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This movie blows. Directed by John Singleton and starring Omar Epps, this movie was about racism in an American collge. I watched it for the first time last night.
Totally ridiculous and unrealistic in it's portrayel of racism. I was quite offended by it as a white man, but I thought it's quite offensive towards black people aswell. EVERYONE is a stereotype in this movie. And it's done without a single hint of satire, it's totally serious. There are very few redeemable characters. In fact, the very small handfull of decent people in this movie have very small parts. One of the first scenes, entirely ludicrous, Omar Epps gets into an elevator with a white woman. The white woman places her hands over her bag protectively. Ludicrous... I know some white people act like this... but usually in dark streets. Not in broad daylight, in a college, on an elavator!
White people are constantly portrayed as cowardly. Like the guy that turns into a nazi. It's obvious he fears a beat down, and so he has to get a gun. Only when he gets a gun does he say what he really feels. And of course, the white guy he points the gun at gets on the floor immediately, but not the brave Omar Epps! Oh no, he a brave black man, and stared down the nazi!!
The campus security are, of course, white and racist. They grab Omar Epps when he tries to chase the gun weilding nazi. For some WEIRD reason, they don't arrest the gun weilding maniac, even though there are two witnesses (white and black) to the event. In a completely stupid scene (END OF MOVIE SPOILERS!!), the nazi ets up a sniper rifle on a roof and starts shooting students. Omar Epps runs into the building and starts kicking his ass, then the police come in... and what do the police do?? They grab Omar Epps and let the gun man run off!!!
I know there is racism in America, but this is completey stupid and unrealistic.
Ice Cube's character is ignorant, a bully, and a big jerk that never goes to class. But for some reason, he seems to be portrayed as a wise man that knows it all.
When a white woman gets raped, and her black friend talks to the white perpetrator on the phone, the black friend gets highly offended when the guy calls her the N word or something. The two women go off to the black group of men, and they go to give the man a beat down. But the black people seem far more concerned with the fact that this white man insulted one of their kind rather than the fact he RAPED a white woman. Then the white woman becomes a man hating feminest lesbian. This film is filled to the brim with clihes and stereotypes.
Stupid stupid stupid.
Totally ridiculous and unrealistic in it's portrayel of racism. I was quite offended by it as a white man, but I thought it's quite offensive towards black people aswell. EVERYONE is a stereotype in this movie. And it's done without a single hint of satire, it's totally serious. There are very few redeemable characters. In fact, the very small handfull of decent people in this movie have very small parts. One of the first scenes, entirely ludicrous, Omar Epps gets into an elevator with a white woman. The white woman places her hands over her bag protectively. Ludicrous... I know some white people act like this... but usually in dark streets. Not in broad daylight, in a college, on an elavator!
White people are constantly portrayed as cowardly. Like the guy that turns into a nazi. It's obvious he fears a beat down, and so he has to get a gun. Only when he gets a gun does he say what he really feels. And of course, the white guy he points the gun at gets on the floor immediately, but not the brave Omar Epps! Oh no, he a brave black man, and stared down the nazi!!
The campus security are, of course, white and racist. They grab Omar Epps when he tries to chase the gun weilding nazi. For some WEIRD reason, they don't arrest the gun weilding maniac, even though there are two witnesses (white and black) to the event. In a completely stupid scene (END OF MOVIE SPOILERS!!), the nazi ets up a sniper rifle on a roof and starts shooting students. Omar Epps runs into the building and starts kicking his ass, then the police come in... and what do the police do?? They grab Omar Epps and let the gun man run off!!!
I know there is racism in America, but this is completey stupid and unrealistic.
Ice Cube's character is ignorant, a bully, and a big jerk that never goes to class. But for some reason, he seems to be portrayed as a wise man that knows it all.
When a white woman gets raped, and her black friend talks to the white perpetrator on the phone, the black friend gets highly offended when the guy calls her the N word or something. The two women go off to the black group of men, and they go to give the man a beat down. But the black people seem far more concerned with the fact that this white man insulted one of their kind rather than the fact he RAPED a white woman. Then the white woman becomes a man hating feminest lesbian. This film is filled to the brim with clihes and stereotypes.
Stupid stupid stupid.
,and I swear this guy crossed the street to avoid me.
