Movies that confused you as a child.
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TLR and I watched "Walk the Line" last night. I can't say I thought it was that great of a movie (it was a bit slow and disjointed), but Joaquin and Reese were both terrific and the music was killer. I suddenly feel the need to buy Johnny Cash albums.
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Yesterday I was thinking about things I saw in films that confused me as a kid. Sometimes kids totally get things, and sometimes things go right over their heads. And sometimes it's the randomnest things.
The example that popped into my head was from "The Sound of Music," a film that surely any kid could totally grok, right? Well, there was this one line where Maria says to the Baronness that she wasn't a very good nun, and the Baronness says something like "Oh, if you have any problems, I'll be happy to help you." Kind of a throwaway moment, but it confused the hell out of me as a kid. All I kept thinking was "Why would the Baronness know about being a nun? Was she a nun before she was a Baronness? Do you have to serve time in a convent before you get to BE a Baronness?" Yes, I was overly analytical as a child.
You know, now that I think of it, I still kind of don't understand that remark.
But the other film that came to mind was "Dirty Dancing." Now, I saw this when I was about 13 or 14, so I wasn't really a kid, but the intricacies of the abortion-related subplot were totally mystifying to me. I didn't know what it meant that Penny was "knocked up," although I figured it out by context. I didn't know why Billy wanted to get her "a doctor, a real MD," or why this would cost $500, or why it had to be kept a secret, or why it was such a scandal when Baby's father found out. I barely knew what abortion was, in fact I might not have known at all, and I sure as hell didn't know it was illegal in 1963. I wasn't really clear about what it meant when Johnny said that he was "responsible" for Penny, or what Baby's father was assuming about him (namely, that HE'D gotten Penny pregnant).
I still don't get why Baby was so disgusted that Robbie was reading "The Fountainhead." Okay, so it's not everybody's cup of tea, and Robbie was a sleazebag anyway, but I don't know why his literary tastes merited a lapful of water.
Tell me about a moment in a film that confused you as a kid, or something that went over your head.
TLR and I watched "Walk the Line" last night. I can't say I thought it was that great of a movie (it was a bit slow and disjointed), but Joaquin and Reese were both terrific and the music was killer. I suddenly feel the need to buy Johnny Cash albums.
New topic!
Yesterday I was thinking about things I saw in films that confused me as a kid. Sometimes kids totally get things, and sometimes things go right over their heads. And sometimes it's the randomnest things.
The example that popped into my head was from "The Sound of Music," a film that surely any kid could totally grok, right? Well, there was this one line where Maria says to the Baronness that she wasn't a very good nun, and the Baronness says something like "Oh, if you have any problems, I'll be happy to help you." Kind of a throwaway moment, but it confused the hell out of me as a kid. All I kept thinking was "Why would the Baronness know about being a nun? Was she a nun before she was a Baronness? Do you have to serve time in a convent before you get to BE a Baronness?" Yes, I was overly analytical as a child.
You know, now that I think of it, I still kind of don't understand that remark.
But the other film that came to mind was "Dirty Dancing." Now, I saw this when I was about 13 or 14, so I wasn't really a kid, but the intricacies of the abortion-related subplot were totally mystifying to me. I didn't know what it meant that Penny was "knocked up," although I figured it out by context. I didn't know why Billy wanted to get her "a doctor, a real MD," or why this would cost $500, or why it had to be kept a secret, or why it was such a scandal when Baby's father found out. I barely knew what abortion was, in fact I might not have known at all, and I sure as hell didn't know it was illegal in 1963. I wasn't really clear about what it meant when Johnny said that he was "responsible" for Penny, or what Baby's father was assuming about him (namely, that HE'D gotten Penny pregnant).
I still don't get why Baby was so disgusted that Robbie was reading "The Fountainhead." Okay, so it's not everybody's cup of tea, and Robbie was a sleazebag anyway, but I don't know why his literary tastes merited a lapful of water.
Tell me about a moment in a film that confused you as a kid, or something that went over your head.