OK, Cock fighting? Not cool.
Just saying...
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MovieChat Forums > The Rum Diary (2011) Discussion > OK, Cock fighting? Not cool.
In the novel Paul describes himself before he arrived in San Juan:
"Sometimes I worked for three newspapers at once. I wrote ad copy for new casinos and bowling alleys. I was a consultant for the cockfighting syndicate, an utterly corrupt high-end restaurant critic, a yachting photographer and a routine victim of police brutality. It was a greedy life and I was good at it."
Yet I'm pretty sure all of you eat chicken. Chickens who are specifically bred to be killed by getting their necks snapped and broken just so you can enjoy your chicken sandwich or nuggets....
shareall of you eat chicken. Chickens who are specifically bred to be killed by getting their necks snapped and brokenWhat if, after the filming, they killed the chickens (humanely of course) and eat them. And use the non-edible parts for fertilizer.
This way, they could have fewer chickens who are SPECIFICALLY BRED. share
It's not like they were portraying it as a good thing. It was pretty big at that time and place. To not mention it wouldn't be very realistic.
shareI was really bothered by that, it ruined the movie for me... (Yeah for those wandering, I don't eat chicken). I mean to mount the fighting scenes for a movie... Not cool :(
shareCan't anyone just watch the damn movie??
Seriously. This messes up art, people running around scrutinizing. But this is fiction. It is made-up, and it fits in the movie, they take care of it, I'm sure the credits say something about the ASPCA at the end and let it go at that.
Now next time someone wants to do a cock fighting scene (for example), they're going to leave it out, just so they don't have to deal with people whining about it afterwards.
And THEN people will whine about it not being a faithful rendition of a book - which I think is more of a problem than the welfare of fighting chickens. It could ruin the plot of some other tv show or film. Good job, animal-people.