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The real reason behind the hate?

posted 16 years ago by truthlord
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I saw this yesterday and thought at times the characters and settings etc were terrible, so I'm interested in the enormouse hate expressed for this film.
After all its only -as Hitchcock famously said -a movie-mainly for women -so why the hysteria?
Could it be it was a recreation of American life by a Chinese? or could it be it had that sexy sensitive British double glazing saleman Jude law in it-(dont like the Brits)
Or could it really be that Americans were horrified and embarrassed at the depiction and exposure of the America shown,empty, hideous ,crazy ,half drugged,drunken people, all working class yet some with money ,living lives of complete emptyness- and low wages too-the girl probably earned seven dollars an hour as a waitress -if that.
I suspect it was this Chinese showing America up as a ghastly crummy place that has upset people.
Incidentally this is not written to put down America.
Saturday night in any British town in booming Britain can show just as low levels of human existence-can show what happens to societies when people have enough money and leisure but no intellectual means or cultural ability to really enjoy life
But as a film ,afterwards ,I find it rather haunts me,so perhaps it cant be so bad

[–] torontodog 16 years ago

Mostly I think it failed because Nora Jones couldn't carry the lead role.

[–] hooper-xxx 16 years ago

The reason there is so much hatred expressed for this movie is that it sucks balls. Compounding the fact that the movie stinks is that the presence of both Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman fooled unsuspecting viewers into believing that it couldn't possibly be the piece of steaming crap that it is.

[–] camillacream-1 16 years ago

I actually feel this movie presents an idealized version of America: the cross-country road trip doubling as soul-searching experience, the wide open spaces of the west promising freedom, great little independently owned businesses like the cafe, diner, and bar (hard to find anymore what with the ubiquitousness of chain stores), interesting characters with deep psychological issues (a lot of Americans are just so dumb and complacent), the rich cultural history of places like Memphis (not to mention the multiracial clientele--again, very hard to find: America continues to be segregated).

Like INTO THE WILD, this movie actually kind made me love America, or at least what it has the potential to be. Believe me, living here is actually much worse than it appears in this film.

America is much more like the ending of EASY RIDER--people here proclaim to love freedom, yet they violently hate when anyone actually uses that freedom.