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Do The Right Thing (1989)
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Summary: It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Spike Lee
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Do The Right Thing belongs to 43 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by curseof26 - 45 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 30 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 29 stars)
4. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 28 stars)
5. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 15 stars)
6. Roger Ebert: Great Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 12 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 10 stars)
8. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
9. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 9 stars)
10. films101.com's best films of all times (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 9 stars)
11. AFI 100 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 8 stars)
12. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 8 stars)
13. Metacritic - Universal Acclaim (public: moderated by sengir - 7 stars)
14. Fourth wall (public: moderated by djross - 6 stars)
15. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 5 stars)
16. Sight and Sound 2002 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
17. Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film (public: moderated by Cuculiza - 3 stars)
18. New York (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
19. Color Photography (public: moderated by Criminal5 - 2 stars)
20. 24 hour (or less) timeframe (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
21. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Alternative Top 100 (public: moderated by JJJames - 2 stars)
22. Dialog Centric Films (public: moderated by lvlr - 1 star)
23. Cinemag's Best 200 films Ever Created! (public: moderated by hristos - 1 star)
24. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 1 star)
25. Race / Racism (public: moderated by Moribunny)
26. Cannes 1989 Official Selection (public: moderated by djross)
27. Black Cinema (public: moderated by Pickpocket)
28. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1989 (public: moderated by Technikilor)
29. Roger Ebert's Best Films of the 1980s (public: moderated by Technikilor)
30. NME’s 100 Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Films (public: moderated by Replicant)
31. Cahiers du Cinéma: Best Film (public: moderated by Cuculiza)
32. Empire's masterpiece picks (public: moderated by KasperL)
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Two actor weaknesses: Spike (who like Tarantino wouldn't have an acting job if he didn't direct) and that other guy--the one who starts the trouble about the Italian wall not having any pictures of brothuhs; though he may have been told to play it over-the-top. Like the part where each actor rags on a selected minority directly to the camera; a nice bit of purging and keeping everyone honest (and similar if I remember right to a scene in The 25th Hour). Liked best the two guys on the bench.
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One of the most brazen movies of the last 30 years, in both style and substance. Spike Lee's direction is creative. The look of the Brooklyn block jumps out, and the characters populating it are memorable and fun to watch. It makes the movie entertaining, but it still carries weight. The social and racial commentary is complex, candid, and pretty heartfelt.
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Lee does a great job portraying nigger moments and how detrimental they are to society.
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Spike's masterpiece? Liked his first two too.
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good messages but nobody listens
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I remember 20 years ago, leaving the theater and debating the movie with my friends. And still I debate with myself while watching it... it raises questions, perhaps unanswerable questions but ones that continue to provoke and fascinate. Not all of Lee's choices are good and I think he even misinterprets his own work at times, but that only serves to make it all even more intriguing. It truly is one of the great American films, an "important" work that also happens to be enjoyable to watch.
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This is a very cool movie, it's characters are interesting and Spike Lee's direction is very interesting and identifiable. However, the messages, symbolism, and metaphors in this movie are all quite obvious, almost to the point of being spoonfed to the audience. Aside from that, it's a very neat movie and well worth a viewing.
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