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sasha_feather) wrote2014-08-24 02:25 am
sasha_feather) wrote2014-08-24 02:25 am
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Guardians of the Galaxy
I saw Guardians of the Galaxy tonight with my roommate. This was a fun movie with a lot of great effects, action sequences, and good music.
I liked the prison break scene the most.
I'd seen some discussion on Twitter, so I was prepared for the strange misogynistic comments, which did not fit in the film. I was not prepared for the hostility towards PWDs (specifically prosthetics) as expressed by Rocket Raccoon. I get that Rocket and the other characters are supposed to be assholes to some degree. But harassing people on the basis of their prosthetic limbs / augmentations goes well beyond the sort of lovable douchey character and into asshole you never want to speak with or hang out with. Lovable douches include Tony Stark and Jeff Winger. Rocket just seems like a regular douche who messes with people because he can.
I did however appreciate how Rocket called out Drax for endangering their lives. "Everyone has dead people," Rocket says; saying in essence that Drax has man pain and he is putting his own grief and anger above every one else's emotions and even safety. In this, Drax is being just like Ronin, the villain. Ronin wants to avenge his father grandfather, etc: he is putting his own quest for vengeance above everyone else.
I'd like to see more of *this* type of truth-telling in the movie / franchise, and less of the characters being jerks.
The last two films I saw in the theater were Snowpiercer and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Both were very disability positive, specifically in regards to prosthetics / amputations. While waiting for our food, we saw a poster for Dolphin Tale 2, which features a dolphin with a prosthetic tail. I'm glad that GotG is the exception here.
I liked the prison break scene the most.
I'd seen some discussion on Twitter, so I was prepared for the strange misogynistic comments, which did not fit in the film. I was not prepared for the hostility towards PWDs (specifically prosthetics) as expressed by Rocket Raccoon. I get that Rocket and the other characters are supposed to be assholes to some degree. But harassing people on the basis of their prosthetic limbs / augmentations goes well beyond the sort of lovable douchey character and into asshole you never want to speak with or hang out with. Lovable douches include Tony Stark and Jeff Winger. Rocket just seems like a regular douche who messes with people because he can.
I did however appreciate how Rocket called out Drax for endangering their lives. "Everyone has dead people," Rocket says; saying in essence that Drax has man pain and he is putting his own grief and anger above every one else's emotions and even safety. In this, Drax is being just like Ronin, the villain. Ronin wants to avenge his father grandfather, etc: he is putting his own quest for vengeance above everyone else.
I'd like to see more of *this* type of truth-telling in the movie / franchise, and less of the characters being jerks.
The last two films I saw in the theater were Snowpiercer and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Both were very disability positive, specifically in regards to prosthetics / amputations. While waiting for our food, we saw a poster for Dolphin Tale 2, which features a dolphin with a prosthetic tail. I'm glad that GotG is the exception here.