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Very Harmful Movie (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by mark-1
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Saffron should have told everyone that that guy raped her
years ago. Or she should have asked Amy to cook him
something delicious with poison in it and kill him.

Instead she did not stand up for herself at all, gave in to
her depression, and killed herself (or asked Amy to kill her).

That is exactly the WRONG lesson to teach the audience!

When people are attacked they should fight off their attackers,
and go on to live as happily and successfully as they can!

There are a lot of psychopaths in the world, and when they
attack someone they routinely rely on the victim's resulting
depression to prevent the victim from fighting back. People
have to become aware of psychopaths and their methods.
Many of the highest positions in governments and corporations
are occupied by psychopaths. Some of them murder millions
of people for profit and power.

A wonderful movie that teaches the right lesson -- fighting
back -- is _The Brave One_ (2007) with Jodie Foster.

[–] erlendsp 9 years ago

It's a story, not a lecture. If characters in films did everything right there wouldn't be a plot.

[–] shide_85 9 years ago

That is exactly the WRONG lesson to teach the audience!

First off - movies are foremost entertainment and even though they have a large impact on people's unconscious perception (by basic repetition).

Second off, you don't decide what people take away from this movie and by what i see by your reasoning i'm very happy of that.

The lesson you post is neither the general lesson to be had, the movie asks you intenionally (even though you might very well take subjective lessons with you, you could just aswell see the movie, understand it as that because of her inaction and her mothers depression festers inside and leads to a negative outcome - making the lesson to take action ) in my book is if two unhappy souls doing obsessive things can lead to something that is from the characters perspective relatively good...

The basic plotline is of two unhappy people who find each other, the relatively rare thing is that both of their negative experiences helps the other person out to heal and move on (in a way that is uncommon).
We also get asked if there are grey areas (as the movie is blatantly not dramatising the plot) and if the characters are in their right (atleast i see it as that as the movie subtly shows more of the information needed to tweak your perception after the climax of the scenes plays out, which is made to make you reposition yourself after the information has been given).

Regarding the climax of the plotline it's in the horrorgenre and regarding the movie itself it's a drama, it dives into the characters. So, if you liked 12 angry men (1957) and you've seen enough movies to appriciate a good plotlines chances are you will like this movie as they're both built around personal change through reevaluating ones position.

Ignorance is only a bliss if you haven't reached awareness.
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[–] Sam-953-169285 8 years ago

This movie teaches the wrong lesson in many ways. It does not show what causes intimacy to develop and the intimacy it shows is sex. It is rare for a movie to show real emotional intimacy, especially what causes it to develop. Instead this movie shows that if someone is pushy enough then they will be rewarded with intimacy. This movie shows dysfunctional behavior from bad experiences with the men of both women.

The problem is that it is much easier to write stories like this. There is an abundance of great examples of bad behavior in movies and television.

[–] shide_85 8 years ago

I think we are not that far apart, some parts you seem to touch on what i write of. Broken people does not rarely seclude themselves, which means pushy is needed to break through. I find the script somewhat original and message positive, though the way it's illustrated can be disturbing.

Ignorance is only a bliss if you haven't reached awareness.
My imdb posts are getting altered.