Post by Jake Seven on Jun 2, 2008 3:51:31 GMT -5
Okay, so I finally talked myself into watching it. Why I haven't before, I don't know. I'm a huge Edward Norton fan, so whatever.
Anyways, after watching it I have some thoughts on it.
What exactly was the point of the movie? If the point of it was to make us see not all minorities are shit, why end it the way they did?
"Hate is just a baggage. That's what my brother says anyway". That's the lesson he learned throughout the ordeal. Yet, he lays there. Dead. Because he was shot from a black kid just because that's all the black kid knew apparently (Since he pre meditated it about a half an hour in the movie before hand)
Nortons character went on a rant in the beginning of the movie in the news interview about how minorities think and live crime because that's all they know. He reiterated the same thought to his gang before they rioted the store.
And he reforms in jail because he realizes not all white people are good, and not all minority people are bad. Yet, the movie stacks on the fact that the only thing minorities think and live is crime.
Why was Norton in jail? Because he killed the black guys who robbed his truck.
Why did Norton see that all white people weren't good? Because the Mexicans were selling drugs to the white people in jail.
And the last scene of course was another minority committing a crime. Let alone murder, because it was all he knew and lived as shown in the film.
So what was the lesson in this great and extraordinary film, other than some people take prejudice a little too far, yet in the end, what Norton's neo-nazi character said was true?
I'm really not following I guess.
There was just a lot of irony in the movie. The mentioning that Rodney King got treated special because he was beat, yet attacked them first and had outstanding warrants (Which is true). Then you turn around and say that Norton's co-worker in jail was set up because he was black.
Or the fact that the white supremacist's group was no better than a minority group that they were against and preached about being against, yet, as stated at the dinner table when the moms boyfriend/teacher was there, this white supremacist group was causing all the crime and chaos in the town and not the minorities.
I'd be good if someone could explain this to me, before I become even more confused. It just left me with more questions than a stand on an issue.
Not to mention I chose to watch this movie today, other than the ten years its been out, and it has two current events talked about. I found that freaky and odd. Danny tells Hilary Rodham Clinton to fuck off because racial equality will never happen. And Derek and his friend were discussing the Lakers and Celtics dynasties, and now they're back in the Finals for the first time in 25 years, 10 years after the movie was made, the same week I chose to watch it.
Anyways, after watching it I have some thoughts on it.
What exactly was the point of the movie? If the point of it was to make us see not all minorities are shit, why end it the way they did?
"Hate is just a baggage. That's what my brother says anyway". That's the lesson he learned throughout the ordeal. Yet, he lays there. Dead. Because he was shot from a black kid just because that's all the black kid knew apparently (Since he pre meditated it about a half an hour in the movie before hand)
Nortons character went on a rant in the beginning of the movie in the news interview about how minorities think and live crime because that's all they know. He reiterated the same thought to his gang before they rioted the store.
And he reforms in jail because he realizes not all white people are good, and not all minority people are bad. Yet, the movie stacks on the fact that the only thing minorities think and live is crime.
Why was Norton in jail? Because he killed the black guys who robbed his truck.
Why did Norton see that all white people weren't good? Because the Mexicans were selling drugs to the white people in jail.
And the last scene of course was another minority committing a crime. Let alone murder, because it was all he knew and lived as shown in the film.
So what was the lesson in this great and extraordinary film, other than some people take prejudice a little too far, yet in the end, what Norton's neo-nazi character said was true?
I'm really not following I guess.
There was just a lot of irony in the movie. The mentioning that Rodney King got treated special because he was beat, yet attacked them first and had outstanding warrants (Which is true). Then you turn around and say that Norton's co-worker in jail was set up because he was black.
Or the fact that the white supremacist's group was no better than a minority group that they were against and preached about being against, yet, as stated at the dinner table when the moms boyfriend/teacher was there, this white supremacist group was causing all the crime and chaos in the town and not the minorities.
I'd be good if someone could explain this to me, before I become even more confused. It just left me with more questions than a stand on an issue.
Not to mention I chose to watch this movie today, other than the ten years its been out, and it has two current events talked about. I found that freaky and odd. Danny tells Hilary Rodham Clinton to fuck off because racial equality will never happen. And Derek and his friend were discussing the Lakers and Celtics dynasties, and now they're back in the Finals for the first time in 25 years, 10 years after the movie was made, the same week I chose to watch it.
