Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

If there is negativity to be found, we can always trust that Spike Lee will find it. Usually it's the negativity of racism...and of course, there's lots of that is this film. But Spike Lee tops himself in this film by finding the negativity of man's inhumanity to man during war. The film is a blood bath. And it's unnecessarily drawn out to be a very long blood bath -- 160 minutes. Has Spike Lee ever heard of editing? And the miracle? Geez...hundreds die in this film, mostly mowed down by evil Nazis (rather cliche), and then the miracle -- reserved for the last 3 minutes of the film -- is that one boy survived because of magic statue head that fell off a bridge being destroyed????? I've watched perhaps a dozen Spike Lee films over the years, and he rarely fails to disappoint. Oh yes, a gem here and there, but more disappointments (including in recent years at the box office) than successes.The sadder thing is that there's a pretty decent cast here. Derek Luke is, in my view, a much underrated actor. I try to catch him in most films he makes, and he never disappoints. Michael Ealy, whom I think is a very good actor, is getting a little too good at playing creeps (as he does here); he might want to rethink his silm strategy before he gets typecast. I'm really not that familiar with Laz Alonso, although I thought he did rather nicely here. Omar Benson Miller played his role here (as the Chocolate Giant) in a very touching manner. Valentina Cervi -- also a good performance.A bomb at the box office, a failure in the eyes of most critics. And rightfully so.

I love good movies and this one is at the very top of my best ones. I can't believe how it is ranked so low. I read some reviews that criticized the director about racism but i believe that the people that say that they actually be the ones that may be "guilty" in some part... The fact that someone show a reminder about bad things doesn't mean that they can possible be bad themselves, the same thing goes on the other way around..., by the way, it isn't for this that good movies are made for?Very beautiful history, excellent actors and acting, movie picture, movie direction with backwards. Amazing. All stars, for this one.

I just saw this on TV. Reading the other reviews, I am struck by my different take. I think all the other reviewers like traditional films with a beginning, a plot, boy loses girl, boy finds girl, bad guy is killed, hero kisses the horse. This is not like that at all. You think you are following the story rather well and then, zoom, you are off in another story. Despite the fact that the plot doesn't follow a predictable course, I never lost interest. I never knew what was happening next. I never figured out some things. Who was the guy who was killed in the beginning? Summary: this is certainly a movie worth seeing if you do not try to fit it into a mold that exists in your mind but not in life.

I am a young black women that rarely gets to see MY HISTORY on the big screen. Were the facts all the way correct...NO..was it suppose to be...NO. Do you know how many movies BASED on history are made and nobody says a damn thing. This movie is about Buffalo soldiers. You know the soldiers that get one paragraph in today's history books. Other reviews say the black men in this movie weren't depicted right. ITS THE 40S! They had a character for every black man in that time period. I APPRECIATE every character depicted in this movie because they were real. They showed all perspectives. I WISH RedTails was like this movie...down and dirty and REAL. You don't like it because you DON'T SEE IT! I hope you watch it again and again and I myself will CONTINUE to show every person I know this movie...matter fact...I just forced my brother to watch it. It may not be perfect but it open your eyes to reality. That is all folks.