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Bad 25 (2012) is a documentary movie written and directed by Spike Lee, it tells the story of Michael Jackson's Bad album and it was awesome.

Positives for Bad 25 (2012): It was interesting to see people working in the music industry talk about the impact of the Bad album and Michael Jackson as a person. I liked seeing the various Michael Jackson music videos and concerts. I also liked that a lot of modern day singers and musicians talked about Michael. And finally, I watched this documentary movie free on YouTube.

Negatives for Bad 25 (2012): This is a documentary movie that I can see myself watching one time only as it doesn't have a lot of rewatch factor.

Overall, Bad 25 (2025) is a good documentary movie about Michael Jackson and his Bad album and it was really good. This documentary movie is one that will please a lot of Michael Jackson fans.

Red Hook Summer (2012) is a drama movie co-written and directed by Spike Lee and it tells the story of a young boy learning about life when he stays with his preacher grandfather. This movie was a first time watch for and I really enjoyed the movie up until the point I didn't like it at the end.

Positives for Red Hook Summer (2012): The story of this movie is one I would expect from Spike Lee as there are some deeply compelling things about the journey for our main character. The performances from the cast are great from Clarke Peters, Nate Parker, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Toni Lysaith and Jules Brown. I really enjoyed the mentor-student relationship between Clarke Peters and Nate Parker as we get to see them connect while they working at the local church. There are themes that feel in line with how Spike Lee likes to tell in his stories. Every conversation has a reason behind it and they lead to some nice revelations that are interesting on paper. And finally, the pacing of the movie is really good and the story is more focused than the last Spike Lee movie I watched.

Negatives for Red Hook Summer (2012): There is a major plot twist towards the end of the movie that caught me off guard and it undermines everything I was watching prior to the story and it makes the story not as good as it was. I was also shocked that there are no repercussions for this major event in the sorry and it was just dumb.

Overall, Red Hook Summer (2012) is a fantastic drama movie from Spike Lee and it was among my favorite movies from the man until the plot twist which brought things down for me, but I would still recommend this movie to fans of Spike Lee and they might get more than I initially did.

Miracle at St. Anna (2008) is a war epic movie based on the 2003 novel by James McBride, who wrote the movie's screenplay and it was directed by Spike Lee. This movie was a first time watch for me and it was pretty darn good.

Positives for Miracle at St. Anna (2008): This movie does feel like an epic when it comes to the runtime and you feel it from beginning to end. The acting from the cast is great and you have Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon Levitt, John Leguizamo, D. B. Sweeney, Kerry Washington, Walton Goggins and Michael K. Williams. The World War II setting looks good with the cinematography and the set design. The gunfire action sequences are brutal and bloody. The story of this movie is pretty good for what it's going for. And finally, the ending of the movie was very sad and powerful.

Negatives for Miracle at St. Anna (2008): This movie is way too long and the pacing is really bad. The plot feels disjointed with everything that is happening on screen. I get what the writer and Spike were going for, they were just too ambitious with what they were going for in the movie. And finally, there are a number of times where I didn't understand what some characters were saying since they were speaking in a foreign language.

Overall, Miracle at St. Anna (2008) is a good and well-intentioned war epic movie that was also too long and it let the intentions get the better of it.