Disappointing!

Rating: 2/10 (26 February 2019)

I was expecting so much more! Validity, for one. Since Barbara Streisand introduced it at the AA show and then, later, supposedly Spike Lee was upset it did not win--I thought it would be a most credible and gripping story involving the horridness of the KKK. Without being told or shown anything, we should know the horridness of the KKK. I don't get how so much hate can be allowed to thrive in its assembly of members under the protection of "civil rights". Really?! I'm very disappointed in some of the absurdities of the story. I was so afraid that either of the undercover characters were going to be discovered and they would meet with an ugly end.
The KKK still exists today. I think a more current depiction would have better served the cause and expose the ugliness of racism. And it is UGLY! And it is thriving. It is subtle or it is boisterous! Plain ugly! And we DO judge people by the color of their skin or national origin--until we possibly get to know them. Sad reality! This movie did not get that across. Those "dumb" ole boys were rather hideous.
I will say, that the "black side" of the story was more credible in its presentation. When they chanted "Black Power", it was palpable and much more credible. It would have served us all, had it been more, in essence, like "Spotlight", which delivered an equally troubling and horrific truth. Well, that's my take anyway. Come on Spike, you can do better! And we need to find ways to move forward--together. PS: I don't get how David Duke could master so much power and following if, in reality, he was such a ding-a-ling in his earlier days. (Suggest, watch first 20min and last 20min) or not.