School Daze

This is a cult classic. Clearly a lot of people reviewing this movie have no sense of the cultural aspects Lee was tapping into and alluding to. It's meant to be disturbing and EXPLORES the mysoginistic and colorist culture of fraternity and sorority life prevalent on campus in the late 20th century. It's one of Lee's best films. At his peak, he was interested in the space between drama and camp, which is something that very few fillmmakers to date have explored as successfully.

Spike is still figuring out his voice,

This has plenty of thought provoking themes and a high enough bundle of energy to stand out getting the conversation started about the oppressed under apartheid South Africa with a great cast

Truly horrible idiotic movie

Probably the best college movie of all time. Great cast and soundtrack. Also I always thought Spike was great in this not only as director but as an actor his character is always most memorable for me when I think of this film even though Larry Fishburne tried to steal the show.

Story/Screenplay: (2/5) One of Spike Lee's weaker stories. It felt like he was still honing his skills when this particular work was put together. Uninteresting. Duration/Tempo: (2.5/5) At 2 hours and 1 minute, it's a long movie that felt long. Too long for the little content there was. Cast & Crew: (2.5/5) Laurence Fishburne and Spike Lee were OK, but the overall performance of the cast was lackluster. Summary: (2/5) The story was poor, the cast was mediocre, and the film felt long. A thumbs down.

I became a Spike Lee fan early on in life, but I didn't see School Daze until later after I had seen Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X. I loved just as much though!!!!

Humorous look at the lives of students at a black college. Lee's semi autobiographical movie is both amusing and well executed.

Please, wake up! A fascinating picture about fraternities at black universities. A geeky pledge at a gamma fraternity goes through numerous initiations to join the gammas. Meanwhile, the geeky pledge's older cousin strongly disapproves of fraternities, but actually endorses his cousin pledging. There is also another sub plot about the older cousin breaking up with his girlfriend because she wants to join a sorority. "It takes a real man to be a gamma man, because only a real man is a gamma man." Spike Lee, director of Inside Man, She Hate me, 25th hour, Clockers, He Got Game, Girl 6, Jungle Fever, X, Do the Right Thing, She Gotta Have It, and Mo Better Blues, delivers School Daze. The storyline was interesting and worth following. I did like all of the characters and how they were portrayed. The ending was a flop. The acting was very solid and the cast includes Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Ossie Davis, and Joe Seneca. "Fuck you, scrotum face!" I generally enjoy watching Spike Lee movies. They are fairly inconsistent with some being much better than others. This is an above average film that I enjoy watching unfold. It isn't as dramatic as Higher Learning or nearly as impactful, or as funny as Animal House. In terms of quality, this is a big step down. But this is entertaining and worth a viewing. "Roll call!" Grade: C+

Some truly funny scenes and pretty entertaining song-and-dance numbers. But just too slow -- it was about half an hour too long.