Da 5 Bloods // FILM REVIEW
5 years ago in Movies & TV Shows by jcrodriguez (76)
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I thought this was the worst Spike Lee movie I've seen, and I've seen most (ok Girl 6 was worse). Really disjointed editing, really disjointed tone, inconsistent characterization. Its core themes are incredibly topical and timely but a total failure to deliver on them. There's like 6 movies buried in Da 5 Bloods, not in a good way, as they don't link up at all.
Something like Chi-Raq wasn't perfect but its energy was at least consistent and pure fire, it hit home despite its flaws.
This inconsistent, disjointed feel is the hallmark of Netflix movies -- Triple Frontier was similarly a Treasure of Sierra Madre riff that fell apart by not being one consistent movie but either 2 or 3 different ones that didn't coalesce. The King and the Outlaw King had the same flaws -- disjointed movies that don't know what they want to be and refuse to choose and then land with a dud on the audience.
The film is a multi-genre salad. The director's a little over the top in the mix,making it unnecessarily long. It has its funny moments, they were the parts I liked the most. But I prefer the Spike Lee from Do the Right Thing, Summer of Sam and Malcolm X.
You're right, all netflix-produced movies have the same problem.
Although they seem to be doing well on the streaming platform.
Thank you for your comments and your great support!
Hoy creo que por fin me sentare a ver este film, esperar tanto para hacer una revisión a la serie DARK, me ha quitado tiempo para ver tanto este film como Devs que ya he visto que hizo una reseña, espero verlas y volver a pasar para ver si coincidimos en nuestra opinión.