american history x isn't as bad as i remember

[Captain Crocodile]

i remember it being very trite and very bad but it's just very trite and not that bad

like there are these moments like where the teacher says "and we will call it ... AMERICAN HISTORY X" and norton's character realizing black people are human exclusively by interacting with the world's most patient black people. the score is overwrought. the prison tropes are embarrassing

but you know everyone gives it their all. it's got some good grain. b&w is a gimmick here but it's at least technically well-done. some nice scenery

[Captain Crocodile]

the dialogue is atrocious though

[Captain Crocodile]

i remember thinking norton was jacked but he's not

maybe this is the difference between 2019 and 1998

[Captain Crocodile]

there's a scene i forgot about that was a family argument about rodney king that is just goddamned unbearable

none of it makes sense and nobody can make it work

[Captain Crocodile]

why did i put this shit on? because streaming services are our new hell

[scramble]

norton is just such an opie to be playing tough

doesnt work

[jalapeño ranch]

Bold move to cast not one but two actors from Boy Meets World as racist shitbags. Great casting on their part.

[Captain Crocodile]

Bold move to cast not one but two actors from Boy Meets World as racist shitbags. Great casting.

holy shit i didn't even register the dad

fuck

[PROBLEMATIC]

ethan suplee is just so goddamn big in this movie. he's a giant and terrifying as shit

[john plainman 2]

ethan suplee is just so goddamn big in this movie. he's a giant and terrifying as shit

I remember goibg to a dog beach in huntington Beach Californiaand seeing a massive dude with a huge swastika on his chest just chilling on a towel on the sand and it reminded me of Ethan in his truck. very inspired casting imo

[Daft Pun]

i remember ethan suplee being in this but not the dad. granted, i last saw this like 20 years ago

[furrowed brow]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

[john plainman 2]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

It's gleefully cruel in a way I had never seen before

[Captain Crocodile]

like con air the sentencing in this makes no sense to me but maybe that's cause i live in a post-stand-your-ground world now

[KALM]

i watched this recently for the first time

it had a lot of actors whom i'd only ever really associated with like one other major role

[virtuous]

In my minds eye Norton is absolutely shredded in this

[furrowed brow]

more bulky, i'd say

[Captain Crocodile]

this isn't especially violent outside of a small set of scenes

the curb stomp scene is alarming even without the curb stomp but in rewatching it's hard not to think about the mechanics of a death like that compared to the two other people shot in the scene

the school shooting seemed trivial when i first watched it but carries a lot more weight now; it's almost a throwaway, a dumb resolution that has a shitty cliffhanger about the reconciliation of white supremacy. it feels tacked on. this was released before columbine, of course

[Captain Crocodile]

In my minds eye Norton is absolutely shredded in this

that's a good description. like as shredded as a gym rat can get without juicing

but i remember him being yolked. he's not

[john plainman 2]

http://wallpapersboom.net/wp-content/up ... ory_x_.jpg

i think it's the size of his biceps vs his tiny head that contributes to the yolked memory

[Captain Crocodile]

he was in good shape

[jalapeño ranch]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

I remember being told the curb stomping had nothing on Godmoney, then I rented Godmoney and got extremely pissed off somebody tricked me into watching Godmoney.

[Captain Crocodile]

the tattoos in this thing look so unbelievably fake

[Captain Crocodile]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

I remember being told the curb stomping had nothing on Godmoney, then I rented Godmoney and got extremely pissed off somebody tricked me into watching Godmoney.

the problem with Godmoney is it don't want everything it just wants it all

[virtuous]

The chest swastika looks like electrical tape

[furrowed brow]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

I remember being told the curb stomping had nothing on Godmoney, then I rented Godmoney and got extremely pissed off somebody tricked me into watching Godmoney.

the problem with Godmoney is it don't want everything it just wants it all

Apocalypse Now for suburban teenagers

[Captain Crocodile]

i watched this recently for the first time

it had a lot of actors whom i'd only ever really associated with like one other major role

the lingering memory i had was Elliot Gould and Beverly D'Angelo both being uncharacteristically bad and I can now attribute that wholly to the writing

D'Angelo in particular just does the most she can. That Rodney King argument scene puts them both in awful positions and there's a breakup scene at the end that would have been 1000% more effective if we never got to hear the dialog and just saw the two talking from Furlong's perspective

[Captain Crocodile]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

I remember being told the curb stomping had nothing on Godmoney, then I rented Godmoney and got extremely pissed off somebody tricked me into watching Godmoney.

the problem with Godmoney is it don't want everything it just wants it all

Apocalypse Now for suburban teenagers

Doom Generation for people whose Blockbuster has rented out Doom Generation

[furrowed brow]

lol

[DatLostMan]

This will probably sound dumb, but the curb stomp scene is genuinely brutal (as I recall it at least) and an effectively disturbing use of violence

I remember being told the curb stomping had nothing on Godmoney, then I rented Godmoney and got extremely pissed off somebody tricked me into watching Godmoney.

the problem with Godmoney is it don't want everything it just wants it all

Apocalypse Now for suburban teenagers

"Someday this Warped Tour's gonna end."