Mean Creek
Went and saw Mean Creek tonight with Liz, Jeremy, Jamin, Emily and.....I think her name was Danielle. The movie was a bit of a downer, but it was good too. There's this kid that has a learning disorder and a weight problem. He's also bigger than everybody else in junior high cause he's been held back a couple years. Well his way of dealing with people is to be the bully cause that's one thing he's good at and it forces people to fear him. Well, George picks on the wrong kid, Sam, and pisses of an older brother. Sam, Rocky (older brother) and two of Rocky's friends decide to teach ol George a lesson. Well, the lesson goes wrong...really wrong.
This movie starts of by making you hate George. Then you realize that George is just a very insecure kid with no friends who is crying out for some positive attention. Then George realizes these people really aren't his friends and goes back into his defense mode which gets pretty ugly. A huge moment for me in the movie is when Millie, Sam's girlfriend, tells them to start the game. The game they're playing is truth or dare in which they're going to dare George to do something. Millie was the main person against "the plan" from the start because she didn't want to hurt George. However, she's the one who gives in to George's provoking and wants to start the game.
This definately isn't a happy movie but life isn't always happy. I used to be a sucker for movies like this but at some point in time came to realize that just because it's not happy doesn't mean it's good. If you saw this please leave a comment. I think this is definately one of those discussion type of movies.
posted by Chalupa at 9/25/2004 02:23:00 AM
3 Comments:
I liked the movie, because I like movies that stay with me. I feel that if I can't shake a movie or a piece of art, it's done it's job.
I really liked the movie too. Made me think about being a kid again and those really annoying kids who had no friends and how I responded to them at times.
I was wondering today what kind of thoughts a psych/soc person would have about this movie.
Hey! I saw this movie last week, along with "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "Before Sunset." I agree Chalupa that it was kind of a downer, but I also agree with Liz when I say that when a movie sticks with you, it was probably better than you think. Initially, I was kind of like, "this movie was a bit overrated," but now that I've had time to really think, two things stood out: the performances and the whole response by every character to what they had done. I appreciated the humanity and honesty and impulsiveness of these teens, and felt like I could see myself doing something similiar. Also, did part of you ever feel guilty for just being there and seeing what they did? I think by the last ten minutes, I felt so bad for these kids, yet also felt like I had been a part of it. Weird I know. Anyways, we'll talk more later about it though...too much in a blog post comment is never a good thing. (P.S. Kieran Culkin was, once again, fantastic! (did you see "you Can count on me?").
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