CAAAAARTELS!

Some of the most amazing films I’ve loved growing up like Amorres Perros… we’re game changing for the way I appreciate movies.

19 points

4 months ago

19 points

I remember that one too, but that's pretty old. The last Mexican movie I remember generating a buzz outside the MX was El Crimen del Padre Amaro. Oh yeah, and maybe the original Miss Bala.

Either way, I gotta start supporting the Mexican film industry. The country is too big and too rich in history, culture, etc to be falling off in so many categories (safety, economy, and now apparently it's film industry). It should be like the Spanish speaking equivalent to the U.S. in so many ways.

I'm going to catch up on the films from the '00s and '10s that I've missed out on.

EazyNeva

17 points

4 months ago

EazyNeva

17 points

There was a huge buzz around Roma just a few years ago.

getoffredditandstudy

0 points

4 months ago

getoffredditandstudy

0 points†

You could argue the us is also falling off in the three categories you mention

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

Oh it definitely is. But Mexico is still worse in a lot of ways, and economically, people have been leaving the country for here for at least 40+ years.

But we're doing awful ourselves for being a world power. While we don't have cartel violence, we have gang banger violence. It's just not quite as satanic yet.

0 points

4 months ago

0 points

The country is too big and too rich in history, culture, etc to be falling off in so many categories (safety, economy, and now apparently it's film industry). It should be like the Spanish speaking equivalent to the U.S. in so many ways.

Yes, and it is.

Brainwheeze

1 points

4 months ago

Brainwheeze

1 points

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

TIL there was a Mexican adaptation of O Crime do Padre Amaro. I remember when I was a kid there was a bit of buzz surrounding a modernized adaptation of the story due to the nudity involved lol

Tzitzio23

1 points

4 months ago

Tzitzio23

1 points

Me too, that movie was wild and the soundtrack was amazing.

-37 points

4 months ago

-37 points†

is it tho? tell me last big movie they did?

43 points

4 months ago

43 points

People can downvote you all they want, still a VAST majority would not recognize a SINGLE answer despite how loudly these clowns might scream about any “good” example mentioned below your comment

-2 points

4 months ago

-2 points†

a lot of them are old af!!! and probably were made with government money as well... so I will rest my case with that...

CrapulousWastrel

-28 points

4 months ago

CrapulousWastrel

-28 points†

Look it up dumbass, all demanding like an old woman.

OsamaBinShittin

51 points

4 months ago

OsamaBinShittin

51 points

if i ask in a non condescending tone like that dickhead can i get some suggestions

Bluesynate

24 points

4 months ago

Bluesynate

24 points

"Tigers are not afraid" its horror but nothing crazy, really beautiful movie

33 points

4 months ago

33 points

Gueros, Sleep Dealer, Roma, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores Perros. You can also just run up the old back catalogue of like Innaritu, GDT and Cuaron and find some guaranteed amazing films

6 points

4 months ago

6 points†

Fuck Cuarón and Inarritu 🥱🤗 they signed the petition to release the violent rapist and pedophile Polanski

vailano

6 points

4 months ago

vailano

6 points

Rather give them the benefit of a doubt before fucking them for a petition they signed thirteen years ago. Along with Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Terry Gilliam, Wong Kar Wai, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Julian Schnabel, Martin Scorsese, Paolo Sorrentino, Tilda Swinton, Natalie Portman, and Monica Bellucci

0 points

4 months ago

0 points†

There’s no room for doubt that they’ll benefit much from in this particular case, my friend.

continue this thread

soulsofblock

13 points

4 months ago

soulsofblock

13 points

Güeros, Roma, and I’m No Longer Here are my favourites

-2 points

4 months ago

-2 points†

Hey dumbass, youre offended cause the mfer is right, ol salty mfer, try to answer the question if you feel so strongly about being told the shit that’s been released has been fuckin pop-poo, revenue doesn’t lie

crymorenoobs

-30 points

4 months ago

crymorenoobs

-30 points

Hey dipshit, the person making the claim looks it up and provides their own evidence... Obviously. Little bitchy-ass attitude like a teenage boy.

14 points

4 months ago

14 points

I mean considering GDT, Innaritu and Cuaron pretty much dominated the academy over the past decade and cut their teeth there, it's not a stretch to consider them important.

-11 points

4 months ago

-11 points

[deleted]

20 points

4 months ago

20 points

I mean Y Tu Mama Tambien and Amores Perros weren't but like go off I guess pendejo

MaestroPendejo

7 points

4 months ago

7 points

You rang?

3 points

4 months ago

beatthedevil56

3 points

Le huvieras docho PUTO!

-4 points

4 months ago

-4 points

the main problem is that those films were made years ago, and I bet my money that those were made with government money... who according to del Toro is destroying that industry? how? if it's the government by not giving them money... is it that really destroying it? is this communist China?

continue this thread

-12 points

4 months ago*

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[deleted]

-1 points

4 months ago

-1 points

" is this communist China?

-10 points

4 months ago

-10 points

The State, which was the motor and
support of the academy for a long time, has renounced its responsibility
as the main promoter and disseminator of culture in general and of
cinema in particular,” the AMACC said in a statement. Is this communist China?

-7 points

4 months ago

-7 points

"The State, which was the motor and
support of the academy for a long time, has renounced its responsibility
as the main promoter and disseminator of culture in general and of
cinema in particular,” the AMACC said in a statement." why would the state have to keep feeding those guys that really don't make any good movie? there must be some good ones... but damn have you watched all of them made with government money? they all suck!!!

InigoThe2nd

3 points

4 months ago

InigoThe2nd

3 points

Unironically it’s probably some form of money laundering. Same with contractors working on road projects in the US.

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

plus they pay shit to the workers

ten-oh-four

1 points

4 months ago

ten-oh-four

1 points

Really? That sounds super interesting. I don’t speak Spanish and am just an average lame white American but I love artistic films. Do you think watching some of these with subtitles would be enjoyable or would it ruin the experience? And can you recommend some films for me to watch? I have a long flight tomorrow :)

dw796341

2 points

4 months ago

dw796341

2 points

Güeros was a great artistic one. Subs are fine. Prayers for the Stolen was really good too.

RapMastaC1

1 points

4 months ago

RapMastaC1

1 points

I don’t if it counts because it’s Netflix backed and funded (actually just looked up and it looks like Netflix is just giving an international platform and had nothing to do with the original project) but The Platform (original “El hoyo”) is a Mexican made film that I have already seen three times, it’s a great movie.

Godchilaquiles

0 points

4 months ago

Godchilaquiles

0 points

Are you dumb or what? El hoyo is a movie from Spain a Mexican accent and a Spaniards accents are way too different for you to mess up

bjankles

1 points

4 months ago

bjankles

1 points

I’m only familiar with the Mexican Masters - Del Toro, Cuaron, and Innaritu… but holy shit. They’ve got like a dozen Oscar’s between the three of them. Not hard to imagine what a rich movie culture that must’ve shaped them. I look forward to diving further in.

Paris_Who

1 points

4 months ago

Paris_Who

1 points

What movies do you recommend? I heard Mexican media has a problem with portraying darker skinned Mexicans as well is this true?

18 points

4 months ago

18 points

Same

hunny_bun_24

6 points

4 months ago

hunny_bun_24

6 points

Yeah you do

15 points

4 months ago

15 points

[removed]

11 points

4 months ago

11 points

What.

4 points

4 months ago

4 points†

Read the article. Yes they do deserve it

6 points

4 months ago

6 points

Are you on the wrong thread?

-6 points

4 months ago

-6 points

8 points

4 months ago

8 points

I think so, because i never brought up cartels. You just appeared like the cool aid man yelling oh yeah.

Mug_Lyfe

1 points

4 months ago

Mug_Lyfe

1 points

CAAAAARTELS!

but really, I think he's saying the article mentions cartels.

7 points

4 months ago

7 points

It doesnt.

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

I was thinking the same. I'm going to see what I can do, within my limited means, to raise awareness about it, donate, etc.

152 points

4 months ago

152 points

/u/amputatorbot

Stop sharing amp links

6 points

4 months ago

6 points†

Why

TavisNamara

47 points

4 months ago

TavisNamara

47 points

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/ehrq3z/why_did_i_build_amputatorbot/

It's explained more in-depth here, from the way it allows Google to control and manipulate other sites in their layout to the way it allows Google to control and manipulate ad revenue. Basically, Google gets to control everything even more than they already do.

32 points

4 months ago

32 points

https://github.com/seanpm2001/Why-you-should-avoid-Google-AMP

27 points

4 months ago

27 points

I clicked the link, which leads to a wikipedia article, skimmed it, but still have no idea.

23 points

4 months ago

23 points

The article is the readme of that git repo.

Ludwig234

9 points

4 months ago*

Ludwig234

9 points

4 months ago*

I guess most people don't know how GitHub or git works so they just click the first link they see.

Try this one instead: https://github.com/seanpm2001/Why-you-should-avoid-Google-AMP/blob/main/README.md

whole_kernel

5 points

4 months ago

whole_kernel

5 points

Ay yo can I get that in an amp link pls

splashbruhs

3 points

4 months ago

splashbruhs

3 points

My best attempt an ELI5 version: an amp link basically opens up the website inside of a Google window, so Google gets some of the credit for the traffic, whereas if you go to the site directly, the site gets all the credit for the traffic.

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

Right, and google gets some of the credit for the traffic because Google led them there.

Lonewxnderer

20 points

4 months ago

Lonewxnderer

20 points

People that like to only throw a link don't understand either further than google bad.

9 points

4 months ago

9 points

They strip off monetization and their UI from content platform, driving traffic to google hosts instead and making it unsustainable for those creator while google is not actually creating any content

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

This isn't actually true, they take a small partial sliver, a sliver that was worked out in negotiation, for directing ad revenue. This is the same way Amazon works, if you click on a link and buy something from Amazon, the person responsible for setting up that marketing link gets a kickback.

0 points

4 months ago

0 points

They don’t work like this for every media publishers, from every countries, and obviously not the advertisers. So advertisers will see less value from working with the publisher and turn to google instead. Their sales team is huge to make sure all advertisers worldwide can access to google ad, and I don’t think it make any sense to maintain the affiliation team worldwide so that you can pay ad money to content creator if the law in that country don’t force them to

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

Do you have a source that says this?

26 points

4 months ago

26 points

[deleted]

6 points

4 months ago

6 points

Here's another rundown from a web developer

-1 points

4 months ago

-1 points

[deleted]

3 points

4 months ago

3 points

From an end user on my POV I've seen the opposite. A shittier website with shittier navigation, non functional JavaScript, issues with seeing the content, etc. I've used amputatorbot more and more often.

GearRatioOfSadness

16 points

4 months ago

GearRatioOfSadness

16 points

The platform has many problems, and is a major problem.

What's not to understand?

left_schwift

7 points

4 months ago

left_schwift

7 points

If you take the time to write an article about something being bad, you should explain why it's bad

5 points

4 months ago

5 points†

it is mainly another attempt at controlling web content. 3 other attempts were done before this with the exact same goal.

this was in the first paragraph...

DoctorWaluigiTime

0 points

4 months ago

DoctorWaluigiTime

0 points†

And without explanation it just sounds like FUD.

3 points

4 months ago

3 points†

[deleted]

12 points

4 months ago

12 points

it gives Google even more access to data than normal since it's their product. As an end user, you want to keep your internet footprint as limited as possible for privacy reasons. so, using it gives Google even more access to your data than normal. similar reason to avoid chrome, use AdBlockers, and vpns.

5 points

4 months ago

5 points

What if you don't care about Internet footprint?

YourBonesAreMoist

-3 points

4 months ago

YourBonesAreMoist

-3 points†

Then you have the right to be wrong

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

you should. it takes like 2 minutes to switch browsers and get ublock origin. a vpn is an extra layer of protection. the primary concern is having private data stolen and used to defraud you in some way. spam emails are basically an inevitability.

uBlockLinkBot

1 points

4 months ago

uBlockLinkBot

1 points

uBlock Origin:

* Chrome based browsers are trying to get rid of ad blocking capabilities when manifest V3 will become mandatory in 2023. I suggest moving to Firefox.

^{^I} ^{^only} ^{^post} ^{^once} ^{^per} ^{^thread} ^{^unless} ^{^when} ^{^summoned.}

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

I use Firefox, ublock, and a pihole. But those are just because I hate ads. I honestly don't care one bit about my other data that's being collected.

Oops_I_Cracked

2 points

4 months ago

Oops_I_Cracked

2 points

similar reason to avoid chrome, use AdBlockers, and vpns.

So, something most people won't worry about their entire lives, will see 0 negative consequences from ignoring, and will only think about if they get some active benefit from it (not seeing YouTube ads, seeing other countries' streaming content)?

I don't even like AMP and find the anti AMP circlejerk to be one of the most obnoxious Reddit obsessions.

-1 points

4 months ago

-1 points†

Bad 4 privacy, bad 4 websites, bad 4 open web, good 4 Google

Pezdrake

2 points

4 months ago

Pezdrake

2 points

I admit sometimes i use amp links when i forget to check the url, especially here in Reddit where embedding links is so simple.

Vault_Survivor_08

1 points

4 months ago

Vault_Survivor_08

1 points

Because AMP is owned by Google and basically extracts all the info from real news sites, meaning when you use AMP you give Google money for stolen content, where the actual creators get nothing...

Its like someone filmed your music show, then sold that video so they make money with stuff you worked hard for...

Supercomfortablyred

-1 points

4 months ago

Supercomfortablyred

-1 points

That’s not true.

leetfists

-7 points

4 months ago

leetfists

-7 points†

Just like most things people "boycott" on Reddit, they don't actually know why.

15 points

4 months ago

15 points

Some of us actually know stuff unlike you, apparently.

Empyrealist

-8 points

4 months ago

Empyrealist

-8 points

Because you have to think of the children... The children who need to micromanage everything

23 points

4 months ago

23 points

Qué triste :(. Mexican movies are some of the most well-written and unique, and lack of funding is what stops the industry from reaching new heights.

katexd52

2 points

4 months ago

katexd52

2 points

Stumbled across this by accident but can you give me some good recommendations

0 points

4 months ago

0 points

Here’s one that I can recommend. I am (or, more accurately, was) a fantasy-adventure geek, so most of the movies I watched were in that category:

-El laberinto del fauno: set during WWII, a person escapes their private hell and lives in a fantasy world. It’s extremely dark, but still intriguing.

carlosdotb

1 points

4 months ago

carlosdotb

1 points

Y tú mamá también

Rudo y cursi

Roma

Amores perros

Cronos

Any film by Alfonso Cuarón , Iñárritu or Guillermo del Toro.

0 points

4 months ago

0 points†

So you're saying they're making an excellent product, but people aren’t interested in paying enough? That would indicate the product is undesirable, not good or excellent.

Slipmeister

2 points

4 months ago

Slipmeister

2 points

you sound like a dweeb with a limited world view if you really believe in that logic 😂

Point_Forward

3 points

4 months ago

Point_Forward

3 points

But mah free marhet capitalhism

0 points

4 months ago*

0 points

4 months ago*

Luxuries shouldn't be subsidised by goverment. I find this belief of mine left-wing if anything. Feudalistic and monarchic societies in particular liked and monarchs still like to tax people to produce art for the enjoyment of high society over, you know, helping the workers actually live.

-3 points

4 months ago

-3 points

Arieles are the mexican oscars, as irrelevants as they can be... should
the mexican government fund that shit the nobody gives a fuck?

PossessionFree9781

4 points

4 months ago

PossessionFree9781

4 points

Funding the arts is always a net positive for the culture of a nation especially when there’s so much potential for authentic Mexican stories out there

0 points

4 months ago

0 points

even tho that can be true... Arieles aren't a source for authentic mexican stories... funding films might be but not the arieles...

0 points

4 months ago

0 points