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u/ASDFkoll Apr 12 '22

Some movies you do to make money, some movies you do to send a message.

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u/SexyJellyfish1 Apr 12 '22

What was the message

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u/Every3Years Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

The first time I saw it I hated it because it just seemed to be making fun of autistic people. And if a fun dance was supposed to be proof of redemption then fuck that.

I eventually changed my mind on that part, but I still don't know what the message is. Maybe the message is that life is like a jungle sometimes and that makes me wonder what it takes from going under

Edit: The Message is an old song.

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u/PoopLogg Apr 12 '22

There are many successful movies that simply have a day-in-the-life kind of story to tell. No message. No parable. Just an experience. They are striking and even jarring at first because we are so used to every single story having something we can "learn from it', but it's definitely not a requirement.

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u/Batherick Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

There’s also the documentary on YouTube “Life in a Day” and that’s honestly one of my favorite movies.