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Good movie but Lee just HAD to include that moronic shot
posted by movie_naziSTAFFMOD on March 23, 2019 at 9:50 AM
Of course, I am talking about the final scene with Patrice and Ron where they answered the knock on the door with guns drawn. He just LOVES using that rail shot where the characters are moving towards something but not walking. It just felt out of place and dated. I've seen him use it in other films and it usually looks out of place.
Anywho, his best movie since Malcolm X and although good it wasn't great. Those final Charlottesville scenes were haunting and powerful though.
BlacKkKlansman (2018) - 7 outta 10 stars
Reply by jorgito2001
on June 10, 2019 at 3:53 PM
Put me down as someone who LOOKS FORWARD to that shot. Its a Spike Lee Joint staple..and in this movie's case, well deserved! (found this movie to be excellent)
Reply by movie_nazi
on June 10, 2019 at 4:02 PM
To each his own. I personally think it looks forced most of the time. The one film of his I saw that I kinda liked it in was Clockers .
BlacKkKlansman (2018) - 7 outta 10 stars
Reply by tmdb53400018
on February 3, 2020 at 4:48 PM
SPOILERS AHEAD.
The film is very good, in my opinion! Didn't mind the rail shot at all. I loved the scene wherein Ture spoke up to defend Patrice from the touchy-feely cop -- it was like a response to that similarly inflammatory scene in Crash, in a way. But Lee's film was really loaded with references to later events. Take that, MAGA people!
Also, I think I noticed an interesting trick done in the film with a character's name in it -- I thought it was a little stupid for the Patrice character to turn down Ron romantically simply because he was a police officer. He takes the time to remind her that he saved her life, and she won't budge... anyway, Patrice's last name is "Dumas," which is only a couple letters away from "dumbass." Maybe Lee named her, and believes that she really is a dumbass for her dogmatic thinking? I liked this idea.