Netflix : Godless

[Ragged Robin]

story-wise it really fell apart by the end and it seemed like they set out to make a "feminist western" without actually knowing anything about feminism so a lot of the beats they used ended up being the exact opposite

production was really good, story had enough intrigue to keep you going, and was largely entertaining though

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

story-wise it really fell apart by the end and it seemed like they set out to make a "feminist western" without actually knowing anything about feminism so a lot of the beats they used ended up being the exact opposite

production was really good, story had enough intrigue to keep you going, and was largely entertaining though

l don’t get this recent trend of putting personal politics into how you view a show or movie. WTF would you have had them do?

Spoiler!

They lose all their husbands. They are just supposed to sit around and wait to starve to death. They did what they needed to do to survive but since it was women that survived the collapse of the mine, now it’s a “feminist western”?

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

l don’t get this recent trend of putting personal politics into how you view a show or movie. WTF would you have had them do?

Spoiler!

They lose all their husbands. They are just supposed to sit around and wait to starve to death. They did what they needed to do to survive but since it was women that survived the collapse of the mine, now it’s a “feminist western”?

Has nothing to do with personal politics. They went well out of their way to wave the "feminism" flag but ended up being a mockery if anything else. Just makes the writers look stupid.

[underEJ]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

They went well out of their way to wave the "feminism" flag

In what way does a film maker go "well out of their way to wave the feminism flag" in a western movie, while not making a feminist western?

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

story-wise it really fell apart by the end and it seemed like they set out to make a "feminist western" without actually knowing anything about feminism so a lot of the beats they used ended up being the exact opposite

production was really good, story had enough intrigue to keep you going, and was largely entertaining though

Yea, it built up well. The ending was (won’t say anything to spoil it) as you say.

Until that point it was tremendous.