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Who cried their eyes out???


I know i did. =( so sad.

I'm so adjective I verb nouns!

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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I hate ppl who say they didn't have much simpathy for Hanna? I don't understand how is that possible?
Hanna was never a bad person. She was only a person with hard life- we can see it in the beginning. Hanna is the one who takes the responsibility on herself and I don't think that's only because she is ashamed she doesn't know how to read and write. Hanna is the one who helped the boy when he was sick. Hanna is the one who went to find another job even though she was promoted in the old one, and I think that's only because she wanted to move away from the boy, so she doesn't ruin his teenage years. Hanna is very strong woman, stronger than many. She is strong enough to sacrifies herself for others.

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I hate ppl who say they didn't have much sympathy for Hanna? I don't understand how is that possible?


I don't think that Hanna is supposed to be a sympathetic character. She is supposed to be someone who did terrible things and for this reason we shouldn't really be sympathising with her.

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I don't agree with that. Hanna is a good person in every way.

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I wouldn't say she was a good person in every way.

On the positive side she helped a stranger who was sick.

On the negative she selected people for the gas chamber and stood by while 300 people burned to death in a church.

I'm not so sure about the other positives you mention. Taking responsibility isn't necessarily a positive if you consider that someone more responsible than her escaped suitable punishment.

About leaving Michael - it's not really a positive that she didn't say goodbye - it felt more like she was running away.

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She was a criminally confused person. Couldn't tell right from wrong, was meticulously following orders, no critical thinking at all. Didn't empathise
with anyone. A true Nazi bitch.

my vote history:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur13767631/ratings

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Actually, quite the opposite is true. It was laid out in the movie that she didn't join the SS because she was "a true Nazi Bitch" who supported the NSDAP's ideas but instead she just did it to survive herself. The fact that she was not the sharpest pencil in the pencil case lead to her making false decisions though, but - unlike a Nazi - she didn't do that because she had fallen for Nazi ideology.
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seems you're one of those folks who could follow in her footsteps. Dont worry, there are many folks who think they're nice but theyre only fooling themselves. Im glad the bitch committed suicide, good riddance, i wouldnt wanna be near one like that in a fascist state

my vote history:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur13767631/ratings

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I cried when she turned and looked at him after the court verdict and when she killed herself in the end.

"gonna find myself somewhere to level out"

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I cried when he went to pick her up from prison and he found out she killed herself. You could just feel his pain and sadness in that prison cell. Any crying was because of him, and not her though. Didn't feel anything during the scene where she killed herself.

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It was sad but didn't manage a tear.

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I did, but Michael sparked my tears, especially in the final scenes. This movie really changed my feelings about Ralph Fiennes (I did not like him much before). The young actor Kross, who played young Michael, was wonderful. Amazing, touching film.

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My one eyed member cried a lot

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Yeah, me too. I almost cried a whole river - just like whenever I'm watching The Notebook.

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"We're with you all the way, mostly"

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