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Sun Jan-13-08 09:53 PM
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American History X is on, and it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. |
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Sun Jan-13-08 09:55 PM
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1. the one scene that shows what crime put him in jail, awful, one of the the most cringe |
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inducing things i've even seen in a movie.
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Sun Jan-13-08 10:08 PM
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Edited on Sun Jan-13-08 10:09 PM by Rising Phoenix
I screamed.....I first saw this movie while getting my first tat...the tat had nothing to do with the screaming
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:14 PM
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11. I have to change channels when that scene comes up |
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it's too painful to watch. I feel it's my face down there on the sidewalk
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Sun Jan-13-08 10:44 PM
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3. Once again, Stacy Keach proves just how much he is a criminally underrated actor |
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Mon Jan-14-08 04:14 AM
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Sun Jan-13-08 10:54 PM
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The death scene in the beginning...
the "shower scene" in the prison...
the scenes where they play basketball...
they are so gritty and seeping with the hate of white supremacists, it makes it palpabale for the viewers. It is one of those movies that makes you think and stays with you after you watch it.
But I wouldn't recommend watching it late at night if you want a good night's sleep! (It gave me nightmares!)
Great movie though.
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Sun Jan-13-08 10:57 PM
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5. The ending fucks me up though... |
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Sun Jan-13-08 11:23 PM
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6. it caused me to shiver |
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very sad movie, I have never understood hate.
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Mon Jan-14-08 12:37 PM
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8. I watched the trailer and it seemed really depressing. |
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I don't think I will be watching the movie.
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Mon Jan-14-08 12:56 PM
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but a great movie and well worth watching.
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:07 PM
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Quality acting from all the players in that movie, especially from Edward Norton and Stacey Keach.
One of my top 10 favorite movies ever!
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:39 PM
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12. It really is a great movie |
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The original ending, was going to show Derek in the bathroom shaving his head again. The circle of hate is hard to stop.
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:50 PM
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14. I didn't know that.... |
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:58 PM
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deleted scenes and original ending.
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Mon Jan-14-08 03:18 PM
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16. That would have been a better ending |
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instead of the ABC afterschool special way it ended.
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Mon Jan-14-08 01:49 PM
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13. That movie is great.... |
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I saw it when it came out in the theater and I had concerns that Norton could pull it off or not, or how ridiculous and pat they would have to make this guys conversion in a 2 hour movie.
But they really did pull it off and so did he.
I unfortunately have a lot of experience with guys like him and that whole scene since I lived in an area of PA that had a lot of white power skinheads in the area and a compound of them not too far away. And the depictions and portrayals in that movie were pretty much accurate as can be.
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Mon Jan-14-08 04:36 PM
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17. Yes. Very powerful film, very well done. |
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