i've seen better

Rating: 6/10 (12 October 2005)

first of all, allow me to say that i liked this movie. it was pretty good. i do not see how people are freaking out about how great it was. i was out of the country when it came out and all i heard from anyone who saw it was that it was awesome. it was good, but not worthy of all the praise it's getting. i just did not like the constant assertions that everyone is really racist. sure, people think different things about different races, but not everyone is a hard-core racist. i live in new york city, where all kinds of people live together, work together, and exchange dirty looks on the subway. my opinion is that the racism in this movie was forced, and most people's 'racist' tendencies exist in their minds, but when confronted with an actual person, most people are pretty good about just evaluating that particular person. i also think that ryan philippe is a horrible actor.