Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

kaliningrad-87345 Ken Burns is a liberal. I have to say that from the onset. Now I can say that Ken Burns is amazing when he makes documentaries about the Civil War or Mark Twain. This documentary the Central Park Five not so good. I am aghast that Mr. Burns conveniently makes these five young punks out to be the victims. No they were anything but victims. They were the aggressors all over the park that night. One of them even said that he beat a man.The five punks were on a roll in the park, and they were committing a myriad of crimes. Back then this was called "wilding".A term for punks who go around hurting citizens just because they can. I have no time for punks who attack citizens that they do not know, just because it gives them something to do. I feel for the young woman. But of course she was a white woman so she does not matter in this documentary. If you are a liberal and you feel empathy for punks running amok, then this is for you. I am on the side of no empathy for punks.I feel empathy for the woman who almost died.

aabdulka-264-779634 Asma Abdulkadir WRT 105 Prof. Lebron Film Review: Central Park FiveWhile watching the Central Park Five, I was amazed to discover the inequality and injustice that happens to human beings, especially African Americans on a daily basis. It is clear that the producers and directors of the film aimed to be the advocates for the five innocent gentlemen who fell prey to our tainted justice system. The film revolves around five innocent men and their journey of experiencing injustice which prompts them to spend decades behind bars for a crime they never committed. The producers as well as the directors capture the audience's attention by providing real footage and photos that followed the unfortunate incident that left a poor jogger female sexually assaulted and beaten. They footages included the officers questioning the five boys on the whereabouts of the incident and the strikes that followed and caused an extreme tension between the law enforcers and the African Americans, all of which went perfectly along with the theme the producers were trying to convey to the audience. When one of the five gentlemen talked about the incident, there were visual images and footages that automatically followed. This helped me understand what they were saying (since I am a visual learner) and prompted me to engage with the subject as well as the film more. The film clearly portrays emotion in a persuading manner. It uses melancholy music and adjusts the camera angles by zooming in to the faces of the victims as they were being emotional and teary. This made me emotional as it gave me an insight to what the real victims were feeling while serving time for something they were wrongly accused of by the officers and prosecutors.

mduggan-706-994042 Korey,Ray Santana (and Ray's father) and the other Five are the stars of this documentary really. Their humanity and suffering is etched in their faces. The story of five innocent boys (14-16) railroaded into confessing to a crime they didn't commit by police and prosecutors that just wanted feathers in their cap must touch the heart of any parent of a teenage boy. That they are ever exonerated comes as a miracle--and has nothing to do with the justice system. Ray's father says it is literally the hand of God, and honestly, this is one of those things that makes you wonder! The best thing about the movie is the men themselves. The trouble is that for Mr. Burns it is all about the racial fault line between black and white. Does he think we don't have any dividing lines up here in NH? Has he noticed the trailer parks hidden behind pine trees? All white people, definitely divided. I lived in NYC in 1990, and there was another headline blaring then about a white mob killing an innocent black man. The prosecutors in that case were also falling all over themselves making political hay. A person reading the headlines in both cases (Bensonhurst and Central Park 5) would have their blood boiling within 3 seconds. Meanwhile, more and more people in NYC spoke Spanish, Hindi, Chinese. We actually all took the subways together and were often courteous to one another, trapped like sardines, while holding our tabloids which screamed headlines that suggested, "stick to your own kind." It was less and less about black and white, but the tabloids never got that, and Mr. Burns doesn't either. He's sort of a reverse tabloid. But Korey and Ray and Antron and Kevin and Yussef are extraordinary people, and I thank Mr. Burns and his daughter Sara for permitting us to know their story. And this is more complicated than anything Mr. Burns has made before, so everyone should see it.

Jacqueline Guzman First ,I would like to say that I have not watched this film, yet. I was privileged to know Mr. Raymond Santana in our teens. I also had an acquaintance with Mr. Salaam's younger brother in Isaac Newton Junior High School. When this happened, I never felt in my heart that it was true, or even possible from what I knew of these young men. I was shocked to hear of this film from my french professor in my college English class. I said to myself that this is so far from what these outside people live like, so they don't really understand the injustices afflicted upon minority men in the ghetto. I've always hated that this happened to my friend, but sadly I know it will still happen to many more young minority men. To all of my brothers: Please Be Careful! Educate Yourselves! Become Grandfathers :)