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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 19:06:12 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 19:45:56 GMT
I first read “dad movie” when people on twitter were talking about Ford v Ferrari. It’s not exactly meant as a compliment, in the same way that people use “chick flick” to describe a movie. What they mean is “The movie is ok. I didn’t love it, but my dad would enjoy it”. The implication, of course, is “My taste is far superior to my dad’s, so my dad wouldn’t notice if a movie isn’t great” . When I was little and we only had one tv, we were often stuck watching whatever my father wanted to see. The worst, for me, was Mannix. To this day, I’ve never understood the appeal of it. I was ok with the other boring crime/police dramas he would want to watch, but Mannix was torture. I always think of it as a “dad show”. It's derogatory but there's a hint of love there., too. Like I enjoyed it a lot but can't admit it in front my cool friends! And yes, that happened with Ford v Ferrari. Maybe it's related to the political correct mood of these days, too. Bridge of Spies, Ford v Ferrari and this one are traditional stories about men. So they're not just narratively conventional but about white straight men ( although Cooke is openly gay. Acually I thought in that when that Variety review mentioned that the film almost seemed a story of infidelity of a man cheating his wife with another man but "obviously" without any homoeroticism in it, he kind of suggested it was something unimaginable to the producers when the director is actually openly gay! Why would be something unthinkable for him?) That's not cool right now! Conventional stories about women or minorities are cool even when they are bad they are "good" but good enjoyable movies about white straight men? Sure, they are very good but by my uncool dad standards! Of course! Not me! My dad!
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 19:49:51 GMT
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Post by Reini Urban on Jan 25, 2020 20:21:55 GMT
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Post by MagdaFR on Jan 25, 2020 20:35:32 GMT
It's derogatory but there's a hint of love there, too. Like I enjoyed it a lot but can't admit it in front my cool friends! Yes, it's this. They enjoy the movies but they can't admit it. Someone that sometimes has this attitude is David Ehrlich. I remember his review about the Grinch wasn't bad but his rating was. His review about Ironbark is more or less the same thing. Well, I found this tweet that goes that way. If found my group of Marriage Story "haters" reading one of his retweets. This tweet an replies.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 21:35:35 GMT
Ha! Somehow I didn't see that tweet! The problem would be that they would change the sexuality of the real life men. I don't have a problem with that but you know, history purists!
Anyway, it's stupid to suggest an openly gay man would have a problem with that! This guy is joking but I think Variety seemed to suggest any homoeroticism in it was accidental and that people behind the film would never dare to think in something like that! After all, it's just a dad movie! 😉
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 21:45:10 GMT
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Post by roverpup on Jan 25, 2020 22:07:44 GMT
I think he meant to say "Benedict Cumberbatch’s naif Brit salesman is the perfect partner FOIL for Merab Ninidze’s hardened Soviet informer" instead of "Benedict Cumberbatch’s naif Brit salesman is the perfect partner FOUL for Merab Ninidze’s hardened Soviet informer"!
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 25, 2020 22:47:05 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 26, 2020 3:32:45 GMT
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