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11/10/09
It did suffer for it's "too soon" concern, but it was such a good movie that didn't really factor in.
While this was a hugely significant event in south eastern Asia, I don't think that incorporating a character who experienced the event into a movie that isn't actually about the event is treating the subject with any disrespect. In fact it is almost an attitude of acceptance; a naturalness becoming in our collective conciousness. #clinteastwood
11/10/09
The description doesn't really sound at all like it's actually about the tsunami, only that it's part of one of the character's backstories.
As for your wondering whether there will be a sentiment of "too soon..."
No, probably not. At least to most of the folks that would end up seeing this movie wouldn't have been impacted by it.
If you want a movie that directly dramatized the aftermath of the tsunami, then you can check out the t.v. mini series "Tsunami: The Aftermath"
[www.imdb.com]
It was made only 2 years after the event by the BBC and HBO.
It actually features a pretty solid ensemble cast and wound up winning some BAFTAS, Emmys, and Golden Globes... #clinteastwood
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That said, wow, what a director-writer match. Morgan means I'll give it more benefit of a doubt than I would otherwise. #clinteastwood
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i'm not entirely sure this debate is even relevant to this film. based on the description that's posted the tsunami itself is a significant event not in the film but in the history of only one of the films characters. #clinteastwood
11/10/09
On a separate note, I'm always wary about the audiences-identify-with-like thing. Those assumptions have a way of morphing into unspoken and unquestioned rules that end up putting white faces on the covers of books about brown people. One of the principal beauties of movies/fiction/etc is their capacity to foster empathy, and I'm always discouraged when some executive or other makes a stupid casting or marketing decision in doubt over that capacity. #clinteastwood
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Granted the hurricane was tragedy on a vastly different scale, but still 9/11 had a pretty big impact on U.S. citizens, and those two movies seemed to go over relatively well. #clinteastwood
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given our location the waves were sudden but survivable. all the boats were out of commission so we had to wait a few hours for a larger vessel to come ferry us off the island. it was psychologically traumatic, mostly due to the hours of waiting with little word from the mainland, but other than that not to bad. i cannot even begin to imagine what the experience of watching what amounts to your life savings and means of employment shattered against the trees which i'm sure many of the boat pilots on the island went through, much less loosing someone to the wave (everyone on poda lived as far as i know.) #clinteastwood
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I actually found it a little distasteful the way (SPOILER ALERT FOR A NEARLY YEAR OLD MOVIE)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button exploited Katrina to give the ending more "poignancy." #clinteastwood
11/10/09
That storm garbage was a highly irrelevant and frankly offensive (in its exploitative nature) addition to an already bloated, convoluted plot and a poor excuse for storytelling. #clinteastwood
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Bad things happen every day. Denying that they occur is not the way to address them, but instead to talk openly and freely about what caused them and how to avoid such atrocities in the future. Open debate is a much more powerful tool than pretending something never occurred in the first place. #clinteastwood
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If it's distasteful or disrespectful, I'd say at least 1000 years, if not more. #clinteastwood
11/10/09
this issue begs the question "To what extent are people obligated to be respectful?" and what do we mean by 'respectful'?and how is that justified? why is it wrong (or is it) to make a teen romp movie set during the morning of sept 11/01?
obviously there are people who will say that things like these are wrong or 'too soon' etc, but they should have reasons beyond simple emotion...
good/tough question... #clinteastwood
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But really, I completely agree with you, in that it shouldn't depend on the artist, and it's up to each individual to decide to watch it, no matter how fictionalized it's been made. #clinteastwood
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