For those of you who saw it, what do you think was the message of it? At first I assumed it was an anti-racism move, showing a man's change of heart, but the more I thought about it, is it possibly pro-racist? I mean, in the end, the movie shows that Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton's character) was right all alone, does it not? His brother was killed by a black boy for no other reason than the color of his skin and his beliefs? Is that not meant to show that Derek, Seth and Cameron Alexander were right all along? Then again, I find it hard to belive that liberal Hollywood would ever put out a pro-racist movie. I'm just curious to see what anyone who's seen the movie thinks.
2007-02-17 04:21:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
i saw it a while ago, but i thought that it was trying to say that the younger brother got killed bc he got in too deep and that their life of racism would lead to no good. it was like a punishment for the older brother, that he wasn't a better role model or a better person.
2007-02-17 04:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by mbs4174 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It shows the vicious nature of hatred. Even though, he had straightened his life out, Derek pays for his past sins by losing his brother to the very thing he espoused, conflict between races. Danny learned that hate by watching his older brother.
Also, you have the "eye for an eye". Derek killed someone, so someone close to him is killed. One of the most powerful movies I have ever seen. Norton is THE BEST actor of our generation.
Note after reading other answers: Anyone who thinks this movie has a pro-racism message needs to go back and watch it again. You completely missed what the film was saying.
2007-02-17 04:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by somathus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you are looking at the superficial aspect. It has a lot of messages: You deal with the consequences of your own actions, its experiences like Derek's that makes this world so stereotypical and superficial, hatred leads to nothing.
Furthermore, Derek's brother was not killed because he was white, or because the killer was black. Why can't people see that teenagers are put into peer pressure? And that everything starts at home (like ideas, opinions, education, etc). I think its a message of not contaminating our youth's minds with pitiless b******t like your skin color.
2007-02-17 04:40:08 · answer #3 · answered by lilirodal81 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought it was a great movie. I didn't analyze it that much. And I still cringe to this day thinking about the "curb stomp" scene.
When it was made, Hollywood wasn't as liberal (or at least as openly liberal) as they are today.
Slavery is a real subject matter. Movies are made about that and noone says anything. White supremacy is a real subject matter too, why should it take criticism?
2007-02-17 04:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only because of the fact what he mentioned sounded "agreeable" does no longer make it top. maximum hateful and racist statements made approximately different all people is clothed in good judgment and rationality. we could get deep in the middle of those statements to locate the senselessness and inhumanity in them. that's much less complicated to consider what Vinyard mentioned than that's to comprehend why that's misguided. as a result there's a growing to be sort of racists and skinheads accessible. quite hectic, to declare the least.
2016-11-23 15:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed!
2007-02-17 04:28:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
APART FROM THE WAY THEY DISS MY RACE YOU SEE HOW THEY FCUKED THE MAN, HOW THE FCUK CAN MEN WHO ARE SENSIBLE HOLD DOWN A MAN AND MAKE ANOTHER MAN FCUK HIM THATS NASTY THATS WHY IN JAMAICA WE KILL BATTYFCUKERS, BULLET BULLET BULLET BULLET FI ALL BATTYBWAY
2007-02-17 04:34:48 · answer #7 · answered by DI'MARIO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋