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

Film?! Have you ever heard A SONG
Danny Kaye and The Andrews Sisters—Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo).

I first heard this absolute "gem" a few years ago in a restaurant in Sicily, sung in Italian, of all things. No movie, no screenplay, no drama could ever compete with this… song. And the lyrics? Brace yourself. Truly, prepare for the worst of the worst.

so a great comedy now has to be a champion on identity

its coming to the West End, shall give this a miss

Yes, I first heard this in one of the Fallout video games. Reminds me of that UKIP MEP who referred to foreign countries as “Bongo Bongo Land”. Every single part of this song is so hideously racist and patronising.

It’s a shame, because a) the song has an incredibly fun and catchy tune and b) in some ways, the basic concept isn’t awful (not everyone wants to live the “Western” way) but the way it is put across is unbelievably vile and mocking.

I now have this as ear worm 😠

The inbetweeners 🤣

I think that's a classic case of good intentions but...

@MaloryJingleJones I'm genuinely interested in what you think the problem is with Mississipi Burning. It was made in a time far closer to the Civil Rights movement than we are now, is based on real (terrible) events and portrays racial injustice and the Ku Klux Klan as the evil things they are.

Anything pre 2000 lol because there is bound to be something in every film that will upset someone

And what is it that you imagine happened in 2000 to abruptly change the Overton Window in film?

There was a thread on this a few months back and it was interesting. While Baby was younger and certainly not street wise, she had the advantage of class and money. In terms of power play, it was level or arguably Johnny was the more vulnerable one.

Given the decline of the cinema, maybe they should be making more of these films now.

Sorry, I was responding to someone’s suggestion of Love Actually.

i caught the beginning of Flash Dance, the thighs right at the front of the picture, gyrating, then she drunk a huge amount of coke!
that wouldnt happen now

Wish you were here is a brilliant film for the psychiatrist scene alone. (With the psychiatrist smoking throughout the consultation.)
"You must know a dirty, filthy, smutty word beginning with F. Everybody does, I most certainly do."
"Why are you asking me?"
"Because I want to hear you say it."
"You dirty old bugger!"

I think there's a point being missed with lots of these replies. With the people doing terrible things, are they being shown sympathetically? Take Harry Potter, and the Dursleys neglecting Harry. The sympathy is for Harry; if it had been for the Dursleys, that would be quite another matter.

There's a moment in Grange Hill in the 1980 series, which shows what the general attitude was at the time with casual violence by parents.
Teacher (to Duane with a black eye): Who gave you that?
Duane: Me dad, sir.
Teacher: Why?
Duane: I had me bike nicked, sir.
Teacher: (shrugs) Off you go.

No way would it be shown like that nowadays.

Why ?

I really don’t know where to start with this. Sex worker sanitises things. Prostitute tells it like it is. And for you to say that those using these services aren’t hurting anyone is so naive I can’t believe I’m actually reading it. Do you know about people trafficking, young girls forced into prostitution, hooked on drugs so they’re compliant ? Then there is the inequality in the law. There is a law against selling sex, but there is none against purchasing it. Why do you think that is ? The only way a man can be prosecuted in the UK for engaging with a prostitute is if it can be proved she has been trafficked. Please, please employ a bit of critical thinking.

Well Duh !! Just because it’s aimed at children doesn’t mean it has to be mindless shite.

What about "soul man" where a white man turns himself black to get into college?

Oh my god, yes. That was AWFUL.

I'm not sure Austin Powers would be made these days - "that ain't no woman, it's A MAN, man" wouldn't go down well in certain circles!

If she's happy being a commodity then that's her prerogative.

I would be devastated if a member of my family thought it was a good idea

I think the message has been received

Many, many times

There is no law against selling sex in the UK. There is a law against two or three women working together. That applies in Nordic model countries too. In Nordic model Ireland the penalty for 'brothel-keeping' was doubled.

You have stated a lot of myths about prostitution. I am reading Going Down to the Sea by Ko-lin Chin. He interviewed Chinese prostitutes working abroad. He wrote that only one of them was deceived, coerced or forced. None of them had any contact with organised crime except in Singapore. This fits in with other research about prostitution and trafficking.

I think we’re all well aware that men who have watched too much porn seem to want sex that is violent and degrades women. If they’re expecting it in relationships as reported, one can only imagine what they demand from someone whose body they have bought. Selling sex degrades both parties, sorry if that doesn’t accord with your politics.

@Nanny0gg
Mike Batt has not been mentioned? I wager you didn’t know this.
Garfunkel was not a songwriter, but a singer,
Paul McCartney would have embraced both disciplines - however
how and why is airing information, such a thorn to you, why would you come
on here to be so rude, bullish even, to admonish a well meaning poster -
@Nanny0gg why have you stooped to such a mean spirited message??

Nothing redeems meanness

The third one certainly wouldn't. I was surprised enough that it got made when it did. I know Austin Powers was never meant to be PC/woke, but that level of overt racism, body shaming and herp-derp sexual harassment seemed weird even for 2003.