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Ronald is a Hero

posted 15 years ago by pocumtuck28
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Mrs. Wilby and Ronald are heroes, and we should all look up to them. In a suburb filled with affluent, superficial mindless cookie-cutter families like the Woods and the Mathews, with their airhead jock sons and vapid princess daughters, the Wilbys stand out as true American gothics. Ronald stood up for his Mom and defended her reputation, and she stood by him. They were a bit eccentric maybe, but they personified the traditional American ideals of loyalty, self-sufficiency,individuality, and resourcefulness. Here's to Mrs. Wilby and Bad Ronald, authentic American heroes, who should be an inspiration to us all. The suburbs wouldn't be such boring places to live in if there were more families like them.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

Absolutely! This film should be called "Valiant Ronald," or at least "Ronald."

The suburbs (and, frankly, the urbs) are filled with mindless conformists who care more about swimming with the "in" crowd than about creativity and artistry. Ronald was a victim of circumstance, and honestly, isn't the world a better place without that brat on the bike or the snooping neighbor?

I would be proud to have Ronald as my friend. He can hide in my bathroom and draw on my walls anytime!

[–] ridgerunner72160-609-362419 13 years ago

That's why I like living in the country. Can't stand the city. It's too crowded.

[–] edcline 15 years ago

Amen to all that.

[–] mamamiasweetpeaches 15 years ago

Misunderstood Ronald hahaha

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[–] slouchingpoet 15 years ago

I was really disappointed that Ronald ended up portrayed as 'the bad guy'. I guess because it was the 70s people still had a warm spot for the Brady Bunch fantasy. Suburbia is a tomb.

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (1688273) 14 years ago

Ronald wasn't "bad" in defending his mother, and he did not intend for the girl who he pushed to die. But after his Mother's death his mental state deteriorated- he was a hiding time bomb. The behavior of his vacuous peers and neighbors was disappointing, but Ronald was at best a victim of circumstance. "Bad" Ronald was no hero.

[–] jbaker1-2 11 years ago

In Jack Vance's novel, on which the movie is based, Ronald is bad. Really bad.

~ SPOILERS AHEAD ~

He rapes Carol Matthews (who's a bit older in the novel), then kills her when she threatens to tell.
He kidnaps, rapes and murders both Babs and Althea Wood and buries them under the house.

Ronald is not a nice guy.

[–] badponymedicine 14 years ago

"But we're the pretty golden people, we're perfectly justified in tormenting someone who is different, then vilifying him when he finally snaps and fights back!" These idiots make me sick. And America, for the most part, find bullying to be perfectly alright, and 'just part of growing up'...yeah, 'just part of growing up to be a murderer...'

[–] jefgg 12 years ago

Ronald was socially maladjusted, not bad. He started to slip into madness when he became totally isolated.

[–] OhmsLaw 12 years ago

At the beginning he does seem mostly normal, except for his fantasies which his mother tells him not to dwell on. I felt sorry for him when she had that little birthday party for him, she clearly was devoted to her son. He has to smile his way out of that cruel swimming party and goes nutty when that little girl starts taunting him AND his mother.

I think he goes totally nuts when he hears his mother is dead, instead of reacting badly he just keeps gnawing on that candy bar.

[–] bizzniss 12 years ago

I don't think he ever went "Nuts" at all. He had an over bearing imagination but no more than your average cosplayer and RPG player.

That guy who shot those elementary school full of kids is nuts and psychotic.

The moral of this movie is sickening to me. Young, Blonde, popular kids = Good. Nerdy, unpopular kids = bad.

It's like they were telling you to "Fit in, or ELSE!" lol.

[–] eamastro73 11 years ago

I agree with pocumtuck28!

I thought this was going to be a thriller- instead I found the Brady Bunch girls acting terrorised when everyone knows they would have loved the attention, but sought help for this poor boy who was cute and obviously starving and isolated.

Ronald was not just a hero, he was a victim.

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