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To the people who loved this (fictional) romance

posted 11 years ago by bron-tay
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I guess you're sensitive, romantic souls. Well, let's try recasting this story.

Imagine that Dick Cheney ordered up women who are trapped in poverty to be his personal sex toys. Imagine that these women had virtually no say in their own fate; that their parents (cast them as gun-fondling Bible clingers) could sell their daughters for money in order to advance themselves socially, or (cast the parents as struggling 99%ers) out of necessity to buy food. Imagine that one of these women, who is an Amanda Seyfried or Katy Perry look-alike, had an environmentalist boyfriend who was a Robert Pattinson look-alike, but she wasn't allowed to be with him because she was forced to move to a secret compound on the White House grounds and have sex with Dick Cheney. Imagine that Dick Cheney had this woman and her environmentalist boyfriend killed for having the audacity to seek their freedom.

Then imagine that a Hillary Swank or Rachel McAdams look-alike arrived at the White House to advise on women's issues or immigrant issues or free universal healthcare and saw what was going on. She slowly fell in love with Dick Cheney and wound up defending him against Newt Gingrich, who has 24 sex toys and is trying to oust Cheney because he (Gingrich) wants to be vice president himself. In the final scene, Dick Cheney still has 23 sex toys and he feels a little regretful for murdering Amanda Seyfriend and Robert Pattinson, but he's really happy because he and Rachel McAdams are dancing and gazing into each other's eyes.

That is why this movie is a pile of garbage.

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[–] so_she_says 11 years ago

I actually found your post quite funny. :D
One thing I would definitely not agree with: that Jodie Foster is a lesser beauty than the ladies of the king's playground. In my opinion she looks glorious even though she is not the very typical sweetheart of period dramas but that coarseness she has is perfect for her character's portrayal.
The fact that their romance story does not appear so convincing... I'll give you that, but that has nothing to do with Jodie's lack of beauty and charm, rather with their mismatched unexplained fondness of each others' personalities.

[–] REPetzoldt 8 years ago

The King was a victim of his culture. You are trying to impose current American values on him and make like he was bad. He was a very good person who did the best he could in the circumstances he was given. The founding fathers of America were slave owners and still very good people. This was an incredible movie.

[–] REPetzoldt 8 years ago

As for the romance Hollywood had to add that and it was kind of stupid but the supposed Romance was irrelevant to the story of the King changing his country and the betrayal of his general.