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Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I mean, it’s about both, but… do people really not catch the whole angle about capitalism and greed? Newman straight up gets everyone killed for a pay day, and doesn’t even make it out himself. The only way it could be more obvious is if it had giant flash red text.
More a reflection of people’s attention spans these days compared to when the movie is released. Read any online discussion about media and it seems like people are on their phones for 40% of the show at minimum.
Hell the original film would probably not do well if released today because it doesn’t have the obvious shoehorned plot points that the new movies have to cut through the morons.
There were plenty of morons in the 80s and 90s. Half the population suffered from severe lead poisoning. The other half were hopped up on neo liberal propaganda.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Majority of people rarely engage with any media beyond the surface to actually analyze it and come to those conclusions about the deeper themes. Most just think “well, that’s just people being people” and fail to see the social commentary.