The first part comes off as very whiny, as in "lots of people worked really hard for this, so think about that before you judge it." I mean, hell, Legally Blonde and Clueless also have many layers, and many people worked really hard on them, but I doubt the author of this piece would defend those movies.
You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the film will do in its second week. If you care about movies that have a brain, or balls, (and this film's got both, literally), or true adaptations -- And if you're thinking of seeing it again anyway, please go back this weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Demonstrate the power of the fans, because it'll help let the people who pay for these movies know what we'd like to see. Because if it drops off the radar after the first weekend, they will never allow a film like this to be made again.
"You have to understand" = more whining. As for "they will never allow a film like this to be made again", that's complete bullshit. How many "true to comic book" adaptations have been made prior to this movie only to fail in the second week? And yet, Watchmen was still made.
I'm not sure about the sexual assault reference (maybe "Sally" is a victim of sexual assault in the movie?) but if that's the case, to me it smacks of "geek trying to make a point, wrongly." I think he's trying to make the point that "disturbing people and making them think is ultimately a good thing," kind of how tikva says her job is to "comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
He's just a geek and saying it really, really wrong.
(Not trying to say it's *not* offensive, because it is, but I think I understand his original meaning, which wasn't intended to be offensive.)
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Date: 2009-03-16 04:04 pm (UTC)You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the film will do in its second week. If you care about movies that have a brain, or balls, (and this film's got both, literally), or true adaptations -- And if you're thinking of seeing it again anyway, please go back this weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Demonstrate the power of the fans, because it'll help let the people who pay for these movies know what we'd like to see. Because if it drops off the radar after the first weekend, they will never allow a film like this to be made again.
"You have to understand" = more whining. As for "they will never allow a film like this to be made again", that's complete bullshit. How many "true to comic book" adaptations have been made prior to this movie only to fail in the second week? And yet, Watchmen was still made.
I'm not sure about the sexual assault reference (maybe "Sally" is a victim of sexual assault in the movie?) but if that's the case, to me it smacks of "geek trying to make a point, wrongly." I think he's trying to make the point that "disturbing people and making them think is ultimately a good thing," kind of how
He's just a geek and saying it really, really wrong.
(Not trying to say it's *not* offensive, because it is, but I think I understand his original meaning, which wasn't intended to be offensive.)