Backstabba
07-19-2007, 10:55 PM
Let me say first, when I rant, it begins to lose continuity and sometimes I just seem to ramble...but I have lots to ramble about. Some of it not even based on the title.
There's the arguement about people trying to profit off of tragedy. United 93 and World Trade Center tried to profit off 9/11, An American Crime is trying to profit off of the murder of Sylvia Likens, etc.
Now first off, did they even SEE these movies? Set your opinions aside, but all of those movies were made with respect to their true stories. I'm sure everyone can agree on United 93, World Trade Center may have been a bit soap-oprea-ish but it's better than being disrespectful, and An American Crime was very careful, subtle, and respectful.
But no one believes that. It's ALLLLLL about making money! Now this is what makes me angry. If someone is stupid enough to believe that, then I really won't care, but they have to voice their opinions like they're fact and they think they're causing a fucking movement.
There's nothing wrong with writing a book about a tragedy, a statue about a tragedy, but it's wrong to make a movie?
FILM IS AN ART FORM!
Statues are art.
Literature is an art.
And you know what?
SO IS FILM!
Of course, some people try to make money off of shock value (Uwe Boll, pointing at you), but some people are just so quick to dismiss people as being greedy, it's annoying.
Now, let me move onto something new.
I was on the message boards for Manderlay, and I saw a thread called "Lars Von Trier is a cynical animal killer". This is because he killed a donkey on set for the movie. And you know what, I don't have a problem with that.
With the donkey being killed, that is. Why do you ask? Because that donkey was on it's way to the slaughterhouse, and (I remember reading somewhere) it was terminally ill. But Von Trier decided to use the donkey for his film so it ded for a reason (as small as some may consider it to be). It got to die for art instead of die slowly for nothing.
The main thing that annoys me are the people who argue with this thing. All I hear the people against the killing say is "So you're saying alot of donkeys die everyday? So do humans, why can't I kill one?". BECAUSE THEY'RE HUMANS! I know you THINK you're breaking down barriers with this amazingly intelligent rebuttle, but you're not.
Do I hate donkeys? No. Do I hate animals? No. And I'm sure SOME people might even gasp at this, but in my opinion, humans are obviously more important than animals like donkeys, horses, etc. If I had to choose between a baby human or a baby chipmunk, as cute as that motherfucking chipmunk might be, I'd save the human. This has nothing to do with the Manderlay thing, but it's just that these people are so stupid.....ARGHHH!
And one little un-related thing. Stop reading too much into films. They're films. Enjoy them for what they are, and try to ignore the "anti_____" messages.
Example: "Hard Candy is a feminist movie!", "Hard Candy is an anti-feminist movie!", "Hard Candy supports vigilantie justice"........IT'S A MOVIE!...
Rant(s) over!
There's the arguement about people trying to profit off of tragedy. United 93 and World Trade Center tried to profit off 9/11, An American Crime is trying to profit off of the murder of Sylvia Likens, etc.
Now first off, did they even SEE these movies? Set your opinions aside, but all of those movies were made with respect to their true stories. I'm sure everyone can agree on United 93, World Trade Center may have been a bit soap-oprea-ish but it's better than being disrespectful, and An American Crime was very careful, subtle, and respectful.
But no one believes that. It's ALLLLLL about making money! Now this is what makes me angry. If someone is stupid enough to believe that, then I really won't care, but they have to voice their opinions like they're fact and they think they're causing a fucking movement.
There's nothing wrong with writing a book about a tragedy, a statue about a tragedy, but it's wrong to make a movie?
FILM IS AN ART FORM!
Statues are art.
Literature is an art.
And you know what?
SO IS FILM!
Of course, some people try to make money off of shock value (Uwe Boll, pointing at you), but some people are just so quick to dismiss people as being greedy, it's annoying.
Now, let me move onto something new.
I was on the message boards for Manderlay, and I saw a thread called "Lars Von Trier is a cynical animal killer". This is because he killed a donkey on set for the movie. And you know what, I don't have a problem with that.
With the donkey being killed, that is. Why do you ask? Because that donkey was on it's way to the slaughterhouse, and (I remember reading somewhere) it was terminally ill. But Von Trier decided to use the donkey for his film so it ded for a reason (as small as some may consider it to be). It got to die for art instead of die slowly for nothing.
The main thing that annoys me are the people who argue with this thing. All I hear the people against the killing say is "So you're saying alot of donkeys die everyday? So do humans, why can't I kill one?". BECAUSE THEY'RE HUMANS! I know you THINK you're breaking down barriers with this amazingly intelligent rebuttle, but you're not.
Do I hate donkeys? No. Do I hate animals? No. And I'm sure SOME people might even gasp at this, but in my opinion, humans are obviously more important than animals like donkeys, horses, etc. If I had to choose between a baby human or a baby chipmunk, as cute as that motherfucking chipmunk might be, I'd save the human. This has nothing to do with the Manderlay thing, but it's just that these people are so stupid.....ARGHHH!
And one little un-related thing. Stop reading too much into films. They're films. Enjoy them for what they are, and try to ignore the "anti_____" messages.
Example: "Hard Candy is a feminist movie!", "Hard Candy is an anti-feminist movie!", "Hard Candy supports vigilantie justice"........IT'S A MOVIE!...
Rant(s) over!