Quote from: SiL on Oct 26, 2020, 04:39:45 AM
This sounds more like you were too young to really be watching the film, and not that the film itself was too subtle. I don't think intelligence has anything to do with it; I also wanted to watch the Alien kill things (I'd read the comics and really just wanted to see an Alien in live action), but I got engrossed in the story and so noticed all the bits that ... weren't the Alien killing things.
If 9 year old you can figure it out but 11 year old me didn't, than it just means one thing:
People are just different.I read the comics too and even though I read the dialogue, I didn't understand some subtext at the time cuz such notions of corporatism, exploitation, and glorification of the military was beyond me, so it was just glossed over. That's why many people growing who complain about that there is politics in my media never realized about the fact that its always there, simply that it went over their heads as they were just inexperienced at the time. Sadly some people didn't mature enough to see it and understand the story better. Luckily I matured more and broadened my viewpoint in recognizing such notions, making the experience much more fulfilling and appreciative of the narrative. Its that rare moment of experiencing the film for the first time, but in a second time if you get my drift.
Not to mention, sometimes there are also people who catch it early on as they are living the experiences that the characters are living right now. The mutants of X-Men are always faced with racism, fear, and hatred for being different and I know there must have been many kids who read that and understood it better than others as they too were branded as outcasts by other kids in social circles in some manner, compared to say, a kid who is spoiled rotten and had an easier life that knows no struggle.
And then there are people like yourself who just caught on better than others. Again people are different.
Its the issue of people
still not understanding and
complaining about these political messages that were always there, despite being on this earth long enough to become experienced adults is one I hope we agree that its mind numbing.