Fruitvale Station

Well here, we go again, Excuses, Excuses, Excuses, but no accountability for your decisions.  Fruitvale  Station begins with some young  black men sitting on the floor of a subway station fussing with some police officers about the fact that they did not do anything wrong.  Police offices fussing with that face telling the young men to “SHUT UP” before I… Next thing you hear a gunshot and people screaming.

The scene in the movie change and we get to know a young man that has made a mistake with his girlfriend.  He is trying to explain himself but she is refusing to listen until he offers her a ring.  Then his day starts and it is filled up with excerpts of his mother and him in the past, and of him calling mom to wish her a happy birthday.  The writer wants us to see him in the light that he is and in the light that he was.  Well it works for me, I began to fall for his smooth ways, but at the same time, I recognize a temper.  The kind of temper that could get someone hurt.  This writer went out of his way to make us love this young man through his everyday rat race.  We all know about that, rather we want to or not.  The movie did not take too long to bring us back to the scene that we saw in the start of the movie.  We get to see what the first scene was trying to tell us, just when we see him make up his mind to do the right thing.  I became angry because I realized what was going to happen, and my thought were, why when everything starts coming around, something has to happen to end the goodness.

This movie was based on a true story.  After the movie ended, the director went on to show the movie watches scenes of the family and a picture of the young man that was killed by the police officer.  You know the police officer that claimed he thought he was drawing a tazor not his gun.  YEAH RIGHT!!  That is how it works.

Oh, man did I like this movie.  NO!  Life stories like this are not pleasurable and only leaves me in tears and very sad.  Not understanding why it had to happen that way.  However, this is a true story so I cannot stay angry.

This movie tells the story of a young man that has made a decision to change his life. The story begins with  a young man taking care of all his errands while he tries to find a way to by dinner for his mother. Oscar has a child and a girlfriend that does not believe that he cares for her and her child. Oscar made some mistakes in his earlier days and ended up in jail for a while. Oscar had an anger problem and that problem kept him in jail longer then he should have been their. When his mother stop visiting him, he decided to start learning and do the right thing, so he can go home. He made it home and he got a job. He started having some problems and was late to work. His boss fired him and would not give him another chance. He told his girlfriend he was still working. He told his mother he was still working. He did not want them to worry. He also did not want them to be disappointed in him.

It was New Years Eve and his girlfriend wanted to go out to celebrate. He did not want to go, he wanted to stay in and just be with his family. She did not understand. His mother did not want him to go, so she suggested he go on the subway train. She was concerned about him driving in that area. So they went and his daughter begged him to stay home. He promised he would be back soon.

Well they had a good time.They did not have any issues. While on the subway train back to their neighborhood, he came across an enemy from prison. They fought and someone called the police while they were on the train. When the train stopped they tried to get off an leave but the police stop them. They also stopped they other person (he was white) but they let him go and kept three of the black guys. Oscar was one of those guys. They did not have any evidence but they were sure they were the trouble makers.

This movie was another movie that left me angry and unhappy. I watch movies to gain comfort, or to get some laughter. This movie did neither. It just gave me another reason to be concern for my son that lives in Brooklyn, New York.