What's with the hate for this film?
Is it perfect? No. But it most certainly not the worst film ever made. It's a hell of a lot better than the movie released today. So why the hate?
shareNot sure that I know what you mean. Where is this hate coming from? The critics and actors that I respect, hold this film in high regard.
shareIt's about this board. Lots of trolls ask and ask again:
"This film is horrible. Why they gave it Oscar???"
They like to stir our indignation and get some attention.
Your's is the first post on this board that I read so I wasn't aware of the negativity until I read a lot of the preceding comments. I try to remember that taste in anything is subjective. There were some points made that I understood, however for me, I'll never forget seeing this on the big screen, not knowing too much about the real characters and crying madly at the end when she and Farah say their goodbyes. The front of my blouse was soaked with tears because I didn't realize the story was as sad as I found it, but I could not stop the tears. I did not have any Kleenex.
It's because it's simply an average movie with lots of flaws that was awarded the best movie of 1985 Oscar. So, because of that Oscar, a lot of people come around to it and expect something better than it actually was.
But 1985 was a weak year for films, aside from a couple of non-Oscar bait movies, so this win is just kind of meh.
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