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| Malcolm
Year: 1992
Classification: Drama
Directed:
- Spike Lee
Actors/Actresses:
- Denzel Washington
- Angela Bassett
A Really Good Film
Spike Lee's presentation of Malcolm X was very successful because the Malcolm's character, played by Denzel Washington, was very beleivable and the storyline was real.
First, Denzel Washington made the character realistic. When he gave speeches throughout the movie, every movement and how his voice sounded made me believe I was actually listening to Malcolm X give a speech. One scene that sticks out is when Denzel played Malcolm giving his "Bamboozled" speech to the people on the streets of Harlem. This scene was excellent.
Also, the story was excellent. Every scene in the movie was well played out, and the most realistic part in the movie was in the end. When they killed X, it was real. It was in front of his family, and he didn't try to fight because he knew that he was going to die soon anyway. I didn't know much about Malcolm X before I watched this movie, and watching this movie gave me a lot of details and made it easy for me to understand how he came to be who he was and why he beleived in what he did.
In conclusion, this movie was really realistic. The actor and story were really well played. I really enjoyed the film.
The film Spike Lee was born to direct.
I can't think of another filmmaker besides Spike Lee who's as qualified to direct this 3-hour epic about the slain leader Malcolm X. It was really the film he was born to make. Although it falls a notch below "Do the Right Thing" (still his best film and a qualified classic), it features a dead-on performance by Denzel Washington. Denzel definitely deserved to win an Academy Award, though he lost to Al Pacino. But Oscar or no Oscar, this DVD is worth picking up: the picture and sound are excellent with no print flaws, scratches, lines, or marks whatsoever. My only beef is that the film has no extras except production notes. It's my sincere hope that Warner Brothers will revisit this film and come out with a deluxe 2-DVD edition, for this is too important a film. If you haven't grabbed this, then what are you waiting for?
Powerful...
...is the best way to describe Malcolm X, Denzel Washinton's greatest work in cinema so far. It tells the story of Malcolm X, the strong-willed black revolution leader whose ironic and powerful views differed very differently from Martin Luther Jr.BR>Denzel Washington gives an extraordinary performance, and with heart he shows the metamorphosis of Malcolm X, from hip young kid, to his life of crime days, to when he was a white-hating civil rights leader.BR>There are many other great performances in the film, and Spike Lee makes Malcolm X his best "joint" ever. You can feel that this is a Spike lee film, because it is a little strange and it swings from one mood to another. Spike lee also stars in the film, but as a minor character.BR>I thoroughly enjoyed watching Malcolm X, and it ranks as one of the best film of the '90s. If you love Denzel Washington, you haven't seen him perform until you have seen him in Malcolm X.
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