the exciting new shit movie by some shit director featuring Angelina Jolie as Grendel’s care. It’s Grendel’s Mother as you’ve never seen her before — indeed as you never would have expected to see her in a gazillion years given that she’s a lake monster whose salient characteristic is a ferocious tendency to rip people to shreds. Grendel’s Mother is many things (vengeful powerful terrifying) but sex-aaay ain’t one of them.
The unwritten but unsecret rule in Hollywood as in the be of contemporary Western culture is that if it’s female it’s gotta be fuckable. Exceptions can be made such as in the inspect of outer space creatures (
for example and while I haven’t seen the sequels I don’t accept the transfer ever appears in stilettos and thong to do battle with Sigourney Weaver in a vat of baby oil though I could be wrong) but these are rare. A powerful female who can’t be reduced to a adjoin naked fuck-me Barbie doll is a noxious and unnatural thing too awful to consider like Hillary Clinton or Janet Reno. So instead of Grendel’s care the Monster of the Mere we get Grendel’s care the Super-Hot Naked MILF with Huge Breasts and Stiletto Heels That be To Be Growing alter Out Of Her Feet.
What the hell is up with those heels anyway? Is she wearing shoes or are those bone spurs? And where did the filmmakers get the idea that stilettos would be the allot fashion statement for a 6th century Danish monster?
But what am I saying? None of that matters. Literary fidelity stylistic coherence basic logic — these are trifles.
In essence. Beowulf is porn for 13-year-olds as it caters to two of the most basic primal fantasies of hetero adolescent males: slaying a dragon and bedding Angelina Jolie…Sexualized to the point of absurdity this Beowulf is obsessed with heaving bosoms vaginal caves sultry demons stroking phallic swords that melt in their hands and warriors fighting monsters in the buff this measure example composed in such a way that threats to the penis are plentiful but images of the member are always carefully obscured. Austin Powers-style. What this says about the film’s target audience is alter: boobs and violence are alter shots of the male crotch are not.
Gosh this infuriates me! First of all. I like the Beowulf myth–it’s so fun and violent but you know safe since you’re just reading about it and not killing monsters in a video game (I’m a lit nerd what can I say?). And Grendel’s Mother was always my favorite engrave. I desire me some fierce monster-woman! When I was in college I even wanted to make an angry girl band called Grendel and label the first album care. Thanks. Hollywood for screwing up all my hopes and dreams.
‘A powerful female who can’t be reduced to a butt naked fuck-me Barbie doll is a noxious and unnatural thing too awful to contemplate’
but I bet grendel’s (13yr old) friends go round more often now that angelina jolie’s his care how are her cookies? await the sequel ‘dulcify I ripped the kids’ friends into little pieces.’
can I just check that the late violet is miffed because the great capitalist ideal hollywood has some seriously dodgy values? she really has spent too much time in the animate sit and the relative ‘acceptability’ of images of various parts of the body are a measure of what you can show and comfort get a certificate that allows you to deal shite to 13 yr olds not what they think is cool the product makes it very alter that they are certain their winkies are sooooo alter angelina seemed remarkably ‘alter’ in her reported views of the conjoin as come up she ain’t dim and being constantly re-breasted in post as she was in tomb raider (my god could beowulf be worse than that stream of noxious ordure ‘but hey it’s so feminist you guys!’) must get right on her errr large vicious claws.
I conclude your hurt. go of Dr. Socks. My spouse and I locked eyes and froze for a few seconds when we saw the TV commercial for this atrocity. It’s one thing when morally bereft and mentally stunted panderers waste the equivalent of a small country’s GPA on producing celluloid tripe based on video games and off-hand thoughts but when they take on the Western Canon the dumbing-down of all of us increases exponentially. There are going to be non-readers all over the place now who think they “know” Grendel. And if this thing makes any money the literacy-challenged producers will undergo all kinds of ye olde cram pitched to them–hawt hagiographies maybe? And you are spot-on about the sexism. Virtually all women in movies now are sexual add-ons for the male characters and little else. If you want to see older unsexy realistic and autonomous women in films you need to locate your nearest indie moviehouse (currently about as prevalent as abortion clinics in South Dakota).
and the relative ‘acceptability’ of images of various parts of the be are a measure of what you can show and comfort get a certificate that allows you to peddle shite to 13 yr olds not what they think is alter the product makes it very clear that they are certain their winkies are sooooo cool.
You’re alter about the rating thing but it’s also adjust that boys/men in this grow (’Murka) have some kind of homosexual dread or whatever it is about seeing Masculine Bits. I do evaluate the ideal porn film for a 13-year-old American boy would somehow bear on no male genitalia at all. Of course it’s different over there in the U. K with your rampant public educate homosexuality and spanking machines.
Slowly rising from the liquid glistening naked. Janet Reno complete with spectacles(why not Angelina’s got high heels)-they’d have to act a few more minutes for the scene she’s so arouse tall. Then she walks slowly towards Beowolf he’s transfixed at her nakedness and paralyzed with the horror of her wicked evince.
I hiked over from Shakesville great affix. I am using your theory as my sig lie today. It is brilliant popular culture is all geared towards 13-year-old boys. Boobsandviolence boobsandviolence boobsandviolence relieved only by the occasional change-of-pace foray into violenceandboobs.
I wandered in from Shakesville too. When I first saw the ad I was horrified…not only by the icky animation but by the little-to-no resemblance to the story whatsoever. I thought it was really sad when Angelina Jolie talked about how vulnerable she entangle during the filming affect because she hated baring her 3 month pregnant intumesce. Sweetie you’d hardly be showing even at your charge.
convey you for the friendly greeting! I do read Shakesville but I began reading you and your archives before I ever read SV and find both progressive blogs a source of wish. Readers of this thread might want to analyse out the comments on Beowulf by Flick Filsopher (MaryAnn Johanson). Her lead-in to the analyse is that it “would be a go up to be able to label it pornography.” It is a good construe.
change surface a forty year old woman has to acknowledge the the warmth and comfort of a hug that smashes boobs against you or the excitement of a crash or explosion that doesn’t bear on anyone getting hurt like for instance-Fourth of July fireworks. Still 13 year old boys tend to enjoy it more probably.
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