Saly's Response
I Believe I can safely say that this was the most intense movie I have EVER seen. The word scary still comes to mind every time I think about it. I think what scared me most was the fact that during certain parts of the movie I was thinking this can’t possibly happen. There is no way a person can be this cruel, there is no way police officers could be that merciless or stupid; only to find out at the end that it was a true story. I believe everyone would agree that the most disturbing scene in the whole movie was the rape scene. Although we were warned before the movie started that the rape scene would be graphic, I never honestly thought it would be like that. I have never felt so sick in my life from watching anything; and worst of all I kept feeling sick every time I thought of the movie (I could not eat for days after). The part of the movie that angered me most was the scene after the rape scene where Brendan goes to the police station and reports John and Tom, and the police have enough evidence from the analysis to incriminate them, but instead of going to get them they are sitting there asking questions that are not relevant to the case; like “why do you like to kiss girls?� How is that any of their business? How is that relevant? Why would that matter? There is a rape victim in front of them and all they want to know about it her sexual preference? That seems both unjust and inhumane. The part the really ticked me off was that the police called up John and Tom asking them to stop by the station the next morning, instead of going to get them and throwing them in jail. If the police would have locked them up instead of calling them politely they would have never gotten the chance to kill two innocent people. I believe when a crime like this one takes place all personal qualities of the victim should be disregarded. There should be reason why anyone should have to suffer through something so disturbing because of their sexual preference or any other personal piece of information. I think this had a large impact of the public because I believe that after anyone watches this movie, even if they don’t agree with Brandon’s life style, they start to feel sympathy for her. They see that no one deserves this kind of treatment and hatred.