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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  Sadly, it'll be the 'mindless thugs' who repeatedly watch the film and find it inspiring. As the main character (played by Elijah Wood) says at the end (and I paraphrase) 'I learnt more here than I ever would have done at Harvard'. |
I disagree (again
). Who would watch this film repeatedly and be inspired by it? Is it those mythical males who might also be affected by sexual violence and go on a raping spree? Seriously, the people engaged in football violence don't see themselves as films like this portray them. They just don't see it. So no, I don't think thugs are inspired by it, as thugs rarely actually recognise that they
are thugs.
I prefer to be cautious about stating that films can influence and cause certain behavioural abnormalities. That's too close to Fermanesque BBFC thinking for my liking.