Innaccurate things in movies that annoy you

[33girl]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

That was part of my critique for my Spike Lee film class. I don't understand why Spike did it as his family was huge in his conversion to Islam, and his aunt paid for his Hajj (pilgrimage) and his mentor was completely made up. With the amount of problems that family had I felt it took away from the strength of a broken family reuniting under a new religion.

Didn't his family really oppose the movie in general? I thought Spike did it to avoid getting sued for misrepresentation. But I may have made that up. I know he did say he wanted to emphasize how Malcolm was let down by every strong male figure (his dad, West Indian Archie, Baines, Elijah Muhammed) in his life.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Didn't his family really oppose the movie in general? I thought Spike did it to avoid getting sued for misrepresentation. But I may have made that up. I know he did say he wanted to emphasize how Malcolm was let down by every strong male figure (his dad, West Indian Archie, Baines, Elijah Muhammed) in his life.

The book we had for class, by Paula Massood had the chapter on Malcolm X called "Spike, don't mess Malcom up" which I thought was kind of a funny title. His widow, Betty Shabazz consulted on Malcolm X, so it doesn't appear she was completely opposed to the film.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

The book we had for class, by Paula Massood had the chapter on Malcolm X called "Spike, don't mess Malcom up" which I thought was kind of a funny title. His widow, Betty Shabazz consulted on Malcolm X, so it doesn't appear she was completely opposed to the film.

During the time the movie was out we had 3 books we read in class (one of course was the Autobiography ) and all sources pointed that film inaccuracy out, that's why it bugged me so much in the movie. But you know, one can be consulted on, but it doesn't mean that the director has to listen.

I remember at one point Amiri Baraka led a protest over Lee directing the film.