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Gutted :( Scene with the monkey/gibbon

posted 10 years ago by bellapeligrosa
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In Asia entire families of gibbons are killed so that babies can be caught, and used in the tourist industry. One baby can lead to the death of 10 or more individuals. They are taught to smoke, drink, often have their teeth pulled out, forced to eat sugary processed human foods when their natural diet is leaves.

Really surprised that the film-makers decided to show one of these animals cuddling up to Pegg's character in a Shanghai street market. There's no way this animal has a good life. Having visited the gibbon sanctuary in Phuket and hearing the appalling truth about the life of these captured animals it's heartbreaking to see it portrayed so casually. Considering the title of the film, also slightly ironic seeing that animals pulled into the tourist industry are not happy. Now gibbons and other monkeys are endangered throughout Asia.

Assuming that this is a gibbon - could be another type of monkey/ape, but end result is the same.

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!

[–] westen6671 10 years ago

So your saying that a scene that lasted maybe five seconds ruined the movie for you?? I'm not saying that if what your saying is ok to do to these monkey's but jeez it must be hard for you to watch anything on the tube or screen without spazzing out when a bug gets squashed or a hairless cat gets shot for food or a horse gets tripped in a gun fight. Movie night at your house must be a blast.

[–] Chetan_anand 9 years ago

i think you've missed the OPs point.
a movie that claims to be Enlightening cannot make such a mistake.
its like watching your gym trainer drink a coke, or your monk swearing.
just once for just one second is enough to know the rest is all BS.
ps. bugs are never squashed, cats are never shot, and no horses ever injured during the making of a movie.
those are effects.
in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Leo's character has to decapitate a grasshopper in a letter box. there were multiple teams of animal rights activists present to make sure a real grasshopper is not harmed. that was in 1993.
animal cruelty is on the top ten barbaric an un-evolved behaviors modern man presents.
this movie speaks of being evolved.