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22Seres t1_j1twvwr wrote

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery already seems to be doing the trick to some.

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Fiery_Hand t1_j1txy52 wrote

Maybe not the latest ones, but Django, Inglorious Basterds, American History X.

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HomerThompson15 t1_j1tyf3t wrote

You should cut off contact with your parents whenever you’re able to do so.

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RyzenRaider t1_j1tysv8 wrote

Replying to Slartibartfast39 (#1,089,865)

Haven't seen the sequel, but in the first film, the hero is the child of an illegal immigrant, the American family is shallow and ignorant (no one knows where Marta is from), one of the kids is identified as an alt-right troll and is mocked for it. Don Johnson's character seems to be a Trump supporter/sympathizer, justifying Trump's border cage policies. Not to mention, the illegal immigrant wins everything in the will and leaves the family with nothing... That could spark some BS great replacement discussion lol.

Having said that, Toni Collette's character comes across as a democrat liberal, who is only interested in virtue signalling about refugee rights, even though she clearly has no interest in Marta, has no original thoughts of her own, is a shallow influencer and is a leech on the rest of the family's finances. So it's not a black-and-white "Conservatives bad!" movie.

But this works in your favour. Because if it does annoy them, you can then counter argue that the film also opposes centralist liberals, and then it's harder for them to justify their dislike of the movie. Just adds a little trolling flavour.

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bellchilton t1_j1tzd12 wrote

I'm really zeroing in on the word "subtly" and as much as I love some of the movies that are being commonly suggested I wouldn't use the word subtle to describe any of them. Get Out skewers a different (more patronizing) type of racism than what OPs hick in-laws portray.

I'm trying to think of a movie that would piss them off but do it in such a way that they're either unable to articulate or embarrassed/ashamed to admit if they have any self awareness. Something that just barely skims over the top of their head, that they misinterpret, or that they have to go out on a limb to criticize if that makes sense.

It's probably not the best answer but the one I'd be most curious to see their reaction to would be Blazing Saddles. FWIW, Blazing Saddles isn't subtle but it's razor sharp satire and that really scrambles the brains of small minded folks like OPs in-laws.

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Hyjynx75 t1_j1u2d7u wrote

Broke Back Mountain of course. Cowboys are cool!

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