American History X

great movie great actoing great story who agress this is one of my favorite movies cause one it has edward norton in it and he is just a cool ass actor and also it is a very intresting subject and a wicked cool death scene

I really like this movie.
I agree great acting, great story, great death scene.
It has a very strong topic.

very strong this story reminds me of a story my mom told me about sumthing she read ina chiken soup for the soul book where a neo nazi / white supremistis lived in a town were a jewish person moved in and was begging to be the new rabbi in the town well the wife and the rabbi got threating letters from this mang all the time and this and that and then they strted to pray for him and his soul and he had a swastika necklace in his hand and he got burned by it the same time they were praying but he got like sick when they were praying and they came and vistied him in the hostpital and when he got out he changed his ways just like derek did in the movie and actully converted to jewdism wich was kinda of a werid ending for such a hard core rascit u know but still a greta story

it's a great movie, but not in my top list

Originally posted by DeNiro
very strong this story reminds me of a story my mom told me about sumthing she read ina chiken soup for the soul book where a neo nazi / white supremistis lived in a town were a jewish person moved in and was begging to be the new rabbi in the town well the wife and the rabbi got threating letters from this mang all the time and this and that and then they strted to pray for him and his soul and he had a swastika necklace in his hand and he got burned by it the same time they were praying but he got like sick when they were praying and they came and vistied him in the hostpital and when he got out he changed his ways just like derek did in the movie and actully converted to jewdism wich was kinda of a werid ending for such a hard core rascit u know but still a greta story

Interesting.

yeah 👆-movie

i luv this movie it is one of my favs and always wil be

it's definitely a favourite of mine...it never fails to impress me even though i've watched it over and over again so many times. One of the only movies that actually made me cry.

That chickensoup story sounds hella fake!😛
They just makeup stories so people will buy them!😂

Yeah I like it a lot too

Outstanding movie.

possibely that that was fake but i dont know it wasa kinda of a cool story either way though but yeah and u use the same word as this kid at my school says hella and he also says what the fuzz

yeh my third fav movie after T2 and Aliens
Edward Furlong and Norton were great!

AHX is a very great movie! Edward Norton is a great actor in this film. I especially liked when he 'curbed' that one guy who was trying to steal his vehicle.

Plus Eddie Furlong is great as always.

Definitely Edward Norton 👆 ✅

I cannot believe this movie only had 14 hits for replies. Dis-A-Pointed.

This is a very, very, VERY good film. The Lessons learned, the message behind it, the issues dealt... this should hit home with everyone.

The acting was phenominal.. even Ethan Suplee did a great job.

There was a lot to take in with this film:

Prejudice, biggotry, redemption, forgiveness, racism... you name the socail issue, and it is in this film.

I watched it over the weekend, and my brother came in half way through (he still has yet to see it all, but I think he watched it today) and I said something that was, in my eyes, spot on in this movie.

"The sins of the father are passed on to the son."

Derek (Norton) had racism passed on to him by his father, as is shown in the latter parts of the film. Derek passes those on to Danny (Furlong), which is fairly apparent. Not only that, but Cameron Alexander (real name escapes me) kind of embedds the ideals of White Supremacy into Derek and the rest of his D.O.C. posse.

Which raises another issue. Is racism learned or innate?

So many topics of discussion in this film. And the curby is just morbid. The sound of the guys teeth on the curb still gives me chills.

I hope there hasnt already been a thread about this film 😕
I found this film very thought provoking I was wondered what other people opinions are of the film and how racism and hate are portrayed in it

Edward Norton's excellent in the part although the film is not as powerful in certain aspects as I'd been led to expect. The Australian ROMPER STOMPER tackles similar issues far more effectively IMO...

Romper Stomper was decent at best while American History X is a work of art. There wasn't as much depth to Romper (not saying that there wasn't depth, just not as much). Its best scenes were the huge brawl and the cops shooting the little boy.

A lot of people saw "American History X" as an ABC afterschool special. "Romper Stomper", eh, it wasn't so high on realism as it was on the consequences of this gangs actions, and failure to realize they are out numbered.

The SMARTEST movie to date dealing with this would be "The Believer". Ryan Gosling's best flick to date. Very, very solid indie the likes of which I recommend.