• SCB@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Except he dies alone at the end, so it was definitely a cautionary tale.

    This is sort of like saying Don Quixote was about a famous knight saving the world and not a crazy rich guy fighting windmills

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      2 years ago

      Except he dies alone at the end, so it was definitely a cautionary tale.

      If the last recent years has taught us anything, it’s that how you present a thing matters a lot more than what the thing is that’s actually being presented. Unfortunately.

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          that only the dudebros it mocks like it.

          or, hear me out, movies don’t need to be lectures and is ok to just do something for the entertainment/artistry/visuals/storytelling of it.

          I can tell you that I’m the opposite of what the movie depicts, I’m fragile, never been in a fight, I sincerely hope that will never be in one, I cried like a baby in ET or the time traveles wife, the Schindler’s list broke my heart, I dislike the dudebro dynamics, and I adore that movie. I also like horror movies as a genre and I don’t go around killing people.

          It’s fine that you use movies as lectures of life and ethics, or that you don’t enjoy them if they don’t have a message that you agree with, but some people like them for other reasons, so please try not to profile people for what they like to watch.

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              sorry I wasn’t clear, my criticism wasn’t towards you not liking the movie, anyone have their own taste and there is nothing wrong with it, we all just want to enjoy things :-)

              My problem was about you profiling people that do like the movie as “dudebros”, that wasn’t very nice IMHO

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                  thanks for the clarification, I appreciate it :-) . I have quite the opposite experience, as people I know like it are mostly cinema enthusiast and like it mostly for its cinematic features, definitely not a teaching film.

                  Maybe is a geographical thing, although to be fair I would never have a friend so full of himself as Tyler, so I may have a selection bias.

                  For me was the presentation of Marla that I remember the most, such interesting way of introducing a character.

                  anyway, have a nice day!