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Summary: A good piece of work
Review: Don't get it wrong this movie is not about the Million Man March. This is an excellent work portraying the diversity amongst African-American men. This movie not only showed these differencies but also the interaction between their different views on current affairs, and how this affects unity amongst African-American men and women. I like how Spike Lee used the camera on the bus to give the viewer the feeling of actually riding on the bus with the travellers. The documentary feeling of the film also served to bring your psyche into the work.
Rating:
Summary: A good piece of work
Review: Don't get it wrong this movie is not about the Million Man March. This is an excellent work portraying the diversity amongst African-American men. This movie not only showed these differencies but also the interaction between their different views on current affairs, and how this affects unity amongst African-American men and women. I like how Spike Lee used the camera on the bus to give the viewer the feeling of actually riding on the bus with the travellers. The documentary feeling of the film also served to bring your psyche into the work.
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Summary: A thoughtful film
Review: Get on the Bus is one of Lee's best works. Poignant, funny and introspective, it tells the tale of various black men from various walks of life; a father and his estranged, angst-ridden son, a gay couple, an arrogant actor, an ex-Crip turned Muslim, a half white cop and Ossie Davis as the "spiritual grandfather/moderator" type. They travel from California to DC for the Million Man March, and along the way come to terms with prejudice and hatred they have felt without as well as within.Some may criticize the "stereotypical" treatment of the white characters, but this may be a bit much. The Jewish Bus driver is an honorable character, and in a scene with him and Charles Dutton, director Lee let's him speak his side of the story "OK, I may have some problems with blacks....but no more worse than the problems you have with whites. I don't have anything to prove to these guys". Randy Quade's redneck cop may have been over the top, but suffice to say, there are people in parts of America who still treat people that way. Overall, I think this film is definitely Lee's most underrated work.
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Summary: Poignant movie
Review: Get on the Bus reveals the different convictions and beliefs African-Americans hold even though they are seen as a whole, as a unified group who have experienced and fought injustices inflicted on them in the past by the United States. I loved this movie and it changed the way i looked at black people. The intro song performed by Michael Jackson is absolutely superb, but for some odd reason it is left out of the movie soundtrack. The movie cuts to the heart and it leaves movie-watchers with that good feeling spectacular movies have on people.
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Summary: A film centuries in the making!
Review: Get on the Bus, the latest film by director Spike Lee, is arguably his best film to date. Lee has got to be one of the best (and the most necessary)directors today. His films convey a message that the cinema has been suppressing and neglecting for years, and he does it with a candidness that is required for such films. His messages are so overlooked that the only way they can properly be presented is through the eyes of African Americans. I say this because to present it any other way is to fuel the neglection they have seen for so long. If to have these issues addressed by anyone other than African Americans can they not be expected to receive the same treatment as all other African history has received in the past. The fact that all history was written through the eyes of wealthy white land-owning men cannot be ignored, so to have them retell the saga of Malcolm X, or the million man march, are we not just looking for a repeat of history? Lee presents serious issues with his own flare for wit, candidness and honesty. Don't expect him to hold back with the punches. Get on the Bus exhibits all the signs that made Spike Lee famous and necessary in today's culture. A definite film for not just fans of Lee's work, but for everyone. We could all learn from Spike.
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Summary: Spike Lee at his best and worst...
Review: His best: social journalism. Nobody brings perennially pressing issues to the screen as consistently and vitally as Spike Lee---love or hate his films as you may, there's no argument that he does a superb job of provoking debate and reflection. Here it's Lee's two favorite topics, racial history/injustice/relations and (less prominently but still significant) gender/sexual issues...treated with a vast amount of humor and often insight. His worst: at times some of his films implode when Lee gets on his soapbox and goes too heavy-handed---the Message blots out the Movie. This happens towards the last one-third, with the last 10 minutes especially preachy and contrived. The film craft breaks down, characters and dialogue that before had been pretty much spot-on suddenly verge into labored allegory and caricature. It's like Lee drew up a laundry list of Pressing Societal Problems (brings to mind Larwence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon") and tried to allot 5-10 minutes for each one. Sometimes he does so with grace and wit, but sometimes he stumbles into glibness and stereotyping. I was a little disappointed that Lee didn't show more of the actual Million Man march, maybe explore the controversial Louis Farrakhan a little bit more deeply. I was however pleasantly surprisd that Lee does take a fairly mature, gutsy stand on homosexuality and homophobia absent in some of his earlier films. Had Lee made this film more as a straight (or pointed) documentary rather than trying to turn it into a heavy-handed inspirational treatise, I'd gladly give it 5 plus stars. Even in its current form it's well worth watching.
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Summary: Spike Lee at his best and worst...
Review: His best: social journalism. Nobody brings perennially pressing issues to the screen as consistently and vitally as Spike Lee---love or hate his films as you may, there's no argument that he does a superb job of provoking debate and reflection. Here it's Lee's two favorite topics, racial history/injustice/relations and (less prominently but still significant) gender/sexual issues...treated with a vast amount of humor and often insight. His worst: at times some of his films implode when Lee gets on his soapbox and goes too heavy-handed---the Message blots out the Movie. This happens towards the last one-third, with the last 10 minutes especially preachy and contrived. The film craft breaks down, characters and dialogue that before had been pretty much spot-on suddenly verge into labored allegory and caricature. It's like Lee drew up a laundry list of Pressing Societal Problems (brings to mind Larwence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon") and tried to allot 5-10 minutes for each one. Sometimes he does so with grace and wit, but sometimes he stumbles into glibness and stereotyping. I was a little disappointed that Lee didn't show more of the actual Million Man march, maybe explore the controversial Louis Farrakhan a little bit more deeply. I was however pleasantly surprisd that Lee does take a fairly mature, gutsy stand on homosexuality and homophobia absent in some of his earlier films. Had Lee made this film more as a straight (or pointed) documentary rather than trying to turn it into a heavy-handed inspirational treatise, I'd gladly give it 5 plus stars. Even in its current form it's well worth watching.
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Summary: powerful
Review: it's amazing how black people in particular black men are somehow viewed as just the same but the dynamics of this film shatter that stereotype to bits and pieces.15 different personalitys and backgrounds.spike being the genius that he is shows another side of his depth and craft.
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Summary: Why Get Sidetracked..???
Review: Let me first say that I love and admire the work of Spike Lee.He is one the few directors that have the courage to say whats on his mind and could care less who does or who does'nt like it.However this film is an insult to any Blackman that attended the Million Man March and the premise was awful.Why write a film about a great event and never capture the essence of that event.? Over one million Blackmen came to the March and the feeling of love , peace, brotherhood was as easy to feel as taking a deep breath. There are some "dummies" that feel as though the March did nothing , well I know for a fact that there have been several business alliances that were created from meeting brothers at the March. And there was not ONE incident of violence during that wonderful day unlike this film that seems to center around conflict and confusion. And there have been other "million" style marches since then. Another question I had with this film is why write a film about a bunch of guys that NEVER MAKE IT TO THE MARCH...???? One million plus other guys got there so where is their story..??? Black people need to embrace any and all positive moments ( Like the Million Man March) here in America..There are enough negative things to worry about, so let our "achievements" remain "achievements"
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Summary: Black men on thr rise - one love
Review: Most of the reviews i've read about this movie,has been hogwash.Spike Lee,who happens to have one of the finest minds in the industry,did a masterful job.All i can say is "My hat's off" to spike,his brilliance has delivered again.
One Love
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