Do the Right Thing

this movie honestly stressed me out in the best way possible. do the right thing feels so real and so uncomfortable, especially by the end, and i kinda liked that i didn’t know what side i was supposed to be on. i feel like at first i was waiting to be told what the “right” answer was but i never was and that is what makes the movie powerful and made me like it more after the fact. the ending left me sitting there like was that justified? was it wrong? was it both? and i like that it doesn’t need to be resolved bc it doesn’t get resolved so easily in real life. the whole thing feels like a slice of life until it suddenly isn’t. it’s just people on the block, arguing, joking, hanging out, going about their day, and you almost forget how tense everything is underneath. then it all boils over and it comes out of nowhere. radio raheem’s death is especially hard to watch because it happens so fast and feels way too real. also the cinematography is insanely strong. very impressed. the camera feels close and sweaty and the heat is basically its own character. the direct to camera shots and the way characters talk straight at you made it feel personal, like you’re part of the neighborhood. the movie doesn’t give easy answers but it’s exactly why it works and why it still hits.