Rented Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” on DVD last night, mainly because the aforementioned Joe Dirt et al. didn’t seem to warrant plunking down the money in the multiplex, even if they do have stadium seating. I didn’t like the movie much when it was over, but since then I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and I like it a lot more now. I just wish for once Spike Lee would make a movie without a MESSAGE. It’s sort of like how I wish Christopher Walken would try playing a normal, non-scary guy once in his life.
I always spend a lot of the time watching a Spike Lee movie trying to decipher all the MESSAGES he is trying to get across, and not enough time just enjoying the experience. I really don’t think Spike necessarily wants us to “enjoy” ourselves anyway, but rather contemplate and ruminate and discuss. That can get tiring sometimes.