im sorry but this movie kicked ass
my ultimate "guilty pleasure" except, i dont feel guilty about it!
shareHey,I saw it many times and never bored with it.
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MovieChat Forums > The Substitute (1996) Discussion > im sorry but this movie kicked ass
Nothing to feel guilty about, my friend. This movie rocks!!
shareHey! I'm retired as both an Army reserve components combat arms officer and as a school psychologist. All but one of my 22 years as a school psychologist were in poor urban districts with high crime rates and drug problems. In fact, Ernie Hudson as Principal Rolle was a dead ringer for the Superintendent of Schools at the district where I was working when this movie came out (and that guy ended up leaving under a cloud over allegations of nepotism and other corruption).
This movie and its sequels are the ultimate cathartic fantasy for any military combat arms veteran who has ever worked in a poor urban school system. Take my word for it!
Mad Tom: I wish you and some of your buddies in the service would become teachers. These days with the teachers unions running things students graduate w/o any real knowledge of civics, English ("yo" doesn't count), history, math. Maybe a little kick ass action is what's needed. I got a few paddlings in my time (do you youngsters even know what that is?)and it discourages you.
But most of the male teachers were wussies and none of the women were hot! But I digress...
LOL... seriously? Do youngsters these days know what a paddling is? Can you say "child abuse"? How about "lawsuit"? There's no discipline in school anymore... teachers, principals, school districts - they all have to be careful not to hurt the students' fragile "psyches", or piss some pathetic-excuses-for-parents off... so instead, students are allowed to run roughshod all over teachers, principals, and school districts in general... what a load o' crap our school systems have turned into.
... the hardest thing in this world is to live in it...
Loved this film.
Liked the teacher's apartment building.
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Ditto abou the "guilty pleasure" thing haha.
"Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying." ~Baba Ram Dass
Catch the can, throw the can - how much does that scene rock!
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the can scene is cool. the student got all pissed, haha! but yeah i just recently rewatched it and it still rocks! What happened to Tom Berenger? Haven't seen him much lately. He needs to make a comeback.
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Tom Berenger was in Inception. He's gained some weight but still looks pretty good.
shareSame here. Great film.
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Yeah this movie rocks! Very good action-flick and Tom Berenger was perfect in his role.
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