American History X (DVD)

This movie has a VERY BRUTAL beginning that turns many away, to not finish watching. The shame of the whole thing is that they walk away thinking that they know what it is about. But, if they can be convinced to watch the entire movie, I hope that they understand what the message is trying to say. - (I don’t want to give the message away.) - I beg of you to watch it!

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Apro pros, isn't it? Look at our world today.

Has always been one of my favorite movies! Still for more than fifteen years I can very much appreciated it.

Good storyline, great acting, great cast that shows how a bad ideology and a bad decision has a ripple effect on not just you but those around you. This movie stays with you even after one watch.

Great movie if youve ever been to wayside i guess. Nae just kidding i suppose stuff like this goes on everyday somewhere on planet earth however 17 years ago in southern CA it was a thicket to be one of those superior white kids above all white kids. I mean there was no gang of white kids that had my back it was just the kids that payed heed to the movie to ostrisize (ditch or cast out) the other less valuble white kids that hadnt seen it or didnt careI love this movie but someone needs to tell them "hey man this movie was 25 years ago you need to put this stuff behind you and get on with your life"....ive been in and out of jail for quite awhile now. No there arent any white power gangs that control things in or out of jail....all a hoax or an idea anyways. My mom berates me for having a short short haircut claiming i advocate the hate speech and activites portrayed in the movie....no there are no white power gangs that pull the strings behind the curtain. I guess someone oughtta tell those kids they be s*** the f*** outta luck if theyre waiting to be rescued (by now anyways that was 1998 son!)The rape scene was exaggerated. They might have beat him up but the rape scene might have been dramatized for entertainment purposes. I mean yeah i get it. He was raped by his own people....Great movie, great cast, great story, but dont go to venice or long beach or santa monica hoping to join the white brotherhood....basically if you been watching the movie that long you be getting a different or wrong idea about all that i guess. I however was raped BEFORE jail so as to desenitize and delay any and all possible reactional countermeasures. I guess if we all said we were being raped at the same time it might denounce the value of our struggle.....the kid wouldnt have known it until he was 25 if he lived to make it. Gotta give him props for sticking up for francis from malcolm in middle....

We need to be reminded over and over we are all brothers and sisters. This is a truth we easily forget. Movies like this are good medicine for the sickness of not loving one another. Be well and thank god for the goodness that is in all of us.

Edward Norton gives a rip roaring hyper intensified performance as a nazi-like skinhead that hates anyone that isn't white. This changes when he's arrested for killing a black person in the streets and is befriended by a black guy in jail that keeps him safe and awakens his mind. Edward's transformation from evil to good is mind blowing because of his performance. When he's released he's a completely different person and many around him are either stunned in amazement or turned off. We know the ones turned off were the white supremacist's that had looked up to him.This film is almost Shakespearean in a modern day kind of way. It's poetic and philosophical and works because of Edward's performance, but he's also surrounded by some brilliant supporting players that enable him to do a great job. He's forever praised those guys from Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould, Fairuza Balk, Guy Torry, Jennifer Lien and Ethan Suplee. They all did a good job bringing this disturbing, yet ultimately transformational story to life.This was the first Edward Norton film where he was #1 on the marquee and movie poster. Before that he had blown movie goers away with his debut in Primal Fear as a convicted killer, then sang to Drew Barrymore in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I love You, then played the lawyer to Hustler founder Larry Flynt in the People Vs. Larry Flynt. American History X would solidify his status as a leading man that is also an incredible actor.Trivia: He met with Francis Ford Coppola to audition for one of his films as another lawyer in the John Grisham adaptation of "The Rainmaker" which later went to Matt Damon, but that was only because after Coppola listened to Norton's labor of love project American History X, he said, "You have to do that movie. If you do that, no one will be able to touch you or typecast you again." He ended up being right, since this is one of Norton's iconic performances that garnered him an Academy Award Nomination. He should've got the Oscar though, but it was another politically correct awards season.