Hey, if we all agreed about everything, what would be the fun of that? I love a good argument (surprise, surprise), and we all have the validity of our opinions. And I certainly don't think you're a Texan, whatever you called yourself. (Well, except the Texan part ; ) ). Don’t put yourself down.
I tried to articulate my main issue with the film a little more clearly in response to Maria's comment above. It's not the non-history that bothers me--I didn't expect that much, and unlike KA, the moviemakers didn't taunt me and actually invite my ridicule with a claim of being the real story. My problem is that I find the visual choices made to be, IMO, pandering to racist stereotypes. And, for me, the fact that this is from a graphic novel doesn't make any difference--even if these images come from the graphic novel, it just means that the filmmakers decided to adopt them, and that I would dislike the graphic novel as well.
I wish that I could view this as mindless silly fun, a la FF or Spiderman, but this was like a punch to the gut while I was watching the movie, and so I couldn’t like it. And I do worry a bit about how the images are going to creep into the subconscious of idiot Americans (not you!).
Anyway, no worries on voicing your opinion. I argue vehemently with all my good friends, not to mention my family, and when we finish barring our teeth at each other, our smiles are genuine.
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Date: 2007-03-26 01:44 am (UTC)I tried to articulate my main issue with the film a little more clearly in response to Maria's comment above. It's not the non-history that bothers me--I didn't expect that much, and unlike KA, the moviemakers didn't taunt me and actually invite my ridicule with a claim of being the real story. My problem is that I find the visual choices made to be, IMO, pandering to racist stereotypes. And, for me, the fact that this is from a graphic novel doesn't make any difference--even if these images come from the graphic novel, it just means that the filmmakers decided to adopt them, and that I would dislike the graphic novel as well.
I wish that I could view this as mindless silly fun, a la FF or Spiderman, but this was like a punch to the gut while I was watching the movie, and so I couldn’t like it. And I do worry a bit about how the images are going to creep into the subconscious of idiot Americans (not you!).
Anyway, no worries on voicing your opinion. I argue vehemently with all my good friends, not to mention my family, and when we finish barring our teeth at each other, our smiles are genuine.