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Post by mariposa on May 15, 2010 12:09:13 GMT -5
Hello all, this is my first post but I've been lurking around for a while; I'm sure that's not so unusual.
Anyway, I've been surprised to see no commentary on the film Quid Pro Quo: has anybody seen it, and if so, what did you think of it?
I'm wary of it. It will either be too close to the bone or littered with screaming inaccuracies but the director probably dropped in here a few times as part of his research...
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Post by devogirl on May 15, 2010 12:24:41 GMT -5
Welcome to the board--thanks for posting! I still have not seen this movie yet, partly for the reasons you say. I know we did discuss it though. paradevo.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1174I know there were more threads but I can't find them--stupid google search not working right! And I seem to recall discussion of whether or not the director had visited this site. Does anyone remember this or am I making it up? |
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Post by mariposa on May 15, 2010 15:22:32 GMT -5
Magic shoes!? They sound ominous. Please don't tell me they make all his dreams come true? I guessed you probably had discussed it but I was looking in the wrong place. Thanks for the welcome  |
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Post by BA on May 16, 2010 5:55:48 GMT -5
I still haven't seen it b/c of the 'magic shoes' spoiler I was given on this very board. That kind of magical cure thing makes me want to puke, especially in a movie that supposedly addresses our dev thing.
Rumor did have it, based on several articles written about the movie, that the director had spent quite a bit of time on boards like ours (if not actually ours) researching and learning about what makes us tick. I don't know quite how that makes me feel.
Anyway, welcome Mariposa.
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Post by Neffie on May 17, 2010 13:30:24 GMT -5
It started out being promising but I have to say I saw it after being on this site and had I not been such a confident person it would have set me back YEARS!
There's the scene where she reveals herself and basically says where everyone stands on the "hierarchy". I can't remember how it goes but it's like Devs are a joke and wannabes are the serious people who supposedly "get it". Either way devs are portrayed as lower lan wannabes in the film.
It's a crock of shit and i can't believe it got made. There was a scene in the self help group that would make all of us ashamed of who we are.
Magic shoes??? Christ! Don't get me started.
Pile of crap and if you're starting as a dev it'll make you feel like a freak. It's NOT a film about devs, it's about wannabes and they all suck in it!!!
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Post by paraxdreamer on Jul 6, 2010 0:31:54 GMT -5
I've seen it but it wasn't that great , I don't tink there interpretation of almost everything was at all accurate, but when you don't think about it and analyse everything it inst that bad just wasn't very interesting.
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Post by Dee Dee on Jul 7, 2010 9:34:09 GMT -5
Well, I saw it just recently and liked it - the fact alone that a director makes a film about this subject is great.
About the magic shoes - I discussed this with a friend - and we talked about the fact that he was able to walk again was made as a contrast to her being more and more psychologically confined to the chair.
I really don´t think it has anything to do with magic, but that it´s something which is created to make them switch roles and to show the difficulties of different and changing identities throughout the film.
About the devs being the lowest of the low and on the bottom of the hierarchy - well, the female lead says that, but it´s not her opinion, she merely reflects over societal views.
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Post by Neffie on Jul 8, 2010 18:32:32 GMT -5
It's been on Tv here on repeat and I keep seeing the same painful scenes again and again.
Put it this way, I wouldn't want anyone I know to watch this film because it's not about Dev's.
OK so he tried to enter the psyche but it's about wannabe's not devs.
The whole premise is convoluted and lame but the interest in it for us is negated when she says we're lame.
To the woman in the movie a Dev is a wannabe who doesn't have the guts to go through with it. That's just wrong. Also the way the main character is treated is awful throughout the film both at work, in the street, by his ex and his GF's mother.
I watched it the first time and it was interesting but it wasn't a film about dev's it was about wannabe's/pretenders and a guy who believed a pair of shoes could make him walk. He was also the most unconvincing para ever.
it was a good effort and it's nice to see it got distribution (hey, it's on TV here) but nothing to do with us
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Post by Dee Dee on Jul 9, 2010 17:38:23 GMT -5
It's been on Tv here on repeat and I keep seeing the same painful scenes again and again. Put it this way, I wouldn't want anyone I know to watch this film because it's not about Dev's. OK so he tried to enter the psyche but it's about wannabe's not devs. The whole premise is convoluted and lame but the interest in it for us is negated when she says we're lame. To the woman in the movie a Dev is a wannabe who doesn't have the guts to go through with it. That's just wrong. Also the way the main character is treated is awful throughout the film both at work, in the street, by his ex and his GF's mother. I watched it the first time and it was interesting but it wasn't a film about dev's it was about wannabe's/pretenders and a guy who believed a pair of shoes could make him walk. He was also the most unconvincing para ever. it was a good effort and it's nice to see it got distribution (hey, it's on TV here) but nothing to do with us As far as I understood, the female lead was BOTH a wannabe and a dev. I think this phenomenon has been discussed before with Claire contributing especially; and I think she´s told us that wannabes are often devs as well ... so I think the film is about the one as well as the other, although the wannabe part is given more time and focus. I don´t think that a film has to be correct in every detail to make it worth seeing or to make it a good film. What the female lead says, does or thinks do not have to be factual. I see Quid Pro Quo as an attempt to deal with and portray a very complex phenomenon and I give it credit as such. Unfortunately the male lead was not the most convincing wheeler - I discussed this with a real one, who said that his posture and his position in the chair were both quite bad; and I think the film makers could have done better in regard to that (he was still quite hot in the shower, but that´s another story  ). The fact that the film is on repeat in Egypt doesn´t tell us much, really - a lot of great films are on repeat here in Denmark - I actually wonder if they would be, if they were not popular ... |
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