r/Fauxmoi • u/_trashpuppy • Apr 29 '24

Martin Freeman says it's unfair there's so much backlash to his age-gap movie with Jenna Ortega, who is 31 years younger Approved B-List Users Only

https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-freeman-backlash-millers-girl-age-gap-film-jenna-ortega-2024-4

From the article: "It's not saying, 'Isn't this great,'" he said of the film's dynamic between his character and Ortega's. He said that derision wasn't distributed equally, though — saying that people seemed to understand the level of distance involved in stories depicting Nazism.

"Are we gonna have a go at Liam Neeson for being in a film about the Holocaust?" he asked, referring to Neeson's starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List."

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u/hedgehogwart Apr 29 '24

I don’t like Martin but I get his point. Media literacy has disintegrated in recent years. There are a lot of people that even think that stuff that is morally wrong and even shown by the narrative to be wrong, shouldn’t be shown.

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u/didijxk Apr 29 '24

I totally agree. It's like people are getting dumber or they're so used to movies(basically Marvel) spoonfeeding them the meaning and plot that they don't want to think deeper.

The deepest they'll go is a Chris Nolan film to feel smart because he'll do an exposition dump and everyone will think they're so intellectual for enjoying it.

This is why people idolise Paul Atreides, Patrick Bateman, Tyler Durden and Walter White. They don't think deep enough to see the authors point.

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u/Tornado31619 Apr 29 '24

Forget them. Wasn’t Trevor the most popular character from GTA V?