Okja
A huge fan of Joon-Ho Bong's Snowpiercer and a reasonably large fan of his Mother and Memories of Murder and The Host, I was really looking forward to this enthusiastically reviewed (Net)flick, especially since the adorable title genetically enhanced piggish animal befriended by a determined young girl seemed to suggest a possible recommendation for the grandchildren.
Well, no, I don't think the grandkids need porcine rape or abattoir nightmares, and one of them is a vegetarian already. But that's a filmmaker's choice, and I respect that. My disappointment has more to do with the stacked moral decks--the villains are too easy, and the legitimate question of how we feed a burgeoning population deserves a more thoughtful answer than "not this way."
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