American History X (1998)
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
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Why so much hype?
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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
hyped garbage
There are some great ideas and great artistic elements like everything that used to be filmed in black and white. And it is always nice to see that there are also films dealing with problems from the here and now, namely discrimination and racism. but the question is always how good is the movie but such films always seem to excite me as an excuse or excuse and not to torture white minorities in front of the camera.So I just went a few scenes too long, I found a few of the dialogues are completely pulled on the ass hair because skinheads are so bald. But I have to applaud the movie because it's the first movie of my life that actually showed racism in a realistic way.Of course, there are other films about racism but people are just ugly ass bones screaming. As someone who belongs to a minority, we noticed in parallel and this was perfectly captured in the film because the problem of most racists here is that they believe they are right because they are convinced that they have to help others and with their actions You achieve that. Of course I could still talk all the key scenes everywhere, the famous scenes like the conversations, the basketball scene or, of course, the curb scene the distance is more famous than the movie itself but I focus on the important. And say the film is very realistic and artfully decent but not really good I've been just as smart afterwards as before I've been as unimpressed afterwards as before, and I've felt less pity or anger than other films of this kind.
This movie is for some reason an 8.5 on imdb and ok i dont care about other people opinions everone has a freedom of choice which movie they like better but anyway there is stuff that is good to like about this movie and that is Edward Nortons perfonmance hes pretty fantastic in this movie and Edward Furlong was good not great but good atleast. The movies problem is that the movie is just so simple. I dont know what to say about this movie i was wondering to give it 7 or 6 but when i look at the dissapointing execution to a kind of a good premise this movie had. So i still recommend this movie for watching and i dont like spoiling movies cause i like people to see it for themselves. Overall a 6/10
One of the best movies i have ever seen, there are lot messages transmitted to those who still believe in racism.
One can change and roll back whatever his past for good. It has nothing to with the surrounding you live but within yourself. Every Man and Woman can change for good and be good. Its a universal message which this film is based on. That idea is taken to the viewers minds really smoothly but with a greater sensitive depth. Film scored only 7 from me as it lacked failed to emotionally grab the viewer as much as i hope. It talks to the brain but fails to capture the heats entirely. Nevertheless it is a fine movie to watch and rethink about ourselves.