Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (Official Thread)

[Bryan Danielson]

I’m still shocked at how busy they got when the guns started busting

 

[FreshFromATL]

I don't like how that was executed at all. It's one thing if he's walking through the jungle talking to himself but he's standing there talking directly to the camera.

One minute he's running from the men chasing him, cut to the other characters, cut back to Delroy and he's standing still monologuing directly to the audience. That's jarring to watch. If men are chasing you with guns it would make zero sense for that to happen.

I don't care about all that other stuff. This was a poorly executed film with too many inconsistencies. No way would I sit through this again and it's not good enough to warrant any further analysis. No film class will ever discuss this

You're better off saying you just aren't a Spike fan, smh. You just exposed yourself.

 

[Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw]

Damn good movie.. Long as shyt but tha Red Bull I had earlier kept me up.. Entertaining and great acting

 

[Supa]

You're better off saying you just aren't a Spike fan, smh. You just exposed yourself.

Spike's recent work is nowhere near his early work and everyone knows that. Every movie after Inside Man has not been near his best.

I laid out what I didn't like about this movie specifically. You can address those points or keep it moving.

That’s the unpredictability of war which is the whole point. It’s supposed to be jarring
he was talking to himself/Norman and the monologue shots were to establish his state of mind. It was fine

I disagree given that he was fleeing. He literally stops to talk. I don't like how the first monologue was edited. The second one after the snake bite made more sense. Cut the first. The editing as a whole was bad. There's no reason why this should have been 2 and a half hours. Trim 35 minutes and this is a much tighter movie.

 

[jadillac]

Man this movie was just average to me. Like there is zero chance you could get me to sit through this unnecessary 2 1/2 hours again. The movie had potential and good elements to build on, but it just wasn't executed that well imo. Alot of it felt B-movieish. Everything was hammed up, from the bloods first introduction, to the score, to the overdone hand shakes, to the predictable outcomes.

I swear Spike loves his overthetop, forced, cheesy exposition in his films. But maybe that's his style and it's simply a preference thing. To me the message loses impact when force fed in that way.

Almost everything I felt.
I got thru 20 mins and had to stop watching.

Disappointed

 

[Big Boss]

Chadwicke absolutely KILLS the masculine leader roles.


He is a worthy Denzel successor

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Man this movie was just average to me. Like there is zero chance you could get me to sit through this unnecessary 2 1/2 hours again. The movie had potential and good elements to build on, but it just wasn't executed that well imo. Alot of it felt B-movieish. Everything was hammed up, from the bloods first introduction, to the score, to the overdone hand shakes, to the predictable outcomes.

I swear Spike loves his overthetop, forced, cheesy exposition in his films. But maybe that's his style and it's simply a preference thing. To me the message loses impact when force fed in that way.

I’m about to start watching now but my instincts told me this would be some bullshyt.

 

[Rapmastermind]

Another Spike Lee Joint to spark up. His last war film "Miracle at St. Anne" was aiight. With the release of "Da 5 Bloods" it had me thinking of what are my fav Black War films (Films that focus on Black Soldiers). "Dead Presidents" probably had the biggest impact for me but I loved all of these films because Hollywood hasn't done a good job showing the contributions of Blacks in the American Military:

 

[BlackMajik]

Tbh The best part of the movie was the acapella of What's Goin on

 

[jackson35]

Another Spike Lee Joint to spark up. His last war film "Miracle at St. Anne" was aiight. With the release of "Da 5 Bloods" it had me thinking of what are my fav Black War films (Films that focus on Black Soldiers). "Dead Presidents" probably had the biggest impact for me but I loved all of these films because Hollywood hasn't done a good job showing the contributions of Blacks in the American Military:

you need to see Gordon war

 

[Ziggiy]

This movie been on my mind all weekend. Damn I hope Spike Lee and Delroy get ALL the props they deserve because this shyt is masterful

 

[NormanConnors]

Dope flick, Spike is still the man

 

[Zero]

Spike's recent work is nowhere near his early work and everyone knows that. Every movie after Inside Man has not been near his best.

I laid out what I didn't like about this movie specifically. You can address those points or keep it moving.



I disagree given that he was fleeing. He literally stops to talk. I don't like how the first monologue was edited. The second one after the snake bite made more sense. Cut the first. The editing as a whole was bad. There's no reason why this should have been 2 and a half hours. Trim 35 minutes and this is a much tighter movie.

Sounds like you're just regurgitating a tired talking point over here.

Act like Radio Raheem wasn't talking directly into the camera while explaining part of DTRT's themes brehs



Or is this longer a classic?

Spike was just as unsubtle then as he is now, you were just told to like the old movies and not the new ones.

 

[SNYC]

Decent movie. The final gunfight was smh worthy, tho.

Even the Vietnam chopper shooting. It looked unbelievable, like they were just swinging their prop guns side to side

 

[Supa]

Sounds like you're just regurgitating a tired talking point over here.

Act like Radio Raheem wasn't talking directly into the camera while explaining part of DTRT's themes brehs



Or is this longer a classic?

Spike was just as unsubtle then as he is now, you were just told to like the old movies and not the new ones.

I swear y'all get in your feelings when someone doesn't like what you like and it compromises your reading comprehension

I don't mind his dolly shots or having the characters break the 4th wall if executed properly. Radio Raheem was talking directly to another character so it's framed from that character's pov. That's great execution.

My issue with this is the timing, when it occurred in the movie, and how it was edited. I didn't like the execution of having a man who's feeling stop to monologue. After the snake bite is one thing but not before it.