Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2018)

Robbie K back again with another review, this time on a biography that showed promise for being a wild, crime filled law. Yet, there was the potential political game embedded in it that looked to get in the way, bringing concern that this movie may go down the wrong pathway. Nevertheless, I'm back to give you yet another review in hopes that I can help shed some light onto whether the movie is worth its weight in money. Let's get started on the review of:
Blackkklansman (2018)
Director:
Spike Lee
Writers:
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz
Stars:
John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier

LIKES:
Great Setting
Costumes And Makeup
Clever Comedy
Awesome Sound Editing
Fantastic Acting
Strong Lessons
Blackkklansman is one of those movies that brings you back in time to all the crazy events of history. The setting alone feels like a blast from the past, as we drop into the war against segregation from the unique perspective of an undercover agent. Amidst the world building of this movie, comes an impressive display of retro fashions of the time, bringing nostalgia and a certain panache to the film. In addition, the fantastic soundtrack and sound editing brings that needed dynamic that represents emotion. While the film is certainly strong in the drama/crime aspect, the comedy is reserved for those with a dryer sense of humor. Clever wit awaits the audiences for this movie, forgoing the over the top slapstick for a richer laugh generator. Of course, all of this fails without great acting, and this film's two leads reach the goal of bringing the times to life and representing the story it wanted to tell. This strong work helps sell the strong lessons of what history can teach, wrapping it up in very grandiose, preachy method that rolls with the movie.
DISLIKES:
Aggressive dialogue
Too Dry at Times
Slow Pace
The Ending?

Back in the day, the politeness and filtering were highly more advanced than today's standards. Sadly, the accurate yelling and vocabulary is a little too much for me, hearing all the derogative slanders, hating, and passionate politics just got to eye rolling proportions. Fan who don't like all the forbidden words of sailor talk, need to already turn away from this movie, though it still has nothing on Django Unchained and Phone Booth. Trying to offset this is the comedy that totally goes down the dryer route, but sometimes it becomes more a desert wasteland devoid of the usual comedic ocean. This leads to some fewer entertaining choices, and with it a slower, dragged out piece. Blackkklansman is horrible for pacing with me, establishing fantastic details, but sort of shirking the time management thing in advance of a complete story Still, the movie needed some spice to well spice things up so that the monotony could be broken up at times. Finally, the ending. Symbology and tributes are there to help motivate and teach the life lesson contained in this viewing. However, the real error I have is that the ending itself seems out of place for me. I get it, the movie was showing some current events, but it just didn't fit with the story they were trying to tell, which was about the past.
The VERDICT:
Blackkklansman is an artistic piece of work, that makes some parts of history fun to revisit. However, the movie still needs some help with maximizing the entertainment/suspense element in their work. Given the dry, barren joke pool and an ending that doesn't quite click, you can see why the film gets some points docked away from it. Still, looking for the informative, big-budget portrayal of the events that took place, the movie does warrant some applause for the ability to make history come to life once more. Worth a trip to the theater? Can't say so, unless you want a political work of art... literally.
My scores:
Biography/Comedy/Crime: 7.5
Movie Overall: 6.5-7.0