to actually feel violated by 'Swiped' on netflix.

[TeaForTheWin]

Ok so, film is about some college guys who invent a dating ap. I thought 'hey, this'll be some light, fun filled viewing that doesn't need to be taken too seriously'. Man was I wrong.

So the app basically states that women aren't allowed to ask for the mans name ect,,,and have to advertise themselves via naked underwear shots. And every woman in this movie seems cool with that (with the exception of the stertiotypical 'good/shy/sexually repressed girl' - boke).

All the young college girls are portrayed as stupid bimbos (and all the men, portrayed as being cool with treating them as such) ...I don't know why I thought it would get better but I watched on...almost in the hope that it would somehow find a way to undo the horror.

But no, instead, the very guy who invented the ap, comes to 'save the women from themselves' by telling them 'hey you don't have to be sex objects', and hiving it 'hey how about I make an ap for you' (by this point I am literally screaming at the screen 'eh how about NO you fucking sanctimonious prick!' xD)

A particularly uncomfortable scene happens when one of the girls (who the film made great efforts to portray as stupid and loose earlier scene) meets a creepy guy on her 'date' and comes back crying and all the guys eves drop are making it seem like its a case of it being like 'oh boohoo emotional women waaaah' and laughing. And the implication being made due to the placement of the prior scene was that we were supposed to come to the conclusion that it somehow 'served her right' too.

I mean it's sick, totally sick and I can't understand why Netflix would allow it. Infact it scares me that not one person in the making or casting of this film didn't say 'hey, this isn't ok'. The way we are portraying women in this isn't ok'.

Anyway, sorry for the rant just wondered if anyone else caught some of it and had similar feelings.

No I haven’t seen it, but it sounds hideous!

Haven't bee so disgusted during a film since 'drag me to hell' xD at least
that was for horror purposes xD

But with this film I was like '... ….this feels like a hate crime against woman'

That film is ridiculous
I also watched it thinking ok where is the twist? No twist. Awful but because it has Noah Centineo in it a lot of girls will watch it

I saw this as a suggestion. I was considering watching but I don’t think that my feminist radar could cope.

Thanks for the warninf

Who even thinks this kind of shit up

God it sounds grim! I will make sure not to watch that one OP. Thanks for the heads up.
I remember being similarly disappointed in I think it's called The Bachelorette? With Rebel Wilson? Thought it would be nice to see a comedy where women are having a fun, drunken time. Except they have a shit time, it's really stressful and they end up in a female strip club with the guys where the best compliment one of them gets paid is "your body is good enough to be a stripper". I was disgusted and so disappointed.
(I am NOT bashing strippers by the way - it's just that looking good for men appeared to be the only real goal and this comment reinforced that. I was hoping a comedy for women might highlight other qualities females can have too since that's the message in most movies!).

because it has Noah Centineo in it a lot of girls will watch it

and that makes it even more worrying because of the young and impressionable audience it will attract.

katnisk
Ah that sucks, I might have checked it out as Kirsten dunst is in it and I like her. But maybe I'll skip it.

But with this film I was like '... ….this feels like a hate crime against woman

Impossible of course because misogyny is not a hate crime; treating women as "less than" and as "other", is just the natural order of things and part of the very fabric from which our society is woven!

Thanks for the warning OP. I would not be able to stomach this either. And I have a terrible compulsion to finish books and films I've started, no matter how terrible they are.

stillathing
Ditto, first film I haven't been able to finish in years...apart from 'saving private ryan', everytime I try with that film it acts as a sleep aid xD

It's Netflix, they often get stuff like this badly wrong. I've come to expect it. They've made more bad stuff than good by now. Hopefully another streaming service will put them out of business soon.

I was going to watch it soon as I thought it would be lighthearted viewing like you said! Not anymore, that's a horrid concept for Netflix to promote. That 13 reasons why show is awful for promoting things too.

It's Netflix, they often get stuff like this badly wrong. I've come to expect it. I dunno, think they've really outdone themeselvs this time.

The 13 reasons one triggered someone into suicide didn't it?

YANBU, it's really, really terrible. I get that I am not the target audience (it's scary who is), but there is literally nothing redeeming about it at all. Slightly off topic but related, I rewatched American Pie the other day, and although it isn't exactly overly progressive or intellectual- the women in it are actually not just 'hot chicks' for once, they are all different and have different interests, aren't ashamed to tell men what they like or talk about sex. The men respect their decisions and take pride in learning how to please a woman, plus not all casual flings. I know it's still shallow and looking too much into it, but it's actually not too bad in my opinion. Also, I like how the inappropriate pest is made to seem ridiculous and put in his place.

Modern films seem to lack this, especially a lot of the rubbish Netflix is churning out. Usually I'm not too fussed if something isn't my cup of tea as everyone is different, but you are right this is just next level.

I mean it's sick, totally sick and I can't understand why Netflix would allow it.

Because as you proved yourself, people will watch it.

I agree it's sick though. I would've switched it off once I'd realised that. No matter where the film went in the end.

@yulet I believe more than one young person actually! It was a horridly graphic show and did more harm than good even though they tried to spin it as 'creating awareness'

I've seen it and agree that it's shit, but as you (presumably) chose to watch it yourself and weren't forced to and nothing has actually happened to you, then YABU to say you feel 'violated' by it.

I've not watched it but just watched the trailer. It looks absolutely awful! What a load of crap

Because as you proved yourself, people will watch it.

Surely they know when we don't FINISH their films though.

And just to clarify, I didn't finish it lol. I probably watched longer than I should of, but mostly because I was too frozen I horror at what I was seeing to turn off xD

It sounds like something out of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It's horrible but things like that happen unfortunately. Bugs me no end!

I have to watch it for work to review it this weekend. I thought with Noah Centineo it might be like To All the Boys or Perfect Date but now I'm not happy I agreed to it reading this. Oh well, I review honestly and I have no qualms about calling the writers/producers out. Netflix gets a lot wrong like this though.

I mean it's sick, totally sick and I can't understand why Netflix would allow it. Infact it scares me that not one person in the making or casting of this film didn't say 'hey, this isn't ok'. The way we are portraying women in this isn't ok'.

I think it might just have been more obvious to you in this film but, tbh, honest, women are rarely protrayed any differently.

And when film franchises try to promote more positive representations of women (e.g. Mad Max: Fury Road) there is an awful lot of resistance/criticism from men who seem to feel threatened by the more positive/less 'sex object' representation of women. This is particularly the case with 'mens films'.

I'm not its target audience and know little about Netflix but is it possible for you to complain to them strongly about how awful it is, and the bad message it is sending out, especially after 'MeToo'? Just a thought.