# 2012 Red Dawn: Kind of lacking in the looks department? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-red-dawn-kind-of-lacking-in-the-looks-department/668830 "2013-09-14T09:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-red-dawn-kind-of-lacking-in-the-looks-department/668830/1 "2013-09-14T09:07:15Z")
I just started watching the new Red Dawn, and it occurred to me, after about 8 minutes, mol-aren’t they running kind of low on what are called good looking people? I mean, the Patrick Swayze character, ruggedly handsome, but, uh, the rest of the guys… 1 or 2 kinda hot chicks, but, in a scary way. I’m having trouble using my eyes to watch this movie with. I’m thinking that inbreeding is against the law for a very good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-red-dawn-kind-of-lacking-in-the-looks-department/668830/2 "2013-09-14T09:59:34Z")
I think the movie “Shallow Hal” is made just for people who think that only good looking people are a turn on. Admittedly, we’re talking about the movie world here, where all the men are good looking, the women are strong, and the children above average. But not everyone in the world is good looking, yet heroic things manage to get done.