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The movie is great, the story behind the movie is even more so
A teenage girl started writing a novel at age 15. It was published in 1967 when she turned 18. It has since been listed in the 100 most influential novels of all time. The librarian at her high school sent a petition consisting of 15 pages of signatures from students to Francis Ford Coppola who was riding high on his success with The Godfather. Convinced, he cast a bunch of unknown actors such as C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, etc. This may be the most star-making movie in history.
This is not a shallow movie. The stories of teenage angst in tumultuous class division are amazingly well depicted. Any more descriptions of this movie would be spoiler material. Just watch it. You'll be glad you did. Having read the book, I can attest to the story line remaining intact on the screen. Coppola allowed Hinton (said teenage author) to co-write the screenplay.
Created: 08-09-2024
The Woke 70s
You'd never know this was set in the 70s if it weren't for the clothes. This show tries the the usual [current year] brainwashing by presenting women as strong, smart, independent, stoic leaders who don't need no man, and men are either positively presented as emasculated emotional buffoons who serve women, or negatively as mindless violent thugs.
Not worth a second of your time.
Created: 08-09-2024
Decent but unfinished
Decent drama, well made, decent acting and writing. A small amount of wokeness, mostly around American Indian pretense to having a right to American land.
Created: 08-09-2024
Not a Good Entry For The Godzilla Franchise
No woke. This is a very silly Godzilla movie. The story is bare bones. The acting is actually pretty good but that's about it. The Godzilla suit looks silly, especially the face. The antics from JR. are childish and dumb. The fights are basic. This one can easily be passed up.
Created: 08-08-2024
Surprisingly Good
I didn't notice anything woke. Very interesting story that seems to keep very close to the true one. I was surprised I actually enjoyed it. The acting is great and the period is well represented. I originally thought that Travers being such a horrible person was going to turn into annoying smarmy girl boss feminism but there are many hours of tapes of the actual meetings and conversation and it turns out she was just an awful miserable person to everyone around her. I thought is was funny and well worth a watch.
Created: 08-08-2024
Decent Movie
I thought the movie was pretty good. I guess I'm not sure why it would be considered woke other than because the majority of the characters are black. Yes, the black lead is the hero, and the white male was a bit of a puppy dog following her around. But he was a good, decent person who audiences will like. Slight wokeness simply for the fact that the cast was mostly "diverse", but there wasn't any preaching or lessons, or any normalizing of certain lifestyles.
Created: 08-08-2024
Terrible Nonsensical Writing.
Some DEI background characters and 1 main character. Mixed race couple. Both males are villains or incapable/lesser characters. The acting
is ok except for the older female character. She's not very good. The CG is so-so. The story is complete nonsense and the writing is awful. Nothing makes sense here when any thought is put into it.
Spoilers-
The one character says he's been trapped there for over 8 months. He's shown trapping
1 bird. The are able to start fires somehow to cook it but how are you sustaining enough food? No wildlife is shown. No water source at all
appears to be present for drinking. What about bathing? They don't look anywhere near rough enough for no bathing. What about toilet?
No change of clothes or the ability to wash them. They should be in terrible shape. They state the rules one so which is don't turn your
back to the window. They immediately and repeatedly do so. They somehow magically have a long rope strong enough to support a person. How did this place get built with all the materials in the middle of nowhere? How is the generator still working and with fuel without
maintenance and refills after 20 years? Why did the creature need help escaping when she was there from the beginning and would of known
the path and location of the means to escape? Why was Daniels hair so short and no facial growth if it's been eight months. The writing is abysmal nonsense.
Created: 08-07-2024
Excellent If a Bit Over The Top
I didn't notice any woke. The female character was not the usual feminist and the black characters were not out of place as the film takes place in Africa. Great acting and FX. The story is close the real one though way over the top. The humor works and the action scenes are well done. It's more of a Kingsman exaggerated type movie but I enjoyed it for what it was.
Created: 08-07-2024
A great compliment to the movie itself.
If you want to enjoy The Godfather even more, watch this miniseries first. The movie is even more watchable when you know what it took to make.
Created: 08-05-2024
It's the standard by which I judge all movies
There's a reason that this movie sits so high on every "greatest movie" list. Actually, a lot of reasons. It's a story about a good-hearted man being placed in a situation that compels him to abandon his resolve and follow the path in life he was trying to avoid. Every time I re-watch this movie, I keep trying to find that one place in Michael's journey where I would've done something differently to avoid the path to corruption. I haven't found it yet. The story behind the making of this movie makes it even more watchable. The Offer is a miniseries about the making of The Godfather. I highly recommend that.
Created: 08-05-2024
For the kids.
Not woke. It is, however, kind of boring. It's one of those movies that have all the good parts in the trailers. There's no apparent agenda. The language and subject matter are clean. It's for kids. I recommend it accordingly.
Created: 08-05-2024
Cute!
There are plenty of woke elements, but none of them (for me) take away from the effective story and likeable characters. The movie is sweet, charming, and fun to watch.
Created: 08-05-2024
