I thought they were both good, but I liked how "The Stanford Prison Experiment" only dealt with one experiment. I think if this movie had only focused on the shock experiment and really dove into the "just following orders" excuse it might have been a bit better.
"I knew it. I'm surrounded by *beep*
The Stanford Prison experiment, this was to slow and boring
shareStanford was a great movie - the attention to detail, though not perfect (of course,) was pretty thorough. I especially enjoyed how close to the actual post-experiment interviews those shown in Stanford were. You tube some of them if you haven't - pretty much verbatim.
"I do not like mixing up moralities and mathematics."
Churchill
Both deal with important psychology experiments, but this one was better written, imho. I think a different movie MAYBE could have been made to deal only with that one experiment, and it's the most controversial of his famous experiments, but it's not the only one of significance, that is taught in college. I know that I recognized all of the experiments mentioned from sociology and/or psychology classes I took way back when.
I think that had they done as you suggest, only focus on that one experiment, an argument could have been made that other contributions he made to the social sciences were being ignored. So covering most of his professional life I think was a good idea.
I actually liked how it showed several of his other experiments, showing a context for his work and that he wasn't ALL about the one experiment. I didn't realize he had also done the "Six Degrees of Separation" experiment, for example.
I personally know someone who was a participant in almost the exact same experiment as the "how long are these lines?" one, in the 1980s. She was one of the confederates who was "in on it".
I personally know someone who was a participant in almost the exact same experiment as the "how long are these lines?"
Das Experiment <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>;, and Die Welle <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>; touch on similar issues of social psychology, and are arguably more powerful for being German.
shareFunny, I just asked this over on The Stanford Prison Experiment board. I have to say that this is my preferred film. To reiterate what I stated over there, this had a much more interesting directing style, captured the era well, and due to its intimate storytelling style it left me feeling much more engaged -- like I was a participant myself. The Stanford Prison Experiment was far too melodramatic and did not leave me feeling uncomfortable or disgusted, it just left me feeling like it needed a good editing session.
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Why don't you take a pill, bake a cake, go read the encyclopaedia.
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