I am responding to disturbing comments in other threads, but I wanted this to go here because it's going to go off topic and dive into argumentative territory.
David2012 wrote:
Dennis wrote:
I paint with a broad brush but, to me, many Korean and Japanese horror directors seem to be some messed up individuals.
This is the most offensive thing I've ever read so far on these forums. You're insulting not one but two entire races, just because you didn't like and/or understand the movie? I really do not understand why you feel you have to say that many Korean and Japanese horror directors are messed up individuals. That is totally inappropriate and prejudiced. I get that a lot of Asian horror/sci/action films are very graphic, violent, shocking, etc., but Asians, especially the Japanese, do things on a VERY large scale, and I LOVE that about them. By the way, why did you mention Koreans? Battle Royale is a Japanese film, not Korean. Just throwing that out there
Are you being serious here? How in the world do you interpret "
many Korean and Japanese horror directors are messed up
individuals" as insulting to "two entire races?" Seriously?
Here's another statement of fact: Many Caucasian American horror directors are messed up individuals. Have I "insulted" an entire race of people there as well?
I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt before when you were offended by irony (I know you still don't understand that's what was going on with the snarkers pro-USA chant a couple years ago, but it was in reference to the irony of the situation and not the endorsement of on screen offensive behavior), however, it is an enormous reach to be "offended" just because a critic mentions an
individual's racial ethnicity.
And you didn't enjoy
Attack the Block because the main characters were gang members? Wow, I feel bad for you. Character redemption arcs and heroes' journeys have been and will continue to be a prevalent staple in cinematic storytelling. If you didn't get the fact that these hooligan kids learned a lesson from their prior actions and redeemed themselves (especially on the part of Moses), then you simply weren't paying attention.