Let's talk about the hilariously bad basketball scene from American History X
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You guys have no clue.Missed the premise.
The Black & white scenes[Bball scene,curb stomp..] are being viewed in hindsight by his little brother as he writes the story for the principal, in his head he views his brother as a hero who always wins & he can admire.... thats why the Basketball scene is INTENTIONALLY unrealistic; Danny is viewing it through his memories and he sees his big bro[in prison at the time] as the hero figure but late in the movie when he is released from prison he has a clear perception of who his big brother really is, a convicted murderer.
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SwagKingKong
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You guys have no clue.
The Black & white scenes[Bball scene,curb stomp..] are being viewed in hindsight by his little brother as he writes the story for the principal, in his head he views his brother as a hero who always wins & he can admire.... thats why the Basketball scene is INTENTIONALLY unrealistic; Danny is viewing it through his memories and he sees his big bro[in prison at the time] as the hero figure but late in the movie when he is released from prison he has a clear perception of who his big brother really is, a convicted murderer.
Very good film - top 20. Looking back though I can see how this is corny.
As far as good scenes, my favourite was when Derek was leaving jail and the convo he had with his black friend from the laundry. One of my fav scenes in film history.
As far as good scenes, my favourite was when Derek was leaving jail and the convo he had with his black friend from the laundry. One of my fav scenes in film history.
Basketball is by far the hardest sport to "fake." I can tell whether someone knows how to play basketball after watching them handle a ball for about 3 seconds. Movies/shows where someone is supposed to be really good and they're doing that struggle dribble
This is why I hate basketball movies without legit ballers. Plenty of actors can play ball, sh!t cast them as extras. Between watching them dribble or that first step, it's atrocious if they can't play. Also, the black buls in the movie couldn't play either.
How is this movie receiving so much hate? The amount of tension delivered throughout every scene in this movie...it's definitely upper echelon of films. It makes my Top 50
It was a good movie....it def did a better job than any movie Ive seen showing how racism is getting spread on the low. With dude's dad always shytting on black people at the dinner table. People ain't born racist but think about how many white parents are talking about "black people only got where they are cause of affirmitave action" around their kids, what do u expect them to think after that. Racism ain't always gotta be on some neo-nazi lynch nikkas shyt to be dangerous this movie did a good job showing that at times.
yseJ
Empire strikes back
funny, because the movie is pretty much anti-fascist/anti-racist.
sounds like you're being one of those people who "wanted to add to the conversation"
yseJ
Empire strikes back
You guys have no clue.
The Black & white scenes[Bball scene,curb stomp..] are being viewed in hindsight by his little brother as he writes the story for the principal, in his head he views his brother as a hero who always wins & he can admire.... thats why the Basketball scene is INTENTIONALLY unrealistic; Danny is viewing it through his memories and he sees his big bro[in prison at the time] as the hero figure but late in the movie when he is released from prison he has a clear perception of who his big brother really is, a convicted murderer.
breh people still think movie is a glorification of racism, and u tryin to kick knowledge around here ?
funny, because the movie is pretty much anti-fascist/anti-racist.
sounds like you're being one of those people who "wanted to add to the conversation"
Maybe it wasn't your experience, but I remember when that movie came out, and then was released on VHS, lol it was that long ago..A LOT of kids I knew loved, who weren't maybe all out racists but definitely had those tendencies...when everyone just talks about the stomp scene, you know there some disconnect between the medium and the message.
yseJ
Empire strikes back
just because the movie is anti-racist/anti-fascist doesnt mean it has to scream in your face and be PC
the reason its a great movie is because it communicates the message in a powerful, but also very mature way.
it doesnt throw morals at you, just shows shyt as is... and a racist/fascists persons realization of how his beliefs were wrong, through his experience.
some people only remembering the stomp scene shows what THEY got out of the movie.
Somebody on :shohh: and posted a clip from another movie with some short fat white dude dunking unrealistically
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Superstar
You guys have no clue.
The Black & white scenes[Bball scene,curb stomp..] are being viewed in hindsight by his little brother as he writes the story for the principal, in his head he views his brother as a hero who always wins & he can admire.... thats why the Basketball scene is INTENTIONALLY unrealistic; Danny is viewing it through his memories and he sees his big bro[in prison at the time] as the hero figure but late in the movie when he is released from prison he has a clear perception of who his big brother really is, a convicted murderer.
Damn that went right over my head. I always thought the scene was BS but it makes sense now