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Still Relevent

posted 13 years ago by and_then_some
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I was wonder who else found this movie still extremely relevent today? The pressures of getting into university/college, finding new friends and hiding dark secrets?

While watching this movie I felt extremely satisfied at the portrayal of individuals in school and how they treat people how they are "different" than they are. It may not be exactly as this movie portrayed it (religion) but anything, race, personal choices, sexual preference.. etc....the list goes on and on

Thought, opinions, beliefs?

Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage and make a Northwest Passage to the Sea

[–] Moviegoer Dan 13 years ago

and then some,

"relevant" is spelled with an a.

The movie didn't get into modern politically correct issues such as the promotion of homosexuality, the being different issue was clearly centered around the study in anti-semitism. The movie may be a bit time-dated now in that anti-semitism at such academies isn't tolerated as it may have been back then. Aside from that, the issues of getting into the best colleges, finding new friends and hiding dark secrets are eternal issues that don't seem to change and would be totally relevant today.

MGD

[–] and_then_some 13 years ago

yeah i got that much for relevant...... just couldn't think of how to spell it....in the middle of University mid-terms at this point in time so spelling....sorry to say isn't really on my top 5 things to fix in life right now! hahaha and so goes life right? But yeah, I was actually surprised at how I could relate to a lot of the themes in the movie, not that I am Jewish. I am from a mixed race background and it's worse in an higher institution like university or even high school for that matter when you tell people and then all the sudden your a different person to them. I just was wondering if I was the only one who was really baffled by the link, or just felt a sense of gratitude that a movie hit the nail on the head more so than many "mainstream" box office films.

Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage and make a Northwest Passage to the Sea