Netflix's "Cuties" - The Preteen Sexual Objectification Equivalent of "Funny Games"

[Higgins]

So had they not decided to go fully on “creepy sexulizatoon of the child actors”, the movie would have been okay.

sounds about right.

I initially figured/hoped that the majority of the controversy would have been the result of Netflix botching the promotion with that shitty poster. There's been a long history of faggy indie art films that use extreme & shocking imagery to make some vague broad point of society at large (e.g Salo, A Serbian film, and so on). Since no one had seen it yet, I just wanted an opinion from someone who wasn't a pretentious Hollywood actor. Shame that this ended up bait for the degenerate cheese pizza aficionados of the world. Now that kids have more unprotected access to the internet and social media, they're being exposed to super fucked up sexual content and no one is stepping up to tackle the problem head on.

 

[Terrifik]

Sex talk
Edit:sorry got DMCAD

 

[Dante Alighieri]

The major ISPs are waiting until enough time has passed before they catch consumers off guard

ANY DAY NOW, right? It's totally irrelevant that Netflix, Google, and Amazon are the biggest proponents.

 

[Ruin]

I initially figured/hoped that the majority of the controversy would have been the result of Netflix botching the promotion with that shitty poster. There's been a long history of faggy indie art films that use extreme & shocking imagery to make some vague broad point of society at large (e.g Salo, A Serbian film, and so on). Since no one had seen it yet, I just wanted an opinion from someone who wasn't a pretentious Hollywood actor. Shame that this ended up bait for the degenerate cheese pizza aficionados of the world. Now that kids have more unprotected access to the internet and social media, they're being exposed to super fucked up sexual content and no one is stepping up to tackle the problem head on.

A Serbian film was from the ground up designed and marketed as creepy torture porn though, the intended audience was adults and weird adults at that. This film was marketed as a coming of age story that empowered pre teen girls and if you believe the director is allegedly aimed at early teen and pre teen girls.

That's pretty fucked up.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

A Serbian film was from the ground up designed and marketed as creepy torture porn though, the intended audience was adults and weird adults at that. This film was marketed as a coming of age story that empowered pre teen girls and if you believe the director is allegedly aimed at early teen and pre teen girls.

At least when that creepy producer screams, "NEWBORN PORN!" you're supposed to feel gross and disturbed that you're watching the movie.

Meanwhile this movie is trying to present a preteen twerking dance group as something positive.

 

[MagicalHopStep]

I watched the movie, because everyone was freaking out over it. Honestly, it’s fine. It’s the downward spiral of a young girl trying to feel like she belongs, which leads to her falling into a group of other girls desperately trying to gain popularity and acceptance.

 

[gaystoner]

Okay..so...not sure how to link tweets other than lonking tweets but ...no. way.

This is pedo.

https://twitter.com/GhostJim4/status/1303778528169689088?s=09

If you think this scene is fine youre a pedo.

 

[Terrifik]

Okay..so...not sure how to link tweets other than lonking tweets but ...no. way.

This is pedo.

https://twitter.com/GhostJim4/status/1303778528169689088?s=09

If you think this scene is fine youre a pedo.

Here you go

 

[gaystoner]

I watched the movie, because everyone was freaking out over it. Honestly, it’s fine. It’s the downward spiral of a young girl trying to feel like she belongs, which leads to her falling into a group of other girls desperately trying to gain popularity and acceptance.

Completely skip over the scenes where 11 yesr olds..take pictures of their vaginas...participating in web camming...try to take pictures of young boys penises

Fucking pedo.

 

[AnOminous]

I watched the movie, because everyone was freaking out over it. Honestly, it’s fine. It’s the downward spiral of a young girl trying to feel like she belongs, which leads to her falling into a group of other girls desperately trying to gain popularity and acceptance.

Thanks Netflix.

 

[Terrifik]

Completely skip over the scenes where 11 yesr olds..take pictures of their vaginas...participating in web camming...try to take pictures of young boys penises

Fucking pedo.

It's called falling sleep watch footlose & bring it on rip off saying technology like youtube & Instagram ,Chateerbate/skypee/zoom is bad with 11 year olds

 

[gaystoner]

It's called falling sleep watch footlose & bring it on rip off saying technology like youtube & Instagram ,Chateerbate/skypee/zoom is bad with 11 year olds

Youre comparing 11 year olds twerking to foot loose?you realize every actor in Bring It On was over 18????

Trailer for bring it on..obviously sexual. Classier than cuties.

https://youtu.be/Pg0UYb8U2Dg

 

[MagicalHopStep]

Completely skip over the scenes where 11 yesr olds..take pictures of their vaginas...participating in web camming...try to take pictures of young boys penises

Fucking pedo.

...How would any of that make me or anyone else a pedophile? We know she is taking that picture, but we never see it or her private area. The web-camming is just a group of kids trying to get the attention of a slightly-older boy at their school, whom they're crushing on, and literally NOTHING happens - no nudity, sexual talk, or anything. And yes, several girls pressured the other into TRYING to record a boy’s thing, but she fails. Again, no nudity.

You seriously think there aren’t kids who do any of these things, especially the last two, in real life? And are you really so immature to call someone a name just because they think the movie is more than the controversy surrounding it, especially with such shallow logic?

 

[MagicalHopStep]

Okay..so...not sure how to link tweets other than lonking tweets but ...no. way.

This is pedo.

https://twitter.com/GhostJim4/status/1303778528169689088?s=09

If you think this scene is fine youre a pedo.

This post didn’t show up earlier, for some reason. Sorry for the double post. I’m on mobile, so working with the quotations is a mess.

In regards to that scene, I don’t think it‘s “fine”. It’s sad. Unfortunately, it is also accurate. Kids see these dances. They see them done by famous/popular people, and see the Likes and attention doing these kinds of things nets said people. These girls all long for attention, acceptance, validity, success, etc. They don’t want to be seen as “just stupid kids”. And they mistakenly think sexualizing themselves is the way to achieve these things, which Amy thankfully realizes by the end of the film. It is sadly something many young girls go through these days, and the film doesn’t shy away from that.

 

[CakeCutey]

This is pain. I expected shit was gonna go downhill for Netflix, but not like this.

 

[It's HK-47]

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Dance video of the movie

Well, so much for the "it was just a poster" argument.

 

[granyonyi stakan]

i am going to go out shooting the people involved in this kind of thing in a few years time

 

[Chicken Picnic]

This post didn’t show up earlier, for some reason. Sorry for the double post. I’m on mobile, so working with the quotations is a mess.

In regards to that scene, I don’t think it‘s “fine”. It’s sad. Unfortunately, it is also accurate. Kids see these dances. They see them done by famous/popular people, and see the Likes and attention doing these kinds of things nets said people. These girls all long for attention, acceptance, validity, success, etc. They don’t want to be seen as “just stupid kids”. And they mistakenly think sexualizing themselves is the way to achieve these things, which Amy thankfully realizes by the end of the film. It is sadly something many young girls go through these days, and the film doesn’t shy away from that.

I don't think we need a film portraying it in detail like this to tell people this exists. Or that it's bad. The only people who wouldn't think this kind of footage was gross are pedos, straight up.

The kids in this film are actual kids, it would be one thing if they were all over 18 and playing children but they're literally children. The camera angles are focusing in on their chests and ass whilst they hump the floor. Why is that needed??

Whatever the message is from the film it's falling pretty flat right now. There are ways to tell stories about oversexualising children in society without filming a kid's ass whilst they twerk.

 

[MagicalHopStep]

I don't think we need a film portraying it in detail like this to tell people this exists. Or that it's bad. The only people who wouldn't think this kind of footage was gross are pedos, straight up.

The kids in this film are actual kids, it would be one thing if they were all over 18 and playing children but they're literally children. The camera angles are focusing in on their chests and ass whilst they hump the floor. Why is that needed??

Whatever the message is from the film it's falling pretty flat right now. There are ways to tell stories about oversexualising children in society without filming a kid's ass whilst they twerk.

I‘m not sure it’d be that easy to find adults who could believably pass as kids. And wouldn’t it being LESS offensive be a bad thing? You’re not supposed to be comfortable watching them dance that way. You are not supposed to be okay with the camera angles. That’s kind of the point. The movie is more than just those scenes, which exist for a purpose.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Well, so much for the "it was just a poster" argument.

I know, right? Turns out the poster was accurate the whole time. The marketing wasn’t the main issue, even though it was...a problem. This woman assumed that was the issue.