This movies makes me hate White kids and their privilege…
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Royale55 — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 09:38 PM)
Negative. It is because of people like you that the orange man is a thing at all. Congrats for ruining the rest of this godforsaken country.
No, I don't post here often and I don't do social media. But I read all the threads. All the threads -
FieCrier — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 11:42 PM)
I am supposed watch this movie and think they are revolutionary geniuses because they are petty criminals?
I don't know how somebody can watch the movie and think that's the intended takeaway message.
The audience in the end is supposed to be upset about what was done and to share the frustration of the judge that it wasn't possible to have a more appropriate sentence given the magnitude of the crime (though as noted in another post here, there's a script problem in that the kid bringing a gun into the home probably would have made the crime a felony). -
letitiadionne — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 11:06 AM)
The film isn't at all supportive of their behaviour; I'm stunned that this is how you interpreted it.
It's clearly supposed to be very tragic what happened to Grainey; he's made very sympathetic, especially at the end.
On the other hand, the kids are portrayed badly. Ethan in particular is portrayed in a very negative, sadistic light and it's heavily implied that he's something of a sociopath.
Even going by the comments on this board you can see the general reaction to the kids getting off is one of anger and disgust. The gasp in the court room and reaction of the crowd is supposed to mimic the film's audience, whom the film makers will respond in like manner. The film, like
Eden Lake
, is designed to make you angry with society and our culture.
I don't see anyone- in the film or in real life- saying that they were right to get off free because they were white. Even in the film, the only people who praise them for being intelligent are the kids themselves; no adult is patting them on the back. In fact, the only time you see the kids with the adults is when they're getting told off for being irresponsible. It's clear that the kids often frustrate their parents.
I agree there'd be a lot of hate if the kids in this were black, and no doubt a lot of racist slurs. However, despite the kids being white you can clearly see a lot of people are really angry about the ending and that they got away, so your complaint is meaningless.
As a black person, I find it really irritating when people like yourself throw around the term 'racism' at any stupid thing or situation, when an ounce of critical thinking would make it clear that's not the case. All it does is annoy people and get them defensive so when real, actual racist crimes are committed against black people, society as a whole doesn't care because the term has been so watered down and used so often in a useless manner. -
jpkrunch — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 07:52 AM)
That's ok. The movie Menace to Society made me hate black kids. Or not. Maybe I can just be aware that there are different types of people regardless of race.
I would say my memory is not what it used to be. But I don't remember what my memory used to be.