American History X

So I can't let this semester end without reviewing one or two of my favorite movies. For this one i will take a look at the film American History X. I have seen this movie over 5 times already and it's one of those films that i can watch once a year or so and still really enjoy it. The film is about two brothers in California taken up in the Neo-Nazi movement. The movie has some extremely graphic violence, which of course was awesome for me, being a guy.

 

The film was just very intense in general. I found myself angry at some points and really sad at others. The movie pulls your emotions in all different directions. The films follows an interesting format. throughout the film there are flashbacks which are shown in black in white. The flashbacks are all throughout the movie and they go back to important scenes, for example the brothers childhood.

After watching this film i became a big fan of Edward Norton. I felt like he did an incredible job playing his role as the bigger brother in this film. Norton seemed like the perfect actor for the part and  really made the movie in my opinion.