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[dreamjoy]

i have another movie to recommend to all of you

the film 'the time to kill'
have you watched it
it presents the conflict between black and white
maybe someone will reckon that it is a old topic,however,
the character's performance are excellent.
it shows great determination thereby we just cannot resist loving this film
if there is one who has watched this film please submit a reply
i personally will appreciate this

[shogo122]

Hi I am Shogonator from Japan. I�ve watched the film and I also think it is an excellent movie. It made me think seriously about the problems of discrimination by color of skin and rapes. Actually I watched it in my high school days. In class we discussed if Carl Lee is guilty. In my opinion, he is guilty, because he was not insane when he shot 2 white men and a police. Whatever the reason is, it is just a murder. Of course I sympathize with him. But if I was in same situation as him, I�ll act just like Carl. Now, tell me your opinion please?

[dreamjoy]

i am sorry that i post this reply so late, as actually i received your comments on the film last week. i have so much work to finish in may that i spent very little time logging onto the website.
after reading your comments, i have got your points. actually when i watched the film, i thought that was really a complicated case , especially when it was set in the mixed problem of conflict between whites and blacks.
i think carl lee was guilty. on this point, i agree with you. though his daughter was raped by two white evils and badly injured by them he should not conduct his revenge in that way. when he took gun shooting the two evils, meanwhile, he shot his friend.
however, though i think he was guilty, that doesnot mean i don't understand his action. being a father, he had the responsibility to protect his children.
the two evils deserved the shooting. after all they should pay for what they had done to the girl, who was totally innocence and naive.
carl lee should also pay for what he had done. i think if he was sentenced to prison, it did not matter so much, coz he had fullfil his revenge.
do you agree with me???

[iitimone7]

actually, the movie is called A Time To Kill