Spike Lee The OVER-Director

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2006)

I was so excited to see this movie. The advertising set us up for what could have been an epic film.... too bad it did not live up to the expectations. To make matters worse, the story line supported the advertising and was so promising. This shows how a director personally can kill a film.
You get this project with the right support and this is a 10. (I wonder what the original script was like before Lee was involved). However, with the OVER-director involved we have to sit through so much over-direction, political bull along with so many meaningless scenes. Who wants to watch a 15 minute scene of the robbery set up all with hand held cameras moving all over the place. I thought I was watching the Blair Witch Project .... 30 seconds would have been enough to give us the picture and the feel for the action. Next, at every turn, Lee throws in how racist Whites are and how bitter he is.... Can't we just watch a movie for entertainment. Finally, how many times did we have to sit through scenes that meant nothing.... they could have cut 30 minutes and we still would have walked away with the same impression.... disappointed a good idea turned into such a bad movie.
My one question, why does everyone praise this guy?