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

I watch this and enjoy the nostalgia feeling but hate so many things about it too.

To be fair Rita, Sue and Bob too was comical at the time ( mid 80s) but would be totally inappropriate now. There was still a lot of sexism at that time, and women in society weren't taken as seriously as they should have been.

We have different values and ethics nowadays, and amen to that 😊

The real life story of Andrea Dunbar, the woman who wrote Rita, Sue… is absolutely tragic and heartbreaking. Also she wasn’t happy with how the film was, it was changed from the original play that she wrote to make the ending happier.

I'm sure it was never mentioned in the film how old Rita and Sue were - we know they were in their last year of school, so could have been 15.

It's interesting the play is regularly performed. The latest version is touring the UK in the spring. I like the film - it's funny in places and well acted.

Big. No way would a 13yo boy in the body of Tom Hanks be having sex with an adult work colleague in a film made today.

They were about to leave school, so would have been 15 or 16.

In a lot of 70s sitcoms the joke was meant to be on the bigot, see Till Death Us Do Part (I think in the sequel attitudes had moved on so Alf's homophobia had taken the place of racism), Love Thy Neighbour and Rising Damp. I'm sure the writers thought the intention was clear.

(Mind Your Language, on the other hand, though I thought it was funny as a child, I cringed myself inside out when I saw a bit of it on Oldtime TV or something recently).

But as someone (Mark Twain?) said, sometime, something like "No-one ever got rich over-estimating the intelligence of the general public" I can quite understand how, as PP said above, for every dimwit congratulating Warren Mitchell on Alf Garnett and getting a set-down, there were thousands who thought AG was great and completely missing the point. Borne out by the Sanjeev Bhaskar anecdote above about abuse in the playground being worse the day after TDUDP aired.

It was by Art Garfunkel, not Paul McCartney!

@mrlistersgelfbride leave bloodhound gang alone that song is a classic and I still sing and dance to this a few times a month 😂

Had never heard of Rita, Sue and Bob too but a quick google makes it sound like a good watch. Better watch it quickly before it gets cancelled 😂

Yes, I know. I’ve been told, many, many times. You are not the first person to notice the mistake I made 2 days ago. 😂

I watched it on the basis of this thread. It was the most miserable, seedy film I’ve seen in a long time. I wish I hadn’t bothered.

Thanks - I might have to knock it on the head then😬

Well I thought Rita, sue and bob too
its basically an older man grooming teenage girls
however it is now being a stage show so I’m a bit incredulous at that.

The song is sung by Maurice Chevalier playing the part of Honore Lachaille, who is Gigis father and the lyrics are about his fear and regret about her having to grow up, as I posted above. The film can be seen as being about ‘grooming’ in that it’s about a French teenager raised by courtesans and trained in the art of being a mistress to a gentleman, which included lessons in manners and social customs, but it should be remembered that in the period depicted in the film, preparation for life as a courtesan was a family tradition. Once again, context is everything and the film portrays fact without supporting the premise.

I’m surprised the blaxploitation movies of the 1970’s haven’t come up - unless I’ve missed something.

Honoré Lachaille isn’t Gigi’s father. He’s the uncle of the man she eventually marries. And the song is about what wonderful wives and courtesans small girls will make when rhey grow up. So I think it is extremely creepy.

Love actually

It was originally a play. Tracey Ullman was in the first production, at the Royal Court. Having seen the film many times but not the show, I’m thinking of seeing the 2025 version as it’s coming to my town but the cast looks underwhelming.

I love that film!

That scene never worked. Made me ( and many others) queasy when the film first came out..

I once saw a school production of Oliver! Where The Artful Dodger and most of the cast had broad Fife accents. (The drama and music teachers had eventually given up on trying to get the kids to speak Cockney.)

It was...different.

Dirty Dancing was on last night on ITVBe. Not sure that would work these days. Many reasons.

Firstly, "prostitute" is derogatory to all sex workers. Do you call all car sales people shysters because some are? Many sex workers treat what they do as any other person treats the job they do, it's how they make a living. They choose what they are comfortable doing. The world of pimps, drugs, and coercion exists but many professions have a criminal element but we don't slander them. People who use sex workers usually for do because it is the only avenue for what they want. It is usually sexual and if it is not hurting anyone then what is the problem. Married people are not the only people allowed to have sex and if you don't have a partner there are options that may suit you. You may be someone that does not want a long term relationship. My memory of the of the movie is that he was single and he needed to look as though he had a fiancee to help a business deal. She was employed as an escort by choice for whatever reason. What is the problem? No one is being conned or hurt.

You don’t think sex workers are harmed by what they do? Is it a job you would like your little sister to do? If not, why?