As a kid I found this scene funny as a teen who’s been through hell in junior high and high school I find this extremely sad and heartbreaking. This is an example of how damaging bullying can be. I was bullied but not to this point. Some tormentors made amends like Gus which I respect, others forgot I exist and I’m slowly rebuilding myself again. This scene just hurts to watch now
I'm sorry friend people should at least try to be kind, but sometimes their peers around them pressure them to conform and be a jerk instead of a nice respectable person
Ok the feel be this one dude always getting picked on bc he had the same 4 clothes on for the entire year bc of this one dude who kept t bring him down
@Jesse Nunez we've all been there, I defended a kid that was a bully magnet (Boy and Girl bullies). ever since that day we've been good friends until he moved away for college. we still keep in contact on FaceBook and Messenger but he's been busy with his life.
I agree. As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
I gotta be honest with you. This scene always got to me when I was younger. I had issues with being picked on even by my family. This really always kicked me in the teeth emothionally. I can unstand Marcus's fear and hesitance that isn't shit you can forget especially when it's effected your life so dramatically.
Fun Fact Marcus Elwood was originally going to be played by Adam Sandler with his head superimposed onto a little person’s body but when Joe Gnoffo auditioned he impressed Sandler that he decided Joe should play Marcus entirely head and body.
As a kid I thought this scene was funny because "lol look at the funny little voice-cracking grown man playing with kiddie toys in his basement". Now it's both depressing and heartwarming to watch as an adult. I had my own personal bully for the entirety of 1st through 8th grade who practically got off on picking on me at any and every change he could, along with a bunch of other short-term bullies here and there, some of whom I even called friends before all that. Even though I haven't seen most of them in 12 years, and I think I'm relatively successful (stable job, getting into fitness, have stable groups of friends, have decent social skills, etc), I do see a little bit of myself in this. I do have my own issues/insecurities/etc that even to this day, I'd still blame on those shitty parts of my formative years. Also, even as a grown-ass man I'm a massive D&D/sci-fi/anime nerd who still collects toys, which is something I also see of myself in Marcus (though I don't play with my toys like Marcus here does, or think I can cast spells lol). There's that little part of me that's pretty sure that had things gone even slightly worse, I could have very well ended up like Marcus.
I agree. As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
Probably become homeless or if he has some kind of mental disability to a foster home, some kind of caring facility like a homeless shelter or an old retirement home
Saw this movie when it came out I was 9 then. I laughed at this scene at the time but now watching this again nearing 24 years old it makes me sad cause I got bullied a lot as a kid so I can kind of relate. It wasn’t just students a lot of teachers were just as mean to me as the kids and the few friends I did have ended up ditching me for the bullies so I had nobody to turn to. It’s been difficult for me to move on tbh.
Marcus ended in an institution as a child from when all the times Gus bullied him. That’s bad enough. But as if that weren’t bad enough, I knew a kid back in second grade, back in 1999, who had the hell beaten out of him many many many times by the principal for things he didn’t even do, much less were ever his fault. The boy was driven out of his mind so badly from all the times he had the hell beaten out of him by the principal, the poor kid ended up having to give up grade school and went into the loony bin. Sadly, the boy is pushing 30, and he still resides in the mental health hospital. Even worse, no word of it ever got out to the Polk Country Enterprise, let alone any source of media. Catastrophically, the boy’s mother and father ended up divorcing.
@@jessenunez7205 Yeah. I can only hope a relative comes along for him and takes care of him because he can never really have the normal ways to live life.
I never knew anyone who got that heavily bullied. Sure, I got bullied a lot when going to school but I don't think I had as bad as the person you mentioned. Sure, what I went through was still pretty bad. It wasn't till 6th grade till we got the teacher and staff on my side or something but that didn't stop bullies from bullying. I even had two middle school teachers that were no better. But even now or in recent times. I do feel like a magnet for bad luck or for bullying from internet trolls. So while I can somewhat relate to what the damages of bullying can do to someone. I ether knew or heard that others had it worse and it breaks my heart that bullying just hasn't stopped in life in general. There are even internet trolls who make it worse for others. I encountered a few over the years but most of them got dealt with or so. But there is one that still targets me today. So I can somewhat relate to these kinds of things but only on a different level. I met this one guy you mentioned that got so heavily bullied that he ended up in an institution. I do want his family to come and take care of him as he needs his family.
I agree. As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
for some reason I feel Shia Labouf Took this dude and his Peanut butter Pteradactyl and used it as the idea for the name of his Peanut butter Falcon Movie
Me too. As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
We all do. As a kid or teenager growing up. I was bullied a lot at school and sometimes in an old neighborhood we used to live in. The teachers often thought I was the problem but I was not. Some teachers tried helping me, my mom tried helping me. But once 6th grade rolled around. We finally convinced the school to be on my side but even that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I even had a teacher or two in middle school that were really obnoxious and corrupt that I was unfortunate enough to have them as a teacher. I got along with most of my teachers and I had friends growing up. But I did have a slight learning disability which made some classes a bit hard. But in all honesty. My dad, his side of the family were dysfunctional and they apparently were no better, and later, my dad got remarried and even the stepmom was no better. One day I eventually moved in with my birth mother permanently to get away from my dad, his crazy second wife and his insane side of the family. But even though we convinced the school and teachers I had from 6th grade till I graduated to be on my side. Still, that didn't stop the bullies from bullying. I will be honest that I never got along with my older sister. It's hard to tell which one of us was a guilty person because I believe I harbored a jealousy against my older sister because my dad and his side of the family did more for her but they did little to nothing for me. Which is why my mom would be the one trying to make sure plenty was done for me. But even now, there are times when I feel like I'm a magnet for bad luck because there are some online internet trolls that bullied me and victimized me on a separate site which they've gone to devilish lengths to make sure they look like a victim and that I looked like the bully when I'm the real victim and those internet trolls are the real bullies. The internet trolls I speak of are still bullying me and I tried all sorts of ways to get them to back off but nothing works. So you could say that this film seems to feel like maybe it gives a positive message.
Not going to lie. When 9/11 happened. I was in fifth grade and our teachers had to sit us down to talk about what was going on in case we found out and they worried how we'd react. So they sat us down to break the news gently because we were only 11 or 12 years old at the time. I get you're only making a joke. But still, this scene is pretty sad and emotional since a lot of us can relate to his pain.
