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the 25th Hour
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ThaPerculator
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Sweet movie. Bought it for 10 bucks used at Blockbuster. Could have done without the mandatory '9/11 memorial' shots tho. That kind of ruined the artistic integrity of the film. If he wanted to make a 9/11 tribute, he shoulda made that by itself, not as a 'forced' scene in a otherwise good movie.
this guy sums it up well...
Three scenes stand out as outstanding film technique. The mirror scene was great. It reminded me of Do the right Thing. I have read some viewers posts about the film saying that the scene was out of place in the movie, but I loved it, and felt it was the best scene in the movie. It is the inner thought of a human being. The mirror is talking not the character, Montgomery Brogan, (played by Edward Norton). He is not actually speaking his thoughts but the mirror is. It is a natural thing to have prejudice and racism, and the mirror is saying what a normal man does not say out loud. Ironically I do not think of it really as racism after 9/11, but more of a validation that different religions, cultures, ethnic classes can live in the USA, not necessarily liking the other group. The thoughts of hate exist, but it is unenforceable in America. There being so many different classes of people it is impossible to force the will of one group on another in America, as can be done in Islamic countries where the only religion is Islam, government is Islam, and anyone else non-Islam is outcast. Another scene that, I thought was genius was when Monty makes one of his best friends beat him up, so he can look tough going into prison. He believes he is too good looking, and it would be a weakness preyed upon in prison. Finally the ending of the movie Monty gets a vision (similar to Last Temptation of Christ), of what life will be like if he runs instead of going to prison. When the vision is over you see Monty being driven by his dad to? Knowing Monty's character from the movie, I would guess to jail. During the movie Monty seemed to accept prison better than anyone else does.
Three scenes stand out as outstanding film technique. The mirror scene was great. It reminded me of Do the right Thing. I have read some viewers posts about the film saying that the scene was out of place in the movie, but I loved it, and felt it was the best scene in the movie. It is the inner thought of a human being. The mirror is talking not the character, Montgomery Brogan, (played by Edward Norton). He is not actually speaking his thoughts but the mirror is. It is a natural thing to have prejudice and racism, and the mirror is saying what a normal man does not say out loud. Ironically I do not think of it really as racism after 9/11, but more of a validation that different religions, cultures, ethnic classes can live in the USA, not necessarily liking the other group. The thoughts of hate exist, but it is unenforceable in America. There being so many different classes of people it is impossible to force the will of one group on another in America, as can be done in Islamic countries where the only religion is Islam, government is Islam, and anyone else non-Islam is outcast. Another scene that, I thought was genius was when Monty makes one of his best friends beat him up, so he can look tough going into prison. He believes he is too good looking, and it would be a weakness preyed upon in prison. Finally the ending of the movie Monty gets a vision (similar to Last Temptation of Christ), of what life will be like if he runs instead of going to prison. When the vision is over you see Monty being driven by his dad to? Knowing Monty's character from the movie, I would guess to jail. During the movie Monty seemed to accept prison better than anyone else does.
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