Often, in discussions about old movies, someone will say, “That movie couldn’t be made today.”, and inevitably someone else will disagree.

  • AskewLord@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    I showed this to my 16 year old nephew and he was legit upset/offended and I had to turn it off.

    He was shocked they could say ‘those bad words’ in a movie. I don’t dare show him Pulp Fiction.

    • chunes@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Sounds like he needs a cool uncle to counteract the excessive sheltering his parents are doing.

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        1 day ago

        If you’ve grown up as a kid only having access to the internet in the last 6 years or so, yeah I could see how Idiocracy might be shocking. The dialog in that movie is the antithesis of the status quo nowadays. For a kid without context about the satirical and parodical nature of the film, they might think that the movie was endorsing that kind of language.

        It would take some guidance from a guardian on what it means, why its relevant, and why its actually become important over time.

        Its a required watch in my mind.