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Posted by Gaz on 12/11/05 20:21
squashme@gmail.com wrote:
> Gaz wrote:
>> Went to see Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe yesterday, very enjoyable,
>> one
>> of the trailers however had what looked like the worst film ever made.
>>
>> Lassie, rarely do you see such crude marxist propoganda. Class prejudiced
>> was writ right through the trailer, if the hatred was based on anything
>> other then class, the producers would be locked up.
>>
>> Summary. Evil foxhunting toff (with requisite red coat), decides to kill
>> lovely little doggie, lovely little doggie runs away, to be found by
>> wonderful working class boy, whose family are about to be made unemployed
>> because 'they' are closing down the minning pits.
>>
>> For some unexplainable reason, the evil fox hunting man who wanted the
>> lovely little doggie dead, wants to take the lovely little doggie from
>> wonderful working class boy, to erm, kill it.
>>
>> Somewhere along the way, lovely doggie encounters lovely musical gypsies
>> suffering racial prejudice from evil foxhunting person.
>>
>> All working class characters are salt of the earth wonderful people
>> (except
>> those that work for evil foxhunting guy), with strong loving families and
>> communities, (think jolly O'irish people in Titanic) all the foxhunting
>> guys family are evil selfish people inflicting misery purely for
>> pleasure.
>>
>> Complete and utter piffle.
>>
>
> I know! I much prefer stories like Treasure Island, where, as I recall,
> a group of mainly toffs defeat a mutinous band of scummy proletarians.
> So much more realistic and a model for our times.
But they are relics, recognised for the tosh they are. Would a modern film
get away with it? The crudeness of the politics was beyond belief, seriously
go and watch it (the trailer that is).
Gaz
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