Blackkklansman

[Etino]

Has anyone seen this?
Eufff it’s gruelling. But more because of the subject matter rather than the tone I think. It could have been a comedy, and I feel so trivial saying so.
I’d love to hear what other people think.

Saw this film last night and it left me in tears. There were times I felt so angry and felt like throwing something at the screen listening to those white supremecist imbeciles spout their racist views. I found it very powerful and sadly so relevant to today’s America. Go see it. I’d love it to win an Oscar but I doubt it will.

I was looking forward to this, but in truth, it was a let down.

It started off being very promising with an excellent opening monologue from Alec Baldwin doing a superb take on a pompous racist. However, he was not seen in the film again. What a waste........

The other performances are all good, but the film is all very black and white, and I'm not referring to skin colour. The characters are cliched, cartoonish, and lacking in any depth.

The story is over sold, which I guess is why Mr Lee added characters and subplots that were fictional, and not taken from Stallworth's book, which was a true account of actual events.

Spike Lee has views with regards to the current political climate in America. He has a message for his audience, and he decides to conflate that message with Stallworth's story of how he infiltrated The KKK in the 1970's. This is where the film really doesn't work. It's done in such a clumsy heavy handed way that you can't help but roll your eyes. Subtle it's not......

5/10

The 70s were my late teens/early 20s and they got the period details right. The love interest/love story felt bolted on but otherwise it was very good. The balance of humour and horror was well managed.
It’s interesting to see the period with the benefit of hindsight and chilling to see the rise of David Duke, white supremacists and Nazis. It makes me feel validated in my own embrace of the counterculture, with all its flaws, when young, and my continuing support of those ideas. The dedication to Heather Heyer was exactly right. The final clips of Charlottesville were heartbreaking. My daughter accompanied me and found it very powerful and eye opening. She was already appalled by Trump and his supporters but this gave her some historical insight.

I really liked it, they mixed humour and horror well and tastefully.