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This review is poorly timed for two reasons:
1. A lot of Bob's criticisms of this movie could VERY easily apply to "Sucker Punch",
and
2. We just had a thread about "fat acceptance" a while back, so now the conditions are pretty much perfect for a 2-week long Forum Shitstorm about whether or not it's OK to be fat. Incidentally, (and this is coming from a guy who is not exactly skinny, but used to be bigger) my take is that it is NOT OK to be fat. Not because fat people are ugly or whatever, but it's fucking unhealthy and health is important.
PS: Don't get me wrong, that movie sounds fucking awful. I mean, cow slaughter? What the fuck?
1. A lot of Bob's criticisms of this movie could VERY easily apply to "Sucker Punch",
and
2. We just had a thread about "fat acceptance" a while back, so now the conditions are pretty much perfect for a 2-week long Forum Shitstorm about whether or not it's OK to be fat. Incidentally, (and this is coming from a guy who is not exactly skinny, but used to be bigger) my take is that it is NOT OK to be fat. Not because fat people are ugly or whatever, but it's fucking unhealthy and health is important.
PS: Don't get me wrong, that movie sounds fucking awful. I mean, cow slaughter? What the fuck?
Hmm the movie doesn't sound interesting in the least but I gotta throw this out there. You couldn't be slightly biased against it being a bigger guy yourself, Bob?
It is sort of interesting that western society seems to be caught between "you shouldn't feel bad about your weight" and "if you're fat you're probably gonna die like tomorrow." I mean, we have the First Lady telling kids directly it's bad to be fat and then we expect them as teenagers to not shop at Hot Topic and cut themselves when they start to get chubby and to have high self-esteem.
I think the movie might be saying more than meets the eye, Bob. Maybe you just didn't "get it". Maybe I should watch it and do a 2-part video series on why you're wrong.
I think the movie might be saying more than meets the eye, Bob. Maybe you just didn't "get it". Maybe I should watch it and do a 2-part video series on why you're wrong.
You made it sound midly interesting. If i was to watch a movie and i had to choose between a few midly interesting movies i might choose this one.
Yeah, Nightwatch sucked pretty bad. The book series it's based on is awesome, though, although I don't know how well it's translated (or if at all).LoathsomePete said:
I wonder if Russian movie making will ever be as good as in the USSR again. So many masterpieces were made back then but nowadays it's all about crappy CGI or mafia.
Definitely, I mean I'm sure there's modern day pieces that stand up to classics like Stalker and Solaris... those are really the only two classic Russian movies I can think of off the top of my head, and they're both directed by the same guy so please excuse me as I take myself and my wilting film buff penis aside.Smertnik said:
Making fat people feel bad about being fat........WTF?
Fat storage is an important mechanism for survival and served our ancestors well throughout much of life's history. The simple fact that our post industrial world has made it possible for 2% of the population to make 100% of the food has had the unfortunate side effect of allowing people with a highly evolved fat storage system to become too fat is not their fault. It is not the companies fault for providing a service that people want. Does this mean everyone is absolved of guilt? NO! but it also means that the obese need compassion not shame.
I could also bring up how the government forced health regulations on fast food chains that required them to use hydrogenated fat for cooking, as well as there obsession with teaching everyone that tons of carbs are good for you. Carbohydrates metabolizes into sugar so unless your training for the Olympics or have a rigorous work out schedule there is no reason to load up on them all the time.
Fat storage is an important mechanism for survival and served our ancestors well throughout much of life's history. The simple fact that our post industrial world has made it possible for 2% of the population to make 100% of the food has had the unfortunate side effect of allowing people with a highly evolved fat storage system to become too fat is not their fault. It is not the companies fault for providing a service that people want. Does this mean everyone is absolved of guilt? NO! but it also means that the obese need compassion not shame.
I could also bring up how the government forced health regulations on fast food chains that required them to use hydrogenated fat for cooking, as well as there obsession with teaching everyone that tons of carbs are good for you. Carbohydrates metabolizes into sugar so unless your training for the Olympics or have a rigorous work out schedule there is no reason to load up on them all the time.
How is shoveling food in your face not your own fault? I used to be pretty huge (almost 300 pounds) and had nobody to blame but myself. I ate as a coping mechanism for stress and depression but it just made me feel even shittier so guess what I did? ATE MORE. That's all my fault and I'm glad I realized it before it was too late.Ashoten said:
Sounds like the plot for fat slags
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382028/
I'm a bit puzzled by the FAM, fatness in a no longer quite thin enough to be fashionable is different from help I can't walk or leave my house anymore.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382028/
I'm a bit puzzled by the FAM, fatness in a no longer quite thin enough to be fashionable is different from help I can't walk or leave my house anymore.
