this film is all Reich with me.

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2013)

without a doubt this film is the most emotionally moving film I've ever seen. The fact that Edward Norton did not win the Oscar for best actor only validates the bias nature of the Oscars and it loses credibility.Edward Norton shows a man with very strong opinions and how they are manipulated and form into this dark evil monster that he has to battle alone. Derek is character who does something very difficult even a morally sane person would struggle with, not just doubt his beliefs but confront them face on. we see this pure evil manifest into something even worse and yet he is able to gain perspective in jail. now this film hardly paints jail as a nice, lovely place were people go to find there moral compass but rather tries to show it as I suspect it really is; a crossroads for people to either gain perspective or continue to be blinded by there own ignorance. The black and white flashbacks symbolic of a world were Derek separated blacks and whites, beautifully depicts the internal conflicts he faced on a day to day basis only to show once he sees the light (represented by the return of colour) he is a different person still facing the same problems but his approach is different this is paramount and the anchor of the storyline. every character faces a crossroad but its only till perspective is gained will they emerge from this haze of ignorance and stupidity. this film is so down to earth it plummets to the core of the world it is illustrating and faces the monster that has left a trail of destruction, negatively influenced loved ones and physically harmed others, it does not wrap a pretty ribbon around it just makes you feel something and much like the characters in the film, leaves the audience with perspective and how racism manifests and who it affects.