Crooklyn (E.Luck)

Crooklyn was my far one of the best movies played in this class, even though I might be slightly biased to all Spike Lee Joints [alright, alright, alright]. The movie depicts the life of an inner-city family life in the early 1970's.  The Carmichael's family consists of the mother and father with one daughter and three brothers.  The story follows the daughter Troy for most of the movie, seeing that even when the family broke apart and separated and Troy went down south to live with her cousin the film seemed to focus one her. Even though Troy was the protagonist the film still other family members giving focus on the members of the family when needed like when the youngest son refused to eat his black-eyed peas.  It is quite evident that family is the main focus in the movie.  I never truly understood the point of the movie and [or] if it really had one.  I often times wonder what the director wanted the viewer to know when he or she watched the movie.  The movie had a lot of feeling, but the overall message was semi-confusing.  If I could guess I think it was about the importance of family.

The visual effects of the movie is one of the main reasons why Spike Lee movies are as good as they are.  The visual effects evoke emotions and show how Spike Lee and his sister felt while creating the movie because the movie reflects his life and the life of his sister; characters Troy as the sister and the oldest brother being him.  While Spike Lee added his own flare when he was in the movie it was his sisters part that really showed a difference in style. When his directed the film the style because of how clean cut all the shots were and how much lighting each scene received.
The soundtrack was straight New York hip hop and it shows through one of its iconic soundtracks Crooklyn by Crooklyn Dodgers.  

Overall this was more than just a movie; it is a piece of art and should be treated as such, I would this movie it a 8.5/10 because it has good acting, creative views for directing.


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