Spike Lee Goes in: "Django is disrespectful to my ancestors".....

[Hiphoplives4eva]

but Red Tails got made, is now sitting at 39% on RT, and probably lost money. in retrospect that just reinforces whatever reason people had to not invest in it

Domestic Total Gross: $49,876,377
Distributor: Fox Release Date: January 20, 2012
Genre: Action / Adventure Runtime: 2 hrs. 0 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 Production Budget: $58 million


The Film lost about 9 million, which is a pocket change for George Lucas.

BTW, this was for a film that was boderline trash. Imagine if the film was actually decent..

 

[John Hull]

Spike got a right to his opinion. Tarantino is a film nerd who dabbles in exploitation, so the criticism is probly accurate. His main theme (violence) has been done more skillfully and with greater nuance by guys like Scorcese, Coppola etc...

Not buying the angle that QT is some great champion of black people, I think "dead ****** storage" effectively killed that argument.

 

[Rapmastermind]

I personally think Spike is a better film maker than QT but he had made more Bad movies than QT since he's done a lot of more films. But when are people going to seriously challege QT on making 1,000 "Revenge" Flicks?

Django - Black Revenge
b*stards - Jew Revenge
Death Proof - Female Driver Revenge
Kill Bill - Female Martial Arts Revenge
Jackie Brown - Female Crime Revenge

I think you see where I'm going. Let's get off "Revenge" QT. Damn, someone really must have done him dirty in his childhood. Also for the people bringing up "b*stards", it did not deal with the Holocaust in the way Django is dealing with Slavery. There were no concentration camps in "b*stards" you know why? Hollywood would of never allowed it.

 

[Rapmastermind]

Domestic Total Gross: $49,876,377
Distributor: Fox Release Date: January 20, 2012
Genre: Action / Adventure Runtime: 2 hrs. 0 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 Production Budget: $58 million


The Film lost about 9 million, which is a pocket change for George Lucas.

BTW, this was for a film that was boderline trash. Imagine if the film was actually decent..

Factor in DVD, TV rights, Lucas ain't lose nothing. But what Lucas gainned was the respect from Black America for fighting to tell a positive story about Blacks in War. Also it wasn't released Worldwide sadly cause a lot of companies don't think foreign Audiences will watch an all black cast. Even Spike and Tyler's movie rarely get worldwide releases. It's a really crazy game in the film industry.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Lucas gainned was the respect from Black America for fighting to tell a positive story about Blacks in War.

HE WAS SHAMELESSLY PANDERING BECAUSE HE KNEW A DUD WAS INCOMING, BROTHER! IT WAS A DESPERATION MOVE AND A DISINGENUOUS ONE AT THAT, DUDE!

 

[Rapmastermind]

HE WAS SHAMELESSLY PANDERING BECAUSE HE KNEW A DUD WAS INCOMING, BROTHER! IT WAS A DESPERATION MOVE AND A DISINGENUOUS ONE AT THAT, DUDE!

Desperate? Lucas had been trying to make the movie for 20 years but the funding never came and he finally said F*ck it and spend his own money. How can you not respect that? a Man dropping 100 Million to tell a positive Black Story?. Again Say what you will about the quality of "Red Tails", it was a positive look at our History something Hollywood has avoided for way to long. For that he has my respect. Lucas even let a Black Director do "Red Tails" Also, so props from me all day. Also the movie wasn't even that bad. But the TV movie was better with Lawrence Fishburne.

 

[88m3]

people need to support smaller independent films

 

[Captain Crunch]

Desperate? Lucas had been trying to make the movie for 20 years but the funding never came and he finally said F*ck it and spend his own money. How can you not respect that? a Man dropping 100 Million to tell a positive Black Story?. Again Say what you will about the quality of "Red Tails", it was a positive look at our History something Hollywood has avoided for way to long. For that he has my respect. Lucas even let a Black Director do "Red Tails" Also, so props from me all day. Also the movie wasn't even that bad. But the TV movie was better with Lawrence Fishburne.

Yep I saw it in theatres and thought it was ok, if it got a legit marketing and budget, the film would of easily did 100 mil.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Lucas had been trying to make the movie for 20 years

IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW COME NOBODY HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL HIS LAST DITCH EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE IN THE THEATERS, BROTHER?

WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT RED TAILS, DUDE?

 

[Robbie3000]

Dudes are mad insecure in this thread.

 

[Rapmastermind]

IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW COME NOBODY HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL HIS LAST DITCH EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE IN THE THEATERS, BROTHER?

WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT RED TAILS, DUDE?

Have you heard of Development Hell? Tons of movies are in the process now that you haven't heard of. Lucas has been trying to get it made for 23 years:

Lucas salutes Tuskegee Airmen with 'Red Tails'

 

[Piff Perkins]

Spike hasn't made a decent movie since Inside Man

 

[Rapmastermind]

Spike hasn't made a decent movie since Inside Man

Well he's really only Directed "St. Anna" and "Red Hook Summer" since "Inside Man". He's mostly done Documentaries and all of them have been good. "When the Leeves Broke 2", "Kobe Doing Work" and "Bad 25" were really good documentaries. I think there should be an "Inside Man 2" that movie was ILL and doesn't get the credit it deserve cause people hate on Spike.

 

[jwinfield]

Well he's really only Directed "St. Anna" and "Red Hook Summer" since "Inside Man". He's mostly done Documentaries and all of them have been good. "When the Leeves Broke 2", "Kobe Doing Work" and "Bad 25" were really good documentaries. I think there should be an "Inside Man 2" that movie was ILL and doesn't get the credit it deserve cause people hate on Spike.

Has an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, got pretty good reviews.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW COME NOBODY HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL HIS LAST DITCH EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE IN THE THEATERS, BROTHER?

WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT RED TAILS, DUDE?

Lucas mentioning it in 1993: Los Angeles Times: Archives - A look inside Hollywood and the movies THE ROAD TO `RADIOLAND' Mill Valley Murder-Mystery, or the Not-So-Young George Lucas Chronicles