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How Do We Feel About Dramatic Movies Depicting Real-Life Events?! (Patreon)

Published:
2018-08-04 21:37:00
Edited:
2018-08-04 21:37:16
Imported:
2021-04

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Thanks for your question, Heather!!

We weigh in on the film industry's trend of adapting traumatic, real-life events into movies shortly after they've taken place...

What do you guys think??

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Heather Crisford Q&A

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Heather Crisford

Thanks guys, I don’t necessarily always find it distasteful but like you say it depends how it’s done and I suppose who is involved with the project. So the Thai cave rescue was when a young football team in Thailand got stuck in a complicated cave system last month and divers had to go in and rescue them over the course of a couple of weeks. Theoretically it sounds like a good movie but they literally announced the production of it days after it happened....to me that just seems totally motivated by greed. I think it has worked - The Impossible, United 93 to name a couple....but for every good one there’s one about a personal tragedy like Pain and Gain, which TOTALLY glorified a horrible crime without consulting the victims’ families at all. That really bothers me. The new Slenderman is also guilty of this. I guess I would always just be concerned about what the real victims thought.

thereelrejects (edited)

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2021-07-15 05:32:05 No problem, dear!! Yeah, days later does seem a bit.. suspect.. over-zealous at the very least. I suppose what truly matters is if the film handles its subject matter with care (and decent dramatic accuracy), but it does make you pretty curious about what was discussed in the meetings leading up to the decision - certainly doesn't sound outlandish to assume that profits and public interest would be discussed. Personally, I'd like to see a portion of the proceeds from those kinds of films go toward the people who really lived it (or some sort of in-line cause), but perhaps that'd be harder than it sounds? Pain & Gain is definitely a good example - at the time and without the whole context, I thought it was one of Bay's more solid/watchable film efforts, but knowing the context and the way they approached it (...or in some cases didn't) does add a pretty ghoulish & unsavory sheen. Slenderman I've been torn on, because the lore and several of its offshoots predate the real-life stabbing - however one has to imagine that, especially given the timing, that crime probably factored in as an indicator of the character's prevalence in society, so I can see where you're coming from there as well. And choosing to center it around younger-ish high school girls certainly harkens toward the reality. I guess my main hope for that one would be that the film's plot veers markedly away from resembling or recreating any of the real-life events, but in the same breath, that seems like a bit of a tall order.. Ultimately, I think you've got the right idea in having concern and compassion for the people who actually lived these various events. "Based on a True Story" ought to be a responsibility as much as it is a gimmick. I guess I feel like stories of rescue and heroism, the human spirit, etc. have perhaps fewer pitfalls, but everything gotta be handled with care. Anyway haha.. end novel 😝
2018-08-05 02:07:35 No problem, dear!! Yeah, days later does seem a bit.. suspect.. over-zealous at the very least. I suppose what truly matters is if the film handles its subject matter with care (and decent dramatic accuracy), but it does make you pretty curious about what was discussed in the meetings leading up to the decision - certainly doesn't sound outlandish to assume that profits and public interest would be discussed. Personally, I'd like to see a portion of the proceeds from those kinds of films go toward the people who really lived it (or some sort of in-line cause), but perhaps that'd be harder than it sounds? Pain & Gain is definitely a good example - at the time and without the whole context, I thought it was one of Bay's more solid/watchable film efforts, but knowing the context and the way they approached it (...or in some cases didn't) does add a pretty ghoulish & unsavory sheen. Slenderman I've been torn on, because the lore and several of its offshoots predate the real-life stabbing - however one has to imagine that, especially given the timing, that crime probably factored in as an indicator of the character's prevalence in society, so I can see where you're coming from there as well. And choosing to center it around younger-ish high school girls certainly harkens toward the reality. I guess my main hope for that one would be that the film's plot veers markedly away from resembling or recreating any of the real-life events, but in the same breath, that seems like a bit of a tall order.. Ultimately, I think you've got the right idea in having concern and compassion for the people who actually lived these various events. "Based on a True Story" ought to be a responsibility as much as it is a gimmick. I guess I feel like stories of rescue and heroism, the human spirit, etc. have perhaps fewer pitfalls, but everything gotta be handled with care. Anyway haha.. end novel 😝
>>14413968

No problem, dear!! Yeah, days later does seem a bit.. suspect.. over-zealous at the very least. I suppose what truly matters is if the film handles its subject matter with care (and decent dramatic accuracy), but it does make you pretty curious about what was discussed in the meetings leading up to the decision - certainly doesn't sound outlandish to assume that profits and public interest would be discussed. Personally, I'd like to see a portion of the proceeds from those kinds of films go toward the people who really lived it (or some sort of in-line cause), but perhaps that'd be harder than it sounds? Pain & Gain is definitely a good example - at the time and without the whole context, I thought it was one of Bay's more solid/watchable film efforts, but knowing the context and the way they approached it (...or in some cases didn't) does add a pretty ghoulish & unsavory sheen. Slenderman I've been torn on, because the lore and several of its offshoots predate the real-life stabbing - however one has to imagine that, especially given the timing, that crime probably factored in as an indicator of the character's prevalence in society, so I can see where you're coming from there as well. And choosing to center it around younger-ish high school girls certainly harkens toward the reality. I guess my main hope for that one would be that the film's plot veers markedly away from resembling or recreating any of the real-life events, but in the same breath, that seems like a bit of a tall order.. Ultimately, I think you've got the right idea in having concern and compassion for the people who actually lived these various events. "Based on a True Story" ought to be a responsibility as much as it is a gimmick. I guess I feel like stories of rescue and heroism, the human spirit, etc. have perhaps fewer pitfalls, but everything gotta be handled with care. Anyway haha.. end novel 😝

Anonymous

I like some of the films like Deepwater Horizon and 13 Hours was pretty decent if they keep it fairly accurate then it can work but Hollywood has a record of ignoring or playing down anything in the story that doesn't make the Americans heroes which triggers a lot of people :D Films like Argo and U-571 ignore reality totally which would be fine if they didnt add the true story rubbish ^^ not to mention Braveheart lol

thereelrejects
>>14424675

Haha yeah, I'm always a little wary of a supposedly "true story." Seems tricky, because to make a compelling movie, I imagine certain things naturally have to change or morph, but I imagine there are a good amount of cases in which a lot of liberties are taken and the spirit of the event gets fundamentally altered. Does seem like it's easier to get some of these movies made when they make us, as a collective, "look good." Ultimately I think our main concern is just respect (if it's a particularly traumatic or personal true story). And then there's that whole passage of time thing... haha