[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by BluraySe7en

Also it's the White man coming to the rescue, this I think is what narks Lee the most, he wasn't big fan of Missisippi Burning for this reason, I think he feels that Black characters can stand up for themselves and are always the victim with Hollywood and he sets to address that, some directors are just quite patronising, I don't see Amistad as a good example because they forget to omit the fact the slave returned and started his own slave colony, once again, sugar coating it.

Lee maybe preaching to you but to me he's just telling it how it is whether it's not what you want to hear or not, Spielberg just shows the nice white lawyer coming to aid of poor black folk, can't you see how that would not get Lee's blood boiling.

Lee tends to be pretty blunt with his films and angry but he's in a minority, the fact that so many white directors were attached to Malcom X for so long and eventually Lee brought it to the screen, it needed to be him someone who would understand the subject, what's presented in it is not nice or pleasant but hey that's life not Hollywood.

To be honest about Spielberg I'm not a big fan of his serious work, is earlier blockbuster work is his prime, I just see too much Hollywood in his films, it's only Munich where I saw him actually not making someone into a hero for once and presenting both sides, Schindlers List is a fine film but is still not able to let the facts stand for themselves and just has to throw Hollywood devices into the mix, Private Ryan is just hollywood war film through and through Malick's Thin Red Line was far superior.

I firmly disagree on practically every note, but at the same time I def respect your opinion here since it's well-reasoned and obvious that you put thought into it.