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good movie, but.....

posted 19 years ago by ManOfAction8580
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This is one of those films the little guy will like. It makes rich country club people look like racist/child molesters, but the poor working class people are great people. I have respect for the working class and all but why distort the image of country club people? Good movie but their was an agenda behind it, and it was way too easy to spot really.

Overall- good acting and a pretty good story but the spin hurt this film quite a bit. I`d give it about a 6.8/10.

But if you`re a golfer, or if you have any interest in golf, then you would probably like this film despite the little hidden agenda behind it.

[–] julesquimby 19 years ago

..because in a lot of cases, people with great wealth, power, and stature, tend to have deviant behaviors. They prey on mostly poor, lower class individuals who are loners, and are needy in someway, whether it may be financial or social acceptance.

[–] ohmixmaster 18 years ago

There was no agenda behind it at all. Its a complex social commentary, and that's pretty much it. I'd be interested in reading the book to see if it is similar.

"Religion is the opium of the people" - Karl Marx

[–] timruf53223 18 years ago

I'd agree that I don't think there was an agenda so much as a movie to tell a story of how some people interact. The molestation plot was something that may have taken place as a country club the writer experienced. Having worked at a private - members only - club as a caddie, in my 40's BTW, I can tell you that all sorts of things went on. Affairs, some shady business dealings, people helping other members hide assets so they could keep them when they declaired chapter 13, all sorts of things. I felt that the movie was just showing some of that. What some may find offensive, if they are of that 'upper class' who can belong to a Country Club, is at the end in his commentary about where they play golf and the honesty of that.

I can tell you that at the club where I worked, which was in the 'near inner-city' of my town, with low cost property all around it was all white. While many of those who lived near it and worked at it were of other races, the members were not diverse at all. I'm not saying all clubs are like that. I hope they are not, but this one was. Perhaps the writer also experienced that. I heard racial slurs used very often.

So, I don't know. From my view, there was no agenda or a distortion.

[–] yonahcd 10 years ago

yeah, that's pretty standard for pc hollywood. the racist element, especially, gets interjected whether or not it's important to the story -- the writers/filmmakers patting themselves on the back for their keen perception and depiction of human injustice. usually the bad guys are white southern males, but "country club republicans" also works. despite that, gary sinise is worth seeing in pretty much anything.