Very best movie i ever watch

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Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's 2053 Madison, Rhode Island. The government's mandate is to make everybody average. The world exists in a 1950s Americana. Harrison Bergeron (Sean Astin) has been held back for 3 years in school because he is too smart. Everybody has an electronic headband dampening their intelligence. He gets paired up with the dim-witted Alma in hopes of having more average children. His doctor directs him to a headhouse of smart women. He is especially taken by chess-playing Phillipa. It's a setup and he is taken to the National Administration Center which is really the power behind the government. He is recruited to join.I can certainly understand what Kurt Vonnegut is driving at with his short story. However, the movie fails to think through those ideas and stretch it out fully. It's also a little smug deciding what is lowly and what is superior. I find some of the leveling devices a little too jokey. I would prefer this premise taken much more seriously and the story much more intense.

Harrison B. is a delightfully witty commentary on the constraints placed on the common man by government and sociological ideals. This movie is for the thinking viewer as well as an enjoyable flick to veg out on. Appeals to everyone. The kind of movie that will have you thinking and talking about it days and weeks later. The excellent character development will leave you feeling very understood and perhaps somewhat paranoid. It is an excellent movie with an outstanding performance by Sean Astin. The turmoil Harrison endures as he realizes his life has been one of blind acceptance of the propaganda perpetrated by the 'controllers' is a very profound message. His agony over the truth of what mankind has inflicted upon each other is a lesson well learned by all.

It's been over two years since Ive seen this movie and I can still remember it. the movie was just so mezmerizing, I couldn't stop watching it if I wanted to! I had to know what happened to harry. The movie was able to be depressing and funny at the same time, great tongue and cheek stuff. Its all in how you take it with this film. it can be precieved in so many ways. In short I loved it! this deserves to be a classic.

Ever since the idea of "Political Correctness" became stylish, I'vewarned that it was just the beginning. Such manipulation onlyleads to an increasing loss of individual freedom. It's a stealthyprocess that takes over the political organism the way a cancertakes over a physical one. The end result of such a "politicallycorrect" process is clearly illustrated in Harrison Bergeron. Theplot is simple, yet chilling in its display of cavalier inhumanity.Watch the movie for its unhidden message; enjoy it for its plot andturn of (tragic) events, but above all, learn from it – ideologies suchas political correctness and its first cousin, affirmative action, areinhumane at their foundation, insidious in their progression, anddecidedly real in their ultimate danger.