Undescribable Perfection

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Load of rubbish!!

As Good As It Gets

My friend, who studies psychology recommended this film to me as I love anything to do with how the brain works and the consequences that can come from it. I had a pretty good idea going into this film what it would be about. However, seeing it on the big screen was something different entirely. Just the way each individual's personality shifted and altered, and for some, adapted was a scary look into the capability of human beings, given the correct circumstance. The idea that we can take on another persona, and not always consciously depending on your environment is a truly staggering thought. While some may say this film was slow, it was a slow burner and I think that played to its advantage. If the participants went cray cray in the first ten minutes then it would be nothing to do with mind control, or authority or pure brain power. Not to mention it's entertainment value would be severely diminished. The acting was superb from each of the cast members. And while it was a lengthy two hours, time flew by for me because of how fascinating it really was. Scary to think this experiment really happened. Would recommend!

I watched this movie with my best friends because we were really interested in that topic. the movie is better than expected; we thought it is going to be something unrealistic, something a little bit trash, with a lot of violence just to captivate the audience. In fact it is not like that, it is quite "soft". Nevertheless there is a lot of psychological violence and degradation of the dignity. We paused the movie a lot of times because we really wanted to discuss about what was happening. We cannot tell if this is an accurate job but it looks like it is. I appreciate a lot the context of the seventies :they made a good job with clothes etc. It is unbelievable what people is willing to do. We can act like an beasts. I would recommend you watch it.

The Stanford Prison Experiment movie portrays a real-life event instigated by the psychology department of Stanford University.In essence, the department decided to conduct a social experiment within which a bunch of students would be contained within a mock prison and would either take the role of prisoner of prison officer.The students were made to 'become' the role, and the movie covers the progression of how each student morphed into the mentality of either prisoner or police officer. It gets very brutal, and is somewhat amazing that it was ever allowed to take place past the first day (it lasted 6 days instead of the planned 14).The movie is historically accurate and does a great job of installing a sense of claustrophobia and a fear in the viewer. Upon viewing, some of the scenes seem far-fetched, but quick research will tell you that the scenes were based on actual events.A movie that will keep you gripped and appalled simultaneously.

I love a thriller and this movie did not disappoint. The plot was basically a psychology lecturer (Doctor) get 18 young men to volunteer 2 weeks of their lives for $15 a day to be in a simulated prison environment. 9 become prison guards and 9 become prisoners.The prisoners are picked up blind folded and basically taken to a makeshift prison and the guards are in shifts of 3 that take care of the prisoners. From the beginning prisoners are read rules and they have been all told guards will not touch them etc.It gets totally engrossing when the guards realise they have power and they become sadistic and cruel and totally abuse the power given to them, acting out of character and the prisoners end up weak and their identities destroyed and taken away from them, 3 of the stronger ones coming to close to meltdowns and a breakdown.Such a good movie and to realise it is real made me shudder but it was totally interesting and I couldn't stop watching it. I recommend this film, its an amazing thriller and knowing it really happened makes it even more worrying.