Comments on: Malcolm X http://outlawvern.com/2008/11/28/malcolm-x/ Vern's writings on the films of cinema Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:41:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mouth http://outlawvern.com/2008/11/28/malcolm-x/#comment-451921 Mouth Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:21:56 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=689#comment-451921 Both the book and the movie are uniquely great. The book may be more impressive and intense, but it is also arguably more repetitive on some points. Both works have the pleasant effect of making you feel invigorated and as though you have become a better, more enlightened person as a result of reading or seeing it. Books do this all the time, while movies based on real events are usually terrible in my opinion, so, in this respect, Spike Lee's movie is more impressive. Denzel has never been better, and I say this as a believer that he's the best cinema actor I've ever seen. Both the book and the movie are uniquely great. The book may be more impressive and intense, but it is also arguably more repetitive on some points. Both works have the pleasant effect of making you feel invigorated and as though you have become a better, more enlightened person as a result of reading or seeing it. Books do this all the time, while movies based on real events are usually terrible in my opinion, so, in this respect, Spike Lee’s movie is more impressive.

Denzel has never been better, and I say this as a believer that he’s the best cinema actor I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: Hunter D. http://outlawvern.com/2008/11/28/malcolm-x/#comment-451163 Hunter D. Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:26:04 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=689#comment-451163 Reading this book now, might be the finest piece of literature I have encountered in half a decade, if not longer. Truly moving and exhilarating. Compulsively readable like a Chuck Palahunuik, but also deep like Dostoevsky. An incredible achievement. I refuse to see the movie until I read the book, however. I don't want to tarnish the images in my head with the (probably more cinematic) images from Spike Lee's mind. Reading this book now, might be the finest piece of literature I have encountered in half a decade, if not longer. Truly moving and exhilarating. Compulsively readable like a Chuck Palahunuik, but also deep like Dostoevsky. An incredible achievement. I refuse to see the movie until I read the book, however. I don’t want to tarnish the images in my head with the (probably more cinematic) images from Spike Lee’s mind.

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