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Posted by squashme on 12/11/05 21:59
Gaz wrote:
> 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).
>
Modern films have got away with crude politics. Observe the bad
portrayal of Arabs and Muslims before they even started to deserve it.
Very few decent images.
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