What a beautiful movie!

Please don't spend money on this.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Why is this movie called "DO THE RIGHT THING"? Everyone does the wrong thing, This is a film that promotes racial hatred & bigotry while glorifying violence towards anyone who doesn't fit your profile of acceptable racial acceptance. Glorified racially motivated hate film.

Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee is a movie set in the neighborhood of Bed-stuy. This is about a conflict between a set of customers and the pizza shop where the main character Mookie works at. At Sal's famous Pizza there is a wall of fame where there are a bunch of famous white and Italian people the customer ,buggin out, sees this and doesn't think it's right and demands there be some black people on the wall. This is the main conflict but there are other small conflicts throughout the movie. This movie has a lot to learn from in diverse spaces and cooperation between different types of individuals.

So Spike bothers to take us a on a somewhat shaky but interesting journey all the way to a finale just to make the point that whites are racists and blacks are sorely persecuted. Sorry Spike your quick quote from MLK at the end doesn't absolve you from making a biased and twisted statement on society. You made a near classic in Malcolm X but this dribble is your low.

Full of style, color, and humor, Spike Lee's masterpiece "Do The Right Thing" takes place during the hottest day of the year in a Brooklyn neighborhood. It explores the issue of racism in a powerful and brutal way, showing how every character has their own prejudices, and how some characters are far more villainous and hateful than others. Eventually, this hatred explodes into a finale that can only be described as shocking and chaotic.For a large portion of the film, I was smiling and laughing at all of the joyfulness and comedy that is packed into this somewhat depressing story. Although it's about a strong and mature topic, the film itself is entertaining, hilarious, and likable. But, it's still a very heavy film at times as well.Spike Lee portrays racism in a very powerful and meaningful way, and he doesn't just show whites oppressing blacks, which is refreshing to see, since it's a cliché in a film about race to show that all of the black characters are saints who don't have prejudices of their own. Pretty much every main character in "Do the Right Thing" has their own prejudice, some of them have far more mild prejudices than others, and some of them are far more kind than others. Characters like Radio Raheem and (especially) Buggin' Out are very hateful against the whites, and then characters like Pino are very hateful against the blacks. There's also characters who hold strong prejudices against Asian characters, and elderly characters. Overall, the film shows that hate can be inside of anybody, and can be directed to anybody.Unfortunately, it seems like many people seem to be interrupting the film all wrong. Looking through message boards and reviews, some people may have the idea that "Do the Right Thing" supports the actions of Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out, but they're wrong. Based on the film I watched, the Italian pizzeria owner Sal is actually supposed to be somewhat likable. He cares for and likes his customers, unlike his son Pino, a very racist and unsympathetic character, and Pino comes across as the polar opposite as his very likable and friendly brother Vito. Sadly, Sal unleashes all of his hatred at the end of the film, when Buggin' Out and Radio Raheem unleash their own hatred. Mookie, a very likable black character, is also pushed to the limit at the end of the film. So both Sal and Mookie are good people who are pushed to their limit and unleash hatred, while characters like Da Mayor and Vito are never really filled with hate and remain likable for the entirety of the film, and other characters like Buggin' Out and Pino are very racist and unlikable for the entirety of the film.At least, this is how I interpreted the film.