 So Spike Lee just released a few weeks ago a new series on Netflix titled She's Gotta Have It and it's based off the film that he had in 1986 based off the same name. I heard a lot of people raving about it. Some people have some gripes but mostly people I know have said how much they loved it but I wanted to see the original film before I saw the new Netflix original series. So how did I think about it? My name is Brennan Keith Avery and this is Just My Opinion. Hey guys I want to thank you so much for tuning in to my Opinion Slash review for She's Gotta Have It, the 1986 version not the Netflix original that came out this year. I really do appreciate it but before I get into the review help your boy out by going ahead and subscribing to this channel. Also click the bell so you can be notified when I make uploads and also give me that thumbs up. Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. So Netflix has been doing their thing with all this original content I believe in 2018 they're going to have 80 new Netflix original films and series coming to their platform which is great. I love new material as most people do and it's the benefit that you get to watch it at home. And Spike Lee I'm pretty sure you've heard of this director before. He has like 76 directing credits, writing credits, producing credits, credits, etc. It has to do with films, TV series, documentaries and shorts. And this one is She's Gotta Have It which came out in 1986 and it is his second film and his whole filmography. And it's only an hour and 24 minutes as far as the content is concerned the things that happen on screen are just as interesting as everything that happened off screen as well and I want to talk about all of that. If you know Spike Lee's work you know that he's very unconventional. He makes films and does pieces of artwork. He's an art tour. He does pieces of artwork, none like any other filmmaker. But he was actually taught by Martin Scorsese and one thing that stood out to me in this film is of course we're in 2017 and we're used to seeing films in color. But of course this like I said came out of 1986 and 90% of this film is done in black and white. And a small portion of it is done in color and when that color popped on the screen it really did speak volumes, did pop, it was full of color and I like that contrast. One reason that's important to me and the reason why I brought it up as far as Martin Scorsese is concerned is that Martin Scorsese's film A Raging Bull that came out in 1980 that film was predominantly shot and filmed in black and white and shown in black and white and that had one scene that was full of color as well. And Scorsese taught Spike Lee and NYU and so you know I just thought that was interesting you know when I was looking up some information on this film. Something else the budget of this movie was only $175,000 it was filmed in 12 days. The budget was so tight and this is really fascinating to me that there was no retakes in this whole entire movie. And the budget was so tight as well that when the cast was taking breaks Spike Lee made sure that they didn't throw away the aluminum cans that had soda because he wanted to recycling money for it. So just from like a you know a penny pension guy there's nothing wrong with that you're trying to save money and you know do his thing with a tight budget I really do respect that and that's just something that I had to mention. But about the movie itself is like I said it's called She's Gotta Have It and what it's about is there is a character by the name of Nola Darling and you know she is she doesn't like being labeled she doesn't like being called a freak or anything like that you know these labels that society can sometimes put on women and it just goes back and forth with you know telling the story from her perspective of her three lovers and not just her perspective but her lovers as well plus her surrounding friends and immediately when the film started out something that I liked about it is you know Nola she talks to you the honest member this film breaks the fourth wall like Deadpool out of a comic book or something like that and you know I really do like that and sometimes it can work on screen and sometimes it doesn't but it does work well in this film and I'm imagining that that's gonna be taking place in a 2017 remake of this movie that I'm really am looking forward to but her three lovers is one gentleman by the name of Jamie Mars and also Greer and Spike Lee not only is he a actor no not only is he's director producer and writer he is also an actor in this film and some of his other films as well but he's in this role he's in this film as well he's in this film as well as a character named Mars and you know Nola she I don't want to say she's confused or whatever and there's one you know I really did enjoy this film for the most part but there's one thing that stood out to me that she kind of quoted in the beginning that it's not about control my body my mind or who's gonna own it you know who's gonna own it them or me I'm not a one-man woman period you know bottom line and that's a great way to start out the film but my only gripe is I'll get this out of the way is the film never really addressed it later on I mean she did gonna go to therapy one time and it was just kind of like hey you know she's looking for love and just doesn't know how to handle it and you know decipher which you know what kind of man she wants but they never the film never did go back and address why she is doing this or whatever but I still liked her character I had so much respect for Nola's character because she is like one of the most honest women that I've ever seen in any TV show any documentary any movie ever or whatever she didn't she wasn't rude or anything like that she wasn't blunt she was nice and calm collected you know Karen herself you know classy you know outside of the bedroom or even in the bedroom you know but she just you know she didn't hold back any punches she was with these men and these lovers that she was dealing with or whatever she didn't you know she just was she would tell them straight up like look you know I'm seeing you right now I may go see this other person tomorrow and I may go see this guy next week you know if you can deal with it hey great if you can't you know there's the door you know I'm saying like you know that's crazy and for you know for sparkly to create a character and I don't know if I didn't find anything to say this was based off a true story or not but if him to create a character like this and kind of in the late 80s a word or whatever that's a bold move I mean we have a lot of characters like that is in TV and movies today so it's not like a new thing but this thing came out in 1986 you know in the acting was great this can be described as like a serious sexy comedic drama and then it had all that I mean you know they had some decent sex scenes they even had some funny sex scenes to where one of her lovers was just like this musclehead jock you know loser that thought he was better than everybody and just you know thought that every woman should kiss his feet and this one scene when he was trying to give her you know they were trying to get it on or whatever I don't want to spoil it for you but I would just say to myself like dude you are just loving yourself too much you know this is crazy you know you need to you know put your ego aside or whatever but like I said I really did like know this character it was fascinating seeing her bounce back and forth between you know all of her multiple lovers you know that was entertaining too and I you know I think everybody should give this a chance because it's only an hour and 24 minutes and you may even learn a lot from it and I did I did speak about one great but I will say something else is there I kind of think the way that the men her lovers were chasing Nola was a little bit unrealistic never in my young 30 something years of life have I ever seen me and fight so hard for one woman I mean yeah I've met a couple of guys growing up there were like simple tins and what you know that they would bend over backwards for a woman and they know it's kind of pathetic well there were just a few scenes here what I was I mean come on guys I mean where's your dignity where's yourself a pride I mean like seriously she is I don't even want to say she's a player or a pimp or anything like that because there was no deceit from her at all you know and there's like two scenes that I want to mention but if you do try to watch it on Netflix because this is on Netflix as well not just the original you know it will maybe have a more powerful impact for you but you know other than the film not necessarily addressing why Nola is not able to make a decision on who she really wants to be with and I did find the man just being a little bit unrealistic everything else in this movie you know I really did enjoy and I pretty much loved if I were to rate she's got to have it the 1986 version out of a one out of ten I would give this in the eight out of ten yes in eight out of ten but guys that's just my opinion have you seen she's got to have it or do you want to see it have I turned you on have I turned you off do you agree with me or do you disagree with me let me know in the comment section below let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing 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