A Downloadable Movie To See: Spike Lee’s He Got Game
Date: Thursday March 18, 2010Posted in: Entertainment
If you’ll remember what Spike Lee was up to in his earlier career, at the start, people thought of him as a sort of “black Woody Allen”. He then evolved into really creating his own style of film, taking just as much influence from Allen as he did from Scorsese and Coppola. With films like Clockers and He Got Game, Spike Lee took the gritty, urban setting and used it as a background for stories about family problems. He Got Game is without a doubt one of his all time must download movies.
The lead character is named Jesus. Jee-Zuss, not Hey-Seuss. It’s… It’s a Biblical name, you could say. Jesus is a basketball prodigy, one of the most promising the city has ever seen. The schools trying to court him are more than just aggressive. They seem this close to asking him “Who do you want killed to come play for us?” They really do just about go that far.
His father is played by Denzel Washington, serving a stint in prison for involuntary manslaughter. During a domestic altercation some years ago, he accidentally killed Jesus’ mother, shoving her. She slipped and broke her neck. Jesus has never forgiven him for this, although his little sister has. These family issues come up again throughout the film.
The warden of the prison offers the father a deal: Get Jesus to attend the warden’s alma mater, and they’ll look at reducing the sentence.
Of course, this isn’t really the point for the father. A reduced sentence is a nice bonus, but he really wants to take the opportunity to find the son’s forgiveness, to be close to him and to love him and be loved by him. The way these two plot threads tie together is really incredible, in that what school Jesus chooses has to be right for him.
The father has other issues to deal with, such as a prostitute he falls in love with, while the son already has enough on his mind as the talent scouts put him through an endless parade of cash bribes, drugs and sex with gorgeous women in attempts to get him to join up. Through it all, Jesus has to maintain his righteousness, he has to stay strong and make the right decision for himself and for his little sister, who he’s cared for all these years. He enjoys these offerings, but tries to resist temptation.
The ending of the film is surreal, moving, and fitting. It defies all logic and laws of physics in order to give us a conclusion that is, while not entirely logical, is at least one of the most emotionally satisfying endings put to film.
The film is frightening and shocking at times, it’s moving, and it boasts a lot of emotional depth and truth. The film also carries some great music by Public Enemy, notably the title track, He Got Game. Since then, Spike Lee has reinvented himself again, creating more marketable, polished films. His newer movies are every bit as worthwhile as his previous work, but there’s a rawness, a realness to the era between Do the Right Thing and He Got Game that set him apart from all other filmmakers of his generation.
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