RE: Chernobyl Diaries: Tasteless?
May 2, 2012 at 8:51 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 9:07 pm by Cyberman.)
Fine, I shall take my invited opinion elsewhere.
Apologies, that was rude of me. As I understand it, this film is using the Chernobyl setting and its history as a backdrop to the story. If the plot involved radioactive mutants causing the disaster, or emanating from the rubble, then you might have a point. Similarly, James Cameron told his story against the historical backdrop of the Titanic's voyage. If he'd had running gun-battles around the decks, or the US Navy steaming over the horizon and saving the day, I would say that was tasteless as well. As it is, he misrepresented certain historical facts regarding events and people in a way that borders on tasteless, if not actually tearing through that border.
Apologies, that was rude of me. As I understand it, this film is using the Chernobyl setting and its history as a backdrop to the story. If the plot involved radioactive mutants causing the disaster, or emanating from the rubble, then you might have a point. Similarly, James Cameron told his story against the historical backdrop of the Titanic's voyage. If he'd had running gun-battles around the decks, or the US Navy steaming over the horizon and saving the day, I would say that was tasteless as well. As it is, he misrepresented certain historical facts regarding events and people in a way that borders on tasteless, if not actually tearing through that border.
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