Yes?
That's some very awful taste right there.
I'm afraid you can't be saved.
Yes?
But it's the Bond comparisons (and the movie openly invites them every 5-10 minutes, so it's unavoidable) that really brought into contrast just how badly this film has aged in the 20+ years since its release. I remembered this movie being more of a spy movie than it actually is. There's not much spy shit here at all. It's closer to fuckin' Austin Powers than Bond.
Hilarious movie. Great action. I don't t think it's fair to project psychobabble onto the director because he got divorced. What's supposed to be racist? Islamic extremists attacking America and demanding we stop meddling in the middle-east?
And I don't know what to tell you, as a kid it was very clear that Arnie was off the deep end and that Tom Arnold was too spineless to stand up to him. The movie was actually pretty sympathetic to Jamie Lee Curtis's cheating on him. It made it very clear that she was being neglected emotionally. It didn't try to make you "hate the cheating whore" at all.
One of Cameron's better movies, and one of Arnie's for that matter.
The Rock is better than True Lies.
This. One of my favorite movie moments. That and a Harrier jump jet rolling up the windshield of a cop car. It's a fun film, not one to be taken too seriously.0% battery
Great comedy with action. No idea WTF dad joke or racist about it. Must be some ultra sensitive millinial crap.
This. Racist Dad? The striptease is brutal to watch? Idk wtf is going on.
I would hate to watch a movie with you OP. In other news, I bet True Lies holds up well.
Nope. Great movie!!!!
Truth here. WTF OP?True Lies is a great movie lol
I won't even get into the other ludicrous points you made and focus on this..But Harry Tasker essentially lies his wife into a dangerous situation, forces her to pretend she's a prostitute, then forces her to perform for him, and while Harry gets his comeuppance for this later, the entire thing is played 100% as an acceptable gag. It's really fucking creepy and gross.
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Generally people who role play, you know, are aware that it's a game.Schattenjäger;232386869 said:I won't even get into the other ludicrous points you made and focus on this..
What exactly is so creepy and gross about what Harry Tasker did? Married couples role play all the time ..
Grant it.. he took advantage of his spy privileges but it's a movie and the scene is integral to the plot of the movie
If you're gonna hate on the movie - at least hate on the pacing as that was the worst part
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If Bobby does that then it's time to battle.I'm pretty sure Bobby is on a mission to destroy all the things I love. Next week - Big Trouble in Little China.
how is it convenient?lmao at people conveniently forgetting the racism and sexism
Here's an article from 1994, it's not some revisionist hot take or some "with mature eyes" thing.
http://ew.com/article/1994/08/05/racism-and-sexism-true-lies/
After raking in $62 million in just two weeks, True Lies has eased fears about recouping its reported $120 million budget. But Arnold Schwarzeneggers actioner is now embroiled in another sort of trouble, a controversy involving charges of racism and sexism.
A loose coalition of Arab-American organizations picketed the films mid-July opening in more than 10 cities across the country, protesting its cartoonish depiction of fanatical, kaffiyeh-clad Arab terrorists. The New York City-based National Council on Islamic Affairs and the American-Arab Relations Committee have called for a boycott of the movie and for its outright banning in 54 Arab and Muslim countries. This film is truly a bunch of lies, says Albert Mokhiber, president of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) the group that persuaded Disney to alter possibly offensive lyrics for Aladdins video release.
As it did with Asian-American groups concerned about racial stereotyping in Rising Sun, the films distributor, Twentieth Century Fox, rebuffed Arab-American groups early requests to screen the film. Just weeks prior to Lies release, the studio agreed to add a disclaimer a decision that Fox spokeswoman Andrea Jaffe says cost us some money, and required an extra days work on the picture. The disclaimer hasnt won Fox much goodwill. When I stayed to see it, says ADC spokeswoman Anne Marie Baylouny, I was the only one left in the theater.
The ADC is asking that Schwarzenegger tape a new statement for the Lies video, explaining that the films villains do not represent any particular race. With the fall of the Soviet empire, Hollywood needs a new enemy; weve become a convenient scapegoat, says Mokhiber. Lies director James Cameron counters, I just needed some convenient villains. It could [have been] anybody. I could have picked Irish terrorists.
Cameron, who was praised for his gun-toting heroines in Aliens and the Terminator films, has also been slammed for Lies attitude toward women, especially in the films talked-about strip-tease scene. I felt embarrassed for both Jamie Lee Curtis and for her character when I watched her scenes, says Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, whose review helped spark a debate over whether the film was misogynistic. In the context of an action film, a strong character is in control. Shes being controlled. The audience is laughing at her because shes being humiliated. Unlike the Arab-Americans, however, womens groups have yet to condemn the film. We dont think the intent is to make women look bad, explains Tammy Bruce, president of the National Organization for Womens L.A. chapter. Compared to the Arabs, women come off relatively well in this one.
Cameron also dismisses charges of sexism. I dont think every scene in a movie has to present itself as an example of political correctness, he says, defending the controversial interrogation scene in which a hidden Schwarzenegger bullies wife Curtis into confessing her love for him. Ive had a lot of guys say, I need one of those rooms at my house.
I'm pretty sure Bobby is on a mission to destroy all the things I love. Next week - Big Trouble in Little China.
That movie is more sexist than true lies, dude tries to own a woman lol.
Also why they gotta be Chinese?
And how does it do that?Generally people who role play, you know, are aware that it's a game.
He absolutely was way out of line, and the movie even says so.
That movie is more sexist than true lies, dude tries to own a woman lol.
Also why they gotta be Chinese?