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Plot: Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
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MCT:July 10, 2008NOT INTERESTED
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MCT:November 2, 2008
Wow Mr. Lee, you've given me quite a mixed bag here. I'm really having trouble on what I thought about this film, so many ups, so many downs, it's hard to stop all my ideas from racing into eachother and colliding to make new ideas. From the beginning, I knew I was excited for this movie, because for one reason, Spike Lee was directing it, a man with great talent, but with a BIT of an ego that gets in the way. Then, there was the fact that this was a WW2 film, and I highly appreciate these types of movies, I even like Windtalkers if you can believe. Also there was that soft spot for the telling of the story of men that truely deserve to be recognized for their sacrifices in the name of freedom. Now, I've finally seen Miracle at St. Anna, and with the critics bad press and peoples mixed reactions out of my mind, I'm gonna find out if I liked this film or kinda liked it, most certainly not hating it.
Miracle at St. Anna is epic, not Saving Private Ryan epic, more along the lines of Thin Red Line epic, which is still quite epic. It doesn't rely on the battle sequences to keep it alive, all thought the battle sequences here are fantasitc, not copying off previous war pictures. I enjoy realism within battle scenes and Miracle at St. Anna does my craving justice, not overly brutal, but not too tamed, just the right amount of realism. A great cinematic scope and terrific sound effects help in the making of these edge of your seat moments throughout the film. The acting is also a solid note here, it feels mightly realistic from the black soldiers and Germans, but can occasionally get over the top with the Italians. But overall, the acting serves as a strong element of the movie. Particularly, Joseph Gordon Levitt stole the show, even though he was only in for ten minutes at the beginning. Levitt is a stunning actor, throwing away his past TV career and becoming an amazing performer, it's just a shame he couldn't of been more frequent throughout the entire thing, his character would've added a little more and tighter narrative. Miracle at St. Anna doesn't have trouble making us feel we're in the time is was set in, the movie looks stunning and is full of beautiful candy, particularly in Tuscanm where there's a whole lot of Italian wonders to behold. I also appreciate the fact that we feel something for this story, we get to experience a lot of perspectives and get on quite the emotional rollercoaster. There characters become important to us, even if they go astray, but the film puts us there right there with them, and that's a powerful thing. The length may test some audiences, or immerse them even better. It grabs you from the beginning with intense fire fights and since the ending is so well handled, you may forgive some of the rotten stuff in between. In other words, it starts with a bang and ends with a bang, the rocky road forms in between those two points.
Now, no film is perfect and Miracle at St. Anna is an example of that statement you just can't escape. Those imperfections start right off the bat with the damn annoying score that can completely ruin the certain tones most of the scenes require. The score comes in some of the worst times and can sound so inapropriate, set to the situations that are occuring. A completely different score may indeed improved this film's final cut. The narrative can also get a little off cousre at times, confusing at viewer every once in a while, or preventing them from caring. I really believe that Levitt's reporter character would've helped keep the story is shape, cutting off some of the confusion. Some people are complaining about the editing of the film, but I found that to be an extremely low fault here, a problem that may have only occured a few times. What really got me was that Spike Lee edge that "I need to be better than everyone else!" That causes a real problem at times, shifting the story from sensible to non-sensible. And those scenes with nudity were completely worthless and prevents others from enjoying this movie. Dudes are gonna dig them, but will later realize they meaned nothing.
It seems overall that I enjoyed Miracle at St. Anna, only not to the extent I was hoping for. Spike Lee does give us an emotional and sometimes thrilling picture that may not be accepted by everyone, but the by the people who look deep into the heart of this story that's reminding us of the casulities of not only war, but racism these men faced. Open your mind with this one, it takes a lot of understanding, and stomach to bare all the events that happen to the people. -
Finally, the war is over. No, not in Iraq, the one with Spick Lee and Italians.
This was PRIVATE RYAN inspired, but not copy of WWII fight against Germany.
It's more of a murder why-done-it not who-done-it story.
Should you see it...Hell Yeah -
MCT:November 2, 2008
0_o kinda long but still a pretty good flick. Its kinda gruesome also so if you don't like blood DON'T watch it.
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MCT:October 22, 2008
Like all of Spike Lee's films, I walked away confused but basically entertained after watching it. The story was an interesting, engrossing one. I enjoyed most of the characters it revolved around. Good performances were put forth by all the major players but none really stood out from the rest. It was hard to get past the overwhelming racial tone of the movie but I had walked in expecting that from this director. I kinda wish I had waited for the DVD release but am glad I took the time to see it non the less.
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