Films that would not be made now

[Samcro]

I know it’s a topic that has been done before.
but what film do you think would not be made now and why?
mine is, every which way but loose.
yep the Clint Eastwood film with the orangutan

Or if you mean Gladiator 2 the homophobia is pretty overt there!

I agree Grumpy, it's a very religiously literate film, and if you didn't get the references then it would be far less funny.
Now I want to watch Kind Hearts again - perfection.

The second highest grossing movie in the UK in 1971, 'On the Buses' 😄

The plot revolves around the bus company's decision to introduce women drivers, and the male drivers' attempts to oust the women by a sustained campaign of bullying, such as putting spiders in their cabs (because all women are frightened of spiders). The sexy women conductors, on the other hand, are fair game for continual sexual harassment.

It's actually a really funny film and I love the whole On the Buses franchise but the films are like an exhibition of everyday sexism in the 1970s.

Just watched both coming to America films and I don’t know I think it probably could be if the actor was actually an African guy because Eddie Murphy wasn’t

Interestingly, that was my first thought too and then I saw your comment. I bet there’s a lot of us that think the same about that film.

East Is East - though brilliantly observed, scripted and acted - was deliberately 'difficult' and challenging at the time when it was made.

It was very much a Channel 4/FilmFour hallmark production; the BBC wouldn't have touched it in a million years back then.

I believe Disney has banned that already from being shown

I love that film. I don’t see anything wrong with that film at all. What would be wrong with that film right now? Cause it’s so good.

Home Alone (Kevin texts WRU! Mum rings Kevin’s mobile or checks his phone location).

Home Alone 2 (ditto above, or mum checks out photo of Park Plaza on Insta).

Home Alone 3 (because it’s crap).

They'd probably still make a version of it, I reckon, but likely without the explicit racism from the Dukes, they wouldn't have anyone in blackface like with Dan Ackroyd on the train or Jamie Lee Curtis pretending to be Swedish, which is very Carry On. Or indeed as much focus on her boobs/body, which again, was very 80s and featured in a few films with her in them.

Shawshank Redemption - gay rape scenes in prison

The rape scenes were to emphasise the horrific conditions in prison, not to glorify rape of any kind. Someone also mentioned Sleepers up thread, an incredibly powerful movie that depicts the horrors of the juvenile justice system in the States.

Just because it’s hard to watch something it doesn’t mean it should be banned - movies are a great way of bringing very hard situations to light, and creating conversations. Yes Hairspray is incredibly racist, that’s the whole point - it’s depicting the social circumstances at the time.

I agree.

I think there's a widespread issue - across many films and TV programmes - whereby, because they have a lot of comedic moments, they are automatically labelled as comedies, when they are actually much deeper and more complex than that.

I enjoyed East Is East a lot, and found it very thought-provoking; yet I'm very much aware that it was intended as a snapshot of a world and culture that isn't my own, so I viewed it as an 'outsider'. I don't believe it was meant to be a comedy, or a tragedy, or anything in-between; it was a reflection of the life/experiences of the writer, which covered the whole gamut of life as he knew/understood it when he was growing up.

I was just about to post similar - The film isn't glorifying rape or painting gay men as rapists, it's used as an important part of the narrative.

I hated Breakfast at Tiffany's. She was a child bride given to an older man for economic reasons and basically working as a prostitute. The 'glamour' didn't hide that for me.

Plus the comedy 'Chinaman' obviously.

100%. Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a celebration of the friendship between Rita and Sue, which is the only positive relationship they have, and which eventually transcends the exploitative, abusive relationships they have with men and their dysfunctional families. It's played as a dark comedy, probably because if there was no comedy, it would be too unremittingly grim to be watchable.

The film wholeheartedly takes the perspective of Rita and Sue, and unapologetically shows them having a whale of a time shagging Bob, and it's for the viewer to work out why such a relationship would be seen by them as fun.

Yes, they completely butchered it. 😡

I saw it on TV. I was a teacher and we discussed it in the staffroom as the reality for a lot of girls. They were totally disengaged with school and didn't see much of a future for themselves so no wonder they never did any homework. I didn't watch the whole film, to be honest, because it was too disturbing. Grim reality though.

Sorry, I meant to quote @YesExactlyYes

Risky Business - like with Pretty Woman, it's the issue of prostitution almost seen as acceptable if you have the means and the money, it's like it's aspirational. That film Anona or whatever it was, out this year, about the sex worker or stripper who was called out to hook up with a Russian oligarch's indolent son is the flip side of that.

Sadly, other films that wouldn't be made today would be anything touching on dark or controversial issues, there isn't the appetite for it any more. Some sitcoms used to deal with this but now comedy is based around celebrity game shows, you don't get characters argue about Brexit in a comic way. In the US the whole Trump - Biden/Harris thing is so divisive you'd lose half your potential audience if your movie argued any particular side, it seems.

I caught the end of 'Carry on up the Khyber' on the TV yesterday and some censor had removed the line 'that'll teach 'em for banning turbans on the buses'.
Why?

@CaptainMyCaptain and it’s still life for a lot of girls, disengaged from school and groomed into inappropriate relationships (at best). It still shines a light on the complexities of life and relationships for young women - yes it’s problematic but it’s also the reality for some people. Movies and media should portray things that make us uncomfortable and make us question.

I think it would’ve been made, but it wouldn’t have been made in a jokey comedic way. I think it would’ve been made for us to see him as being a right dodgy pervert taking advantage of them two girls.

I made this exact comment the other day when we were watching "Homeward Bound - The incredible journey".

It's pretty clear at some point someone has actually tossed a cat into a pool/wave machine for the river scene.

Not a film but Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em.

Also the Carry On films.

Sadly, it ended far from well for poor Bungle too. When the front-of-camera TV work dried up, he got a menial job in props and scenery - and before long was a shadow of the bear he'd once been.

A few years ago I recommended that film to a friend. She said she thought it was no better than OK: she didn't know enough about the life of Christ to get the jokes.