[AlphaOne1]

Part of the controversy was the poster that was released for the marketing. People (I think rightfully) thought it was inappropriate. Personally, I thought it was problematic that this poster was not rejected by anyone at Netflix prior to release. The fact that Netflix backtracked on the poster seems to indicate that they realized the mistake they had made. Again, this mistake should never have happened in the first place.

Do we as a society want our children to think that it's ok for children to be sexualized like this? Yes, I know the argument is that the point of the movie is the opposite, but I'm not going to let my children watch it so that the 'learn' this message. The message should be self evident and not need a movie to make the point. Some may disagree but as a parent I feel very strongly about this.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53846419

[tyingq]

There are also credible reviewers noting that the film indulges many more minutes in the controversial imagery than is needed.

[EricE]

You realize the poster was a scene from the movie.

I don't know why people are acting like they amped it up only for the poster. Well, if all you paid attention to was Netflix's lame excuse you could certainly get that impression since they did everything they could to imply that was the case.

Except that's not what happened. They profiled a scene - one scene! If anything there are far more crazy/disgusting scenes in the movie than just that one.

The poster is a red herring. The problem is the movie and it's content. Always has been, still is.