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Supergirl (2015)
Not Surprised
I had a lot of hope for Supergirl. But in short, there are too many insinuations about perceived social injustices, particularly gender issues. Like in the beginning S01E06, where a two male drivers irrationally don't consider the children they were about to run over, and Supergirl gets all the blame for controlling the situation. This is unrealistic in every way imaginable, and it perpetuates the stereotype that men are evil and inconsiderate. In the real world, everyone would have 100% sympathy for her, and probably demand the death penalty for the two men. This show is clearly aimed to please the female demographic, and I can take a hint. I hope it fails miserably.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Greed
The only thing I have to say, which is contrary to other people, is that this story isn't about oil, or madness; it's a story about greed, and it's not the main character who is greedy... it's the others.
The main character works hard to earn money, and is forced to take any action possible to achieve his goals. He's cunning, and manipulative. But one thing he's not, and that is a parasite. It would seem that everyone else in the movie is either a moocher, or so stupid that they deserve to be in poverty.
Some people think the main character is a psychopath, but by definition a psychopath is charming, and a parasite, which doesn't apply to him. The main character also shows concern for other people from time to time, thus he only wants to see his opponents fail, not everyone. And when his son wanted to become his competitor, he let him know the truth, just to hurt him. The only true psychopath in the movie is the pastor, who uses religion to feed his social status.
So ironically, everyone says the main character is greedy, but he only negotiated his way to success, in addition to working very hard for it. The people who are truly greedy are the ones that tried to socially manipulate him into submission.
Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père (2015)
Poor
Monkey twins of a king are separated at birth. The one deemed to be the rightful heir of the throne is dropped from from a ledge of a tree since he was too puny physically to represent the throne. The other twin grows up to become king of the tribe where he rules the tribe using tradition and fear. The infant monkey survives the fall and learns how to coexist in the habitat he fell into, both socioeconomically and with "street smarts".
The forsaken monkey eventually find his way back to the tribe and is rejected because of his lack of physical strength, but that is where he learns that he is the son of the king. But despite being of noble blood, he remains humble.
After a traumatizing event at the tribe and expelled, he finds himself in forsaken land where he further evolves. He discovers an attractive monkey, saves her life, follows her, and wins her affection. Together, they traverse 10000 years of evolution where they discover fire, military tradition, and basically other inventions discovered during the stone age.
Meanwhile there is a mutiny at the main tribe. The monkeys there found out that they were being manipulated socially by the evil village sorceress. They collectively decide to seek out the forsaken monkey and his girlfriend for shelter, since he has displayed having the knowledge of fire, advanced hunting, and shelter while they where up in the tree.
The new brother king is forced to recognize the reality of the situation given that tradition and fear are no longer effective methods of persuading the tribe into obedience.
Meanwhile the forsaken monkey manages his newfound followers like a construction foreman as he builds the new colony. However, the threat of socialism knocks on the door as new monkeys demand shelter, but within seconds, the evil village sorceress attacks the new colony with her summoning bee magic, causing chaos at the new colony.
Eventually, they quickly burn the sorceress alive and their old habitat but the war has left them homeless and despaired. However, with the blue-blooded twins working together, they invent hope (aka social manipulation), allowing the people to band together and work as a unit for a better future. His gamble for unity caused by the unfounded hope was not misplaced and they eventually find a new, better place to live.
The movie itself is about evolution and how intelligence is more important than physical force and social status. However, physical force and social status are still important to rule a civilization. The main character himself is a depiction of Napoleon since he always has a hand in his garment, which was a signature of Napoleon's. Napoleon was regarded as one of the leaders of the French revolution, and the staple of modern democracy, human rights, meritocracy, and capitalism.
However, I feel like this movie was as much of a demonstration of French CGI abilities as it was a story to be told. As an amateur CGI animator, I feel like this movie lacked the modern day techniques used at Hollywood to create a movie that is convincing in its story telling. The movie also lacked the most important ingredient in movies, video games, and any form of respectable entertainment; music. The music in this movie was appalling and it hardly evoked any emotion necessary for me to have during the story.
In a personal note, as a francophone not born in France, I find this movie rather hard to understand. My personal opinion is that the true French from France has been tainted by immigration and the language itself has evolved to something that is unintelligible to an outsider. I have the feeling that France itself is evolving into something I don't recognize, thus this is somewhat ironic to the story its telling. Whether I'm the one not evolving or the French people are becoming lesser is subject to interpretation. :)
Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)
Misunderstood
This movie is misunderstood. It caters to a very specific audience that enjoys seeing power abused to create injustice. Much like other movies of this type, much of the movie focuses on the main villain. The villain uses their disproportionately powerful abilities for pleasure and profit. People who look too deep into the plot will be disappointed for they didn't grasp that the movie is a pornography for power, affluence, and domination.
If you enjoy seeing people struggle from the overpowering supernatural abilities of an immoral female protagonist disguised as an antagonist, then this movie is definitely for you. There are very few like it, and in that sense, this movie is a gem. Other movies that resemble to this on are Supergirl, Stardust, I Dream of Genie, Zap 3, and Matilda. All of which had a poor score because most didn't understand what the target audience was.
Zapped (2014)
The most gynocentric movie I've seen.
Objectification and misogyny are some of the buzz words that feminists use to describe men's attitude towards women. Feminists complain about objectification all the time, but at least women are venerated by men when they are done so; they become a valued ornament thus, in reality, there is no misogyny. The "objectified" males in this movie are compared to dogs; they are stupid, hyper, and slobs. Therefore the hatred towards men is very clear and, in this case, misandry and objectification are highly intertwined. As a man, I cannot help but to feel that this is the worldview through a women's eye when I watch this movie; a gynocentric lens of the world through a woman's passive aggressive hatred of men. And when they describe misogyny, it's actually a Freudian slip of their own opinion of the opposite gender.
The first quarter of this movie describes how the main character is hampered by careless, stupid guys, and socially defamed by other girls who somehow, and unrealistically, have social notoriety over her. The girl is concerned with superficial events and looks and... it's basically a teen movie for girls. But where this movie goes too far is how men are portrayed. It's no surprising that this a TV movie, since most males dropped television in favor for the internet and video games almost two decades ago, and the only people left watching television are women and girls. The rating demographics speak for itself. Anyone rating this more than a 5 is a radical feminist, or one in the making. The only thing good about this movie is the production value is fairly high for a TV movie and the people are attractive.