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Game of Thrones (2011)
Game Of Thrones:The kidnapping and butchering of a genre:The fantasy series.
This series,is such a huge success because it deliberately revives and confirms male patriarchal stereotypes and general nihilistic views on masculinity.In a time where young men have lost their sense if purpose;what is it nowadays to be a man?This is medieval times recreated with more war and more nihilism.The fantasy element is added with 3 dragons and a little bit of magic. Next to that the deliberate creation of (by now quite boring repetitive predictable (with a"k") shock effect every season by showing the hacking of heads and limbs"See guys; in days of old real men showed no mercy."And next to that a cast of almost all unlikable opportunistic characters.Only Jon snow I'd blow:)But who wouldn't? With the Mother Of Dragons joining in of course,o.k boys?:) Certainly most the closeted IMDb gaming nerds that adore this show so,would join.Those that seem to have kidnapped the sf- fantasy ratings of IMDb anyway:)Oh yeah.. Diana Riggs Oleana Tyrell is somebody I would have a cup of tea with. Anyway I digress.Next to that the psychology is very flat.Because most of these types are vile,disrespectful, not so sensitive twats (m/v) whom we frankly, as the seasons progress, get no true insight into; motivation wise.Why care?Problem is there are too many characters in the first place.And they all seem to have the same bloody hollow ambitions. As of yet our dear writer has not granted us any solace any hope of any sort of psychological release.And we're in season 6 of 7, mind you, of mister Martin's "provocative" nihilism; I say why don't they just all butcher each other! Which they probably will in the end ! See if I care!.:) It's all gone much too far without having anything significant to say about humanity.Whilst fantasy should provide us with alternative views and values.And could really blow our minds.Here it merely serves to confirm the hopelessness of the man race:) In short:Overrated by IMDb gaming computer nerds and South Park loving autistic sissy boys that do not know where to stick it anymore:)All a bunch of vagrant crybabies that wouldn't even be able to handle a sword,They'd probably hack of their own toes.Fitting actually:) Toodles.....:)
The Monuments Men (2014)
How did Monuments Men ever get made?
This is how.George Clooney reigns supreme in Hollywood.The screenwriter of this particular uneventful,unconvincing romp must have been a hell of a talker to get Clooney involved in the first place. But once ya got old Georgy hooked he's on board.And he probably got hooked on playing that same refined gentleman/hero that he is known and typecast for. Georgy Porgy just called up some of his buddies,like John Goodman and Bill Murray, that always love to to do a movie with good odd George. Therefor the mountain of Hollywood came to Mozes Clooney and decided that there should be light in this shallow universe of a story.A few billion dollars and some few months on set with the good old boys,later, we anticipate the ultimate buddy movie.The studios bombard us with suggestive trailers and publicity campaigns.Then we audiences get to see it and the dreadful die is cast,while the cast dies on screen.The plot is a haberdashery of genres that don't sit well with each other and therefor never come together in any sensible way.The dialog is stale and full of clichés.If you thought the dialog of the second Star Wars was bad, think again!The soundtrack gave new meaning to the words "Where have I heard these tunes and marches before" and was omni-impotently present.The psychology of the characters null and void.We just did not give a damn about the rescue of art we should be giving a damn about.But if the writing is this shitty we all just wanna hit the fan in disbelief. And so the big machine called Hollywood wastes acting talent and a lot of money on the umpteenth Second world War story(Where's the Spanish Civil or First World War when you need them) that has nothing new on offer, but was sold to us as if it did have just that. And so a one track mind movie (rescue art from bad bad Nazis)becomes a zero picture.But I bet everybody did get paid in the end.All's well that sells star-studded sh....:) :)
In Treatment: Sunil: Week Seven (2010)
Moral Courage/Moral Anger
If EVER there was an episode of a drama series that showed how patriarchy and dogmatic religion co-operate to make the lives of citizens miserable it was this brilliantly written last episode about the judgemental client of Paul Weston; Sunil. So filled with hatred for the freedom his son has taken in choosing a , very intelligent woman as his partner. So full of self pity about the suicide of his true love Malina that he was part guilty of himself.So filled with self righteousness about his "sacred" Indian, dated, morals! I have never been so angry at any character in t.v drama,in all my life !MEN around the world should stop torturing women and minorities with their self hatred. This Sunil character shows what kind of life you get to live if you let invasive,vindictive, judgemental men, who think that God or Allah or any fictitious god for that matter is proving them right in their pathetic actions, come into your life. The writing of all Sunil episodes makes me take my cap off to the writer and writers. As a screenwriter I say to you:"Continue to show this kind of moral courage" It makes up for all the patriarchal series about male violence that HBO puts out, in their relentless longing to show the gritty side of life.In Treatment along with Sex and the City are HBO's GEMS. Any progressive left wing thinker SHOULD have watched this. If you have not already; do so THIS INSTANCE!It will move you,and change you.Many have already been moved, and I hope changed..WATCH THIS!