Jan 7, 2023·2 repliesI think alot of us forgot that in Pineapple Express seth rogan is dating a high schooler
Jan 7, 2023·1 reply
ElricWaiting for @Einfinet to weigh in first
@Einfinet weigh in, NOW
- Jan 7, 2023iCarly Japan2
@Einfinet weigh in, NOW
- Jan 7, 2023·1 reply
never seen dressed to kill so im just a spectator
- Jan 7, 2023·2 repliesOscar Winner
never seen dressed to kill so im just a spectator
you should watch it, it's incredible
Jan 7, 2023iCarly Japan2you should watch it, it's incredible
Is it really stylish
Jan 7, 2023the normalization and romanticism of cannibalism in finding nemo is something i still to this day can't look past.
Jan 7, 2023
hoopsplayer21you can look at the movie very simply as just a story about Jordan Belfort's life, which in that case there is no problem with it.
but, i do think the movie glorifies yuppie culture. Jordan does lose his family and goes to jail in the end of it, but most people I know who love the film just see Jordan as being a fkn beast who finessed his way into some good times and money and was boning margot robbie, and the only thing he got was a slap on the wrist. Again, this could just be showing how unserious our justice system treats white collar crimes, thus making it a reality. but i dont think that necessarily a good reality to advertise in a sense, nor do i think many took away that message, more so just that being a scummy stock trader is fkn sick!
thats more do the audiences fault for not understanding that Scorsese was not glorifying that lifestyle
Jan 7, 2023·2 repliesWould Kids be a god choice?
That movie is the only one in my life i can say wholeheartedly i regret watching
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyiCarly Japan2
you should watch it, it's incredible
im curious to know what @Elric viewed as problematic with the film
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyOscar Winner
im curious to know what @Elric viewed as problematic with the film
watch it and take a few guesses
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyRRRBBB
Would Kids be a god choice?
That movie is the only one in my life i can say wholeheartedly i regret watching
Yea i'm not sure if God would choose that film fam
- Jan 7, 2023Elric
watch it and take a few guesses
I seen someone make 5 guesses and be wrong lol. The transphobia one would of been my guess
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyOscar Winner
Yea i'm not sure if God would choose that film fam
I dont think the devil would either 💀
- Jan 7, 2023RRRBBB
I dont think the devil would either 💀
the devil made that film
sace 👍Jan 7, 2023Just see it without somebody’s prompt
Jan 7, 2023·edited·1 replyElricLet's ask @Einfinet since @HeyFella thinks he was so right about media literacy these days
I was just put off by the pathologizing of trans identity. I think the film folded itself into a context where it invites viewers to understand a correlation between the killer's violence and their confused sense of identity. I wouldn't really trust De Palma's relationship to that subject in general, and the execution was sleezy. Depictions of race were possibly questionable too but those details are hazy for me.
SO I agree with you on it being problematic but I'm unfortunately not invested enough to make a strong argument.
- Jan 7, 2023
So the debate here is "Art can't be problematic" or films cant be problematic because its art? @HeyFella
- Jan 7, 2023·1 reply
FellaYeah cause I think it’s reactionary and gross, but modern media illiteracy combined with convenient “progressive” framing allows people to spew it without noticing. If anything is problematic it’s the implications of what ought to be done in response to art that doesn’t perfectly align with your sense of how the world ought to be reflected. It’s one of those topics that genuinely makes me angry.
But isn't that what you're doing? You're implying what ought to be done in response to the art aka "as an adult you should be able to adjust to the sensibilities of the material rather than cringing like an embarrassed kid looking around."
- Jan 7, 2023·3 repliesRRRBBB
Would Kids be a god choice?
That movie is the only one in my life i can say wholeheartedly i regret watching
Kids is a film I refuse to watch
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyEinfinet
I was just put off by the pathologizing of trans identity. I think the film folded itself into a context where it invites viewers to understand a correlation between the killer's violence and their confused sense of identity. I wouldn't really trust De Palma's relationship to that subject in general, and the execution was sleezy. Depictions of race were possibly questionable too but those details are hazy for me.
SO I agree with you on it being problematic but I'm unfortunately not invested enough to make a strong argument.
Tbh the trans identity thing is a little hazy for me. I do remember blacks portrayed as roving gangs of rapists. I do remember the film having rose tinted glasses for the police. I do remember the worst writing for a female character I've ever seen which made me think DePalma never actually bothered to have a conversation with a woman before (suspected he didn't have any sisters and wiki proved me right). Most one dimensional bimbo imaginable getting up to some ridiculous bullshit. Dude had a masterly touch on film directly before and after Dressed To Kill so it feels especially
- Jan 7, 2023Elric
Tbh the trans identity thing is a little hazy for me. I do remember blacks portrayed as roving gangs of rapists. I do remember the film having rose tinted glasses for the police. I do remember the worst writing for a female character I've ever seen which made me think DePalma never actually bothered to have a conversation with a woman before (suspected he didn't have any sisters and wiki proved me right). Most one dimensional bimbo imaginable getting up to some ridiculous bullshit. Dude had a masterly touch on film directly before and after Dressed To Kill so it feels especially
Yea I remember the horrible writing for the main female character too. All of what you reference makes me feel less inclined to rewatch but I’m still open to his other stuff like femme fatale
- Jan 7, 2023·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Kids is a film I refuse to watch
its rough for sure. they even made a documentary about it recently
- Jan 7, 2023
Haven't seen kids in a long long time but I dont remember it being problematic? More so very blunt on a realistic thing that happens: teens running around having unprotected s\*\*\*with other teens and getting aids
I definitely don't remember the movie glorifying it at all, s*** was depressing af.