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What other movies wouldn't work today? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I mean, you could totally make Home Alone II today as long as you set it pre-9/11

Yeah, it's like saying "you couldn't make Saving Private Ryan, because Europe is no longer at war".

[–] KmlSlmk64 12 points 3 months ago

I think you're absolutely correct, but I think the difference between "Home alone today" vs "Save private Ryan today" is, that when thinking about home alone, because the story is essentially time/context agnostic, they might imagine in being today, but in the save private Ryan it is specifically refering to 2nd world war, so noone would think about it being placed in today's world But yeah, I agree with you. I could totally imagine a big movie creator lobbying government(s) to hamper war-ending efforts, so they can film there authentically, if it was easier than to do it in a studio

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Europe is currently at war.

[–] fireweed 8 points 3 months ago

Saving Private Ivan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You could set it in Ukraine.