2003CC: Spike Lee
- Do the Right Thing (89): *****
- She's Gotta Have It (86): *****
- Malcolm X (92): **** 1/2
- Clockers (95): ****
- Jungle Fever (91): *** 1/2
- School Daze (88): ***
- Crooklyn (94): ***
- Get on the Bus (96): ***
- Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (83): ***
- Girl 6 (96): ***
- He Got Game (98): ***
- Summer of Sam (99): ***
- Bamboozled (00): ***
- Mo' Better Blues (90): ** 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent film critics to produce a list of each director's movies. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The films will be listed in a recommended viewing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start watching a director's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever
First Ang Lee, then Mike Leigh, and Spike Lee? I'm noticing a trend. Was this intentional?
I believe AAA requested all three, so triple A must answer for the triple Lee incident!
:)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs