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Why didn't they just break off the friendship with Bobby Kent??

posted 8 years ago by filmcritic-16538
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SPOILERS.

For anyone who still hasn't seen this film, i must warn you that there are a few disturbing scenes.

Okay so this is based on a true story set in a small town in Florida or wherever it was, now why didn't the people in real life and in the movie break off the friendship with Bobby Kent??? Why kill him?? If they were scared to break off the friendship to his face, then they could have said it to him over the phone, what could he have done?? There were more of them and there was only one of him, if they'd stick together he really wouldn't have been able to do anything to them.

On the other hand it looks like it was psychological, they were so intimidated by him that they thought killing him was their only way out, they obviously felt like they couldn't break off the friendship, that's still no excuse for murder.

The scene where they discussed ways to murder him would have been better if they'd have simply discussed ways to end the friendship with him, they could have actually all went to his house or something as a group and told him to his face that they want nothing more to do with him, what could he do?? They could have done that in real life as well, simply confront him and tell him to stay the hell away from them, and if they see him around town, so what?! They can live their lives and he could have lived his life, but they were so psychologically trapped by him that they resorted to murderous measures. They had no right to take his life just like he had no right to abuse them verbally and apparently sexually as well.

They should have talked to their parents about Bobby, and should have gone to the police and got a restraining order against him. Maybe revenge was their only motive for killing him, it was still wrong.

[–] pfarnell 8 years ago

kay so this is based on a true story set in a small town in Florida or wherever it was,

not so small, Fort Lauderdale/Broward, about 500000, I think..about 30mi north of Miami..I've twice spent time there, most would not call it a small town in any way.

It was not really a matter of them all breaking off the friendship, only Puccio was friends with him, most other members of that group had barely met him, at least Ally willis and possibly both of the main two girls, had had sex with him..(I have heard that it emerged that Lisa connolly's baby is actually his, not Marty's, which is a bombshell if true) .

yeah, killing him was maybe retarded when you get down to it, doing it the way they did it certainly was, they were guaranteed to go down for it, and pretty fast.
The question most people ponder, more than if they should have done it, was just if he morally deserved it.

[–] filmcritic-16538 8 years ago

I see. The way they were carrying on in the movie made it look like a small town.

No he didn't deserve to be murdered, life is only for God to give and take away, that's why murder is a crime, people are not supposed to kill other people even if the motive is revenge, the best revenge that they could have inflicted was to go to the police and report Bobby on the rape and get a restraining order against him.

[–] pfarnell 8 years ago

It was on location, I'm pretty sure...if it was not Broward, chances are it was somewhere else in Fla..the malls and park and beach and stuff we see scenes in look awfully familiar to me.That's one reason it fascinates me, I have trodden meany of those spots.

[–] pfarnell 8 years ago

all round in seriousness just calling out and ostracising him would have been a better option to try , than butchering him in a swamp construction site and all doing time for it.

His father would have been stoked if they had..."Fred" (Farad) despised Bobby's friends, hilariously, thought they were dead-beats who were dragging --him-- down to their feckless waster level.
I guess they kind of were plead guilty to some of that, but he had no *beep* idea who and what his son was.

[–] frecklesandspeckles 8 years ago

Because they are morons.

[–] jdiz115 8 years ago

Because this a film to make white people with no real struggles in life seem like they have it hard. Give me a break. This film is trash.

[–] LOTRinger02 8 years ago

Because this a film to make white people with no real struggles in life seem like they have it hard.

Pretty much. These morons deserve to rot and be even bigger social outcasts than they already were for the rest of their lives.

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[–] pfarnell 8 years ago

Why, particularly ?

even if that is the outcome, why do they deserve that so much?

[–] Petrolieguest 8 years ago

Because that would be a lame movie.

[–] CinemaDemon989 (1286) 6 years ago

lol...good answer

[–] CinemaDemon989 (1286) 6 years ago

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[–] Nina (545) 5 years ago

I loved this movie and did a lot of research on this.
I read that in reality Bobby was even worse. It was said that he was a homosexual by secret.
I also read that he gave Marty HIV. If this was true, that could also have been a reason for him to kill Bobby.
Regarding the other kids... I think they just didn't have much to do in life.
But as for the two girls who also got raped by Bobby I can understand their will to kill him.