Norton is brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 1999)

Tonight I saw "American History X" for the second time at the movie theater. I have been looking forward to it since I last saw AHX in March this year (this is also my second comment on AHX).
Well, so what did I think the second time? I have thought about AHX a lot since I saw it last, and it lived up to my memories of it. AHX is without a doubt one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. The experience of watching this film completely drains me, I get very emotionally involved in what happens to the Vinyard family (Derek and Danny in particular, of course). I could go on and on about how brilliant this film, but I will try to keep it short; I have nothing bad to say about this film, some of the flaws that other people has brought up here at IMDb is too small for me to care about, I'm aware of a few of these flaws but as the film is so powerful and brilliant I just don't care about that. A movie is not only about what is there in the script, it's about what you feel when you watch it, and AHX will definitely make you feel something.
Edward Furlong is very good in this film, it's probably his best performance ever, I do believe that he's even better than he was in "American Heart".
Edward Norton is absolutely brilliant! His performance as Derek Vinyard is awe-inspiring, how he did not win the Oscar he was nominated for is beyond me. Not only is his performance awe-inspiring, it's almost surreal as well, because how could anyone be that good? Edward Norton is one of the reasons to watch this film. Even if the premise does not seem interesting to you I think you should see AHX anyway because Norton's performance will blow you away.
(10/10)