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spatialrift47

2010 Movie Agenda, Part The Second

Jun 18, 2010 14:26

And now, the Academy would like to present the Movies SpatialRift Might See This Year Award. The envelope please? And the winners are ...

SpatialRift's Semiannual Silver Screen Schedule 2010: The Sequel

A-Team (Jun 11): I put this on my list last time in the Maybe category. Because of this, it's been bumped up.
Toy Story 3 (Jun 18): As much as I ( Read more... )

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spatialrift47 June 18 2010, 21:27:40 UTC

STEVEN SEAGAL

YES. YES IT IS.

arxev June 18 2010, 21:43:15 UTC

I'm going to ask you, please, do not see Airbender, and encourage anyone you know who's planning on seeing it to either skip it or download it. The casting is extremely racist, and preliminary reports indicate that the movie itself is not only racist but pretty sexist as well.

I'm personally really upset by this whole thing, and upset about the message that it's sending to kids. I'm trying to discourage people from spending money on this whenever possible, in the hopes that we can finally tell Hollywood that this is Not Okay.

spatialrift47 June 18 2010, 21:45:05 UTC

If it is as you say, then skipping it is the only sensible thing to do. Can you show me some of the reports you've seen?

arxev June 18 2010, 22:03:49 UTC

I'm trying to find the specific review I read before, which said that Katara's role was basically slashed to nothing but crying and one random act of violence. In the meantime, here are some more general reviews.

If you want I can certainly also dig up the number of resources on why the film is racist, but it's easiest to start with racebending or aang_aint_white and go from there.

spatialrift47 June 18 2010, 22:11:09 UTC

... Well. Those reviews make it fairly clear. I think I'll just go watch the cartoon again.

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meru_neechan June 19 2010, 18:05:01 UTC

No Expendables?

spatialrift47 June 21 2010, 15:07:14 UTC

Meh. I just checked the trailer, and it looks like a run of the mill action movie. Entertaining, but not $10 entertaining.

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spatialrift47 June 21 2010, 15:08:27 UTC

HP: yeah, ditto. Toy Story 3: I hadn't heard that, but even so, I'm sure it'll be good. Look what they did with UP.

Your comments on A-Team are encouraging. I've never seen the show either.

elenia28 June 22 2010, 15:41:45 UTC

I know I shouldn't care, but I am strictly not watching Avatar TLB because of the racial thing. It is shameful to me that an Indian movie director couldn't cast an Asian kid.
Yes, it is so minor in the scheme of things it shouldn't matter. I know this. But it does, to me.
On your list, I only want to see Toy Story 3, HP: Deathly Hallows, and A-Team/