@mauthe_doog Fair enough! Didn't realize he had edited anything. I'm not sure that I agree completely, but this is a well-thought out response that gives me something to chew on. Thanks :)
Nobody quote tweeting this has a good critique of this review. They're all screenshotting one paragraph out of context and pretending like the next paragraph doesn't exist lmao
@james_sowka@GwenLovesMovies the director’s pay rate is whatever they actually paid themselves. If they paid themselves $0, the budget item is $0. “the cost of rent/mortgage” is not how film budgets work lol
@azurewoof_@TRUCKERFEMME I don't really think this is an example of an unreliable narrator, either. It's not like this scene is supposed to be a flashback that we're seeing James' perspective of. It's happening in the present, in Silent Hill. It's just another example of the town doing what it does
@Dblack_Rabbit@girI_front@judeinlondon That's a kind sentiment to express. It's just no more morally compulsory for him specifically to say it than it is for any other person in the room who also wasn't responsible for it
@Dblack_Rabbit@girI_front@judeinlondon Sure, but in this case, his apology would be, in effect if not words, "I'm sorry that happened to you." Not "I'm sorry I did x". Which I don't think would please a lot of people asking for an apology. Maybe I'm wrong on this
@no_earthquake Red Rising doesn't have the greatest prose, but this page isn't even representative of the book. It's from a passage where the narrator can barely form a coherent thought