I loved the first movie, Green Street Hooligans so much that despite hearing the negative reviews and hype for the second movie I bought it anyways. I was a little saddened because it was nothing near the epic-ness of the first of the first movie. But I was surprised at how much I liked the movie.
While the movie had a cheesey story line and corny moments, it did follow the story line of the original flick, which I found refreshing. The movie also had at least two of the original characters and mentioned others. There was definitely the same feel to the movie in most aspects. And the most important theme was even included in the title, stand your ground.
The movie is all about standing your ground, in the movie its for your brothers and your football (soccer for us ignorant Americans) team. But I feel you can take this mentality into any aspect of life. The movie uses fighting and even killing at times to get this point across, and of course I'm not saying to go and punch somebody. But I do believe we all need to stand up to the problems we face everyday.
I feel like in general we all back down to people to easily to keep the peace, and there's times where we all need to ruffle some feathers in our surroundings. I don't think we should do it to the extremes of the movie. But in the realms of what is acceptable in society we should stand our ground when we are getting screwed over.
This isn't just about standing your ground, its about doing it honorably.
What do you think standing your ground is, what would standing up for what is right mean to you?
Liked the transition you made from the movie to the principle: Standing your ground. Good post.
ReplyDeleteProf. Scauzillo: Thank you. One of the best parts of the movie is the principle of standing your ground. I am trying to find the best way to make that transition in all my posts.
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