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Serious response inside (comment system willing) . . .
Perhaps for people whose childhood was not spent in poverty and dysfunction, there may be an educational (beyond the voyeuristic) element to a work such as Roma. My childhood home (until the day of my high school graduation, when I left and never went back) was infused by backwardness and bigotry, however, so I am familiar with the limiting, dispiriting, no-cushion circumstances poverty generally involves and precipitates. But many of the characters in Roma weren't poor. They were pampered and selfish. Their problems were largely self-inflicted, superficial, or both.
The servants, less blameless consequent to being born to poor station, nevertheless were hard to see as heroic or even intereseting. They seemed to do little to nothing to improve their position. They made depressingly bad choices. Their prospects seemed poor and they made no apparent effort to help themselves or anyone else except in the most mundane ways. There was little inspiring or heroic about them.
If this was a loving depiction of Mexico City, that is quite the indictment of Mexico City. It seemed dysfunctional, backward, stifling, and uninspiring.
I looked forward to Roma. I was disappointed. It was a waste of time.
Kris Tapley, AMC is not going to include ROMA in its Best Picture Showcase/Marathons Jan 22, 10:03
Deadline: Both AMC and Regal are not showing ROMA. AMC says it's because they were never licensed to show ROMA Jan 22, 10:05
i mean thats technically true but you and i know all they had to do was want to book it and they could {nm} Jan 22, 10:21
all they care about now is academy PR and they dont care about any cost there {nm} Jan 22, 11:53
It doesn't surprise me Jan 22, 10:31
I haven't seen ROMA but if the Shape of Water can win - anything is possible {nm} Jan 22, 10:36
Roma is the good Mexican-directed one {nm} Jan 22, 10:53
it didnt have thanos or the millenium falcon {nm} Jan 22, 13:12
this {nm} Jan 22, 13:48
"Tarantino and feet..." - heh-heh! {nm} Jan 22, 13:47
It's a look at women's lives during a turbulent time. History is not just about men...etc, but also personal Her Stories. {nm} Jan 22, 15:29
its pretty obvious neo-realism unless you're being willful about disliking it. Any life can be epic, moving and beautiful. Jan 22, 15:47
Who in that movie was admirable, inspiring, heroic, instructive, or even interesting? Jan 22, 17:54
are we going to have a serious conversation or is this the animal house character talking? <spoilers> Jan 22, 19:12
Serious response inside. {nm} Jan 23, 10:51
Serious response inside (comment system willing) . . . Jan 23, 16:28
Not to me. Definitely not by far. It's very well put together, with some excellent set pieces. It definitely has its problems. Jan 23, 09:55
Good. Why should the theaters bend over backward if Netflix doesn't want to be a team player. Forget them. Jan 22, 11:14
I like that...*thumbs up* {nm} Jan 22, 17:11
yep, well said {nm} Jan 22, 19:19
And the sand! It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. {nm} Jan 23, 07:45
from a certain poont of view {nm} Jan 23, 08:56
