Great, little known, Oscar-worthy movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2001)

American History X is just a great film. It is one of my favorite movies, not because of the plot, because believe me, I'm not a prejudiced biggot like some of the characters in it, but because it puts the horrors and stupidity of racism and of being a racist. Every person (black, white, whatever) knows someone of another race that they don't like, maybe there's a bunch of people from that race that they don't like, and they tell themselves that they're not racist. It's most likely true that you are not. This movie displays how evil people can be just because they may be a racist.
This movie reveals a great truth: that hate doesn't help, it only makes you feel worse abiut yourself and makes people hate you more. This movie has a great cast as well as a good plot. Edward Norton and edward Furlong play great brothers and the rest of the cast isn't too shabby either. Rent this film and experience hate, and the poitlessness of it.