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 film follows Jesus, pronounced just like Jesus as in Jesus Christ... It's a Biblical name. He's a basketball prodigy being hunted relentlessly by all the top athletic schools. His scholarship is obviously covered, of course, and now it's just a matter of deciding which school to attend, and these guys are incredibly aggressive in how they try to scout him out.
Jesus' father, played by Denzel Washington, has been in prison for years, ever since he was convicted of involuntary slaughter after the accidental death of the mother during an altercation that turned physical, only for a second, but a second was all it took to destroy their family life together. Jesus has never forgiven his father for the mother's death, and a primary focus of the film is... Whether or not he ever will.
The warden at the prison offers a deal: Let the father out for a little while to convince Jesus to join the warden's alma mater, and they'll see about reducing the sentence.
So the father is put out on the streets for a little while to try and convince his son. For the father, it's not simply an assignment that will help him get a reduced sentence, rather, it's a chance at redemption, a chance at forgiveness. It's not really about the reduced sentence, it's about finding his son's love again. Not that his son sees it that way.
The father also falls in love with a prostitute and tries to spend as much time as he can with her while they're letting him walk the streets free. The son must maintain his righteousness, choosing a school for the right reasons no matter what sort of bribes and incentives they dangle in front of him like carrots on sticks. Money, sex, drugs, or his father's love, are the prizes at stake. It's a story of forgiveness and temptation for both of the leads.
The movie ends in a way that, while it doesn't wrap everything up neatly in a little bow, it does deliver on an emotional level, and that's where it really counts in the end.
The film has some shocking moments, but more importantly, it has some moments of real truth and honesty, and some fearless performances by all of the primary cast members. Since 2000 or so, Spike Lee has turned his attention towards more marketable, polished films. These are all good movies, but with films like He Got Game, Lee really carved out a niche for himself and created some true classics of the American cinema.
The film follows Jesus, pronounced just like Jesus as in Jesus Christ... It's a Biblical name. He's a basketball prodigy being hunted relentlessly by all the top athletic schools. His scholarship is obviously covered, of course, and now it's just a matter of deciding which school to attend, and these guys are incredibly aggressive in how they try to scout him out.
Jesus' father, played by Denzel Washington, has been in prison for years, ever since he was convicted of involuntary slaughter after the accidental death of the mother during an altercation that turned physical, only for a second, but a second was all it took to destroy their family life together. Jesus has never forgiven his father for the mother's death, and a primary focus of the film is... Whether or not he ever will.
The warden at the prison offers a deal: Let the father out for a little while to convince Jesus to join the warden's alma mater, and they'll see about reducing the sentence.
So the father is put out on the streets for a little while to try and convince his son. For the father, it's not simply an assignment that will help him get a reduced sentence, rather, it's a chance at redemption, a chance at forgiveness. It's not really about the reduced sentence, it's about finding his son's love again. Not that his son sees it that way.
The father also falls in love with a prostitute and tries to spend as much time as he can with her while they're letting him walk the streets free. The son must maintain his righteousness, choosing a school for the right reasons no matter what sort of bribes and incentives they dangle in front of him like carrots on sticks. Money, sex, drugs, or his father's love, are the prizes at stake. It's a story of forgiveness and temptation for both of the leads.
The movie ends in a way that, while it doesn't wrap everything up neatly in a little bow, it does deliver on an emotional level, and that's where it really counts in the end.
The film has some shocking moments, but more importantly, it has some moments of real truth and honesty, and some fearless performances by all of the primary cast members. Since 2000 or so, Spike Lee has turned his attention towards more marketable, polished films. These are all good movies, but with films like He Got Game, Lee really carved out a niche for himself and created some true classics of the American cinema.
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