#35 on the list: Watch all the AFI's top 100 films. I'm currently at 47/100.

I watched "Do the Right Thing" the other night. (Spike Lee film)

So I think I've finally found a movie that tops Scarface for the number of F-bombs.

Seriously...

Aside from the tacky backdrop, painful 80's outfits, and gratuitous boob-shot, the story was a good one, depicting just how stupid and destructive racism is, and how oppression is just a time-bomb, ticking away.

The oppressive heat of a New York City summer provides an analogous backdrop for the oppressive racial tension in the racially mixed Brooklyn neighborhood where the story takes place. Racial tension and defiance eventually culminate in the death of Radio Raheem and the ensuing riot that errupts as the police drive off with his dead body.

The mob's anger is, on the surface, directed at the police for the choking death of Radio, but is rooted in and fueled by the underlying racial tension in which the neighborhood, and society at large, is steeped.

When the police leave the scene after Radio's death, the mob turns on Sal, his sons, and the pizzaria where the conflict began. Mookie, Sal's employee, sees the direction that things are heading and lobs a trash can into the window of the pizzaria, causing the crowd to shift its attention to the building and away from Sal and his sons.

To me, the film veritably screams "open your eyes!" Look how stupid we've been as a society! Look at how pointless and destructive our "views" are! Look at how much better things could be if we set aside our "imagined" differences. It sounds cliche', but how long will it take, for god's sake?!?! When will we get to the point where we've "ALL" had enough of the bullshit?

My humble opinion.....