FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat kind of things do you think movies are most dishonest about?message-squaremessage-square267linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1message-squareWhat kind of things do you think movies are most dishonest about?FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square267linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·5 days agoSex and relationships in action movies. The whole “hot chick gets horny for the hero after a traumatizing couple of hours” thing gives a pretty messed up view of relationship building.
minus-squareOkokimup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 days agoOr as comedian Kyle Kincaid said, the idea that the action hero could still get it up.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoI remember Speed made a joke about this at the end. A crack about “Relationships built on life threatening traumas don’t last” or something lol
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoAnd it was proven by Speed 2 I guess.
minus-square0ops@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoThis one definitely turned me off the first Terminator movie. I mean I know it’s critical to the plot but it still makes me roll my eyes.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoThe 80s and 90s were rife with that trope. I don’t know if modern action flicks are as bad.
Sex and relationships in action movies.
The whole “hot chick gets horny for the hero after a traumatizing couple of hours” thing gives a pretty messed up view of relationship building.
Or as comedian Kyle Kincaid said, the idea that the action hero could still get it up.
I remember Speed made a joke about this at the end. A crack about “Relationships built on life threatening traumas don’t last” or something lol
And it was proven by Speed 2 I guess.
This one definitely turned me off the first Terminator movie. I mean I know it’s critical to the plot but it still makes me roll my eyes.
The 80s and 90s were rife with that trope. I don’t know if modern action flicks are as bad.