Guest Blogger: Austin R1

Sling Blade is a very weird, scary, funny, and crazy movie. It is about a guy named Karl. He isn’t mentally handicapped but I wouldn’t say he is all there. In the beginning of the movie he kills his parent that’s like the base line of the movie. He was let out of the institution after 25 years all he had was some books the Holy Bible and the clothes he was wearing. He met a boy named Dwight he was 11 years old. Dwight and his mom let Karl come over a few times for dinner. He eventually got a job at the car shop and sleeps there at night. After hanging out with Dwight for a few months he has seen Dwight’s mom’s boyfriend and realizes he isn’t a very good guy and pushes the mom around, he also is an alcoholic. In the end Karl makes a very bad decision. Karl’s Character was amazing with the way he talked and the way he talked was incredible. Dwight was also very good his character was very young but very mature for his age. He was a very caring little kid. The theme of this movie is very hard to figure out it’s like just crazy what happens and you’re just so stunned to think straight. I would say it is, Don’t judge people by the way they look. One critic had the exact same thoughts about the movie a critic from the New York Times was saying the same thing as me such as how the Character of Karl was crazy good how perfect he played that character. Same with Dwight how mature a little kid that doesn’t have much growing up can really be a man. In my opinion this movie isn’t for everyone but for some it’s perfect. Yes it is worth your time and money it is a very interesting movie.