It’s great that Spike Lee is making a movie about black American soldiers during World War II because he’s right, they have been left out of so many Hollywood productions it’s not even funny but I’m not so keen on the idea of him stuffing his intentions with the film down our throats. Yes mention that’s where you got the idea from but he’s gone on and on and on… it’s a tired record.
His whole feud with Clint Eastwood has been ridiculous. Eastwood is not the reason for the lack of World War II movies featuring black soldiers and his attack on him for Flags of our Fathers was grossly unfair.
But it’s the film which we are judging here and the trailer is pretty good. It feels fresh and original and thankfully it’s not because of the colour of the soldiers skin but because of the great characters that Lee depicts here. I also really digg the framing device of the film, which I always thought was under utilized in Saving Private Ryan.
“I’m the only one left who knows”.
What a great line, what superb delivery.
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA tells the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tusan Village in Italy during 1944 and it’s due out in September.
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Great trailer! Now if only George Lucas will get off his ass and make Red Tails.
And I’m sorry Matt, but it’s true–black soldiers contributions are consistently minimized and denigrated.
Please name for me all the theatrically-released black-themed WWII movies, or the made-for-television ones, or direct-to-video. Yep, it’s a small list.
This is no accident.
For example Matt, did you know that Gen Patton commanded black units during the war? Now, watch the movie Patton and try to find those blacks. There’s only one, and all he does is dress Patton like we’re back on a plantation or something.
There is real hostility toward the idea of recognizing black heroism and open opposition to displaying that valor on a canvas as large as the one white soldiers get.
Just look at the “editorial” Ray DeRousse did a few days ago. Rather than ask where are the black WWII movies, instead he slammed Spike Lee for even raising the point. He was more “outraged” at Spike Lee than he was at Hollywood. He had a ton of bile to sling at Lee, but only a single, passing (totally half-hearted) regard for what is a true disgrace–that black soldiers, whose stories are worth telling can’t seem to ever warrant a movie.
This is the FIRST movie about black soldiers in WWII to get a nationwide theatrical release. It’s long overdue, has a REALLY strong trailer and everyone should be eager to get behind it. Instead, there are those drawing their lines in the sand and pouting like children because they can’t see why black soldiers even need a war movie.
For those who just don’t get it, here’s why: These men gave their lives for a country that devalued them, terrorized their families at home and used the power of it’s media to undermine their worth as human beings abroad.
Nobody deserves a theatrical event more than them.
Kudos to Spike Lee for having the “balls” to make it. Now, bring on Red Tails.