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Summary: Spike Lee's "He Got Game"
Review: Spike Lee scores a game winner with "He Got Game." He portrays a high school basketball player going through the recruitment process. Ray Allen plays the lead role as Jesus Shuttlesworth and does a great job. Denzel Washington plays his incarcirated dad who also has a say on where he wants his son to go to school.
Spike Lee does a great job going into the details of how money, sex, drugs, and women can influence a young mas decision on where to go school. I give this movie five stars and would recommend it to any sports fan especially one that loves basketball. Other movies compared to this one would be "Above the Rim" which you could purchase as a set from Amazon.com.
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Summary: Great Movie...
Review: This movie is very good, i am a huge spike lee fan. Ray Allen is great in this film...when i first saw this i had no idea who he was, and would of never guessed he was a basketball player. And to the post that said "he might consider Milla Jovovich if you were coming out of prison too"...your crazy, she's hot.
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Summary: MISGUIDED
Review: ...He Got Game was not quite as good as I thought it should be. Denzel Washington was superb as always, as the jailed father of a basketball player, who is allowed out of jail to help convince his semi-estranged son to attend a certain university. Washington is convincing. His sexual escapades with the relatively untalented Milla Jovovich are not all that believable, although I guess if I had been in prison for so long I might consider Jovovich also. The real life basketball player who plays the basketball star who has to choose his path is all right. He is no actor, though, and his path to decisionmaking is pretty long and boring and there is just a bit too much sex in it. His conniving girlfriend Lala is trying to make him turn pro and is seeing agents on the side. She also has no qualms about not being loyal to him. Misdirected misfire, this film. It is a shame, but it did serve my immediate purposes.
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Summary: We Got Game
Review: Although it's not my favourite Spike Lee Joint, "He Got Game" is easily one of his best films, and it sure helps when you've got as many fine performances/cameos as this film does.Denzel Washington (who's incapable of giving a lousy performance) and Ray Allen as Jake and Jesus Shuttlesworth respectively, give the film it's anchors, allowing Lee to project his soapboxes and political rants more effectively than in earlier efforts such "Malcolm X". It also helps to have Public Enemy back on board with a boomin' soundtrack (their best album in years), and other Spike Lee regulars Lonette McKee, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro--his cameo as a zealot college basketball coach is great. The story moves along briskly enough, isn't overdone, and the editing is as good as anything Oliver Stone chooses to claim as his own. A number of great quotes, and more than enough humour to lighten up the proceedings before they get too dark. Definitely worth owning.
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Summary: My favourite movie
Review: As I`m a big basketball-fan i enjoyed this movie very much. Spike Lee, Ray Allen and especially Denzel Washington did a great job. I also liked the appearance of Travis Best. This movie gives you a lot of information about how pro-sports business really works. The part with the sportrs agent is my absolute favoueite. Check this out, You won`t be disappointed!
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Summary: a dramatic version of "Hoop Dreams"
Review: Basically, this is "Hoop Dreams" in dramatic form as it explores how black young athletically gifted are exploited by everyone who can possibly make money off the deal. I actually though the actor that played Jesus did a good job. His girlfriend was unforgettable. Some criticisms: It seems that of late Denzel Washington has had to play opposite a lot of white females. What gives? As usual, Spike Lee depicts the seamy side of life very graphically. Actually, there aren't that many directors or screenwriters, black and white, that dare to push the envelope as far as he does. When will Lee ever depict a true love story? His male/female leads tend to use one another on some level. However, one of Spike Lee's strengths is that he always leaves his endings ambiguous. They are never what you expect.
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Summary: He got game is a great movie.
Review: But there's not enough actions. I thought it was supposed to be a basketball movie, but it's more a drama. But it's a good movie.
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Summary: stylistic and powerful
Review: Denzel's always incredible performance and Sayeed's cinematography are beautiful. This is one of Spike Lee's best movies, although sometimes meandering plotlines weaken it.
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Summary: Wouldn't make the Final Four, but...
Review: Even a non-basketball fan can enjoy this surprisingly gentle film about the reconciliation of a father and son. When I say "surprisingly gentle," I mean the tone of the film, not the content. While there is some violence and gratutious sex, Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth and Ray Allen as his son, Jesus, convey the multitude of emotions that men in their situations would feel. The best compliment I can think of giving Mr. Washington is that he is a human being in every film he does, not some plastered-on character study of what an actor "thinks" his role should be. It's the acting that makes this movie good. As for the other aspects of the film, the music by Aaron Copeland was a perfect selection because it contributed greatly to the feeling of gentleness and grace that the actors conveyed. I also liked some of the camera work, though the fact that I noticed it means it wasn't as smooth as it could have been. Probably the weakest part of the film was the script itself. There are many subplots that we've seen handled better in other films and I was shocked at the incredibly hokey final two minutes. In fact, this ending made me mad because it was so out of place with the rest of the film. If you turn off the DVD immediately after Jake's and Jesus's reading of the letter, you will be able to avoid what would be considered a sendup of "The Natural" in another film. Come on, Spike; you're a better filmmaker than this.
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Summary: should be a classic
Review: Everytime I watch this movie...i Love it even more...and every time I watch it I find new things i didnt' even see before, new symbolism and special ideas...the ending scene throws me off everytime..i love it!
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