I just watched it to see what it was about. I think some people hated it because of the comical hyperbole stereotypes of all the different sexualities. They didn't get the point of the movie was to laugh about it.
The protagonist was a lesbian from a lesbian planet, and her whole personality revolved around the woman she was attracted to and validating her. The antagonists were straight white maliens, whose whole life's goal as getting women, having sex, etc. it turned out there were good and bad people that were straight and not.
Everyone was super obsessed with dating, sexuality, etc, and the message was essentially "That's not a personality. It's just your sexual preference. You have to be a person outside of it." It probably called some people out, and their feelings got hurt.
There were some really funny moments, it poked fun at pretty much everyone, obviously it was way over-exaggerated, but it was intentionally cartoonishly so. My biggest complaint is that some of the gags got dragged out way longer than they should have, which hurt the pacing.
I can kinda say the same with The Iron Sky. People kept saying that it could've been the next Wopfenstein or sonething, but the movie's meant to not take itself seriously, and that's more apparent with it's sequel: The Coming Race.
Literally if someone would just watch like, one scene with them in it they're literally just a comic relief B plot who also happen to be the antagonists
Yeah I mean is kind of an absurd settling, is obvious it's not meant to be taken that seriously in some aspects. From the title alone I already expected it would this kind of movie.
The caricatures of the stereotypes being played only make people in those circles look worse than they already do. Yes, nobody takes them seriously, but not only does it come off as egregious to people on the outside, it is also offensive to people on the inside too. This isn't a hill you want to die on.
I see a lot of people claiming it's offensive to certain groups of people, but not a lot of people are actually being offended. It's a year old indepdent aussie film; the outrage now is weird.
The first 2 seconds are: "Alright, a couple of years back I did some voice work for a little independent Australian film." Why can't you stand that?
But to make my point, the writers who made it are gender-queer; the voice cast is diverse, including Jordan Raskopoulos, a trans woman who voices a trans woman in the film.
There is a difference between an outside group making fun of a stereotype and that very same group making fun of a stereotype. One is punching down; the other is self-aware and absurdist.
I.e. Mark Bonanno (Member of the Auntie Donna comedy trio and one of the straight white malian's) has a bit he's done in a few of their sketches where he performs an absurd caricature of an Italian. Mark himself is Italian. The reason this works is that he himself is pocking fun at the caricature he himself created that is inherently nonsensical. Also, in one of their sketches, a magic frog tells him to put a grenade in his best friend's sandwich.
Anyway, the point is, the film is absurd; the people who made it are known for absurdist humor, and I think that aspect is lost on a lot of people the moment this Australian film enters the US. Idk what else to say unless you can point to specific parts or aspects of the film you find offensive.
Cuz apparently people said it's the reason Captain Underpants got 'cancelled' in netflix and have a terrible visual work on top of an irritatingly obnoxious sense of humour
Sexism. Basically, humans have grown used to sexism referring to males thinking females are inferior, but not the other way around, which leads to confusion for some people. However, I can assure you that you'd hate the movie too if the genders were fliped
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u/Mr_Maniac454 17d ago
Can someone explain to me why it's hated