Delusion1111111 wrote:Anachronism wrote:Anachronism wrote:
Watching Mignonnes (Cuties) to see what all the hoopla is about. Only 30 minutes in so I have no opinion on the film itself yet. Regarding the controversy, I do think there is a legitimate conversation to be had about whether or not children should be involved in such explicit content, but that's not what's happening. I find it interesting a movie that dares to critique the sexualization of children (tho if its handled successfully is yet to be seen) creates a moral panic, yet this shit happens on tiktok all the time and no one says shit (though I may be committing whataboutism idk).
The Netflix poster was in poor taste tho.
Ok so its actually a gripping story with brilliant acting and cinematography. I thought it really nailed what many young girls experience. Though I'm unsure about the ethics of it. It may be fictional in context, but actual 11 year olds still twerked in revealing outfits. Is that exploitative? I still don't know
OMG i literally just finished watching it like half an hour ago what r the chances . i agree w u, thought it was a really really good film, made me cry a lot but ya i dont know, im v unsure abt whether or not the incredibly sexually suggestive scenes were 'ok' or not in this context. like v unsure and confused bcuz there is an argument to be made, i think, about how maybe it was necessary for it to be depicted in that way in order to make the point it was trying to make as strongly as possible... i dno. its complicated and i dont wanna straight up b like 'oh no it was totally fine' because i dont exactly feel that way for a number of reasons
but i think 99% of the outrage has been dumb bcuz people are just saying 'this film is evil REMOVE IT from netflix, nobody should be watching it' when like... actually i think a lot of ppl should b watching it bcuz it is a very good film and also has a very good message ? and also instead of getting angry at the director who made the film n netflix n demanding it gets banned or whatever, why arent ppl getting angry at.......how normalised and prevalent the sexualisation of young girls is within our culture/society OUTSIDE of this film ? idk if im making sense
I watched it over the course of about 2-3 days and finished it last night.