Malcom x Review

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2014)

In this cinematic masterpiece Spike Lee captures the minds of millions with Denzel Washington playing his version of Malcom X. The film is based off the autobiography of Malcom Xs life which has had a huge impact on people all over the world. Lee is known for having a very unique style of filming and his style is very well known. Denzel does a fantastic job of playing Malcom X and should have won an award for his performance. The film did a great job of matching up the book but I wish they would have talked more about his childhood because it seemed that was very important part of Malcoms life and that could shown you how he became the man he ended up being. I liked how when Malcom and Shorty who is played by Lee are walking out with their fancy suits it shows them as sticking out with their color while everything else is plain in the backdrop. Lee does a great job of showing Malcoms life from his days as a hustler in Harlem to his days as a minister for the Nation of Islam and to the final days and his brutal and tragic death. The film could have been a little bit shorter but it had to be long to show you how his life was. i would recommend this film to everyone and i would say that people of all ages should see it because it is a piece of American history