Must Download Movies: He Got Game
If you’ll remember what Spike Lee was up to in his earlier career, at the start, people thought of him as a sort of “black Woody Allen”. He then evolved into really creating his own style of film, taking just as much influence from Allen as he did from Scorsese and Coppola. With films like Clockers and He Got Game, Spike Lee took the gritty, urban setting and used it as a background for stories about family problems. He Got Game is without a doubt one of his all time must download movies.
The story follows a young man named Jesus, yes, Jesus, not Hey-Zeus, but Jesus, as in Jesus Christ. As his father explains “What’s wrong with Jesus? It’s a Biblical name.” “Yeah no &*$# dad!” Jesus is a basketball prodigy being pursued by, well, pretty much everyone. Every college wants him, and they stop at nothing to try and lure him to their respective schools.
The other lead is Jesus’ father played by Denzel Washington. He’s been in prison for years for accidentally killing the mother. Jesus has never forgiven him for this. Whether he ever finds his son’s love again forms one of the film’s main two plots alongside that of Jesus’ being courted by the various athletic schools in the area.
The warden at the prison offers a deal: Let the father out for a little while to convince Jesus to join the warden’s alma mater, and they’ll see about reducing the sentence.
So the father is put out on the streets for a little while to try and convince his son. For the father, it’s not simply an assignment that will help him get a reduced sentence, rather, it’s a chance at redemption, a chance at forgiveness. It’s not really about the reduced sentence, it’s about finding his son’s love again. Not that his son sees it that way.
The father also falls in love with a prostitute and tries to spend as much time as he can with her while they’re letting him walk the streets free. The son must maintain his righteousness, choosing a school for the right reasons no matter what sort of bribes and incentives they dangle in front of him like carrots on sticks. Money, sex, drugs, or his father’s love, are the prizes at stake. It’s a story of forgiveness and temptation for both of the leads.
The ending of the film is surreal, moving, and fitting. It defies all logic and laws of physics in order to give us a conclusion that is, while not entirely logical, is at least one of the most emotionally satisfying endings put to film.
The film has some shocking moments, but more importantly, it has some moments of real truth and honesty, and some fearless performances by all of the primary cast members. Since 2000 or so, Spike Lee has turned his attention towards more marketable, polished films. These are all good movies, but with films like He Got Game, Lee really carved out a niche for himself and created some true classics of the American cinema.
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