I think I get what you mean.
Not that I inherently disagree with what you wrote, but apart from the more hardcore examples like the Nazi one, I think it's just easier to brush off some little hints of backwards thinking and conservative worldview seen in old films by simply saying "oh, it's just old and quaint, of course it's not going to be very progressive". But with newer films it makes much more sense to actually demand them to be progressive, or at least not be regressive. Still, just an example that this is not really black and white would be me considering myself progessive, but still kind of disliking many feminist movies of today, because I think their message is too forced (among other problems). I don't even mind misogyny as long as it's not a very serious movie tackling social issues that tries to sell out as posing some serious truths about our world and making some claims that are misogynistic. I find it kind of funny some Letterboxd users think it's their duty to fight off every little sign of unprogressivenes in every film.
Anyway, I'd say I'm a progressive, but with a conservative soul. That conversation we had before, about what we can learn from art - watch a Japanese movie
Keiko (1979) . It didn't make me learn anything, but it surely gave me quite a slap of
wokeness. It also aligns with my motto:
"Live and let live". And what can I say - the ending is absolutely heartbreaking.
It sometimes makes me like bans whose lyrics are effectively nonsense, simply because I have the option to take little notice of them and enjoy the music itself.
Yeah, I listen to many non-English language bands (Peste Noire are French) which makes it much easier to not really focus on lyrics. Even with English, if I don't focus on understanding the lyrics, I probably will only automatically understand a small part of it. I guess my mind needs to actively focus on the task of actively listening to the song to be able to get lyrics that aren't in my native tongue - dunno if this is normal or if I'm retarded.
Well, the people in Hollywood are pretty liberal by my country's standards
I'm quite liberal by my country's standards, too. Haha. It sometimes scares me how conservative some people still are.
But yes, I'm fairly conservative overall on most issues. I'd be happy to discuss them in another context at some point.
Maybe, but I'm not very good at making my point across, tend to digress a lot, and also as much as I have opinions on societal issues, I don't really have any on i.e. economics as I don't really know enough about it to make any well-supported opinion.
One last thing, just try to forget everything you read in this thread and watch
Parasite with a clean state of mind! It's a really surprising and well-made film. Too good to be deemed bad even if you don't agree with its statements.
Okay, I'm off to watch more films!!!