Replying to American History X

I watched this movie today, and for some reason I liked it.  Alot.  It touched me in a way that most movies don't and I cried, I won't lie.  The basic plot is that its a white supremiscist (sp?) guy is all into gangs and shit and was first corrupted by his dad, who was racist and murdered by blacks.  His hate grows and he kills two black guys and goes to jail.  In jail he realizes that blacks aren't half bad when his buddy (black guy) saves him from a beating.  When he gets out, he cuts ties with the gangs and tries to get his little brother out of it too.  It was a great movie, and I'll even give you reasons why:

Acting:
- The acting was sick.  There is one scene where the man character has just killed two guys, and he's being arrested for it, and he stares at his brother and the hate you see in his eyes (not towards his bro fyi) is fricken palpable. 
- I could really see the change in him during his time in jail.  It was planned out and acted really well, and it was awesome. 

Shots:
- Overall, the shots in this movie were varied and interesting.  The beginning is a montage of shots of the ocean, and at the end it links back to those shots.  Pretty cool eh?

Message:
"Hate is unnecessary baggage"
Dopesauce

I won't give away the end because that was the part that made me cry, and I don't want to ruin it.  I don't want anyone hating on me for being sensitive...okay, maybe a little b/c this is NS and I guess I'm asking for it, but anyways, it made me value my little brother and my friends and my life.  Pretty deep eh? 

Okay I'm done.../speech