Brehs...Spike Lee films. Lets discuss it

[GoFlipAPack]

:Patrice: I love Spike and his films. My question is how does he continue to make films even after some of them bomb? Like that movie Old Boy the budget was 30 mil and only made 8. She Hate Me which I thought was a good movie cost 8 mil to make but only made like 1.5. whats Spikes biggest knock?

 

[VladTheImpaler]

:Patrice: I love Spike and his films. My question is how does he continue to make films even after some of them bomb? Like that movie Old Boy the budget was 30 mil and only made 8. She Hate Me which I thought was a good movie cost 8 mil to make but only made like 1.5. whats Spikes biggest knock?

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[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Spike Lee is a lil overrated IMO. He's had plenty of classics for sure but let's be real, we all fukk with cuz he's black.

If anything, he represents a huge problem in the movie making business... lack of black directors. As such, we're almost forced to support him. Who else we gon ride with?

Never thought I'd see the day the NFL had so many black QB's I could actually start rooting against some of em.

 

[sun raw]

I mean, he had to finance his next movie through Kickstarter so it's not exactly smooth sailing for him. Oldboy it seems like he was hired as a mercenary director, like he had to do it because the studio wanted it, not because he did, though I could be wrong on that.

I think he's got some classics and some underrated movies under his belt but for a majority of audiences, he's emblematic of "black film" so he becomes this standard by which they judge other black filmmakers. John Singleton back in the day got a lot of comparisons to Lee, even though they're nothing alike, with Lee's influences coming from a lot of film history and his knowledge as a film student.

 

[Animal House]

Yeah oldboy was wack but my nikka Spike gets shafted so much when it comes to awards its criminal.

 

[The Don]

Spike Lee is a lil overrated IMO. He's had plenty of classics for sure but let's be real, we all fukk with cuz he's black.

If anything, he represents a huge problem in the movie making business... lack of black directors. As such, we're almost forced to support him. Who else we gon ride with?

Never thought I'd see the day the NFL had so many black QB's I could actually start rooting against some of em.

Not true we have Antione Fuqua, Steve McQueen, Tyler Perry, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, Malcolm D. Lee and even that new guy who directed Fruitvale Station. There's plenty of black filmmakers. The problem is Spike Lee makes above average films but he's pissed so many people off in hollywood his films barely get marketed and he's forced to do the whole internet campaign thing for funding. His last 2 films I didn't even know were out til they were coming to dvd.

 

[BasedPrime]

All his movies suck

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Not true we have Antione Fuqua, Steve McQueen, Tyler Perry, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, Malcolm D. Lee and even that new guy who directed Fruitvale Station. There's plenty of black filmmakers. The problem is Spike Lee makes above average films but he's pissed so many people off in hollywood his films barely get marketed and he's forced to do the whole internet campaign thing for funding. His last 2 films I didn't even know were out til they were coming to dvd.

What did I say that wasn't true? I never said there are NO black directors.

 

[The Don]

What did I say that wasn't true? I never said there are NO black directors.

There isn't a lack of black directors and we don't bang with him just cuz he's black in fact he's pissed off a lot of black people cuz he's so militant so you're wrong altogether. [DOUBLEPOST=1397677023][/DOUBLEPOST]@Jesus Shuttlesworth

 

[Scottie Drippin]

There isn't a lack of black directors and we don't bang with him just cuz he's black in fact he's pissed off a lot of black people cuz he's so militant so you're wrong altogether. [DOUBLEPOST=1397677023][/DOUBLEPOST]@Jesus Shuttlesworth

So listed basically every notable black director there is, the number is below 10. You don't think that that's a "lack"?

 

[The Don]

So listed basically every notable black director there is, the number is below 10. You don't think that that's a "lack"?

Those are just a few

 

[lutha]

spike makes good movies, but like someone said, he's pissed so many off in hollywood, he doesnt get the backing (marketing, money, screens, etc.), so most his shyts go under the radar and dont pull in money like that...

 

[RAX 010]

Spike Lee is a lil overrated IMO. He's had plenty of classics for sure but let's be real, we all fukk with cuz he's black.

If anything, he represents a huge problem in the movie making business... lack of black directors. As such, we're almost forced to support him. Who else we gon ride with?

Never thought I'd see the day the NFL had so many black QB's I could actually start rooting against some of em.

Says the c00n who has his screen name and avi dedicated to one of his characters

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Says the c00n who has his screen name and avi dedicated to one of his characters

He Got Game was a weird ass movie though. Spike is definitely unique I'll give him that.

 

[RAX 010]

He Got Game was a weird ass movie though. Spike is definitely unique I'll give him that.

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