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I'd also say that Gone with the Wind did a great job bringing that huge book to life but yeah it did leave out the fact that she had two other children with her first two husbands. Other than that though I think it was a great adaptation and followed the narrative and characters well.
Hmm how about the first Harry Potter too, that was the only HP film that stayed closer to the book.
It's a movie... It is supposed to be a "fake ass situation."
And why does every movie have to include a black person? Not every movie has to include a white person... I mean, here is a social experiment for you, Big O: why is it that in every movie about slavery (Roots, Amistad, etc.) is every white person made out to be the most evil scum of history...? Not every white person owned slaves.
I guess my point is twofold:
1. Not every white person is a racist.
2. Not every movie is made with intentions to suppress the amount of black actors in it.
"Not every movie has to include a white person" true, but can you name a single hollywood movie that doesn't???? Good luck.
Roots is about slavery, slave owners are the scum of the earth, I'm not sure what you were trying to prove there. Rosewood, Malcolm X, Mississippi Burning and other such movies are historical pieces if you don't like the things that people used to do, then that is an amazing reason for you to take it upon yourself to never let it happen again. If you thinkl this is an argument that you can win, then more power to you but I think the evidence is so stacked in my favor that your task is heculean. Again, Good luck. I'm not a racist, I'm mixed myself so there are whites in my family and I love and cherish everyone of them, but I do take every opportunity to educate them on reality. Thanks for listenin, no hard feelings on this side and I hope that it is the same on yours.
I think you make very interesting points about how Hollywood is run, and you are correct (to a point) about how Hollywood is filtered through a racially tinted lens.
But I think that sometimes you are very quick to crucify any film with an all-white cast, especially one set in "reality," such as Fight Club or Slevin. I don't know if that's fair. There are places in America where you don't meet to many black people, just as there are parts of America where you don't see many white people. So I don't know if it is always a racially based decision when it comes to casting, they may just be playing to the environment in which the film is set. Agree?
Minorities are severely underepresented in Hollywood, and when they are cast, it's in stereotypical roles. However, I'm not going to dislike a movie just because all of the main characters are white, unless it's a movie by the KKK in which case the movie can burn in hell. It would be nice to see more minorities in starring roles, but only if it is done naturally and not accompanied by a plethora of hype because then it just kills the mojo of the movie, in my opinion...like when everyone was hyped about seeing Halle Berry's boobs in Swordfish. They didn't have to focus on making it a fantastic movie because they knew they'd sell tickets on Berry's boobies alone. I just wish people would be cast based on their skills and not the color of their skin so nobody would make a big deal about it. (Idealistic naiviete, I know, but a girl can dream, can't she?)
"I just wish people would be cast based on their skills and not the color of their skin so nobody would make a big deal about it. (Idealistic naiviete, I know, but a girl can dream, can't she?) "
By all means dream away, but, it is just that, a dream and a naive one at that, white people outnumber everyone else like 8 to 1, so there needs to be an effort made to include people of color in the movies that hollywood is expecting us to purchase admission to. And yes even if it means taking a role from an actor that may be more qualified, those are the sacrifices that must be made to promote EQUALITY. When the numbers are so stacked in one sides favor, then yes others need to be included at the expense of the "majority" ( i put that in quotations due to the fact that it only applies in this country, and maybe Europe and Russia too).
It was real nice when I got out of high school and was applying to Washington, I got in because of my mind, but I will not deny that my skin color had alot to do with it. I'm sure there was a white applicant with the same or better grades, I took his/her spot, and I didn't lose 1 second of sleep over it and shed not a tear. The way that my people were treated as recently as 40yrs ago lets me sleep so damn good at night, as I think it is more than deserved, shit, I'm still waiting for my 40 acres, they can keep the mule.
As far as the main topic - and leave it to book readers to start having an intelligent discussion on this site! - I would add The Shining and Silence of the Lambs. And a ton of Bond films. And I'll go ahead and say Watchmen even though it's not out because I will love it no matter what.
But then again, unfortunately neither of us is making the decisions. All we can do is watch, and criticize... Which if you haven't noticed, is my favorite thing to do... ;)