Despicable

Rating: 1/10 (6 February 2005)

I would like to point out that I could care less that Birth of a Nation was the first major film and directed by a "genius" D.W. Griffeth. I also would like to point out that my true rating is zero stars. Why? Let me count the ways:
1. The film openly portrays the KKK as good guys and blacks as evil.
2. Its old and boring.
3. D.W. Griffeth was a racist. Calling him a genius in film is like calling Hitler the genius of the genocide. Not a good thing. I treat Griffeth like I would any other from his day: long out of vogue and out of step with today's times and attitudes. That simple.
4. Its accomplishments have been improved upon long ago, so the technical aspect has nothing to offer.
5. Its history is white-sided.
6. Forget it...the movie stinks.
And don't think I would think about giving Griffeth anything but a hotfoot for his insult to injury Intolerance which is just as bad. Its a film about the civil war and its aftermath or something like that. There, I just saved you three painful hours. For what its worth, I misspelled the director's name as a sign of disrespect. This film is despicable.