Movies that would no longer work if written today

Thatcher Yellow Corkscrew wrote: »

You seem like an arrogant prick alright.

And you an ignoramus.

Michael Collins, cries for diversity.

The day after tomorrow

Vertigo - a man trying to recreate a woman into the dead girlfriend he once loved.

And when it was made a new ice age was the prospective outcome of weather phenomenon now it's not

jonnny68 wrote: »

i wonder after this covid 19 madness ends will millennial snowflakes/PC brigade go back to what they love best, getting offended by absolutely ridiculous trivial things.

I'm convinced these people have a mental illness, imagine getting so offended by say a film or tv series,etc from donkeys years ago, hence the mental illness because no normal people would bat en eyelid.

Yes, of course they will. Just like their opposite number on the other side who get upset that young people see thing differently from old people because of the fact that times have changed and social norms aren't the same as the used to be. The types who'd be getting cross, fanaticising about what the "millennial snowflakes/PC brigade" will be up to in the future. Are they also experiencing a mental illness? Obviously not. They might be indulging in a bit of persecution fantasy alright. I mean, do these people thing they agreed with the old people on social issues back when they were young?

But shur, whatever gets them through the current period - even if it's fanaticising about people doing things that annoy them .

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Blazing Saddles.

Way ahead of its time and only the stupidity of modern audiences could get in the way.

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Way ahead of its time and only the stupidity of modern audiences could get in the way.

Plus the fact that it's an outdated style of comedy.

It’s really unlikely that you, as an adult, would like it if it came out today. It’s aimed fairly squarely at children and teenage sense of humour. One of its memorable scenes is about farting because they’re eating beans...

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Way ahead of its time and only the stupidity of modern audiences could get in the way.

Its still too revolutionary ..we still have to catch up with it

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - transgender issues

The Gay Divorcée (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is just weird, both in its premise and how it goes about it. Fred and Ginger are famous for their dancing, and there's plenty of that, especially in The Continental, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song:



So far, so Hollywood, but the flimsy story is like something from an alien planet by modern standards. Basically, a woman (Rogers) wants to get a divorce from her (boring) husband, but this is before "no-fault" divorce became legal, so she has to do something to make it happen. So she talks to a shady lawyer, who sets her up to get "caught" by detectives with another man. The man in question is a professional "co-respondent": someone who will play "the other man". Then Fred Astaire shows up, catches her eye, and she thinks he's the "co-respondent" - but it's a case of mistaken identity, and he has no clue what's going on. The whole "set yourself up & get caught to force a divorce" farce makes no sense in a modern context.

She's caught Astaire's eye, of course, and what he does next goes beyond #MeToo in to behaviour that would definitely get him arrested and imprisoned today. She drives off in her car, he chases after her, runs her off the road in to a secluded dead end, and propositions her. She resists, of course, but is secretly flattered, and the rest is singing, dancing and more unfeasible shenanigans, before the inevitable happy ending. :rolleyes:

seen Changeling the other day, wouldn't work these days, with DNA testing. might make for a very different movie...

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

"Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, backwards…and in high heels."
- Bob Thaves

That quote gets thrown out whenever Fred & Ginger are mentioned, but it's a drastic oversimplification of what's actually going on e.g. if you watch the short sequence that starts at 4:50 in the video I linked. To "lead" in dancing doesn't mean your partner is passive or "on the back foot", and (besides) Fred didn't do much "leading" on the floor with Ginger.

I recently re-watched Heat (1995), which is very much a "man's movie" about men doing "manly" things - but that's not portrayed as a good thing in the movie or in life. It's practically an examination of "toxic masculinity", with women on the "outside", asking the men "what the hell are you doing?" I think if someone tried to remake that today, that distinction would be lost and you'd see women inserted in to the criminal gang, because women can do everything men can do, right? Sure, they can, but they usually have more sense.

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