Comments on: Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna Movie Trailer

By: savagely beautiful

savagely beautiful — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:42:20 +0000

OK… I am now getting to the point of obsession. Does anyone know who the black actress that played john leguzamo’s girlfriend in the beginning of the film? I am trying to find that out…

By: nikki

nikki — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:25:12 +0000

As an Italian-American not white-American, and also being in the armed forces i think this movie looks good. There are ALOT of untold African American stories to include the Tuskegee Airman(the first African American fighter pilots during WWII). Back then they had only “negro” units, if Spike Lee made a movie 20 years from now about Operation Iraqi Freedom then there would probably be a a white, black and hispanic lead, because that is how diverse the armed services are now. He is telling a story based on the reality of WWII era not 2008 era.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:14:09 +0000

I’m so glad I went and saw this movie, it was one of the most amazing movies I have ever seen. It was inspirational, true on historical accuracy viewpoint (being a WWII history major), and it just keeps you wanting more. There was some added just to keep interest, but not enough to make people say “hey this is a lie”. For those of you out there too busy fighting about “race”, I pity you, and the fact that you can’t overlook your racist ideas to truly sit down and watch the movie for what it is. You are missing the point of the movie which tells the story of the 92nd Buffalo Infantry and I won’t go into details, but within the movie there are 12 miracles which take place. Try looking for them and seeing if you can find them, instead of fighting amongst yourselves. Maybe you’ll become better people for it.

By: Blitz

Blitz — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:58:12 +0000

Spike Lee is an obnoxious race-baiter who steals from “Saving Private Ryan” and “Flags of Our Fathers” because he’s too unoriginal too make his own movie. This movie seems very contrived and interminable to me. I’ll never know for certain however since I vowed to never see a film from this clown again after “Do The Right Thing”.

By: nothating

nothating — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:10:56 +0000

disapointing, thJust returned from miracle at st anna, all I can say is im just to f!@#$% disappointed. I waited for so long to see a story about black service men portrayed on the silver screen only to view this crap. Not only was the acting poor, and some of the characters displaying the very stereotypes that spike lee claims to be against, i..e sexual predators, superstitious buffoons, some of the scenes were just totally not accurate. For example, the give me five slap didn’t come about until the 60s-70s circa. Blacks during that time just simply slid their hands (slide me some skin) it was obvious that spike lee did not consult with any military advisors to make this film. I am just so disappointed, here he was truthfully talking all about how black American soldiers were not being portrayed or acknowledged correctly in history or in the movies, and he turns around and puts out this crap. I would rather have had someone ike Steven spiel burgh tell the story. No doubt he would have made it fair and more accurate. Although some of the scenes were accurate such as German pows being able to eat in southern diners while black American g.i’s were not permitted, even those scenes were disappointing. I need to go watch a soldiers story or glory again to calm down. I am so disappointed. no way is this oscar material

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:41:41 +0000

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!

By: amygrace(creekblasianbeauty)

amygrace(creekblasianbeauty) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:28:17 +0000

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.

By: Pretty BROWN Skin

Pretty BROWN Skin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:13:45 +0000

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!!

By: Pretty BROWN Skin

Pretty BROWN Skin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:12:40 +0000

Evil Adam. HAHAHA. stop hating!

By: Pretty BROWN Skin

Pretty BROWN Skin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:09:37 +0000

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!!!

By: amygrace

amygrace — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:13:03 +0000

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.

By: rose

rose — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:30:13 +0000

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.

By: Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:04:44 +0000

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!!

By: Evil Adam

Evil Adam — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:14:02 +0000

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.

By: sweetsue

sweetsue — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:10:26 +0000

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.

By: Gothicliner

Gothicliner — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:08:07 +0000

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.

By: Anita Hancock-Green

Anita Hancock-Green — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:57:17 +0000

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.

By: edog

edog — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:13:59 +0000

I’m definitely intrigued by this trailer.

By: Gothicliner

Gothicliner — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:06:29 +0000

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.

By: Donkey Punch

Donkey Punch — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:40:49 +0000

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