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it's bracing how much viewers hate Blonde. watching tomorrow night.
it seems a lot of people are going with that mindset before watching the movie, because it seems the movie is being pointed out as misogynistic.
it doesn't even seem that way -- it is overwhelmingly being described as misogynistic. anyway, i'd be lying if i said i wasn't disappointed to hear people whose opinions i value don't like it. but i'm still eager to see it
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gonna say "I told you so," but honestly, how could that trailer suggest anything other than exploitive to you? Seemed obvious that was the angle they were taking.
any movie about monroe is necessarily going to be exploitive. the question in how and to what end does a movie exploit her persona, image, history. i doubt dominik's "angle" was misogyny
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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Malloy wrote:
any movie about monroe is necessarily going to be exploitive. the question in how and to what end does a movie exploit her persona, image, history. i doubt dominik's "angle" was misogyny
you think? I'd like to think there's a way to portray her with humanity and empathy. I, Tonya is an example of a movie that did a decent (not excellent) job of humanizing a public trainwreck.
any movie about monroe is necessarily going to be exploitive. the question in how and to what end does a movie exploit her persona, image, history. i doubt dominik's "angle" was misogyny
you think? I'd like to think there's a way to portray her with humanity and empathy. I, Tonya is an example of a movie that did a decent (not excellent) job of humanizing a public trainwreck.
i'm not saying the movie is or isn't misogynistic. just claiming that's not where the intention began. from the interviews i read, dominik was obsessed with recreating images of her with intense fidelity to the originals. for better and worse, that obsession can crowd out many other considerations.
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
gonna say "I told you so," but honestly, how could that trailer suggest anything other than exploitive to you? Seemed obvious that was the angle they were taking.
Even if it was, that doesn't matter. There are ways to make any "angle" good, and the movie isn't bad because it is exploitative.
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spike wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
If one had the choice between say Blonde and Bullet Train - which would be the better choice?
I turned off Bullet Train after ten minutes.
This and Jorge's take on Bullet Train make me sad - I was super pumped for this thing coming out, and saw some reviews likening it to Snatch, so thought it'd be right in my wheelhouse
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