what if ur friend turned out to be a psycho?
@silver_shaddow (1204)
November 20, 2007 4:58am CST
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Mr. Brooks: a successful businessman; a generous philanthropist; a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect.
Mr. Brooks has a secret-he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him-until now.
Earl Brooks is a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall. But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood. Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife and daughter--or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all?
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FIRST OF ALL: this is a great movie. I havent seen something like this in so long. Cheers for Kevin Costner for doing a good job.
SECONDLY: I was thinking of how smart he is. The way he thinks things over and comes to conclussions is facinating! I cant even think rationally if i didnt get help from someone else. But this guy!! oh boy..
I was wondering..
1-if your friend turned out to be a "MR.BROOKS", how would you re-act? would u feel sympathetic for him or would you report him?
2-what do you think of psychos? are they really sick, or are they some sort of geniuses that world misunderstands?
3-Do you have to have an alter ego to think rational like MR.BROOKS or is it somthing gifted?
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6 responses
@mabelk (208)
• Germany
20 Nov 07
That's kinda freaky. I wouldn't even wanna think about having a psychotic friend. It depends probably on the level of their psychosis. If the person is already committing crime, I can't imagine giving this person sympathy. But for someone delusional or disorganized, they would really need help.
Psychotic can not be genius since psychosis is the loss of contact to reality while a genius is someone with great intelligence and exceptional thinking.
@silver_shaddow (1204)
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21 Nov 07
hello,
pleased to meet you.
I beg to differ. psychos are on a very HIGH level of intelligence like you wouldnt believe. learning to cover their tracks and destroying the evidence, as well as learning how the law functions requires long time study and concentration.
Mind you, we are not talking about just any kind of psychos, those who kill for nothing. We are talking about the kind who KNOW what they are DOING A-Z.
I really appreciate ur valuable contribution.
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@silver_shaddow (1204)
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22 Nov 07
well my friend..there is something that drives them. makes them "tick", makes them stronger. call it lust, anger or simply an urge. they do exist. and anger is the most powerful driver. with all due respect, we are all psychos if you look in deeper, into ourselves. we all have dark sides. we have sides that take control of us..they determine if we are good or bad.
back on topic..why do they deceive easily? cuz they dont wanna get caught. if they did..they will loose the pleasure of walking the streets and doing it again.
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@deadraven999 (1386)
• Saudi Arabia
20 Nov 07
QUESTION ONE:
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HOW WOULD I REACT?
Well if he isn't a murderer u know what I mean or real threat to the society or myself, then I won't seize my relationship with him but I may not get so much close, I mean I will be really careful but I just can't lose him.
DO I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM?
Well if they are type A as i described below, the answer is yes BUT if they are type B then the answer is NO i don't.
WILL I REPORT THEM?
The right thing is to report them whether type A or type B.
QUESTION TWO:
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WHAT DO I THINK OF GENIUS PSYCHOS?
(Some) and I say some psychos and weirdos might be geniuses but they exploit or use their gift in the wrong doing. They use it in evil things but WHY ? I believe Geniuses like that are two types:
Type A:
This psycho is genius but Sick. They are somehow sick, their brain can't think right. Right and wrong areas are overlapping or let say merged in a way that these two regions aren't well-distinguished from each other, so what happens is they use their intelligence to achieve what they see right or they use it 2 reach some kind of satifaction or security or whatever just name it. Meaning when he commits a crime, it is not clear in his brain that this is bad, because he obessessed with the objective we have mean and objective, let us take this simple example and please read it word by word:
A wife who loves her hubby so much that she is crazy about him she is obsessed with him she always follows him, she is always stalking him, coz she is always suspecious, she is extrememly jealous but in a sick way. Their neighbour is a pretty woman that she and her hubby say hi to everyday, she feels danger, she thinks this woman may seduce my hubby, she is crazy about her hubby so she comes up with a very complicated plan to murder that woman. the Scheme or the plan she perpetrated shows she is really genius, no one found out who did it or they might have accused someone else but she got that woman killed but for what objective huh? killing an innocent person just to maintain her man? but she thinks their neighbour isn't innocent, u see the point? Let us extrapolate and say she may kill her husband because she can not tolerate losing him or seeing him with another woman, see ??
The summary: So we have here is MEAN and OBJECTIVE. The objective protecting her man from other women and THE MEAN is crime, in other words, murdering other women even if they weren't flirting with her man or killing her man as she sees it would save her from seeing him with another woman.
So with this kind of geniuses I mean (TYPE A) we can say: The MEAN is overshadowed by the OBJECTIVE in the brain, once again the MEAN is overshadowed by the OBJECTIVE.
TYPE B:
They aren't sick but they are evil, period! They are genius but evil at the same time, let me explain: I mean he knows what he's doing is wrong, he knows what he is doing is against the Lord's commands and against the law but he is weak when it comes to the satisfying his desires and needs that he may commit anything to get what he wants, he could use evil to win a political or social position or 2 win a woman's heart and I guess it is pretty easy to find examples in real life like that.
QUESTION THREE:
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I guess (I didn't see Mr. Brooks) but people like that I guess they are gifted but don't use their gift for for the Good. U know each and everyone of us has some skills that he can excel in them and some other skills he will be just an ordinary. So usually those people whether they're type A or type B they shine in that particular skill they are gifted but unfortunately use it serve Evil whether they know or don't know that isn't the point here.
Phew I am done. Hey I stayed after working hours 2 answer this my friend :D
Thanx for the interesting and challenging post. Man, it rocks ... btw excuse typos if any.
@deadraven999 (1386)
• Saudi Arabia
21 Nov 07
My dear friend, if he isn't a danger or a threat to the society or myself, then we may call him weirdo and I guess psychos are weirdos but weirdos but with a problem. Most weirdos are misunderstood btw.
Thank you very much my friend for the best vote, fully appreciated. And the reason behind me spending the time and the effort on this post of yours is acutally two reasons: The post is a quality post and the post initiator is a quality person..
Thanx again my friend.....
@silver_shaddow (1204)
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21 Nov 07
My dear friend,
I really appreciate that you spent a couple of hours behind office time to reply to this. It means so much. and I am glad that I have a friend like you!!
IMHO if my friend was a "psycho" and this word doesnt have a bad meaning for me, IF HE IS NOT A DANGER TO SOCIETY, i would not report him and would try to help him in anyway i can. IF i did report him it would be for his own good. not for the good of society. society isnt always right and just is it?
u see, there must have been "something" that triggered that person to be this way. speaking of the example u rendered "the jealous woman" i understand completely. but that does not justify murder. and i agree with you.
if u asked me and i clearly know that you know, this world is a rotten place to be in and it is running out of good people to trust. Trust is almost none existance these days and I certainly agree with that.
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@citygirl (1080)
• Canada
20 Nov 07
I didn't see the movie but I can tell you if my friend turned out to be a killer, I would most definatly report him or her. I wouldn't take the chance that they continue to kill. I don't think it is gifted to have an alter ego I think it is acturally pretty sick. A genius I think not, it is a sick person who kills not a genius. I think there are much better role model that this Mr Brooks lol. Take care.
@silver_shaddow (1204)
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20 Nov 07
lol
i am smiling @ ur reply..u sound freaked out. .. One thing that interests me in this, is HOW much a psycho can do, especially the smart ones. I am trying to understand them better. and I am certainly not trying to take one as a role model. haha. I dont think of them as sick people..they have a message to send and i am trying to hear it. then my judgment takes place.
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@vikceo (1301)
• India
20 Nov 07
well psycho term is more vaguely and commonly used than actually it is? but if you find that there is some change in the behaviour of your friend so i advice to take him immediately for a psychiatric consultation. it is not only gud for him but it is good for your friend as well his other close people.
if he got some urges or compulsion to harm some body or even to him self then it may hurts himself and others to any extent. moreover psychosis can b treated earlier stages easily.
@silver_shaddow (1204)
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21 Nov 07
Hello,
You are absolutly right about the term "psycho" is over streached these days. What you have mentioned in your example is where a friend SHOULD interviene. thank you.
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
20 Nov 07
ha ha ha........silver shaddow, you know what , I think you should go to sleep and take some rest. Stop thinking too much, specially about psyschos.........
let me be honest.........I am not very intelligent and cannot answer your questions........lol, because you will only laugh on my silly guesses. Have a nice day.
@silver_shaddow (1204)
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21 Nov 07
id never laugh @ u.. but thanks for dropping by.
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@mollyrose (414)
• United States
28 Mar 08
Wow I loved the movie Mr. Brooks! It was very well done and Kevin Costner and William Hurt did excellent jobs. Now what would I do if my friend was a psycho I would probably report them. Psychos in my opinion are people who are evil and have no conscious. yes they are smart and thats what makes them more dangerous.