Do The Right Thing!

I found this film strangely entertaining. I think it was because the style of the film reminded me of the television show Fresh Prince with Will Smith. I thought it was well made, I liked the cinematography, it showed many different angles and shots of the neighborhood. The entire setting of this place had nothing real about it, the people didn't really act like that, it was a creation of Spike Lee. They had to clear out that neighborhood, cleaning out all the drug addicts in order to shoot the film. Overall I thought the film was pretty fun to watch. I feel like I should mention the death of Radio Raheem, It is a tragedy when a young person dies for such a small issue. Spike Lee then tries to hide it by not making it a big deal, making the destruction of Sal's Famous Pizzaria more important. I thought he was trying to show that people considered Sal's Famous Pizzaria was more important than the life of an adolescent African American boy. Then the movie critics basically did what he said they were going to do and didn't even mention Radio Raheem. It seemed sort of like a trap, seeing who caught it and who didn't, and those who didn't would be prosecuted by Spike Lee himself in his interview about he film. Overall I thought this was a very entertaining film and would recommend it.

The Battle of Algiers!

NPR: Movie Review 'The Battle of Algiers' by Kenneth Turan - Morning Edition
http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ME&showDate=09-Jan-2004&segNum=14&NPRMediaPref=WM

My classmates might have found this movie to be quite annoying, mostly because they didn't like the subtitles, but I actually liked the movie. I liked the effort in trying to make the film unbiased, to show both sides of the conflict. I also liked how they tried to make it as realistic as possible, with scenes that looked like they were from a documentary. They were even able to get an operational tank for one scene. This film was made only a couple years after this actually happened which is surprising to hear. I really liked this film overall and would recommend it to someone if they are researching the battle of Algiers, or they just want to see an old war film. This film is still even relevant today as the review says, even though this review was made years ago, our present day situation in Iraq can be compared and similarities arise. The gorilla warfare in the city look very familiar. The way the film was shot made it look realistic and basically stated, "This is happening now!" to the audience.