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The fact that there's only four reactions to this monolithic film on youtube, is tragic. The fact that Denzel doesn't have an Oscar for it, is garbage. But thank you for watching it, friend. I saw Malcolm X in a packed theatre in '92 and never forgot it.
I thought the same, craziness. Speaking of the oscar, yeah, he should've gotten it for this for sure. The question is, what did he get the oscar for??? A corrupt cop saying the n word all the time. Speaks volumes doesn't it???
This was a tour de force performance for Denzel Washington. Spike Lees direction was amazing. This movie captured the evolution of Malcolm very well. I have seen small periods of his philosophy presented as the totality. He was assassinated when his philosophy diverged from earlier positions. The cinematography was stunning. I am glad that you watched it.😊
I’m so glad you watched this. In my mind (as a so-called middle aged white woman), it’s one of the best performances ever on film. The other would be Jamie Foxx in Ray. Stupendous!
32:20 in his autobiography, Malcolm X wrote his reaction was one of his biggest regrets!!! Had he saw her again, he woulda given her a different answer, according to him.
Another great perspective from the civil rights era is James Baldwin (subject of excellent documentary "I Am Not Your Negro"). He was a great writer who wrote of his meeting with Elijah Mohammed and what he saw of the black Muslim movement, its strengths and weaknesses. Looking forward to your Selma reaction! ☮️
I must say, I really appreciate your take on this.The criticism against and admittedly voicing what you did or didn't know. As a native black american, to hear a different perspective is unheard of. Because so much in this country is black/white. So, I appreciate your perspective and you gained a subscriber. ❤
Love this film. This was Denzel greatest performance in my opinion. Another Denzel film I recommend is Cry Freedom where he plays Steve Biko the South African Civil rights activist.
I loved this movie, showed me a great perspective of Malcolm X in live action. I've read his books n all but always great to see some sort of visualization
Yes, Denzel took a serious method approach in portraying Malcolm; Denzel spent plenty of time with Malcolm's siblings, took on a Muslim diet and learned Arabic. Still the most controversial robberies of the Oscars snubbing Denzel in 1992 despite being nominated.
that's pretty cool, and tbh honest, don't care about the oscars, we know he is great and I think for Denzel at least that is good enough, but if the awards is truly supposed to be "awarded" the best then yeah he should have had it. Btw just out of curiosity, what exactly do you mean by a muslim diet?
I'm from Germany, forgive my bad English!I noticed that you quickly form an opinion about the film and didn't watch this masterpiece calmly and then form an opinion. This is a general problem with reaction videos, so there's only so much you can do about it. But it is very important to watch a film completely and then form a correct opinion! Of course it's wrong to call all white people devils, but in Malcolm's time black people were treated like filthy animals, who wouldn't hate the other side to the core? and there we see Malcolm x's strength again, he has changed and looks at everyone the same. By the way, the best Spike Lee film... there are other masterpieces by him too!! for example bamboozled!!!!!
This was an all time performance Denzel was amazing! The way Spike Lee directed this movie and the amount of information he was able to convey was pretty incredible. The Nation is way different than Islam because it has to take in what’s happening specifically to black ppl in America. What’s interesting is Elijah Muhammad’s words saved Malcolm’s life and his words along with the FBI assassinated him. I mean think about why the government wanted to killed every positive black leader with the oratory skill to reach the masses. Fred Hampton, Medgar Evers, MLK, Malcolm X etc. And just to make this clear MLK message in that time was still hated, because while MLK did preach unity, he was most definitely speaking for and to black ppl. MLK just like Malcolm was fighting for reparations cause.. I mean look at the median wealth gap.
Amazing review! I was just waiting for the part when you see him get to Mecca, and see his transformation. Man, how they got to him at the end. It’s a tragedy, but what a man.
I loved this reaction and your comments! Great job! Also, Giancarlos Esposito was in alot of early Spike Lee movies. That's where I first encountered him.
You may not look at these comments i hope you see this. This movie is extremely accurate to Malcolm's life. The only things they changed for the movie as brother banes character saving him in prison when in real life that was another person and west indian archies character also being Malcolm's criminal mentor if you will when in real life that was a few different people. Other than that they changed virtually nothing from his autobiography except dropping things that didnt matter as much to the story like more details about his childhood with his mother, more about his time with thoes foster parents, moving to boston and living with his sister, and how he didn’t like the black elites of that area who his sister was one, how he met laura and other intresting details that would have thrown off the pacing if they kept in. If you enjoy reading and learning more i can not recommend his autobiography enough. Although you may not find any major difference between the book and the movie like you may in many biopics, the book adds so much detail, context and expands on Malcolm's thoughts about many issues
I'm sorry but there is no thing as "black supremacy" because yt ppl are the power structure. All we do is exist. We don't have a lot of power when it comes to certain government positions.
Noi preached hate towards whites in America and think they are above whites, that is black supremacy, yes they teach people to respect themselves, and uplift their mentality, but blacks are not above whites and whites are not above blacks. Black supremacy is no different from white supremacy.
The Nation of Islam is quite an interesting political organization, and I always wonder what more orthodox Muslims thought of their perspective. Really appreciated your perspective on this one Affan!
The nation of islam was very controversial to both Christian and Muslim African Americans so your frustration is shared. However, I wouldnt dismiss the racist population of the US as just a small minority. From political polling, 15-20% of white Americans hold strong racist viewpoints. Thats 40-50 million bigots, not counting those sympathetic to their arguments, meaning there is a racist individual for every black person in America.
The Nation of Islam was a political organization that was shrouded in the religion of Islam. Yet not the true religion of Islam. The precursor to the Black Panthers...which left the religious BS aside.
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The fact that there's only four reactions to this monolithic film on youtube, is tragic. The fact that Denzel doesn't have an Oscar for it, is garbage. But thank you for watching it, friend. I saw Malcolm X in a packed theatre in '92 and never forgot it.
I thought the same, craziness. Speaking of the oscar, yeah, he should've gotten it for this for sure. The question is, what did he get the oscar for??? A corrupt cop saying the n word all the time. Speaks volumes doesn't it???
This was a tour de force performance for Denzel Washington. Spike Lees direction was amazing. This movie captured the evolution of Malcolm very well. I have seen small periods of his philosophy presented as the totality. He was assassinated when his philosophy diverged from earlier positions. The cinematography was stunning. I am glad that you watched it.😊
I’m so glad you watched this. In my mind (as a so-called middle aged white woman), it’s one of the best performances ever on film. The other would be Jamie Foxx in Ray. Stupendous!
Thank you for this! Hardly no one has reviewed this movie on RUclips
32:20 in his autobiography, Malcolm X wrote his reaction was one of his biggest regrets!!! Had he saw her again, he woulda given her a different answer, according to him.
Another great perspective from the civil rights era is James Baldwin (subject of excellent documentary "I Am Not Your Negro"). He was a great writer who wrote of his meeting with Elijah Mohammed and what he saw of the black Muslim movement, its strengths and weaknesses.
Looking forward to your Selma reaction! ☮️
Thank you and I will add that to the list, I have a few others coming up as well.
I must say, I really appreciate your take on this.The criticism against and admittedly voicing what you did or didn't know. As a native black american, to hear a different perspective is unheard of. Because so much in this country is black/white. So, I appreciate your perspective and you gained a subscriber. ❤
Love this film. This was Denzel greatest performance in my opinion. Another Denzel film I recommend is Cry Freedom where he plays Steve Biko the South African Civil rights activist.
I will add that movie to the list for sure
I loved this movie, showed me a great perspective of Malcolm X in live action. I've read his books n all but always great to see some sort of visualization
I've been waiting for a reaction to this movie. Excellent reaction and commentary! I'll be watching more of your videos for sure!
Excellent and thoughtful reaction! I'll add on Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing as another great film about the Black experience in America.
Yes, Denzel took a serious method approach in portraying Malcolm; Denzel spent plenty of time with Malcolm's siblings, took on a Muslim diet and learned Arabic. Still the most controversial robberies of the Oscars snubbing Denzel in 1992 despite being nominated.
that's pretty cool, and tbh honest, don't care about the oscars, we know he is great and I think for Denzel at least that is good enough, but if the awards is truly supposed to be "awarded" the best then yeah he should have had it. Btw just out of curiosity, what exactly do you mean by a muslim diet?
I'm from Germany, forgive my bad English!I noticed that you quickly form an opinion about the film and didn't watch this masterpiece calmly and then form an opinion. This is a general problem with reaction videos, so there's only so much you can do about it. But it is very important to watch a film completely and then form a correct opinion!
Of course it's wrong to call all white people devils, but in Malcolm's time black people were treated like filthy animals, who wouldn't hate the other side to the core? and there we see Malcolm x's strength again, he has changed and looks at everyone the same.
By the way, the best Spike Lee film... there are other masterpieces by him too!! for example bamboozled!!!!!
I appreciate your commentary. Thank you.
This was an all time performance Denzel was amazing! The way Spike Lee directed this movie and the amount of information he was able to convey was pretty incredible. The Nation is way different than Islam because it has to take in what’s happening specifically to black ppl in America. What’s interesting is Elijah Muhammad’s words saved Malcolm’s life and his words along with the FBI assassinated him. I mean think about why the government wanted to killed every positive black leader with the oratory skill to reach the masses. Fred Hampton, Medgar Evers, MLK, Malcolm X etc.
And just to make this clear MLK message in that time was still hated, because while MLK did preach unity, he was most definitely speaking for and to black ppl. MLK just like Malcolm was fighting for reparations cause.. I mean look at the median wealth gap.
You know, Malcom's killer is still alive
Once again, this is an excellent commentary. It was so interesting to hear your perspective on Islam's doctrine. It's really impressive.
may Allah have mercy on brother Malcolm X
Masterpiece of a film
Amazing review! I was just waiting for the part when you see him get to Mecca, and see his transformation. Man, how they got to him at the end. It’s a tragedy, but what a man.
I loved this reaction and your comments! Great job! Also, Giancarlos Esposito was in alot of early Spike Lee movies. That's where I first encountered him.
Beautiful review.
The best performance of Denzel!!!
You may not look at these comments i hope you see this. This movie is extremely accurate to Malcolm's life. The only things they changed for the movie as brother banes character saving him in prison when in real life that was another person and west indian archies character also being Malcolm's criminal mentor if you will when in real life that was a few different people. Other than that they changed virtually nothing from his autobiography except dropping things that didnt matter as much to the story like more details about his childhood with his mother, more about his time with thoes foster parents, moving to boston and living with his sister, and how he didn’t like the black elites of that area who his sister was one, how he met laura and other intresting details that would have thrown off the pacing if they kept in. If you enjoy reading and learning more i can not recommend his autobiography enough. Although you may not find any major difference between the book and the movie like you may in many biopics, the book adds so much detail, context and expands on Malcolm's thoughts about many issues
The Power of One (1992)
I believe this was the first western film allowed to be shot in Saudi .
Great reaction 👍
One of my favorite films also you should check out more Spike Lee films "Do the right thing" "Get on the bus" "Da 5 bloods"
I'm sorry but there is no thing as "black supremacy" because yt ppl are the power structure. All we do is exist. We don't have a lot of power when it comes to certain government positions.
Noi preached hate towards whites in America and think they are above whites, that is black supremacy, yes they teach people to respect themselves, and uplift their mentality, but blacks are not above whites and whites are not above blacks. Black supremacy is no different from white supremacy.
W’alaykum salam
The Nation of Islam is quite an interesting political organization, and I always wonder what more orthodox Muslims thought of their perspective.
Really appreciated your perspective on this one Affan!
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If you want to stay on theme of Black history, you should watch the Green Book. You’d be one of the first reactors on RUclips to watch this movie.
The nation of islam was very controversial to both Christian and Muslim African Americans so your frustration is shared.
However, I wouldnt dismiss the racist population of the US as just a small minority. From political polling, 15-20% of white Americans hold strong racist viewpoints. Thats 40-50 million bigots, not counting those sympathetic to their arguments, meaning there is a racist individual for every black person in America.
The Nation of Islam was a political organization that was shrouded in the religion of Islam. Yet not the true religion of Islam. The precursor to the Black Panthers...which left the religious BS aside.
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A lot of things are in a book but ate not practiced. Besides this is NOI which is not Orthodox Islam
We are talking about JESUS not GOD....