Not getting it.
May. 5th, 2012 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sister_luckI mentioned in my short Avengers post that I had read a German review with which I had some issues for exhibiting cluelessness.
The reviewer mentioned that the requisite big action sequence is set in "disaster film capital number one New York":
Here he is accusing the film (and its viewers) of having forgotten about 9/11 when real skyscrapers fell and in the next sentence he qualifies his statement somewhat by saying that it is silly to criticize the movie-makers for being disrespectful of the dead because this is not a serious film.
Yes, it's a popcorn movie, but how clueless can you get? Does he really think that it does not resonate with Americans when the valiant, not super-powered policemen (hi Enver!) try to rescue civilians? When it's not only about killing the aliens but also about saving the humans? When there is a debate about how you fight the monster threat - sending a nuclear bomb and killing everyone in the process or letting a team of dysfunctional superheroes do their job? Is it not clear that the military-industrial complex is rejected? There is no overt direct political statement, of course not, but at the same time, very clearly 9/11 is in the picture, especially so with the shot of the nuke racing towards the skyline. While the Avengers (and the police etc.) are fighting the Chitauri and the portal is closing, it is the human weapon that is about to destroy the city. Doesn't that say something about the enemy from outside and the enemy from within? That in dealing with the outside threat there is a very real danger of choosing the wrong means and thus doing the enemy's job?
Please, Mr Critic, you don't need to leave your brain behind when watching a movie about superheroes, especially if it is one directed and written by Joss Whedon.
The reviewer mentioned that the requisite big action sequence is set in "disaster film capital number one New York":
Dass in New York mal echte Wolkenkratzer einstürzten, scheint das US-Action-Kino inzwischen völlig verdrängt zu haben.
Here he is accusing the film (and its viewers) of having forgotten about 9/11 when real skyscrapers fell and in the next sentence he qualifies his statement somewhat by saying that it is silly to criticize the movie-makers for being disrespectful of the dead because this is not a serious film.
Yes, it's a popcorn movie, but how clueless can you get? Does he really think that it does not resonate with Americans when the valiant, not super-powered policemen (hi Enver!) try to rescue civilians? When it's not only about killing the aliens but also about saving the humans? When there is a debate about how you fight the monster threat - sending a nuclear bomb and killing everyone in the process or letting a team of dysfunctional superheroes do their job? Is it not clear that the military-industrial complex is rejected? There is no overt direct political statement, of course not, but at the same time, very clearly 9/11 is in the picture, especially so with the shot of the nuke racing towards the skyline. While the Avengers (and the police etc.) are fighting the Chitauri and the portal is closing, it is the human weapon that is about to destroy the city. Doesn't that say something about the enemy from outside and the enemy from within? That in dealing with the outside threat there is a very real danger of choosing the wrong means and thus doing the enemy's job?
Please, Mr Critic, you don't need to leave your brain behind when watching a movie about superheroes, especially if it is one directed and written by Joss Whedon.
