1)What message did you think that movie was trying to show?
Imo, this was all about the consequences of your actions. How sometimes loved ones can suffer for things we do.
2) I have never been to prison, but I have been locked up for a few weeks in a county jail. I would have to say that was a pretty fair portrayal of todays correctional facitities. My biggest issue with the relationship is, being that Ed Norton was a well known Skinhead, I doubt Guy Torrey would have been so quick to accept him.
3)Of course, there were more than just 2, but only 2 named.
Are you asking me if I realized that the crips were just as racist as the skinheads?
Just seems like a weird question.
Avery Brooks & Edward Norton are 2 of our favorite actors so we bought the collectors edition of the movie & in the extras the writers intent was to go much deeper than racism & show that hate is futile & non productive , he speaks of racism being a catalyst for many disenfranchised youth who have no hope , i think most viewers get the message about racism being fucked but miss how hate is equally destructive ,the character avery brooks plays talks to ed norton about how his hate in his youth caused his life to stagnate , i thought it was pretty deep for the character to reflect back as a man & see how hate held him back in his youth , many miss that message , i did until i watched the extras then the movie a 2nd time .
The movie may reflect county jail life but is highly innacurate about being incarcerated in a large prison , races dont mingle for the most part within large prisons & in many institutions a black & white man being friends can get both killed by the gangs , ive been in 2 of the largest prisons in the US & in both races dont mingle or cohabitate , inmates are segregated by the prison staff as much as possible , imo the forced segragation in prisons only creates more hate between the races & teaches people to be hate mongers or racists when they get out , i think the movie failed to show how the institutions create racists .
The 2nd racist gang i was speaking about wasnt the crips , thats pretty self explainatory in the movie , the 2nd gang most viewers miss is the Aryan Brotherhood within the prison , most think its the same thing as the skinheads outside & dont realize the level of violence from the gangs inside dwarves the level of racial violence outside , inside racism is last on their agenda with extortion, prostitution & drugs being their main focus & that goes for gangs of all colors inside .
I just wanted to put some light on how the gangs in prison are so much more violent than gangs on the outside tword people of their same color , they aint your friend & will suck you dry , i think the movie failed to show how the gangs prey on their own race , the movie made prison seem like its an ok place to be & kids watching that fake prison shit glorifies being a convict which is dangerous for kids to think .
I think if hollywood is gonna make movies about that shit they have an obligation to make sure they show everything how it really is like the movie American Me tried to do .