Why boycott Chapter 27, other movies glorify death.

This is a well thought out post from IMDB. Wanted to put it out here, as it sums up most of our feelings as to why Chapter 27 is such a bad idea:

His family DIDN'T want this movie to be made. Sean Lennon has come forth saying he's lost respect for and is angry at Lohan, who has (had?) been his friend for doing it, and has labeled the film as "tacky". I'd put more weight in that, as someone who'd lost his father before his 6th birthday should be respected.

As for the list of movies you provide, they do not show the 'murderer's perspective' as the main focus. 'Bobby' is a terrible example to be used in comparison, seeing as how it glorified Bobby, not Sirhan B. Sirhan. The person playing Sirhan was onscreen for less than ten seconds showing his entrance into the hotel, then for about ten more when they showed the assassination. 'Pearl Harbor', though it was an absolute stinker of a film, showed the American soldier's perspective, and the reaction and tragedy of the events. As for the 9/11 movie, I thought it was terrible to do, especially since you KNEW it was for cash. The smoke from Ground Zero had been barely snuffed out by the time they made it. THAT was disgusting, and I never plan on seeing it.

Chapter 27, from every single review I've heard of it through the words of people who'd watched it's premiere at Sundance all say the same thing; it's crap. The performances are good they've said, but the movie as a whole does nothing. To connect a great man to a movie using JUST his killer as the main focus is wrong to me.

My own comparison, to you, is this: what if someone extremely close to you-- your mother, husband, wife, etc.-- was murdered by a serial killer, and despite your protests to "never speak the murderer's name" (as Yoko, McCartney and those close to John had requested) and your not wanting the film to be made of your mother's death, they went and did it anyways? And not just that, but they decided to set up filming *in front of your home* to film it? Absolute disrespect.

Respect the wishes of John's family. They did NOT want this movie to be made.

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