...it really isn't an imaginative plot in any way... I agree. Emphatically. They could have had the evil fiance twirling his mustache and laughing evilly as he tied Rose up to a train track--it was about that level of obvious and shallow.
I'm glad it's not just me! And I agree about finding the hoopla bewildering!
WEASELLY FIANCE: Excuse me. I do not like you, Leonardo, even though you saved my fiancee's life. I am going to sneer at you and treat you like dirt because you're poor, and then I'll probably be physically abusive to my fiancee, and then, just to make sure the audience really hates me, and to make sure my character is entirely one-dimensional, perhaps I'll throw an elderly person into the water. AUDIENCE: Boo! We hate you! Even though all real people have at least a few admirable qualities, we have not been shown any of yours, and plus, you're trying to come between Leonardo and Kate, and so therefore we hate you! Boo! (Even though technically it is Leonardo who is coming between you and Kate. But Leonardo is handsomer than you, even though he is only 13, so we are on his side. Boo!)
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It's a good example of media that tries really, really hard to make people feel something, but goes too far and I end up feeling manipulated.Yeah, I know what you mean. Restraint can be so much more
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And, okay, for Jack and Rose too. *blush* Hey, I admitted to it first. *g* Even though I RESENT THOSE TEARS, JAMES CAMERON!
Oooh, did you see the Snide remarks about Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story? 'Cause he snarked on both Moore and Glenn Beck! It was pretty awesome, actually.
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I agree. Emphatically. They could have had the evil fiance twirling his mustache and laughing evilly as he tied Rose up to a train track--it was about that level of obvious and shallow.
I'm glad it's not just me! And I agree about finding the hoopla bewildering!
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WEASELLY FIANCE: Excuse me. I do not like you, Leonardo, even though you saved my fiancee's life. I am going to sneer at you and treat you like dirt because you're poor, and then I'll probably be physically abusive to my fiancee, and then, just to make sure the audience really hates me, and to make sure my character is entirely one-dimensional, perhaps I'll throw an elderly person into the water.
AUDIENCE: Boo! We hate you! Even though all real people have at least a few admirable qualities, we have not been shown any of yours, and plus, you're trying to come between Leonardo and Kate, and so therefore we hate you! Boo! (Even though technically it is Leonardo who is coming between you and Kate. But Leonardo is handsomer than you, even though he is only 13, so we are on his side. Boo!)
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It's a good example of media that tries really, really hard to make people feel something, but goes too far and I end up feeling manipulated.Yeah, I know what you mean. Restraint can be so much more ( ... )
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Hey, I admitted to it first. *g* Even though I RESENT THOSE TEARS, JAMES CAMERON!
Oooh, did you see the Snide remarks about Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story? 'Cause he snarked on both Moore and Glenn Beck! It was pretty awesome, actually.
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