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And I believe that any largely "black only" movie that wins a prestigious award, is likely only getting the award due to political correctness.
Well on that one point I agree with you as I thought the movie Moonlight was seriously flawed. But only won the award because of "reverse racism" by the academy officials.
I agree, this is a very good movie for this genre!
Thanks for the update on Silver. Interesting information.
Sounds good about disagreeing on that point.
If you have any newer movies to recommend that had significant nudity if you could list a few that would be interesting. As it seems I have trouble finding them and would like to critically contrast and compare them to the older movie genres I referenced.
The only recent one I recall is Fifty Shades of Gray.
You really think every other movie nowadays has nudity? I see the complete opposite trend, with the vast majority of movies now having zero or in the cases that do, very briefly. I grew up mainly in the 1970s (my salad days) and in those days nudity in movies was much more rampant - most of the drive-in movies at that time always had a 2nd "B" movie showing with explicit nudity and even soft core type sex. Then in the 80s we moved more to a glut of teenage sex romp comedies with plenty of gratuitous nudity. And in the 90s, we were deluged with those sexual erotic thrillers (Shannon Whirry was my favorite star in those). Nowadays, it hardly exists by comparison. Hence my comment and belief that how convenient that Beast comment fits into the current moral and social themes towards the display of nudity.
As you might know movies made in Europe and the USA are completely opposite with what they stress and what they suppress. In Europe, rampant and open nudity in films is commonplace, but violence is still pretty taboo. While in the USA, violence and gore are very common occurrences, while sex and nudity is still very tame and minimal. Funny how society sees things so differently in one continent versus another.
Also, regarding the point about abusing and breaking the girls might spoil them for the beast. It seems to me that unless they are captured and pretty much fed to the beast pretty quickly (the same day), then the abuse and breaking begins regardless. In this movie the father's daugher (light haired girl) was very aggressive when she was caught, but seemed broken as she remained in captivity. Further, the girls were all together at first and able to emotionally support each other until they were systematically isolated and mentally worn down/broken.
So again, not having them dance to me seems like a complete copout. I understand people can make the argument about not spoling the goods for the beast, but it seems very weak to me, especially given the other circumstances I just presented. And to my mind, just a very convenient excuse to avoid having the anticipated nudity with the expectation that began almost immediately with Dennis starting the removal of apparel. Copout.
I know,,,it was awesome.
And then there was an episode where a woman was the murderer and he said "She's the guy"! LOL
Yes thank you, my friend had referenced that to me also when we had first seen the movie. But I see that explanation as a way to conveniently make the movie more socially correct. By not allowing viewers to see that nudity.
First off, Patricia has no authority over Dennis, so why would Dennis even consider her point? Second off, unless the girls were to be presented immediately to "the beast", what is the difference if they dance for Dennis until that eventually happens? There is no difference.
Absolutely 100% correct!!!
Nowadays the Acadamy goes out of their way to make sure they have the right blends of LGBT, racial, gender, etc. nominations and awards in place. Its disgraceful and unwatchable.
Yes, perfect example!
Another crazy one was when he immediately announced that the astronaut (who was in outer space at the time of the crime) was the murderer!
I loved when Monk would announce early on in an episode, and even sometimes after meeting a person for just a minute or two, that "He's the guy!".
That was great!!
Love the part where they are saying everything seems to be fake or an illusion, and Walt says at least we know this tree is real. And then he is able to move the tree, and see that it is also a prop!! WtF!
Definitely on "Night Call". A very close 2nd place - those calls to the old lady in the middle of the night were really creepy. Nice touch with the ending also.
Actually, I love that they have archived all the old threads on here. What a tremendous source of information, and a clear differentiator.
I only wish they would bring back all the old archived threads for the actors and actresses also.
There are also reruns playing regularly on Pluto TV.
All of the above are excellent ones!
How about the one where Billy Mumy is supposedly getting phone calls from his dead grandmother on his play phone?
And then his mother rips the phone from his hand and hears her voice! WtF!!
Its an Academy Award winner and arguably the greatest movie ever made. There will be no banning of this matchless classic.
If anything is racist, its this inane posting trying to stir up trouble about nothing.
Some people are just naturally tight and frugal with their money. Or inherit the trait from other family members.
But there doesn't necessarily have to be a source.
I actually preferred Larry Keating, who I thought excelled in that role. Loved the extent of his vocabulary also,,hilarious! In fact, when both Keating and Ronnie Burns joined the show for the last few seasons, I thought the show reached its peak for comedy!
Nothing against Fred Clark, who was very good also by the way.
Yes, Randy Disher was a total buffoon.
Seriously, how can he possibly have made it to Lieutenant? LOL