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willythesalesman
12Mar12
Probably the best biographical movie ever made. I don't agree with X's ideas but I have to admit the movie had too many great scenes to be dismissed.
James Kang
30Aug11
I wonder how many people have seen this movie in the past four years, because it compares very unfavorably to Walk Hard. There a number of biopic cliches here like the childhood trauma that defines the main character's life, the dutiful wife who puts up with her husband's commitment to his work and the heavy foreshadowing of death. But the movie is still fairly entertaining. I just wish it wasn't so formulaic.
COOL SUNDAYS
21Jun10
Regardless of the leaps and bounds that Spike made to complete this masterwork (as well as the implications of the FBI conspiracy, which is entirely plausible), it must also be noted that Louis Farrakhan himself sent Spike direct threats as to remove all mentioning of himself from the film. While Lee himself is uncompromising as an artist, the implications of such imposed censorship is peculiar.
Alanedit
5Jun10
Labeled conventional, whathaveyou. Lee delivered a film of immense power, anchored by one of the greatest performances in movie history. Do you remember Pacino in scent of a woman? I don't. He won an Oscar that year, dominated by Unforgiven and X was criminally undervalued. It is due to that film that I lost a sense of faith on Oscars, especially in recognition of minorities both in front and behind the camera. Denzel Washington transcends acting and channels the spirit of a man whose contradictions and virtues made him a polarizing figure to some, a brave man to all. And it's all here on Malcolm X. Four stars, the making of the film has been a source of inspiration for me. Lee's battles with the studio and sticking to your guns is integrity in the highest form. I hold regard high when discussing Lee because he is one of the greatest directors of all time, bar none.
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Dzimas
13May10
Denzel Washington projected a strong sense of Malcolm, but there really wasn't much exploration into his character. Spike essentially wanted to make Malcolm into a hero. Spike downplayed the schism Malcolm created within the Nation of Islam, and made it very clear he considered it an FBI plot that led to the assassination. Very well could have been, but there was very little focus on Malcolm after Mecca, in which he took a less racial view to the inequalities in America. This would have made even more "dangerous" as a public figure.
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