Greed
This was a muddled mess with political overtones perhaps better handled with a documentary format rather than a movie format that exists primarily to entertain.
I must say at the start I really loath being preached at and to by scriptwriters, a largely monied liberal elite who continue to benefit from a capitalist market system, and then feel guilty by its worst excesses and then proceed to lecture to the rest of us.
Now back to the movie, after a strong and promising start and a really tight script and acting the movie descended into a mire of contrived devices in the attempt to arrive at a crass political statement.
What was good
Strong funny start and great characterisation.
The styling and cinematography was good.
What was bad
To contrive the alpha male (Lion) to be killed by a Lion sent a mixed message. You are merely replacing one tyranny by another.
To have refugees on the beach portrayed as a nuisance to the expression of wealth and privilege and then dress them as Roman slaves was a nod to the anxieties of the millennial snowflake liberal metropolitan bourgeoisie, quite absurd when this very same group have Polish cleaners and Philippino au pairs being paid peanuts.
To have the murderer be a disgruntled refugee and the movie to suggest this was just deserts and ok is wrong on every level.
To suggest that the mere possession of wealth is obscene in of itself is preposterous, when the collaborators on this movie are multi-millionaires.
To use comedy or indeed a movie that is designed for entertainment to push your political world view is an egregious abuse of responsibility.
In conclusion it is for nation states to set minimum wages then any deal could not go below cost plus profit margin. The whole purpose of workers rights is to curb the excesses of any market but it is not for the UK to contrive workers rights for the Philippines and India, so what is the conclusion of this movie, it really was a muddled mess.
This was a muddled mess with political overtones perhaps better handled with a documentary format rather than a movie format that exists primarily to entertain.
I must say at the start I really loath being preached at and to by scriptwriters, a largely monied liberal elite who continue to benefit from a capitalist market system, and then feel guilty by its worst excesses and then proceed to lecture to the rest of us.
Now back to the movie, after a strong and promising start and a really tight script and acting the movie descended into a mire of contrived devices in the attempt to arrive at a crass political statement.
What was good
Strong funny start and great characterisation.
The styling and cinematography was good.
What was bad
To contrive the alpha male (Lion) to be killed by a Lion sent a mixed message. You are merely replacing one tyranny by another.
To have refugees on the beach portrayed as a nuisance to the expression of wealth and privilege and then dress them as Roman slaves was a nod to the anxieties of the millennial snowflake liberal metropolitan bourgeoisie, quite absurd when this very same group have Polish cleaners and Philippino au pairs being paid peanuts.
To have the murderer be a disgruntled refugee and the movie to suggest this was just deserts and ok is wrong on every level.
To suggest that the mere possession of wealth is obscene in of itself is preposterous, when the collaborators on this movie are multi-millionaires.
To use comedy or indeed a movie that is designed for entertainment to push your political world view is an egregious abuse of responsibility.
In conclusion it is for nation states to set minimum wages then any deal could not go below cost plus profit margin. The whole purpose of workers rights is to curb the excesses of any market but it is not for the UK to contrive workers rights for the Philippines and India, so what is the conclusion of this movie, it really was a muddled mess.