The context of the "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave" claim was a British movie about Britain in the early 20th century. What context did I miss? It seems to me like that phrase is being re-interpreted in a specifically American context i.e. out of context. That is precisely my problem with it.
The American movie set in Japan is "The Forest". It is, it seems, a very bad movie. There are a lot of good horror movies flopping these days. Many don't even have a shot at a cinema opening. But the failure of this one was being celebrated as a win for human rights and as a fan of the horror genre in general, I found that really sad.
I actually had a similar reaction to the celebration of the failure of the Stonewall movie. It feels like there should be deep sadness that they didn't release a really GOOD Stonewall movie, not celebration that there was a bad one failing at the box office. Coz you know the studios' reactions will be "I guess pro-gay-rights movies don't sell".
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Date: 2016-01-24 12:03 am (UTC)The American movie set in Japan is "The Forest". It is, it seems, a very bad movie. There are a lot of good horror movies flopping these days. Many don't even have a shot at a cinema opening. But the failure of this one was being celebrated as a win for human rights and as a fan of the horror genre in general, I found that really sad.
I actually had a similar reaction to the celebration of the failure of the Stonewall movie. It feels like there should be deep sadness that they didn't release a really GOOD Stonewall movie, not celebration that there was a bad one failing at the box office. Coz you know the studios' reactions will be "I guess pro-gay-rights movies don't sell".