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lucia-pacciola t1_j6noyjb wrote

Reply to what are some Movies where the Wolf ISN'T the Main Antagonist or isn't a Villain that stays a Villain? by LUIGIISREAL2017

From Dusk Til Dawn. Seth Gecko.

The Hunt for Red October. Captain Bart Mancuso and the crew of the Dallas live to hunt down enemy subs and bring them to bay.

Nobody. Hutch Mansell is a wolf. He's also the protagonist.

Heat.

Blade Runner 2049.

First Blood is about a wolf cornered by a pack of angry dogs.

I could probably name one or two rom-coms that fit, but I don't really watch rom-coms, and nothing comes to mind.

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sonia72quebec t1_j6nov8l wrote

Reply to Mississippi Burning by LoneWolfInCyberia

It's such a great movie. You can feel the tension in the town and also the heat with the actors sweating like crazy. This hellhole is so well presented.

Hackmann is amazing so is Frances McDormand.

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Irichcrusader t1_j6nortu wrote

Reply to comment by Earthling7228320321 in Why Film Festivals Are Steering Clear of Controversial Movies by BobRobot77

American History X isn't aimed at the worst sorts of bigots, from what I've heard a lot of them completely miss the point of it. Instead, it's aimed at non-extremist people who might find themselves slipping into hatred of some kind, be it against a minority for racist reasons, or a whole nation or culture due to nationalist reasons. Hate is something that only gets worse the more you feed it and that's what you see with Derick's character. He doesn't change until he finally comes to the realization that his hate has consumed him and destroyed his life and that of his family for no gain whatsoever. That's the central message of the movie, and you don't need to be a KKK member to get some value out of that message.

Similarly, I don't expect that the documentary Jihad Rehab will ever magically make a terrorist see the error of his ways, or that the movie Walking Up Dead will make a committed transphobe gay person see how wrong they've been. That's ok. But perhaps both films can ignite discussion among those who never knew of these issues or make them reflect on some of their own failings. Of course, no one has to watch these if they don't want to, but I find it a bit absurd if someone says they won't see it because they don't agree with the views of the protagonist.

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TheTurtleShepard t1_j6non27 wrote

Reply to comment by Yenserl6099 in Every Movie I Saw in January by Yenserl6099

Just piling on but I essentially do the same thing on my letterboxd and I love it. I watch a movie then I can go in, give it a rating out of 5 stars and write a little review about what I liked and disliked. It’s a lot of fun too to be able to go back and sort and see what movies I liked or didn’t like and why.

I also generally trust the letterboxd opinion on movies more than any other site (like rotten tomatoes, IMDB , etc) I find those ratings tend to fall in line more with my tastes more often than not

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