i don’t like kobe bryant, never have and probably never will. however i will admit i was quite interested in watching spike lee’s espn documentary titled kobe doin’ work. i got in about 10 minutes late so i saw mostly game footage, filmed beautifully and presented in some of the best hd i’ve ever seen. espn had something like 18 cameras covering the game for their tv broadcast, with lee having an additional 16 to focus solely on kobe, 34 in all, this made for quite an impressive look into the game. i’ve always appreciated the work basketball players do, not just the superstars. while this film was a nice look into the hard work of a guy like bryant puts in for his team, it all but ignored the role players, and overstated kobe’s. last i checked basketball wasn’t an individual sport. i was a bit put off by a post-game scene featuring kobe, his wife, and daughters as they walked down a hallway to the player parking garage. each girl held a ‘daddy for mvp!’ sign, in perfect handwriting, something most kids that age are pretty incapable of doing, sooo did vanessa make those signs? did kobe help? whatever, i know they’re young and love their dad, but if i were him i’d show a little more humility and politely tell my girls to leave the sign at home, at least until he can win a ring without shaq.
4 out of 5 – for filmmaking, not for content, spike lee is a master
we’ll see if kobe can get his “work” done tomorrow, when the struggling lakers face the houston rockets in game 7 of the western conference semis.
2 Comments
May 16, 2009 at 11:48 pm
it’s on my dvr. can’t wait to watch it. thanks for the review. i agree spike’s a master. easily one of the best filmmaker’s around.
May 17, 2009 at 2:41 am
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