*beep* movies like this


All i can say is that movies like this brings back all the terrible things that happened in history and this only deepens segregation. These kind of movies just deepens awkwardness between different skin color people and tells younger ones that we are not all the same. I am not trolling and i am not afraid to say to anyone ,,go *beep* yourself'' if that person (whatever skin color or believs he has) is being ahole. Anyway i hope this stupid segregation ends soon and we all will be able to communicate equally like we were made to do it.

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What deepens segregation is people like you, who are presented with the terrible truth of the past that has yet to be healed. The past matters, yes, but only as a lesson to not repeat ourselves or to extend the residual effects of slavery that are till in play right now. Institutional racism is real in this country, directly, expediently, and totally affecting the live of African Americans. How can you not see that? Is it that the problem is still to big for you to deal with, so it's just easier to sweep under the rug? Or is it just ignorance and apathy that spurs you?

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All i see that every now and then hollywood likes to make a something like this just fill a gap in oscar contenders section. If i am ignorant then its a bless for me because that makes me imune to all the bs and awkwardness.

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Nothing to do with Hollywood, this was a true story that deserves to be on film, so according to you, we should forget all history good or bad, and not try to make decent Oscar winning movies... And it's "bliss" kiddo.

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I get that you want to sweep that bit of history under the rug in lieu of the positive ones, but no. Fnck you.

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It was reasonably fair and balanced portrayal, I thought, as much as one can expect fom a mainstream production. It sure wasn't some anti-white propaganda piece as far as I could see.

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To all you who blame me for being ,,another butthurt redneck or whatever'' i say: i was angry when i saw this movie and then of course i went to imdb to post my opinion. And i dont regret it because: in my line of work i see all kinds of people and everyone of them has the same needs and goals in life as me. I am a trucker and whenever a fellow trucker stops near me and asks for help i just help him or her(whatever a skin color is). And then i saw this movie and it (this movie) became a bad taste in my mouth because the other day i gave my last working light bulb to a feĺlow trucker (who was different skin color person) because he needed it and then he thanked me back and that was a fair deal because a fine (for a broken light bulb) is bigger. And thats that. I wont respond to any more replies on this subject because i feel i already explained my opinion and the saddest thing is: Brad Pitt won an oscar for this movie. How *beep* up is academy?

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Ever heard the phrase "those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it"? Films about slavery, the Holocaust, colonialism, and yes, examples of non-white-perpetrated atrocities like 'Beasts of No Nation' and the book 'The Rape of Nanking' are vitally important educational tools.

I understand your point of view, but you're wrong. You've got it completely backwards.

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What kind of idiot thinks remembering historical injustices actually increases segregation rather than ends it? Segregation survives wherever people think it's something that shouldn't be discussed.

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These movies are important.....otherwise we're left with the sanitized 'roy rogers' version of the old west where the cowboy always helped 'the right people out' and the 'bad people' were always driven out.

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