Major characters in Do the Right Thing - from Dray =]

- MAJOR CHARACTERS -

MOOKIE
- Main protagonist of the film, also is the director/writer (Spike Lee).
- Seems to be the only African-American that has a job.
- Often says 'I gotsta get paid' and 'Get a job!'
- Mookie doesn't show much interest in the neighbourhood, only interested in money.



SAL
- Owner of the only Italian Pizzeria in the neighbourhood.
- Is the father of Pino and Vito, and is also Mookie's boss.
- Nice and kind guy, he has been working in the Pizzeria for 25 years.
- To make his problems disappear, he often throws money at them to make them go away (etc. to Da Mayor and Smiley)
- "Extra cheese is two dollars."



PINO
- Works with his father and brother at the Pizzeria
-Against African-Americans, however he idolizes famous 'Black' people.
- Often fights with his brother, Vito.
- "Take your pizza and get the f*** back to Africa."



VITO
- The younger son of Sal, and brother to Pino.
- Seems to be close with Mookie
- "See, Pop, it's just what I was telling ya, every time you tell Pino what to do, he tells me to do what you told him what to do. "


RADIO RAHEEM
- A big man with a boombox who roams the street blasting "Fight The Power".
- Owns brass knuckle rings with 'Love' and 'Hate' on them
- Is known by everyone in the hood, people tend to be scared of him.
- White cops kill him at the end during the riot.
- "Put some extra mozzarella on that motherf***er"


BUGGIN' OUT
- Always seems to be bothered by something... (No 'brothers' on the wall, and dirt on his shoes)
- Has a massive urge to boycott Sal's Pizzeria
- Was told to boycott his hair dresser instead
- This actor is ironically part-Italian in real life.
-"Yo Mookie! (What?) Stay Black."

JADE
- Mookie's elder sister
- She lets her brother stay in her apartment
- Opposite to Buggin' Out, she wants to improve the community instead of make matters worse.
- Seems to be close to Sal
- "Stop breathing down my neck! Your breath stinks!"

DA MAYOR
-Usually intoxicated, often called "Drunk Old Man"
- Sal pays him occassionally to clean up the street
- Has a thing for Mother-Sister, even buys roses for her
- Attempts to say the right things, but not many people listen because it doesn't make sense.
- "Doctor!" (What?) "Always do the right thing." (That's it?) "That's it".

MOTHER SISTER
- Always sits on her window sill, keeping a "watchful eye" on the neighbourhood
- Gets annoyed at Da Mayor for being a "drunk fool"
-"Hold your tongue! You don't have that much love."

TINA
- Mookie's Puerto-Rican girlfriend
- Seems to have fights with her mother
- Has an African-American son with Mookie
-"Trust you? The last time I trusted you, Mookie, I ended up with a son."



SMILEY
- A mentally retarded man, who sells postcards to the neighbourhood
- Joins up with Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out at the end to boycott Sal's Pizzeria
- Puts photos of Malcolm X and MLK jr on Sal's wall
- "One of the police was black!"



SENOR LOVE DADDY
- Contantly shows up throughout the film, he is the narrator of the movie
- Supplies music for the neighbourhood, everyone seems to listen to his radio station
- "Yo! Hold up! Time out! TIME OUT! Y'all take a chill! Ya need to cool that shit out! And that's the double truth, Ruth! "


- OTHER CHARACTERS -

THE THREE MEN
- These guys observe the community, and make funny comments often
- They can see the problem, but like many others, don't do anything to fix the problem
- "You wanna boycott someone? You ought to start with the goddamn barber that f***ed up your head."



THE KOREANS
- Own the only grocery shop in the neighbourhood
- They get abused often by the African-Americans
- They ran out of Da Mayor's favourite beer.
- "Motherf*** you!"



THE KIDS
- This group wander around the neighbourhood, trying to find fun and enjoyment
- Often pick on Da Mayor for being so old and drunk
- They have been going to Sal's Pizzeria since they were little kids
"Da Mayor... D.A for Drunk Ass!"

Hope this helps ... There are quite alot of characters in this movie, so just wanted to clear up any confusion.

And that's the triple truth, Ruth!

Dr Dray =]

MOVIE ANALYSIS

It is the hottest day of the summer you can do nothing,

you can do something or you can

DO THE RIGHT THING..

is the tagline of the movie which itself gives

the idea about the movie that it is going to portray

a situation or a story during the summer time

in a place were you are free to do what you

want to which I believe indirectly relates to

each and every person as we always get to

choose from options but the director emphasizes

on do the right thing which is also title of the movie

which I am going to elaborate about all through my

writing.

Do the right thing is a 1989 American movie written , produced , directed by Spike Lee who is one of the famous hollywood director originally from Atlanta, georgia. His first feature film "she s gotta have it" known to be a sexual comedy flick which was released in 1986 made him a popular figure in film making after which he made an another movie School Daze which have a bit of focus on upliftment of blacks in America.It was after the success of School Daze that Spike Lee was confident making Do the right thing which throws light on conflicts between Afro Americans blacks and whites in America by portraying social issues in a suburb bedford stuyvensant brooklyn,new york .This was Spike lee's first movie in which he casted white actors ,his previous pictures only casted black people.Looking at his movies I believe that spike lee movies carries a strong message in it and they are very realistic.He wants to make his audience familiar with several aspects of life through cinema and I strongly do believe that he wants to defend the identity of Afro Americans (blacks) and do something for the betterment of his community which I to an extent he is already doing. I believe rather than choosing to use wider image of the country he smartly portrays his message by focusing on just one section of the country which can be seen in the movie.

DO THE RIGHT THING (TRAILER)



The movie starts with a song "fight the power" by hip hop group public enemy which also plays in most parts of the movie.Spike lee initially didnt have an idea of putting a hip hop song in the movie because he prefered jazz music but when the song was handed to him he liked it and thought would perfectly match with his story.This song plays about 27 times in the movie.

FIGHT D POWER(MUSIC VIDEO)

The song became one of the biggest hits of chucky d (head of public enemy) and was also rated one among 500 greatest songs of all time on rolling stones list.

Besides being a director Spike lee himself is an important character of the movie.He plays the role of a trusted only working guy(Mookie as pizza deliver) in the neighbourhood of bedford stuyvensant section of brooklyn were the whole movie is picturised.The location gives the perfect base for the movie to move forward as it is the most important aspect.Well the movie is completely shot in bedford stuyvensant(in a 24 hour period what all happens in the area during a hot summer day) were mookie an africo american (basically a black) works in a sals pizzeria(a pizza shop) which is owned by an italian american Sal (basically a white) ,Though Sal is a white and get cranky at people from the neighbourhood he believes that he is there because of them. This people are brought up on his food so he do have bit respect for them.Even the people dont hate Sal except buggin out(another afro american in the area) who has an argument with Sal to have some pictures of famous afro american blacks on the wall because his shop is in black neighbourhood but Sal doesnt wanna do that.buggin out wants to boycott Sal pizzeria and needs support of his people but none of them is intrested in it which clearly shows that even though Sal is a white, people dont care, they are more bothered about benefit same with Sal,that is one angle .In another instance buggin out starts an argument with a white guy who by mistake bumps his bicycle into him, telling him to go back were he come from with a group of people.well this situation is smartly placed to heat the atmosphere a bit more like in some other instance three road side afro americans swearing at a korean guy for making business in there neighbourhood.In another scene some blacks flush water on a white guys car wantedly.This is an another angle.

MOOKIE WITH SAL (at sals pizzeria) BUGGIN OUT WITH SAL(at sal pizzeria)

BUGGING OUT ARGUING WITH A WHITE GUY STREET GUYS WETS A WHITE GUYS CAR

They all use abusive and harsh language against each other,and spike lee has also succesfully shown the intense anger in themselves through there expressions which again shows that they dont entertain each other.I believe he selected to use such harsh and abusive language to make it look real and effective.Another situaton I want to mention would be arguments between pino and vito both Sal's sons one completely against blacks even though his heroes are black always explains his brother who favours blacks to keep away from them.This is an another angle.

MOOKIE WITH PINO AND VITO(medium shot)

There is one other important character in the movie radio raheem.Although I dont think so that there is no specific main hero and heroin in the movie the character of radio raheem is a strong one.This character is a well portrayed one.He is the guy who always plays public enemies song fight the power loud on his tape recorder.He is one who supports buggin out in his sals pizzeria boycott and goes on to sals shop with the song playing loud.Even after sal telling him to slow down the music he doesnt slows it down and out of frustration sal breaks his tape recorder which leads to a fight between sal and radio raheem which ends up in police arriving at the location and because of uncontrolable situation mishandling leads to the death of radio raheem which creates chaos on the location which is outside sals pizzeria which turns the onlooking crowd going crazy against sal breaking his shop into pieces and then lighting up a fire to burn it completely,surprisingly mookie was the one who throws the bin first into the sals shop.This situation is the most important and concluding situation of the movie which is the biggest show of the movie.These all bits of angles of the movie leads to this situation and also justifies his point that social conflicts in a place can lead to an extent were it gets uncontrollable and out of reach.I believe This situation is very logical and completely in practical terms because the people in the area has lost radio raheem who was not a culprit from any way neither sal was who lost his shop ,the major culprit was the social conflicts between them, on a large scale conflicts between blacks and whites in America.

SALS SHOPS AND RADIO RAHEEMS DEATH

Spike lee has presented most of the movie as a kind of little drama s which connects to his message of love and hatred in humanity ,one of the scene from the movie where Spike lee again smartly uses this technique is radio raheems love and hate scene on the street were he describes love and hate fight which is actually a truth which spike lee wants to portray.We can see radio raheem on the street when he meets with mookie firstly slows down his music(which he doesnt do usually)and wearing a A bed stay slogan written t shirt with love and hate buckles on his hand,which shows that he is actually portraying love and hate in the suburb.The camera angle in the scene is interesting as well ,Spike lee wants the audience to take part in it and feel it.

STORY OF LOVE AND HATE

In short Spike lee succesfully delivers an excellent movie which not only just have a very deep message in it but also touches the hearts of many people ,as in the end the movies title is do the right thing but actually nobody in the movie does the right thing in many instances which is clearly understood because they are very influenced from the situations sorrounding them ,but gives message to the audience to do the right thing.The movie is well complimented by great acting from spike lee himself as mookie danny aielo as sal and nevertheless from other cast,the camera angles were very gud which in most scenes gave the feeling of us being there and experiencing it,perfect reddish tint kind of which gave the feeling of perfect hot summer day and the heat of sun and blood absolutely well portrayed in a very low budget.

The movie was also very well taken by the critics and the audiences.It also won awards under best director(spike lee), best picture(spike lee),best supporting actor(Danny Aiello) categories in several occasions and was also nominated in oscars for best writting screenplay (spike lee) and also best supporting actor(Danny Aiello).

"This is fascinating movie experience" USA TODAY.

"Its comes closer to reflecting the curr
ent state of race relations in america than any other movie of our time"CHICAGO SUN TIMES.

"Stirred up impassionate debate everywhere,It would seem the greatest compliment that could be paid a stunning entertainment" LOS ANGELES TIMES.

"An exciting,disturbing provocative film"WASHINGTON POST.

This was undoubtedly one of the best hollywood movie I have ever watched.I would rate it 5/5.

the virgin suicides

virgin suicides was a movie which I watched recently was directed by sophie coppola.which is based on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides.It was a fine movie which throwed light on the story of four girls living in a suburb in michigan america in 1970s.the story revolves around the life of the five teenage Lisbon daughters,who commits suicide one after other because of lack of freedom.The story is narrated by a neighbour of the lisbon family who gets curious about the incidents sorrounding them.It also got a bit of music in it and a half hearted love story between one of the lisbon s daughter lux and her school smarty trip who any way leaves her which is un justified.

Do the right thing

A movie I saw recently is [Do the right thing].
Personally, I like this type of movie a lot. The movie talks about the whites and the blacks living in the same town, however due to cultural difference, argument and conflicts arise.The background music "fight the power" makes the movie more powerful and Impressive to me.
In the movie Do the right thing, there is nothing right. Director has showed us the reality and visually stunning masterpiece. I thought, the director wants to tell us, do not racial discrimination.

MOVIES YOU CAN USE FOR YOUR ANALYSIS FOR 1ST ASSESSMENT!

ONLY movies which we cover in this subject:

The Virgin Suicides, Sophia Coppola

Lost in Translation, Sophia Coppola

Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese

Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino

Kill Bill 1, Quentin Tarantino

Franks Wild Years, Jesse Richards

Dogville, Lars Von Trier

OR

Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee

Breathless, Jean Luc Godard

OR

Marie Antionette, Sophia Coppola

Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino

Kill Bill 2, Quentin Tarantino

The Twilight saga:New Moon

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Personally, I like the New Moon very much, expecially for the scene when Jacob who acts as the wolf man in the movie turns into a huge and fierce wolf. I was shocksed at that moment.

The New Moon is worth watching because it used wonderful special efforts. For example, the five huge wolves are walking out of the forest and running after the vampire. It is amazing.

What's more, the dialogues in this movie are very simple and easy for me to understand. I think it is a good movie for the English learners.

Another Cinderella Story

I love Another Cinderella Story. Cheerful romantic youth dance, Cinderella-like experience. It is a fairy story. This film is with regard to dreams, friendship and love.

It give me more power to bring youth and hope, and I can cherish it even more youth in this part of your yearbook.