The Florida Project (2017 Film)

[Phil12]

Back in the day we used to stay at many of the inexpensive motels along 192 during our WDW trips. We'd travel down 27 to hit 192 and come into WDW the back way and avoid all the tourist traffic. I pity the people that use I-4 to visit WDW.

 

[larryz]

I watched about half before turning it off in disgust. Yes, I know it's just a story, but what some directors do to their actors borders on abuse.

 

[GabeP]

I watched about half before turning it off in disgust. Yes, I know it's just a story, but what some directors do to their actors borders on abuse.

In this case, I'd disagree. Both the director and cast members were both quoted as saying that after filming, they were treated to at least several days at WDW on the director as thanks in part for their work. Also, the last scene, as you can imagine having seen it, was not authorized by Disney to be shot in the MK, so the director had to take certain 'liberties' in order to get the scene (pretend the actors were his family basically.) That and the scene was filmed with a handheld camcorder)

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I saw this on a trans-Pacific flight a few months ago and it was one of the best films i've seen in the past decade.

 

[Raineman]

I watched about half before turning it off in disgust. Yes, I know it's just a story, but what some directors do to their actors borders on abuse.

I’m curious as to what kind of abuse you are referring to. I’m sure all of the child actors in this movie were handled carefully, and were monitored by their parents to ensure nothing was being done during production that would physically or mentally harm the children. This is not a 100% true reflection of the life of low income residents of 192, but, from what I hear, it’s pretty close. This is not a feel good movie-it’s stark, gritty, and sometimes shocking. I think the main point of this movie was to evoke empathy from the viewers, and it definitely delivered, for me anyway. If anyone can watch Moonee cry to her friend at the end of the movie and not get misty eyed, they probably don’t have a soul.

 

[Shouldigo12]

I think this movie would have been a lot better as a documentary. As it was, the characters weren't really likeable and if I was supposed to be getting some sort "anti-disney" moral here about how the company was responsible for their lives, I didn't get it. A documentary detailing the history of the area around the park with interviews from business owners (past and present) and residents would have been far more interesting.

 

[Bairstow]

... if I was supposed to be getting some sort "anti-disney" moral here about how the company was responsible for their lives,..

You weren't.

I think this movie would have been a lot better as a documentary. ...A documentary detailing the history of the area around the park with interviews from business owners (past and present) and residents would have been far more interesting.

Sounds like you would enjoy:

 

[Shouldigo12]

You weren't.



Sounds like you would enjoy:

Huh. I guess I got my wish. Thanks for the suggestion! Also, if you don't mind my asking- what was I supposed to take from the movie, then? I think a big reason for me not enjoying the movie is that I'm not really sure what I was supposed to take from it.

 

[Bairstow]

Huh. I guess I got my wish. Thanks for the suggestion! Also, if you don't mind my asking- what was I supposed to take from the movie, then? I think a big reason for me not enjoying the movie is that I'm not really sure what I was supposed to take from it.

It's a character study first and foremost, and an examination of how a desperate situation that is hell for adults is still going to be somebody's childhood.

 

[Shouldigo12]

It's a character study first and foremost, and an examination of how a desperate situation that is hell for adults is still going to be somebody's childhood.

Ok, I can see that. Maybe I'll try giving it another go this weekend with that perspective, instead of mining for a moral. Thanks again.

 

[Kram Sacul]

Sounds like a funny movie. I'll have to see it eventually.

 

[Raineman]

I was reading people's reactions to the end of the movie, and someone suggested that the run to MK was a fantasy in Moonee's mind, and that the reality was that DCF found her and put her in a foster home. Not sure if I subscribe to that theory, but, if Moonee did actually end up at a foster home, I personally have mixed feelings about that. Was her mother extreme white trash, living in squalor and unable to provide for her daughter? Yes, but that was the only life that Moonee had known, and separating her that quickly from her mother and her friends would most likely have a devastating effect on her at such a young age.

 

[Raineman]

It's a character study first and foremost, and an examination of how a desperate situation that is hell for adults is still going to be somebody's childhood.

I think I heard the director say that it was an impartial observation on the lives of these people, without any type of judgement or sociopolitical statement, basically leaving the judgement up to the viewer, so you pretty much hit it right on.