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[wickedflea]

I'm watching Sling Blade again, and I can say that, in general, it's bullshit. There are parts of it I love, but so much of the dialogue and acting would make the pope weep. I hate supposedly realistic but ultimately overblown and false depictions of the South.

I'm curious--those Southerners out there: what movies do you think get it right?

edit: OK, it's a good and touching movie. But some of it bugs the shit out of me.

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[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Don't laugh, but I thought Fried Green Tomatoes was pretty good. (And no, I'm not from the South.)

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I quite liked the book and enjoyed the movie later. I'd need to give it a fresh 2004 Bitter and Angry Flea reading to be able to accurately evaluate it, though. ;)

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

I thought that the modern thing, the crumbly little dead towns that were abandoned by the railroad or highways shifting to interstates... that was pretty mark on.

It's hard to tell with this movie because it spans time, but I'd like to think that murder-to-barbecue thing is actually something that a Southerner would be ballsy enough to do.