I don't see any white people. Must be racist.

:O did you not see the white women!!! or the police
come on now get real. plus white movie sdont have blacks in it to

that ending gave me chills. "I'm the only one left who knows."

Looks very good. I look forward to seeing it.

@ J.D.
come on let's keep the racial remarks out of this and keep it a film related discussion.
with that said, the trailer was pretty damn good and i agree with peter; this is so far looking oscar worthy.

If I said this movie will suck, Spike calls me a racist. He is everything that is wrong with black people. BET? Why not WET? The one sided race card sucks. Spike Lee can go fuck himself.

where are all the white people? i think he is racist for not showing more white people in his films.... what about all the white buffalo soldiers?

That is an excellent trailer. It was enough to get me interested
in the story, but didn't tell me so much that I feel like I've seen
it already. Looks like we may get some strong performances.

I think its based on some what of a true story. So it cant be racist. Plus the italy folks are white so are the Nazi's.

"why not WET?"

because every single other channel basically is WET.

I dont like Spike Lee , but I have to admit the trailer looks good and I did like "the Inside Man" so maybe this movie will be good too.I will wait for the reviews then make up my mind if I will go and see it or not.

So... I don't understand... Is this a seuel to "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka"?

Why are you guys asking where the white people are? They're Italians in this trailer?

Also, this does look good!

Looks really good. Spike Lee may hate Jews more than Mel Gibson, but I'm willing to set that aside, as stories of black soldiers in WWII really should be told.

Interesting a few people bring up the race issue with Spike Lee i read this article a few days ago about Spike Lee complaining Clint Eastwood not having black people in his WW2 movies here a quote from Spike

Lee said: “There were many African-Americans who survived that war and who were upset at Clint for not having one [in the films]. That was his version: the negro soldier did not exist. I have a different version… It’s not like he could say he didn’t know. It was a conscious decision not to have any black people.”

Notice he didnt mention all the Japaneses actors that where in Clint's Letters to Iwo Jima Spike always loves to play the race card seems like all he sees is black and white. And from what i remember there where no black people raising the American flag in the famous picture that Flags of Our Fathers was based on.

Wow. Great trailer.

I really like Spike's work, but this looks a little uninspired. Of course, it's hard to judge from a trailer... but I expected something a little more unique from him.

Wait, so it's not even really about the war? It's some kind of police-thriller with a war subplot??

"Judging from the trailer, Spike Lee might be heading for an Oscar nomination with this one. Tell me what you think in the comments below."

Good trailers don't make good movies. And they don't win oscars.

FilmRespect,

It's why he said, "Judging from the trailer, Spike Lee [might] be heading for an Oscar nomination with this one."

Reading comprehension - 1

Why do we have to bring up race. Its not that big of a deal. The movie looks very promising, don't try to put a negative spin on things.

looks like an interesting story.
looks like a bigger budget than Lee has worked with in the past.
I'm paying attention.

Kind of going along with "D" concerning the "race card"... where were all the black people in Saving Private Ryan?

I'm white and I think it's easy for white people to overlook how few shows or films center around black people. Seriously. Name a recent or upcoming movie off the top of your head: Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Batman Begins, Juno, Cloverfield,anything by Judd Apatow, Jumper, Transformers, The Happening, and Cockpuncher.

White leads.

If there's a black actor or (even rarer) a black actress, they're generally in a supporting role unless it's Denzel or Will Smith.

Joseph Gordon Levitt looks pretty white to me.

Spike Lee's politics aside, this looks like it could be a really good film, if the trailer is any indication.

I rather like the idea that the story is "it’s not even really about the war . . . It’s some kind of police-thriller with a war subplot".

This movies looks good, and I am not very interested in it.

"Miracle at St. Anna" by James McBride.
Fiction.

"Flags of our Fathers" by James Bradley.
Military Biography.

And Spike Lee is telling a true tale how?

This is why people as a human being will never evolve into something greater.

ALWAYS BRINGING UP FUCKING RACE. WHOS GIVES A SHIT!!!

Thats why we all fail and worry about a fucking color of skin. WOrry about a movie and its contents. Not about fucking color.

MY 2 CENTS :)

The movie does look really good!!!

the problem is real6, people in a position of privilege and power often use "color blindness" as a way to blind society (and themselves) of their role in the oppression of minorities. every day minorities in america are looked upon with suspicion and disdain, yet if a minority ever complains about this they're accused of being divisive. and that's just another way of silencing minorities, of telling them to "shut their face."

chad Says:
"where are all the white people? i think he is racist for not showing more white people in his films…. what about all the white buffalo soldiers?"

And this is why we have racism. Chad, Do you know how ignorant and stupid you sound? Research "buffalo soldiers" and you will know why they do not have "white buffalo soldiers".

I"m a black man and proud of it. We have "all black movies" because white america like to overlook acheivements by minorites and hype up their lies. Can anybody say Cristopher Colomubs".
Jesus was not white. Even though black people wont' admit it; but Jesus was not black either.
So us black people have to make our own movies to tell the truth.
This is like hearing a person complaining about being in first place.
Let it go. Grow up. You probably just mad that a movie with all black leads has a chance of winning an Oscar. I guess that would be a set back for yall white people.

where are all the white people? i think he is racist for not showing more white people in his films…. what about all the white buffalo soldiers?

Research "Buffalo Soldiers" next time you want to speak your mind.
You will know why there were not any "white" buffalo soldiers.

Movie looks great. You're all idiots for complaining about the race issue -- during WWII, still under the throes of racial segregation, there were whole platoons consisting entirely of black soldiers.

And seriously, there's white people all over the place. One movie where it isn't white folk fighting the Nazis and everyone's all, "MORE WHITE PEOPLE, SPIKES RACIST". Kind of ironic, isn't it?

And D;
Shut up. Your argument is ambiguous and childish, and sounds like something a kid in Junior High would write for a 2-page paper on ethics. And if you ARE in Junior High... I'm sorry.

@V

True, the race issue is nonsensical -- we all need to move towards the colorblind society that MLK.Jr. wanted. Unfortunately, Spike Lee cannot focus on anything BUT race and that is what will keep us from evolving as a people. I think you might be a bit too into racial stereotypes yourself.

I posted the first comment on this string (way up top) as a joke. It's dumb to complain about "no white people" in a movie just as it was dumb for Lee to complain about Eastwood's film. We all just need to get over race and start acting like AMERICANS -- unhyphenated Americans.

We all just need to get over race and start acting like AMERICANS — unhyphenated Americans.

in other words, all you minorities need to shut your faces and assimilate yourselves into white monoculture.

you know, "gee whiz, when you minorities go to the movies and see indiana jones doing battle with a bunch of dark-skinned primitives, why do you see indy as a white man and not just an american? it's not all about race!"

if you think movies misrepresenting or underrepresenting white people have the same social ramifications as movies misrepresenting or underrrepresenting minorities, you're living in a bubble.

@V- What truth? This entire tale is fictional. A work of fiction. If Spike Lee is at all concerned about telling a story about the black side of WWII, he should've done something about the 555th PIR, not a fictional novel about WWII.

To all the spike lee racism comments go f yourself. This movie looks brilliant. Spike lee is one of my favorite directors.

quote:

" stories of black soldiers in WWII really should be told."

I agree 100%.

It is most sad to see white Americans (like some of those posting above) using any excuse so they can to justify their hatred and bigotry.

Remember who were the slave owners and who were the slaves. You don't have right to complain

You've seen the trailer, but I've read the book, and it is not very good. The event depicted took place on August 12, 1944, when troops from the 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division killed 560 people in the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema. No US soldiers, let alone African-Americans, were involved. One villager said: "It's a false reconstruction that does not take account of the historical reality," adding "This sort of fiction should be banned, otherwise the damage to the memory and historical truth will be very serious." While I don't believe in banning anything, I do think Spike Lee needs to get his own glass house in order instead of throwing stones at Clint Eastwoood.

I'm definitely intrigued by this trailer.

Looking forward to seeing the movie. My (deceased) father was a Buffalo Soldier from the 92nd Infantry and he was proud of it. My family willgo see the movie. We need to know our history.

Unfortunately, the movie has little to do with history. The massacre at St Anna took place in August 1944; No American troops were involved. The 92nd Division was routed by Fascist Italian and German forces in late December 1944. Some troops held out bravely, and those events seem to have inspired the book and film, but overall the 92nd Division's combat performance was poor. It improved when it was reinforced by the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

I first saw this trailer over the weekend while attending another movie. It so intrigued me, I googled it to get more information. Mr. Lee is doing something that major studios often overlook. That is a fact. I come from a multiethnic family and my Russian Jewish family members are just as racist as those that persecuted them. Some of my Indian and Black family members dislike "white folks" and I have teased my "blue eyed devil" grandmother just as much as she has used the word "spook" one too many times. Bottom line, White America, get over yourself you don't get all the marbles. Black America hatred is hatred no matter the color.

Regardless of race, this movie looks like absolute shit. Regardless of race, Spike Lee hasn't made a good movie in ages. Regardless of race, this has some of the worst makeup effects I've ever seen in a motion picture. Regardless of race, the acting by the "old" version of the lead is horrendous in just the few scenes they show, with the forced whispery/gritty "old man" voice that is the same type of shit that kids do in school plays when they act like they are old.

This movie just looks stupid, shitty, and in no way did I see "Oscar" worthy in that trailer. More likely to get a "Raspberry" from what I've seen, and before I even knew this film was a Spike Lee "joint", when I saw he trailer in the theater and his name hadn't shown yet, I felt that it looked like absolute shit.

This Spike Lee film caught my attention, just like his Malcom X movie did. The upsetting part is he has never recieved his recognition for the film. I see the same is being repeated for this film, and it hasn't even hit theaters yet.


THERES TO MANY HATERS IN THIS PLANET!!

okay lets get something straight if this was someone else producing this film and lets say there was a few blacks in it, the first to die would be the black. The issue here is I'ts SPIKE , why don't you watch it and and try to be color blind, judge the movie for it's content.
Maybe some of you haters accusing SPIKE of racist should really take a look into your family tree, you might be surprise at what you find or who you really are. History tells all and right now nobody can claim to be all white or all black.

I am soo happy there is finally a movie about black soldiers in World War 2. You dont see any pics or anything about the black soldiers. My grandfather fought in WW2 and was there on D-day. I didnt find this out till earlier this year. I am incredibly proud of him. I never met him. I think all this crap about Spike Lee being racist is why we cant move on. I dont understand why you (those of you making racist comments) have to bring the subject of BET and WET up. The reason why we created our own tv network and magazines and colleges was because people like you didnt want us in your schools, magazines or your tv networks. I find it so funny u talk about us but at the same time u really want to be like us. Anyways this is the reason we cant move on. This is a movie about a certain group of black heroes. Why cant you just leave it at that. There are tons of movies about white soldiers who did whatever. And I can look at as a black teen and feel proud of my countrymen. One of my favorite movies is Pearl Harbour. Why cant we just look past the color of peoples skin. And live in peace and love.

The movie looks awesome, but, its amazing that we must go to the race and color card again. Those that think this is racist obviously were raised to be just that! Were you raised to know that GOD made us all and we didn't get to select our skin, nor did we get to select whether we were going to be slaves, nor did yall select to be as dumb as you are, but I understand. Stop always finding things wrong and making it a color issue and get a life. WE FINALLY get a variety of movies, whereas the film industry was all one color in the past and now you complain because there are other people on this earth that are a different color and what to portrait our experiences. As I said get a life. The movie is going to be excellent and we will excel in movies just like Oprah in TV, Michael Jackson in Music, Tiger in Golf, The Williams Sisters in Tennis, Ben Carson in Medicine and the list goes on and on and on. Spike is doing him and no one complained when white directors did what they know and do. People that aren't racist watch all movies. BET yes, we have been WET for centuries. Its not that we don't want to see white films, we just want to see some of us. Guess what, its our turn. Live with it! Good work Spike Lee, will be sure to get to the movie on opening weekend to ensure you have high sales my brutha!!!

Evil Adam. HAHAHA. stop hating!

You really should not hat since the slave owners have more kids by their slaves than by their wives! Try Spike Lee, its going to be a great movie!!

dats soo true...
some of my ancestors were slave owners who had kids with black women. I just want to say for years and years white people have stolen our songs and all of our ideas. And now that we are finally getting a chance to show off our creativity yall continue to hate on and then at the same time try to be like us. I dont understand why yall are hating on this movie. Do you know the amount of WW1 and WW2 movies there are. Countless, and not a one black person. I look in all the history books and I see not a one black face. My grandfather was brutally injured in the war. He was in France on D-day. And you have the nerve with all the movies you have with white soldiers you complain about one little movie about black soldiers? Thats really sad.

I am looking forward to seeing this movie and because of not having disposible income like the majority of our white brothers and sisters, i have to budget in a movie treat! so, i am trying to find where its showing because i dont want to repeat the the time i missed, *the color of the cross*,it was not advertised like the *passion of christ* and i was able to c it. until we as a black people become more knowledgeable in subjects of the laws as related to finance,we will 4ever b Struggling!