Do the Right Thing

This was a really great movie. At first I was not sure what to rate this movie because of the ending which left me very conflicted. Initially the ending made me somewhat frustrated because despite Sal not being the best person, I feel like he didn’t deserve to be blamed for Radio Raheems death and have his shop burned down especially as someone who had fed the community for 25 years and was respected by most of the community until then. I also thought that they painted Radio Raheem as completely innocent which was simply not true as his death was partly his own doing, even if he defininantly didn’t deserve to die. I also thought Mookie didn’t need to throw the trash can at the window especially after Sal said he saw his as a son earlier in the film. However I eventually realized that the films main idea was that no one is fully in the right or wrong and no one fully did the right thing. This perspective made me really enjoy the ending and love it as much as I loved the rest of the film. Moving into the rest of the movie the use of music was some of the best i’ve ever seen. The movie is filled with great songs and jazzy background music I really liked. I also loved the cinematography of this movie and it was very unique to things I have seen. I also really enjoyed the dialogue between characters and it felt natural and was written really well, particualty with the three guys next to the red wall. Overall this movie was really great and made me think about it more after I finished then any other movie i’ve seen in a while and for that reason I think of it as a perfect film.