Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: Clint 1 - Spike 0

I really think Clint Eastwood has a point. And I c...

2008-06-08T09:12:00.000-07:00

I really think Clint Eastwood has a point. And I couldn't agree moore with Ent on the last four sentences of his article.

Letters From Iwo Jima was about the Iwo Jima battl...

2008-06-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

Letters From Iwo Jima was about the Iwo Jima battle from the standpoint of the Japanese soldiers. I guess Spike wanted that huge contingent of Japanese black soldiers to be represented. Can we really blame him?

I dig that Clint spoke his mind and didn't try to ...

2008-06-06T17:27:00.000-07:00

I dig that Clint spoke his mind and didn't try to apologize away.

Spike is a moron

granted, this entire thing with lee and eastwood w...

2008-06-06T16:52:00.000-07:00

granted, this entire thing with lee and eastwood was not productive, the fact remains that these films (like most in hollywood) are extremely white-washed. historical accuracy in "historically accurate" films is an amazing, but extemely rare, accomplishment.

it is disturbing how many roles that portray people of (every) color have gone to white actors because it's supposedly not what america wants to see.

Bird was brilliant, better than ANYTHING Spike Lee...

2008-06-06T12:11:00.000-07:00

Bird was brilliant, better than ANYTHING Spike Lee has ever done. I like some of Spike's movies but he doesn't think before he opens his mouth and does his cause more harm than good. Yeah, just like Jesse, and Al, two people nobody normal would want to be associated with, but he's getting to be more like them all the time.

nate, you summed it up for me. 'do the right thin...

2008-06-06T11:56:00.001-07:00

nate, you summed it up for me.

'do the right thing' and 'when the levees broke' are amazing films, but i gave up on lee's narrative projects a long time ago -- he's just such a fucking misogynist.

Eastwood is absolutely correct. And Spike Lee see...

2008-06-06T11:56:00.000-07:00

Eastwood is absolutely correct. And Spike Lee seems like the biggest racist of all. Let's see. White men cannot direct films about black men, but black men can direct anything, and we can have movies with no white men in them, but we can't have movies with no black men in them, even if they are historical movies and no black men were there at the time the history actually occurred. What a crock.

Until everyone gets over looking at color, we'll never get rid of racism.

I'm white, but I would truly hate to be given a job or a role in a movie in order to serve as someone's token whatever instead of getting the job or role on my own merits.

Yep, Spike is full of s**t.

Bottom line, Spike Lee is a racist who won't be ha...

2008-06-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

Bottom line, Spike Lee is a racist who won't be happy until all of Hollywood is black and making "black" films. Period.

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Clint was right, shut your face Spike.Shooooooooot...

2008-06-06T11:41:00.000-07:00

Clint was right, shut your face Spike.

Shooooooooot, I usta like Spike but there was no reason to pick on Clint. There are plenty other director/producers that SHOULD be picked.

Seems to me, SpikeY was looking for a fight.

It also makes me think Spike has small man syndrome = small peepeesyndrome.

Fact:The single most racist statement in that arti...

2008-06-06T11:33:00.000-07:00

Fact:

The single most racist statement in that article was Spike Lee's criticism of a white man directing a black biopic.

Meh. On one hand, Lee is right about the need to c...

2008-06-06T11:17:00.000-07:00

Meh. On one hand, Lee is right about the need to correct history. Blacks have existed in this world as long as every other race has, which means Blacks (and other PoC) have a history that intertwines with the 'school taught' 'American' history. Historical bio-pics should reflect this. To do so is to be truthful and responsible.

On the other hand, Clint is right. Don't cry wolf to cry wolf. Assuming that Clint does his homework, if PoC were not contributors to a particular history, then there is no need to perpetuate tokenism.

An increase in positive images of PoC in all media sources, not just film and television, would be a welcomed change.

spike needs to stick to documentaries to get his p...

2008-06-06T11:08:00.000-07:00

spike needs to stick to documentaries to get his point accross, he did an amazing job with When the Levees Broke.

Spike really shouldn't talk his movies propaganded so many black stereotypes...but hey at least he had minorities in them!

spike lee was busy doing school daze when eastwood...

2008-06-06T10:53:00.000-07:00

spike lee was busy doing school daze when eastwood made the movie that a white guy supposedly shouldnt have directed lol....go clint eastwood! hes a true icon with true talent...

Spike's Do The Right Thing was brilliant, but it's...

2008-06-06T10:37:00.000-07:00

Spike's Do The Right Thing was brilliant, but it's kinda been downhill after that, IMO. Clint must have been pissed. He's usually pretty cool. I love that picture of him, btw, wrinkles, age spots and all.

I really hope Spike doesn't keep this going with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson jumping in.

They need to get together and make a movie.

LOVE Clint's Mandela comment...

2008-06-06T10:33:00.000-07:00

LOVE Clint's Mandela comment...