the beginning of the rise of hatred towards a human race

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2019)

Malcolm X had great leadership skills. He was a great spokesmen. He had the mindset to be a great leader. Alas, the same could be said for Hitler. Both men took their strengths and talents, and used them for the wrong doing....beginning the rise of hatred towards a human race. The film depicts Malcolm X, who was taught ( brainwashed) into the thinking that he had to use everything that was ever taught by white men, and use those words against them. The film had a glimmer of hope, but was lost in translation at the direction Spike Lee chose to take it. It's sad. Truth be told, I really do like Spike Lee, I think he was born to be a filmmaker. Do The Right Thing was a very inspirational and very influential film for me in the late 80's, I got a lot of insight from prejudicial and racial tensions from watching that movie, and remains my favorite ( and only) Spike Lee film to date. Malcolm X just wants all blacks to hate whites for everything that we've supposedly done, which was all done wrong. It's our fault they are here. It's our fault they've been treated so badly. Malcolm X is a powerful, and very stressful film of its decade. But it takes about 17 to 20 minutes of material, and stretches it into an unbelievably unnecessary length of over three hours. Facts, facilities, and mindless quotes are stuffed down our throats. Black men cheer. White men hang their heads in shame. The fact is, all white men are not all bad, just like all black men are not all bad. The entire movie is just a parade of propaganda, boasting high levels of energy that can be felt and ripple down the spines of the affected. Spike Lee knows how to do his job. He's just using it for the wrong reasons. And I can't respect that. I won't ever show appreciation for it. We cannot hate the hater, we cannot hate, in general, we can only love and find inner peace, or thereby, we become unhappy, angry little piglets running around on the farm. Do we rise to power? Being a motivational speaker has great rewards, but with that comes responsibility. Teaching that its okay to hate the white men for wrong doings to all the black men, women, and children is a stereotype, we shouldn't be held responsible for captivity that happened before any of us were put on the map. It just isn't fair. Malcolm X is not a film for everyone, it's a film that depicts Malcolm X as a character, through the directors eyes. I want to know about the REAL Malcolm X. Was he really this wrathful? This hateful? The Nation of Islam is known to be associated with violence and terrorism acts. How can this Nation teach us anything but to hate? With that said, what I've seen, what I've gotten out of it, this is three and a half hour movie that teaches black people its okay to hate white people. Period. It's simple as that. And how can I have any love, respect, appreciation, like, or even any emotional attachment to such film? How can I relate? How can I cope? I can't! That's why I'm giving this 1 star!