Malcolm X
"I think this is a prime example of the devil's chickens coming back home to roost. That the chickens that he sent out, the violence that he's perpetrated in other countries, here and abroad, four children in Birmingham, or Medgar Evers, or the mangrove in Africa. I think this same violence has come back to claim one of their own. Now, being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. ln fact, it's only made me glad."
HOLYYYYYY SHITTTTT. WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH. CINEMA PEAKED FOR 3½ HOURS STRAIGHTTTT. SORRY DENZEL WASHINGTON, IM NEVER CALLING YOU OVERRATED🙏. THIS IS LEGIT ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME BY ANY ACTOR EVER. THIS MOVIE MANNNN, IDK HOW TO DESCRIBE IT BRO. SIMPLY THE GREATEST BLACK MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. AND IN GENERAL ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIE IN ALL OF CINEMA. IM PUTTING THIS STRAIGHT IN MY "FAVOURITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME" LIST ON FIRST WATCH. I DONT NEED REWATCHES TO DECIDE THAT. BARELY ANY MOVIE THAT I HAVE SEEN HAS ENGROSSED ME INTO IT IN SUCH A WAY. THIS MOVIE MADE ME FEEL LIKE I GREW UP WITH MALCOLM. LIKE I WAS WITH HIM THROUGH HIS STRUGGLE, WATCHING IT GROW FROM THE GROUND UP. I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS 3½ HOURS AGO. THIS IS A CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT. SPIKE MOTHERFUCKING LEE WOULD BE AN ALL TIME GREAT FILM MAKER EVEN IF HE HAD MADE ONLY THIS ONE MOVIE IN HIS WHOLE LIFE. WHAT A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT. ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY WORK.
THERE IS GENIUNELY NOTHING BETTER THAN MEDIA BASED ON BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY WHEN ITS DONE RIGHT, BE IT TV SHOWS LIKE THE WIRE OR MOVIES LIKE MALCOLM X. IM IN ABSOLUTE AWE. 5/5 MASTERPIECE.