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Just saw Malcolm X last night - some thoughts
Lincoln:
It's a great movie, here's some thoughts I had though:
-The scene with the revolver is amazing
-It oddly enough doesn't show his siblings, who were influential getting him into the NOI, and his sister who funded his hajj to Mecca
-Denzel looks exactly like Malcolm with glasses on but when he takes them off he doesn't
-The NOI must have been really pissed at that movie
-The hajj is talked about at a press conference in the movie but from what I've read only his wife and a few close associates knew about it
-That scene when the reporters ask him if all Whites are Devils and he says he has to go, and gets an odd look on his face was accurate from what I've read about his doubts about that NOI teaching
-I've never read about Shorty before & I think he was made up for the movie
-Elijah Mohammed's son isn't in the movie at all which is odd, same with Farrakhan not being in it
-There are a lot of references to the Bible but only a few to the Qu'ran. I don't know if that's how the NOI actually works or if that's just for the movie
Anyone agreeing/disagreeing with my thoughts, please respond here.
kottonmouthninja:
Wll since im not Muslim and black like you, I feel like I wouldnt appreciate it as much as you did. Know what i mean?
Trauma-san:
Yeah, I've seen it and thought Denzel did a wonderful acting job. The things I wonder about, though, are whether or not this is how he really is, or if Hollywood just made a mountain out of a man, like they usually do.
Don Breezio:
--- Quote from: Trauma on November 16, 2003, 08:43:35 PM ---Yeah, I've seen it and thought Denzel did a wonderful acting job. The things I wonder about, though, are whether or not this is how he really is, or if Hollywood just made a mountain out of a man, like they usually do.
--- End quote ---
yeah i wonder that too...but this was a great movie...another movie of this sort that i really enjoyed was "Ghosts Of Mississippi"...the Medgar Evers case has always fascinated me
Trauma-san:
I've tried to discuss civil rights history on here before, nobody gives a shit. I didn't even hardly get any replies to my topic about Emmitt Till, and when I made a post on Martin Luther King day, nobody gave a shit. I guess I'm white, so my opinions or thoughts or respect doesn't count.
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