thefitchboi
Other than excellent acting by most, story was appalling, tho based on a true event. the only reason i made it thru the movie was to see before the credits role, what the outcome was. ill avoid spoiler alert. i DO NOT recommend this movie AT ALL.
gavin6942
Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.Anyone who has taken a psychology course is familiar with this experiment, or at least the summary version of it. When put in a position of authority, people become the role they are given. The prisoners likewise become more and more like the role they are portraying. This in itself is interesting, but is only the surface.This film gets into the deeper story that the textbooks tend to gloss over: the nudity, sexual humiliation, violence to the point of torture. How the heck Zimbardo and the school did not get sued into oblivion is beyond me.
abelew-56369
(I don't think I actually reveal a spoiler, but just in case)Highly gripping and something about the 70s visuals as incredibly real looking (I imagine).I have a number of qualms with it, most notably the study leader. An issue others point out. As well as a lack of development or explanation on the guards, especially the 'quiet' ones.Perhaps some of it was due to the 60s just ending, or the selection of the actual participants, but I can say without a doubt that I would have acted very, very, very differently than those selected. For various reasons (experience/knowledge of jail, law, individual rights), mostly liability and that I've had the opportunity to be the only one in large groups to not be brainwashed/convinced I'm wrong.That is really my biggest qualm, I find it very hard to imagine people allowing themselves to be abused so easily and to not physically take control of their lives over the captors. Guards/Warden, etc.I mean, it's 3 guys to a 'cell', which does not have anything besides a cot. No water. No toilet. No tp, it seems. Something as simple as going to the bathroom is not addressed until about 70% of the way through the movie.Anyways, now to experience other media productions, and the real footage!
Harrison Tweed (Top Dawg)
Very interesting movie based on actual events.The actors all did their part, and were excellent in their roles, but I felt the direction and pace was a little slow.I also found it interesting that this (The Stanford Prison Experiment) is a case study for Psych students.It would have been nice to explain what effects these results had in today's society.Nevertheless, an enjoyable movie, I recommend to all.8/10 from me!
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