Thursday, March 5, 2015

Malcolm X Thoughts - Dean Artusa

The movie Malcolm X was really great. But I don't think I'd watch the movie in its entirety again only because of how long it is I think its almost three and a half hours which is pretty crazy to be sitting in one spot for that long. But to be honest this is a fantastic film, its always keeping you on the edge of your seat and even though it is historical it isn't boring at all which really surprised me, like I played attention the whole movie despite its length and none of it felt repetitive. This movie goes to show that increasing the length of a movie can really make a much better movie. Imagine this movie being a standard 90 minute movie it probably wouldn't have been that great to be honest. I really enjoy how this movie shows how Malcolm's opinions changed during the movie. He had a mindset change at least 3 times. Also the movie had a budget of $33 million which seems reasonable. They had to use a lot of time and materials to make this movie, not to mention they needed a TON of people. They did a good job picking actors because Denzel Washington looks a lot like Malcolm X, they did a good job integrating actual clips of Malcolm X into the movie and then switching to the 'acted' out parts, very good transitions.

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