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Is it not a reflection on yourself?

posted 18 years ago by titch-jones
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It seems to me that the point of this movie is to make the viewer reflect on what he himself decides the movie is about. The girls in the movie are *innocent*, the actions they take are *innocent*, everything _can_ be taken as *innocent*. Every possible other interpretation is just a reflection of your own inhibitions, or fears and so on. This movie seems to me to be a blank canvas for people to investigate their own issues/feelings/ideas about pre-adolescent female sexuality.
As far as I could see their was nothing in this movie which was anything but innocent, but everything can be interpreted as non-innocent if you want to. Even some of the comments from the teachers/carers are as benign as you want them to be - ~"you'll soon learn what beautifull legs are for..." can state nothing more than men like beautiful legs, and this was told to a girl about to enter puberty and thus discover men anyway.

If you want this movie to be paedophilic, go ahead...but thats only a reflection on yourself...

[–] howmuchdou8 18 years ago

I totally agree.

It's also a message against dozens of "easy" movies that forged our expectations and the way we watch movies. Why does a children's school always have to have a bad principal or teacher? This movie is indeed a white and clean canvas of "innocence", and only the viewer can stain it. This is a great movie.

[–] jago_banichi 18 years ago

I am so glad some one else sees it this way. I went to see it at a local theater with a friend and while I loved it and found it an explotation of self and societies effects on who we become, my friend said it was just a sick movie for and about perverts.