What a poorly written pos this movie was.
You have to think of WHY kids become bullies in the first place. It's because either they themselves are tortured at home or their parents merely raise vain little brats. (i.e. Yuppie parents that think buying their kids everything can replace actual parenting.)
Take issues with the parents that create these little monsters, whether it's through abuse or vain neglect, not the bullies themselves.
Sure. Bad people do very bad things. They get their just desserts and the audience cheers. This movie loses some of that since the bad guys inflicted almost all the suffering they had intended to, and were going to kill themselves anyway. Nobody was saved bar the guy whose tongue was about to be cut off.
Was pretty satisfying when the veteran offed to two crazies in the wood, but that's about it.
So because they're abused at home, it's an excuse to bully others? Please. I was abused and so were my friends, yet we were not bullies. The ones that bullied us came from lovely homes with nice parents. Your argument is invalid.
shareI wanted to kill them, because they did not live up to what they were supposed to do. Cutting off a few fingers?! wtf, is this a joke?
sharePeople need to understand that this is just a movie. I didn't watch this to "learn a lesson". I'm an adult, I know who I am, I know what's right and wrong. Yes, there may be some young viewers who may be influenced by this, but that's on the parents for letting their kids watch this.
Also, yes not all kids who get bullied do this. I myself have been bullied my whole life, and have never done anything like this. I moved on, bettered myself, and maybe bullying even helped me in a way (doesn't mean I encourage bullying). But I can understand feeling this sort of hatred. Is what they did right? Hell no. We're all taught that two wrongs don't make a right. But...it's a movie. Just watch it and be entertained. If you don't like this kind of movie, don't watch it. It's simple as that. You have to admit that the early scenes in the film made you want to see the bullies get punished. That's what is good about a movie. It's fantasy. It's not real life, merely an imitation of such.
In the end, the loserkids feel bad about what they did. The only one who never stopped was the ringleader, who was clearly the most disturbed of them all. I mean he killed his own friend for helping the innocent kid, Curtis.
Anyway. It's a movie. Don't take it too seriously.
"Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time."
That was still no excuse to become a bully bullies regardless of how they are treated at home... they still knew it was wrong what they were doing. Especially Bradley he was the worse IMO he even admitted he did it because "nobody can stop him" Well the so called "freaks" wanted to make sure he was stopped!
I'm not saying I agree with what they did but I defiantly understand these kids pain. I was bullied in school and I never fully recovered. I really does hurt and effect your life.
This movie was supposed to be a wake up call to bullies.