Joel Aguirre Yes. You go from hating Willoughby to liking him and from hating Dixon to being empathetic with him and disliking Mildred for some of the things she says and so on, that sure counts as taking sides.

Joel Aguirre I hated everyone in it

@jim hutchison you are most definitely not a parent

@jim hutchison look at your spelling man. You expect me to believe that you are 40 years old but spell like a 7 year old . I mean I know this is the internet but come on.

Yes, many, many critics messed up on this.

1one Bee Yesss, exactly! One of the few movies out that have "made me feel something".

yup true,fucking true.

the word Dixon's momma said to him,"Try" did kinda ....i did not know what to say. and there's more.

Agree! And not only does Dixon get burned- she perpetuated on him what had been done to her daughter which is a very intentional symmetry...how can people not get that?! The whole pt is violence is not the answer to violence- that is not real justice. The characters both in their emotional pain, were hurting other people around them

People are dumb. Also love sam Rockwell as a Nazi he’s really sweet. Check out jojo rabbit

I didn't like the movie. It was way too opened-up and, "make of it what you will" for me. Call me lazy, but I just wanted to be told a story and be given some sort of scripted resolution, rather than have to explore my own ideals, feelings and opinions. When it ended, I was like, "Are you fucking kidding me?!", especially when Mildred and Dixon were having 2nd thoughts about killing the guy who obviously raped and burned her daughter. Was it just a coincidence that the guy happened to do the exact same thing to a girl whilst on duty in Iraq, or was his commanding officer protecting one of his troops by lying about him not being in the US at the time of the murder?

Movie is shitt

Raghy78d why?

I agree. Thought the writing by McDonagh here was excellent.

The movie blows I don’t understand what people think is good about it

I'm with you, Roman. As I watched it, I kept saying to myself, "Who talks like this?" (And I live in the rural south!) Take the office assistant, for example...or Sam Rockwell's horrible and utterly improbable buffoonery...or Dinklage's lines as he leaves the diner...or Willoughby's discussions with his kids. Though McDormand and Harrelson did what they could with such a bad script, the rest of the acting in the movie was so bad. So overdone to match the completely overwrought script.

Raghy78d This movie is the best one in the 2010-2020 decade so far. (That I've seen) to think this movie is bad is to not know film.

DirtyDinner24 negative? People are liking it for whatever reason it seems it didn’t get enough negativity because it’s a terrible movie

^^^^^^ ayyy check out the 2 blokes above me with horrendous tastes that you pray you’d never run into in real life!

Roman T it’s not a bad movie it’s amazing don’t know what your on a bout

Kevin K If this was a movie made by Democrats there wouldn’t be a racist anti hero in it... You’re extremely shallow.

@@romant142 It's a fantastic movie.

Cathy Bates won an Oscar playing a woman torturing an innocent man strapped to a bed. So you can be nominated for an Oscar for playing a psychopath, but god forbid getting a nomination playing a racist. Sam Rockwell even has a change of heart by the end of the movie. 2018s off to a flying start eh?

I think it is more about the unearned implicit character redemption rather than "The film is racist" which, to be fair, is true. Dixon did a brave thing getting the DNA of that guy and getting beat to hell for it, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is a good person. I never thought "Gee, Officer Dixon is a good person", he's a complicated person that has some good, and some really bad, tendencies. To me, the bad outweighs the good with Officer Dixon. That being said, if he does win Best Supporting Actor (which I think should go to Woody instead), people will inevitably freak out over it and make it political. That would be tragic given how the film's message about "anger begets more anger" is so important to learn. But apparently, Three Billboards itself will beget more anger.

Politics influence life itself. Sports, Hollywood, and Business are all influenced by political decisions (tax credits, civil rights, etc.), so people tend to believe that they can use those outlets to influence politics. Politics is simply a debate on how humans should govern themselves and how the institution we establish to govern other humans operate. So when somehow has a platform, then tend to give their philosophies. The problem is that 140 (or 280) characters is not the best way to explain to people why you think or believe a certain thing. So then it's all insults. Even in 1 minute acceptance speeches, because you're gonna piss off someone.

The marginalized characters are undeveloped and serve only to suffer, forgive, and help the straight able-bodied white guy learn a lesson. They are depicted in a sympathetic light, but that's not the same as them being strong characters.

upchuckles Everybody in the film exists just to suffer, then forgive each other. There are not marginalized characters suffering and causing others to suffer, and there are marginalized characters doing both of those things. There are not marginalized chatacters who forgive, and not forgive, and there are marginalized characters doing those things. The movie treats them as equals of the able-bodied rich straight white guy, who is dying of cancer and commits suicide. They are equally bad people, who suffer equally. So you are the one picking out the marginalized, not the movie.

Devin Williams I said the same thing in my comment glad to see some positivity I love his insightful videos, I love his videos they start conversations and bring out truths and it makes you think deeper then the surface nice being able to agree with another fan hope your having a great weekend God Bless and nice to meet another open minded person!!! 👏🏽 🙌🏽

Briana thank you! It is so nice to know there are other people out there that can see eye to eye with me! God bless you as well. Keep spreading that love darling!:)

I keep making comments about this movie and then deleting them. Going in with a chip on my shoulder, and then seeing that I might’ve erred in presumption. I remember a time not long ago when calling a person “white” didn’t have the negative connotation it does now. How often can I take that personally and right the wrongs of erroneous character slights? I’m tired of trying to convince people I’m not racist. Just tired

Jose Sanchez I swear all of his videos are like that glad I am not the only ones it’s nice reading good positive true comments!!! I agree with you 150%

I agree fully,PC is slowly killing pop culture as we know it.The very idea that a film is “racist” purely because of its depiction of a character is ridiculous.That would like someone saying The Godfather trilogy is terrible because it demonstrates support of organised crime. PC has gonetoofar

I'm waiting for this movie!

And like somebody saying schindler's list is anti-semitic. God forbid we have main characters that do things that could ever be considered offensive by anybody.

Ricky Rushton It’s a very simple message but people are too blinded by rage to see it. Shows how spot on the film really is.

He wasn't redeemed by the end, but he was certainly on a path that could lead to redemption.

I think there was some redemption for him. Dixon like Mildred carried around so much hate inside him which fuelled his violent actions. His hate made him a racist person but when he reads that letter he learns that hate isn't the answer, that he needs to learn to love others. Maybe he doesn't fully understand this concept by the end of the film but no one changes overnight. I think there is a shift in his character when he reads that letter which makes him redeemable.

I agree that he began the process to redemption, but this wasn't his story so it didn't need a conclusion in the movie.

Dixon never did anything needing of redemptions, his violent outbursts are never selfish. He's trying to protect the Chiefs honor in all occasions in his own way. Violent tendencies don't need redemption he merely needed to stop going down that path. Which he did by choosing to get beat up by the potential rapist. People really over hype how racist he's suppose to be.

I don't understand why people believe that racism is a nonredeemable quality. Racism and bigotry usually stems from ignorance, if you cant sympathies with racists how will racism ever stop. The film doesn't try to tell you whether or not he has redeemed himself by the end of it. The film leaves it to the viewers interpretation and opinion, and in my opinion I don't think he fully redeemed himself by the end, as mentioned above no one changes over night, but I do believe he is on the path to redemption.

That's the whole point.

TheCreepypro - Have you ever considered using punctuation?

Briana I wish but sadly I feel people are always misguided lack of educating ourselves for the better. Nothing well changed 100% for the better.

omnitrix1992 I agree. He risked his own life to save the Angela Hayes file and that was his Redemption. I like the ending seeing how it let's the audience decide. Either way that man was a rapist and might have been involved somehow someway. It's in my top 5 of the year and I've seen it twice now.

But if the message of the movie is that anger begets more anger, isn't the idea of them killing the rapist a step back from the end goal? For me it's all about that cycle of anger and revenge, and the ending suggests that even after all they've been through these two characters still haven't really learned their lesson. It does leave it open that perhaps they might pull back, but if they kill him then the cycle continues.

David B Jacobs the ending is ambiguous We don't know for sure if they'll kill that guy or not They said they'd decide it on the way Personally I don't think they'd gonna kill him

Govind Kaushik I actually think they will because they're the most ruthless and craziest people in the movie and Mildred will stop at nothing to get revenge.

I concur , for me there are 2 options 1) it is that guy bit of a coincidence that it is the same guy that came into her shop, when they turn up she is gunna see who it is and waste the guy. Also all the charcters seem to be good and bad and make mistakes of judgement.....The black cop does the right thing all the way , maybe he made an error in saying the suspect wasn't in the country as told by a commanding officer , he says "He came back 9 nmonths ago" the murder was 7 months ago........... 2) the story is based on a true story , if you read that it seems that it looks like it is the Ex - husband , examine the ex husband in the film , it keeps getting pointed out that he likes young girls/women , has anger/control issues towards women , he burns the billboards

Yeah. I completely agree with this. I know so many people who treat racism as if it means a person is wholly condemned to hell for being a racist and while yes, racism is terrible, that doesn't negate a person's humanity. It doesn't relinquish their membership to the human race. It means they're a flawed person and flawed people can CHANGE. You can kill racism with kindness, not vitriol. Like it or not, you're never going to *solve* racism by shouting at it. You can, perhaps, turn a racist person away from it by showing them, through your fundamental humanity, that you're a normal person and that their impressions are wrong.

dunnowy123 Yes exactly, the way to stop racism is to help the racist people change not shun them

Jake MacDonagh some people change for the better of humanity and some for the worse for humanity.

I see you're a fan of Moose Blood

MovieJunkie ForLife How can you feel for any of them they all seem to be assholes

But that's just the thing. People, real people, make stupid mistakes. It's not all black and white. Like the sheriff for instance. He feels like he did his best with the case, he keeps Sam Rockwell's character on staff, because he thinks he has the potential to be a better cop, if not, a better person. Frances' character is grieving and it blinds her to the bad things she does, even though all she wants in justice for her daughter. They're not assholes (even though they seem to act like it from time to time). They're just people, moulded by their lives and the people around them, but they also have positive sides to them. Frances loves her daughter and her son. Woody loves his family and his job. Rockwell loves his overbearing mother and also admires, respects and loves his boss. We are all made up of good and bad parts. What makes us better is when we recognize our negatives and try to correct them and I feel all three main characters are trying to be better.

Dylan Harding Your correct! I had to correct people on that.

My correct?

Dylan Harding You don't seem cooler or edgy by correcting his grammar in that type of way, it seems pretty clear what the intent of his message was.

FUCK

No, it's not petty at all - it's an important distinction that many newly minted black nationalists/supremacists exploit - you *can* be racist af to a white person.

Yo seriously. Some of these self indulgent speeches turn my stomach.

That was the point of that discussion..

Well played bro.

@@TheAtZShow hey man the guy who visited the shop and threw down that rabbit at Mildred and the one suspected later whom dna is discarded is the same.so was he the rapist of her daughter or not?

Robert Jones What made it good to you?

Isaac Myers There’s an SD copy on torrent sites.

Wow, no respect for the filmmakers. SMH.

on my best list.

SPIRIT MAN STUDIOS Of the year, or of all time?

Connor Bonelli Now that’s a movie that actually deserves Merit this one was shit I didn’t feel for any of the characters ever

Devon the sneaker head No

In our hearts

The AtZ Show oh yeah forgot about that