This move was a trip. At times ported me back to middle and high school feelings of being ostracized, even though it was partly due to me being so shy.
Partly by choice, and party because I felt I didn't have a chance of fitting in (I also lacked confidence - and I think kids at that age can sense it!), I was content with my little tribe. Computer video games, exploring storm drains and tunnels 'round the city, building go carts, forts, and oh so much more.
I don't know if I was born this way, or if it was some sort of defense mechanism, but I just never really truly "wanted" to fit in with the cool kids.
It just didn't feel natural to me.
The cliques just seemed strange and awkward.
I didn't even really want to try.
Even when I went back to a couple of high school reunions, I still felt like an outsider amongst the ASB kids, the jocks, the cool kids, and all the rest of the groups.
And during college, there was zero part of me that wanted to rush a fraternity.
I simply don't feel comfortable around conformist sorts of mainstream groups.
I hate it when I feel other's have an expectation for how I should act, what I should do, and how I should spend my time.
These things are unsaid, but you can feel the expectations and the judgements.
So...back to the movie. :)
Yeah, an extreme example of not being accepted, being shunned, maligned, and bullied.
There's nothing worse than being outwardly shunned by a group.
We humans are wired to want to be at least included in some sort of tribe.
And when there's enough social proof that one is a pariah, it makes one feel ugly inside.
It's a survival thing I guess.
This movie was great in that it made me feel empty, sad, icky inside.