Boondock Saint's as an English assignment, or Why I'm going to fail my first essay in English 101 (597 hits)
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Submitted by Rage Mode (View user info) at 2008-04-14 16:40:43 EDT
Definetly never thought my first post on uber was going to be a shitty english assignment I just finished and turned in for English 101. I assumed my first post would be something of utter awesomeness that would awe all of you into submission, making you all want to kiss my feet and follow me aroudn with cameras and stuff. Yes, I suck at english, yes I know my intro doesn't match my conclusion, this is a rough draft and I wrote it while watching the movie.
Here it is, in all it's horribleness.
Movie Essay
"We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is, the indifference of good men." (The Boondock Saints) The movie The Boondock Saints is about two unconventional crime fighting Irish brothers in Boston that fell into the business that they continued to carry out. They decide to take it upon themselves to cull the streets of the more undesirable characters when they themselves are attacked at their home after a bar fight. The point of this movie is to show society how complacent it has become with the crimes happening every day, how the justice system can be easily manipulated to keep criminals out on the streets if they have enough money, and how average citizens can take it upon themselves to help keep our streets safer, although this movie shows an extreme approach to that situation.
The dark figure of crime, which is a term that describes the difference between actual crimes committed and crimes reported, calls into question the reliability of crime statistics that have been collected due to many different reasons. Part of the determining factor in the dark figure is the willingness of the victim to report the crime, whether it is due to embarrassment, having little to no trust in the police, or not wanting the offender to be harmed. Another factor in the dark figure is that the public, or witnesses, believe that the law broken is not a big enough problem to warrant being reported. If citizens everywhere took a stand and started reporting all crimes that they witness, then the crime rate would start to plummet as criminals would be less sure of getting away with their crime of choice.
Since the movie is about vigilantism, there are many criminals that make an appearance throughout the movie. As the police and FBI make appearances in the movie you realize that many of the criminals are recognized by the law enforcement officials as people associated with organized crime, or repeat offenders that make a living off of crime. The dilemma faced by the FBI agent who is tracking the vigilantes in this movie is, after the conclusion is reached that the only "victims" are repeat offenders and those associated with the many mafias, is whether or not the vigilantes are committing an evil act. Vigilantes are often looked upon by society as criminals themselves, as the act of vigilantism is to ignore the law altogether as it is deemed insufficient by the vigilante.
Any citizen can take it upon themselves to make our streets a safer place, though it would not be a good idea to take it to the level that the movie has. There are many organizations, such as the Neighborhood Watch, that help our communities become more action-oriented in crime reduction by patrolling their own neighborhoods, as well as not only watching out for their own selves and properties, but watching out for the people around them as well. Many people also believe that by standing by and doing nothing while watching a crime in progress is just as bad, if not worse than actually committing the crime. This is more of a moral obligation to do what is deemed right in the situation, as opposed to doing wrong which would be doing nothing.
Despite the fact that The Boondock Saints is violent and full of coarse language, I believe that it shows how big of a problem the indifference to a crime is, as well as vigilantes sometimes being morally right, while technically breaking the law, and subtly showing to the public that they too can become active in reducing the crime in our cities.
Alright, commence the ripping. I mainly just want to pass english 101, and I hate writing about subjects I could care less about.
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Submitted by The-Armed-Samurai (user info) at 2008-07-04 16:04:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by RageMode (user info) at 2008-04-15 23:23:54 EDT (#)
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Nice, 1 helpful comment out of 26 so far. That's better then what I thought. However, insults were lacking. Be more creative about my lack of literary skills.
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And you think you are the first n00b to say that?
You get creative and we will. Cunt.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-07-04 15:29:07 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2008-04-16 02:42:46 EDT (#)
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I'd give you a 'D'.
Submitted by RageMode (user info) at 2008-04-15 23:23:54 EDT (#)
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Nice, 1 helpful comment out of 26 so far. That's better then what I thought. However, insults were lacking. Be more creative about my lack of literary skills.
Submitted by NotSteve (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:51:25 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:46:41 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:44:22 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:41:07 EDT (#)
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I'm old and out touching.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:38:54 EDT (#)
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I realize I'm old and out of touch, but I can't believe they let you do a report on a movie for an English assignment. It's like letting someone dissect a stuffed animal for a biology final.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:21:05 EDT (#)
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Jesus. What college actually accepted your application?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:08:33 EDT (#)
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Not enough good games
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-04-14 18:07:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 22:52:13 BST (#)
Ranking: -2
I hated Viking: Battle for Asgard. It was gash.
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John Woo's Stranglehold is fucking mince and all
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:52:13 EDT (#)
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I hated Viking: Battle for Asgard. It was gash.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:39:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-14 22:38:00 BST (#)
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Coz if they are 18+ then I am afraid I will DEPLORE your educational system.
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Irony much?
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Perhaps.
OI! Are you having a go at my English Mister Bobby?
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86970
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:38:00 EDT (#)
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Coz if they are 18+ then I am afraid I will DEPLORE your educational system.
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Irony much?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:37:41 EDT (#)
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Apparently you are 18+. Thus - you fail.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:36:22 EDT (#)
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Dear Americans.
How old is this person? Coz if they are 18+ then I am afraid I will DEPLORE your educational system.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:32:08 EDT (#)
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You will fail. And it will be just.
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:29:53 EDT (#)
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Your pending failure of English class will not be entirely unrelated to the fact that you're completely illiterate.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:29:10 EDT (#)
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"We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is, the indifference of good men." (The Boondock Saints)
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If (The Boondock Saints) was an attempt at citation, you failed miserably. First of all, I imagine there is some sort of MLA format for movie quotes, and what you did is probably not it. Secondly, when citing, the punctuation mark goes at the end of the citation, so the sentence would look like this:
"We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is, the indifference of good men" (The Boondock Saints).
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:14:09 EDT (#)
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this sucks.
but i like the movie. and one of my first posts was about the movie as well:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/44242
Submitted by RageMode (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:09:48 EDT (#)
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Hm... Perhaps I should have thought of the lack of formatting on here before posting. Plus, I looked at my title. I did fail that. I -1 myself.
Submitted by SkullBiter (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:04:25 EDT (#)
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Welcome to uber.
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:04:14 EDT (#)
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This post is the perfect -1.
Submitted by adamleathertramp (user info) at 2008-04-14 17:02:22 EDT (#)
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+2 Since it sucks to get negative on the first post.
-2 Since this "essay" was absolute shit.
That brings you to ZERO.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-04-14 16:57:57 EDT (#)
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If your teacher is goig to think this is shit, why the fuck would you think we would want to read it?
Get back to class, Opie.
Submitted by jigglypuff (user info) at 2008-04-14 16:52:10 EDT (#)
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I got bored after the first paragraph
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-04-14 16:46:43 EDT (#)
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The phrase is " I COULDN'T care less". "I could care less" implies that you at least care a little about the subject.
And no, if you say it the "could care less" way is neither ironic nor is it sarcastic, its just idiotic and makes no sense.
Also this was gash.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-14 16:45:43 EDT (#)
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Boondock saints is a kick ass flick.
Your essay?
Not so much.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-04-14 16:42:47 EDT (#)
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I haven't read this yet, but I'll give you a hint- you could fail English based on your title alone.