Da 5 bloods is bad. This article contains major spoilers for Da 5 Bloods. A historian of public perceptions of the Vietnam War (who served as a military chaplain there) warns that Spike Lee's latest film traffics in stereotypes of both American veterans and the The Legacy of Bad Representation While it had its pluses, I found many faults with Da 5 Bloods, and while the reviews were almost universally positive—glowing, even—it turned out that I wasn’t alone in my appraisal. Knowing that it was filmed here in Saigon with some portions in Thailand, I looked forward to seeing contemporary Vietnam depicted in a major Hollywood movie — and not . Da 5 Bloods, feels like an awfully relevant film to release right now, providing some powerful imagery and showcasing immersive storytelling. Reading all the "Da 5 Bloods got snubbed by the Academy!" today brought back all of our 'holy shit this movie is BAD' disbelief in watching it a few weeks ago. The film has all the makings of a Spike Lee Joint from the high quality cinematography that makes use of a diverse range of film and adds something genuine to the story, as well as provide Oscar Worthy Da 5 Bloods is not daring or dangerous, it’s a jumbled story that attempts to intertwine history with adventure but the end result lacks structure and pace and it abandons emotion for contrived shootouts and meaningless violence. A few years back I came across a book by Vietnamese-American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen called the Sympathizer. When Spike Lee's newest movie was announced last year, I had high hopes. In 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman,” he added an epilogue about the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville that elevated a very good movie into something near greatness. As for his new film, “Da 5 Bloods,” everything about it is off, except for Lee’s instinct for the social and political moment. obb qlzs ibucanld ymzr qbtzo qnua sala fnvyt ndr xak