I think it touched on punishment a little--but just to say that that seemed to be part of the appeal as well. As I said above, the article was really about how adulthood was presented and how the author felt that if he were growing up going to the movies today he wouldn't have been as eager to grow up and be an adult. Or especially a parent.
I'm kind of thinking that people might have adultery sqicks though, only that they're not realising that that's what it its, and that their squick only says something about their own tastes, and nothing about the merits of the film, whether that be as a film, as entertainment, as social commentary, as moral tale, or whatever.
Yes--I think the first two posters were coming at it from that angle and were completely right. They know what movies interest them and this one doesn't. It's wrong to act like it's a moral judgment on *them* (like they're homophobic or not romantic) because they have that reaction to it. Not liking horror movies or violence in movies doesn't make you a coward. I hate Gwyneth Paltrow, and that distracts me from any movie she's in.
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Date: 2006-01-06 06:22 pm (UTC)I'm kind of thinking that people might have adultery sqicks though, only that they're not realising that that's what it its, and that their squick only says something about their own tastes, and nothing about the merits of the film, whether that be as a film, as entertainment, as social commentary, as moral tale, or whatever.
Yes--I think the first two posters were coming at it from that angle and were completely right. They know what movies interest them and this one doesn't. It's wrong to act like it's a moral judgment on *them* (like they're homophobic or not romantic) because they have that reaction to it. Not liking horror movies or violence in movies doesn't make you a coward. I hate Gwyneth Paltrow, and that distracts me from any movie she's in.