Diedo

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Into the Wild

Re:Pick a Pair
By Diedo in Movie Games
"Or how about, Dances with Wolves (1990) and Farewell to the King (1989) where Kevin Costner and Nick Nolte are mesmerized by the local American-Indian/Borneo people, become one of them and finally are forced to face-off against the modern world encroaching upon these non-industrialized societies. A more obvious movie would be The Last Samurai (2003) as it was readily compared to Dances with Wolves when it came out. Or, The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981) and The Emerald Forest (1985) where native peoples of the Kalahari desert/Amazon rainforest come into contact with the encroaching industrialized world forcing one of them to confront it. They're very different in tone though, so the first one (The Gods...) could be paired with Crocodile Dundee (1986) as "guy who visits Western world and thinks everything is weird and hilarious", while the latter (Emerald Forest) could be seen with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as "Western world boy raised by indigenous people/ ... " [More]

Starship Troopers

Re:Pick a Pair
By Diedo in Movie Games
"Hi guys, I just joined the group. I'd watch The Great Dictator (1940) and Starship Troopers (1997). Why? Because The Great Dictator satirized Nazi Germany and fascism prior to World War II and because Starship Troopers satirizes American society and the American military-industrial complex using Nazi and fascist imagery prior to 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. Paul Verhoeven himself acknowledges the uncanny parallels between the events in Starship Troopers and what happened between 2001-2003. Also, on the surface it's an unlikely pair. " [More]