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Is "True Lies" a mostly forgotten movie now?

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (20491)
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There are arguably, several reasons for it to be ignored now: The racism, the sexism, and the stuff that came out during MeToo from Eliza Dushku.

https://ew.com/article/1994/08/05/racism-and-sexism-true-lies/

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/true-lies.html

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/true-lies-tv-series-biggest-controversy-james-cameron-movie.html/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/jul/15/lars-von-trier-antichrist-true-lies

But wasn't it mostly forgotten before all of this should have been an issue? Was Titanic coming along and being such a success the reason?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8iRrNjyQs

https://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/618749/true-lies

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7384) 3 years ago

I don't think it was forgotten, it was good for its time and best left there, not really much more to take away from it; it's not even really controversial enough to be part of a current conversation about controversy.

[–] hyperjet (752) 3 years ago

It's not forgotten at all. It's a shining beacon of a bygone era where films were fun to watch. When bright ambitious writers and directors went above and beyond to make a quality film, rather than the films nowadays that are written by committees to try to appease globalists and indoctrinate the masses. Though I haven't seen it in a few years, I think of True Lies quite often.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 3 years ago

The 90s we're the last true great decade for movies. 😔😔😔😔

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18430) 3 years ago

I don't think it's forgotten. It's a James Cameron movie; okay there is Piranha II.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 3 years ago

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[–] howgamer (3988) 3 years ago

I mean it's almost 30 years old so people aren't talking about it. It's a fun and good movie, but it's not like it's a huge classic. I don't think it's forgotten to those that were around in the 90s, it's just well, 30 years old so it's not talked about a lot. I doubt younger folks are talking about it though. The same way young people in the 90's didn't talk about most films made in the 60's.