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Plot: Biographical drama on the life of the late Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965.
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MCT:October 6, 2008A defining moment for Washington. Great acting and well directed (Spike Lee). A movie that still stands the test of time.
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MCT:October 4, 2008
This film fits perfectly on a shelf next to other often acclaimed (and for good reasons) epic biopics such as Lawrence of Arabia and Gandhi. This film does a great job of not only showing the life and work of Malcolm X, but doing so in a way that makes it approachable for ALL viewers. This is not a "kill whitie" film, although some of that is present. It is very fair in its portrayal. Lee's direction is brilliant here, as are the performances (especially the Oscar-snubbed Denzel Washington in one of his absolute best performances). The musical score, cinematography, editing, and stylistic choices are all highlights as well. I can't think of any better way to cinematically depict the life of someone like Malcolm X other than the way he's been depicted here.
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MCT:September 1, 2008one of the best biographical film I have ever watched.. Denzel should be credited for playing such an amazing role in this movie..
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MCT:August 24, 2008
I like this flick athou im not a muslim, it is juz about prejudies, racism & unfairness. It happens anywhere. Question is, will u do sumtin bout it? Fight 4 yr rights be on the quest of becoming equalist.
Remember " Great Power Comes With Great Responsivilities".
I wonder how many good movies frm denzel dat i missed. Got to catch up nw. -
MCT:July 21, 2008
seen it once more last night and I find the movie a little bit boring and it dragged a bit too, but the ending is so strong.
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MCT:June 9, 2008
This film I feel stands on the shoulders of giants. Lee was willing to risk it all to do a film of such great expanse. Of course, when you have a three hour film there's gonna be flaws, and, as always, Lee's idiosyncracies crop up, but it is Washington's immersion into the role of Malcolm X that drives this film. The man has won two Oscars for two different films, but I still believe that this is his best role to date. What I felt while watching this one, as compared to some other Lee films, is that this one was handled with extreme care, for he is representing the life of one of the most important African-Americans in history; that importance is carried over into every scene. And almost perfectly, he does so.
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MCT:June 8, 2008Of course full of errors but what do you expect from Spike Lee. His speciality for all is racemixing flicks. He shouldn`t be allowed to touch the works of the good black man Malcolm X.
-Malcolm`s first conk wasn`t in a barber shop
-He didn`t have a serious relation with Laurie
-That white liberal chick came to a restaurant were he was and went out crying
-In his book he said that Shorty became fat as an hog from eating hog and still had a white woman. In the movie he is later on shown as average
-He didn`t propose over the telephone
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MCT:May 25, 2008
A tremendous biopic of Malcolm X from Spike Lee, inspite its length being above 3 hrs Malcolm X is extremely fast paced and hence thoroughly engrossing. Denzel Washington was stupendous here portraying a very difficult character in Malcolm X who rose from being a hustler to an extremely powerful leader and spokesperson of the Nation Of Islam. From all of Spike Lee i have seen this one truly takes the cake.
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MCT:May 19, 2008
Spike Lee's best achievement in his entire career. The Denzel Washingotn show. Sweet and patriotic development; very moving and liberalist.
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MCT:April 6, 2008
Fantastic movie
Denzel was really good I think hi was better speaker then the original Malcolm
I have learn many about the history of Afro-Americans from this movie -
MCT:March 29, 2008
Director:Spike Lee
Released: 1992
Stars: Angela Bassett, Denzel Washington, Albert Hallch and Al Freeman Jr.
Genre: Drama, Biography
Country: USA
Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, as he realises the error of his mistakes. He is later on assasinated
What started out as a very good biographical film that perhaps suffered from the legnthy time sudden;y became more half-way through. For a man I never knew much about the lenghty time told me more about him than lessons at school probably ever would....Brilliant
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MCT:February 24, 2008
It's amazing how Denzel Washington portrays Malcolm X, He is perfect. This is a great film. Everybody should see this.
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MCT:February 17, 2008
Probably Spike Lee's second best, much the same message as my favorite pic of his. Denzel Washington gives a great touch to a person who has had quite the effect in American history. "Increase the peace."
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MCT:February 7, 2008
Any dude that can make a see of black men turn with one hand one gesture is a bad black man. They do not make men like that anymore
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MCT:February 4, 2008
This movie is completely unlike what I was expecting.
Knowing almost nothing about Malcolm X before watching it I was expecting more of a political drama aimed at the black rights movememnt, instead I got a religious effort.
The movie is great and definitely worth watching but I don't like Malcolm after watching it, he's as bad as the white trash racists he speaks out against for hate mongering, and as much as America and the rest of the world needed their views changed at the time, spearheading a anti-white campaign in the name of the Nation of Islam is probably the worst way he could have went about it.
If this film acheived anything it's that it's made me interested to find out more about Malcolm X to see just how accurately he was portrayed in this movie. -
MCT:January 26, 2008
Denzel shows us where he should have won the Oscar by portraying one of the most enigmatic and enduring personalities of the civil rights movement. While I don't agree with Malcom's philosophies, especially his early ones, Spike Lee hits it right on the nose with one of his greatest films of all time.
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MCT:December 22, 2007
Washington is pretty good in the lead role but Spike Lee's directing is pure gold. The movie is worthy of the man.
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MCT:December 16, 2007
What a wonderful way for someone to learn of the life of this extraordinary man. Every family should own a copy of this movie!
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MCT:December 13, 2007
I'm not the biggest fan of Denzel, but he is extremely convincing in this sweeping biopic of the black activist and political icon Malcolm X by Spike Lee. The man had a remarkable and fascinating life, born into a world of prejudice and violence and later seduced by a life of crime when he goes to the big city and encounters Delroy Lindo, a black man who commands power, and more importantly, respect. This heralds the most interesting part of the film when Malcolm is imprisoned for 10 years for burglary and encounters his mentor who teaches him his salvation in the form of Islam. This leads to his rebirth as civil rights activist, only to find disenchantment and then betrayal at the hands of those he trusted most. This biopic has everything; crime, gangsters, prison drama, politics (both religious and racial) and a lesson in history. I do not know enough about the man's real life to pass judgement on the film's accuracy, but I can only assume there is a certain amount of rose-tinting in evidence; he could almost be ordained to sainthood by the film's end. But it does hold an important underlying message; sometimes one can be seduced by the man who preaches the message, causing us to lose sight of the message itself. A lesson perhaps even more pertinent today (especially for his fellow Muslims) than it was then.
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MCT:December 5, 2007
This was a movie that i felt i had to see rather than a one that i wanted to see, it wasn't my kind of film but i did find it very informative and it was made all the better for the performance by Denzel which was just superb, it did seem very long to me mainly because i was not really interested but i think it is an important film that everyone should see, 4 stars :)
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MCT:November 22, 2007
Spike Lee's best.....a perfect adaptation of the Autobiography of Malcolm X....this is just a great movie all around. Denzel Washington was robbed for not getting Best Actor for his performances as the title character.
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InfamousHugoposted 126 days ago -
As well made as this movie was, there are many inaccuracies in the movie. First of all, in the movie, you see Bro. Baines introduce Malcolm to the Nation of Islam. There is no such person as Bro. Baines. It was actually Malcolm's brothers, particularly his brother Reginald that introduced him to the teachings of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad. Also you see in the movie that Malcolm had a vision of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in his cell. Not so. He had a vision of the One who taught the Hon. Elijah Muhammad. That was Allah, in the person of Master Fard Muhammad. I could go on and on, but there isn't enough space here. To make it short, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad certainly did NOT have Malcolm killed.
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