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Just saw Malcolm X last night - some thoughts
Lincoln:
--- Quote from: Let it Be Known on November 16, 2003, 08:03:06 PM ---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?
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I know what you mean, except that I'm not Black. I mean not at all, I'm about as White-skinned as it gets, can't even get a good tan.
Lincoln:
--- 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.
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No, that's definetly not exagerated. He really was that great, you should listen to his speeches & read some books on him like I did and you'll see how accurate it is.
Don Seer:
yeah i've got this on dvd.. really good movie.
infinite59:
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 16, 2003, 07:24:08 PM ---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.
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It's my favorite movie and it was the first thing I ever saw about Islam. I had heard when I was 10, during the gulf war, that Muslims were the brainwashed people in Iraq who were trained to kill themselves at age 14, that they prayed 5 times a day, and that women would get beat up for looking at men.... I was also told that Malcolm X was a violent man, who wanted to achieve everything through violence....
Anyway, I saw the movie when I was 14. After watching that movie I've always thought highly of Islam.
Btw,
-That Hajj press confrence is real, I have a Malcolm tape with interviews, I've seen the real one
-Shorty is based on a real person from his life
Lincoln:
--- Quote from: Ibrahim Islam on November 17, 2003, 01:56:45 PM ----That Hajj press confrence is real, I have a Malcolm tape with interviews, I've seen the real one
-Shorty is based on a real person from his life
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Didn't know about those, props on the info. I never read about Shorty in any books, but then again I haven't read his Autobiography (gotta order it off the net since I haven't found a copy yet).
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