Watched Pleasantville again the other day and was struck by how similar the world turning into color is to a liberal opening their eyes to the deception by the big media, double standards, self serving politicians, etc. The key in the lock moment is not the same the ones in the movie or for us here today. But once the light has been turned on everything looks different.
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From my perspective that movie was more from the progressive side. Life turned to color when everyone, including kids, started having sex.
That's the irony today that it's the left living in an illusion. I've brought this up regarding other red-pill films like "The Matrix" and "They Live" which were made by lefties who didn't realize that they were raging against the wrong system.
This.
Agreed. It was a smear on the 1950s.
I agree. There’s a YouTube channel called Black Pilled that did an analysis of Pleasantville saying exactly that.
I mean, how many movies have we seen that make the 1950’s look stupid? He places it in the context of all these movies that try to get people to forget that there was a time (not that long ago) when 1 working parent could afford a house in the suburbs, a car, 3+ kids, and have money left over to put into savings. It would make sense for Hollywood leftists to memory hole that era (and try to make it look horribly backwards).
I’d post a link to the video but I can’t find the video on his channel. He’s anti-Q but to give credit where credit is due, he’s really good at analyzing films.
Well, one girl had lots of sex but didn't change to color - that happened when she read a book, the guy from the diner changed when he saw an art book and started painting. The main character changed when he defended his mother from a bunch who were going to assault her and his father turned when he admitted he loved his wife. Then the mayor (?) turned when he lost his temper.
Everyone in the movie is a lefty. It was made 20 yrs ago and the red pill movement wasn't even a thing, at least as we see it today.
And it encouraged eating a hearty breakfast (though no one changed into color from that).
Also censorship was considered normal and no one questioned it until a character from the nineties told them the story of "Catcher in the Rye." and the books started filling themselves in. But just being a conduit to knowledge or sex wasn't enough, the nineties teens had to change more proactively before they turned back into color.
The Haunting is kind of interesting. The 1999 remake added some things that weren't in the original. The main antagonist ghost was a child murderer. The one who is trying to uncover this mystery is told repeatedly that she's wrong, is crazy, isn't seeing reality clearly, etc.
It also contains some propaganda that is so insidious, as it was for a long time. The males in the film are all horrific people. The only death is a male. And you have a sexy woman that turns down the man who is interested in her but makes passes towards the woman.
Great movie... haven't watched it on forever... will watch it again fren
I'll take a look pal!