what’s an example of this
Michael Clarke Duncan in Green Mile
Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost
Eddie Murphy in Mr. Church
Edit - almost forgot...Moses Ingram (Jolene) in The Queen's Gambit
Most of the movies named aren’t white savior narratives
If anything Gran Torino is about a white man getting saved
And white people don’t save s*** in The Last Samurai lmao
This.
Last Samurai doesn't even refer to Tom Cruise's character.
This.
Last Samurai doesn't even refer to Tom Cruise's character.
its always annoyed me when people call it a white savior movie
I can understand how it might feel tone deaf that they have to sell the movie with Tom Cruise to explore japanese culture, but as a story its a beautiful exploration of Japanese traditionalism and culture as well as a story about self improvement and self forgiveness (always thought Taka and Cruise's nearly wordless romantic development was an amazing aspect of the film too)
its always annoyed me when people call it a white savior movie
I can understand how it might feel tone deaf that they have to sell the movie with Tom Cruise to explore japanese culture, but as a story its a beautiful exploration of Japanese traditionalism and culture as well as a story about self improvement and self forgiveness (always thought Taka and Cruise's nearly wordless romantic development was an amazing aspect of the film too)
Agreed 100%. Really great and well made film. Watched it a lot over the years.
This movie whips
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjMGyDV8kENeed to see this. Always makes me think of Gary Oldman in True Romance.
Can you still enjoy them after realizing that narrative?
Gran Torino was one of my most favourite movies of all time, but now when i rewatch it, it makes me
Grand Torino a white savior movie?
I just remember Clint being racist af thinking he prolly like that IRL
Grand Torino a white savior movie?
I just remember Clint being racist af thinking he prolly like that IRL
dude gets himself killed by the gang to save the asian kid and his family from getting extorted by the gang or some s*** like that
all the white users itt exposing themselves by getting offended acting like this isn't a thing
Literally a true story lmao
its been well documented since 2009 that a whole lot of the s*** in the movie was fabricated by Hollywood
they f***ing teach him how to play football in the movie, sandra bullocks character to be exact
bull already had scouts looking at him well before he met that family 😂
its been well documented since 2009 that a whole lot of the s*** in the movie was fabricated by Hollywood
they f***ing teach him how to play football in the movie, sandra bullocks character to be exact
bull already had scouts looking at him well before he met that family 😂
True. You can tell how dramatized Sandra’s character was
Was hella cartoonish