am

Has anyone seen the nightingale? Got the itch to see it

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

tree_ wrote:

Has anyone seen the nightingale? Got the itch to see it

No, i keep forgetting about that one and i wanna see it too.

tree_ · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 3:13 am

Love the babadook

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 5:35 am

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VinylGuy wrote:

Miami Vice.

What a classic. Colin Farrell at its finest. Michael Mann, what a director. What he does here is just pure poetry.

Love this. Intend to rewatch it soon so I can listen to it on The Rewatchables.

Incredible tour de force. Really, im still reeling. I think ill tackle Thief later, and maybe Ali..maybe Blackhat.

Watched Thief a few months ago, still holds up.

Black Hat is bad!

Never saw Ali.

And wease — yes, Miami Vice is awesome. It’s Mann just having the purest fun he’s ever had.

I might revisit Heat and Collateral too, my favorites from him. And a rewatch of The Insider is coming too.

Watched Miami Vice Director’s Cut tonight.

Mixed feelings on the added stuff. I prefer the theatrical opening, being dropped right into the middle of an undercover op.

Love the additional boat and sky footage, but it really makes the lack of action more noticeable.

Feels like the relationship between Sonny and Gong Li is a little more fleshed out.

Love this flick. So dark and moody and slick and cool.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

yeah i remember watching the directors cut and thinking the theatrical one was better.

I love everything about this movie. Everything. The final shot with Sonny going to the hospital is so good.

Jorge · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 3:45 pm

Manhunter is really good

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 3:46 pm

Yeah I love that one too

Farmer John · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm **Posts:** 4293

My ranking:

1. Manhunter
2. Mindhunter
3. Manhunt: Unambomber

Rangi Guy · **Posted:** Sat June 27, 2020 9:21 pm

Force of Nature, cause Mel Gibson. What a waste of time.

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