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The idea that multimillionaire studio owners are woke, leftie, SJWs and not capitalist money makers is hilarious.
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I wish this fact would stop people from acting like corporate pandering is legitimate progressive activism (not a callout of anyone on here, just something I've observed. Mostly on the godforsaken wasteland of Facebook). It's kind of similar to how Christians feel obligated to pretend they like Christian rock and faith based films.The idea that multimillionaire studio owners are woke, leftie, SJWs and not capitalist money makers is hilarious.
Random example would be films like the Power of One and Lethal Weapon 2 (I think) which pushed a hardline anti-apartheid agenda. I think the filmmakers legitimately had an issue with apartheid they wanted to communicate, but the funding for the films was likely due to the suits observing the way the wind of public opinion was blowing and looking to cash in.There’s always been films focused on agendas since day dot of film making.
Do you think Hollywood moguls would purposely make films to push a political agenda over making films that make them money. Isn’t it more likely that they are trying to make films that they think people want in order to make more money?
More females will go see their films if they are playing more prominent/powerful characters. Females are half the worlds population and have money too.
lefty weirdo women do, but normal women still like seeing an emotionally charged character who has a love interest, knight in shining armorDo women really crave seeing women action heroes beating up bad guys (or girls)? Is this really a thing?
I think they enjoy seeing powerful women in a variety of ways. I doubt the majority have the same blood lust as men do though.Do women really crave seeing women action heroes beating up bad guys (or girls)? Is this really a thing?
Jeepers mate. I wouldn't even now where to start with that statement. You may need to leave your basement (cave) once in a while.lefty weirdo women do, but normal women still like seeing an emotionally charged character who has a love interest, knight in shining armor
More females will go see their films if they are playing more prominent/powerful characters. Females are half the worlds population and have money too.
Captain Marvel took in over $1 billion and is the 7th most successful Marvel movie.
Captain Marvel is officially a $1 billion box office hit
Captain Marvel joins the likes of Black Panther, The Avengers, and Captain America: Civil War in Marvel’s billion-dollar box office club.www.vox.com
Avengers:End Game featured a wide diversity of characters and is the highest grossing movie of all time.
Seems like people do go to movies with strong female characters. Who would have thunk it?
BTW UFC 193 (highest crowd ever for the company) was headlined by Rhonda Rousey vs Holly Holm.
Classic westerns were historically pro-confederate.
I just don’t think that they are pushing a liberal agenda for political purposes. It’s all about the money.
More females will go see their films if they are playing more prominent/powerful characters. Females are half the worlds population and have money too.
Two things.
Superhero movies have little resemblance to the real world. They rely on characters having supernatural powers that fluctuate hugely in power in order to create dramatic tension.
Recently we have recently seen movies depict tiny female characters destroying large male characters. Which is clearly unrealistic.
Combine the two and we see supernatural female kickass characters.
kids can have opinions and thats fine, some of them precocious. but generally theyre opinions are still very nascent, theyre still in their formative years of thought, beliefs, understandings, experiences. why is it that only adults have an issue with this? because its a broad meaty topic and adults can analyze and incorporate other aspects of life as analogies.
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That is also an astute reason why.I reckon its conditioning more than a greater capacity for analysis. Adults have been used to certain on-screen representations all their life, until recently.
Kids don't carry that conditioning so they don't see any issue.
I think the sticking point is the way it is done. Work hard and diligently and creatively to write more powerful female characters. Characters that stand on their own through powerful writing rather than a lazy means of a character having to verbalise constantly "I am a powerful female character".
Im exaggerrating a tad obviously and not saying its all like that but I think thats the crux of the matter.
Clever impactful writing of characters regardless of gender and not lazy writing using cliche obvious sentiments to make the differentiation.
I’ll re-phrase what I was asking. Women, traditionally, have not been the target audience of action movies. If given a choice, traditionally, women would prefer a drama or rom-com...broadly speaking. My question is, do women suddenly chose action films because it’s a female lead kicking ass? Is that the reason, traditionally, they have not been into this genre?
No argument s**t movies being just s**t movies. By poorly written I was alluding to lazy writing which dictates said female characters having to remind us every 5 minutes that they are powerful and female. Its a lazy short cut method and saving the hassle to having to develop a character further than just their gender. Its not that hard surely. Sarah Connor came off as pretty badass in the 80's without having to tell us every so often that she was girl power personified.Sure that would be ideal, just from an entertainment persepctive. But there are a million examples of poorly written male characters over the journey and it didn't generate this kinda discussion or pushback.
Sometimes sh1t movies are just sh1t movies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Captain Marvel took in over $1 billion and is the 7th most successful Marvel movie.
Captain Marvel is officially a $1 billion box office hit
Captain Marvel joins the likes of Black Panther, The Avengers, and Captain America: Civil War in Marvel’s billion-dollar box office club.www.vox.com
Avengers:End Game featured a wide diversity of characters and is the highest grossing movie of all time.
Seems like people do go to movies with strong female characters. Who would have thunk it?
BTW UFC 193 (highest crowd ever for the company) was headlined by Rhonda Rousey vs Holly Holm.
No argument s**t movies being just s**t movies. By poorly written I was alluding to lazy writing which dictates said female characters having to remind us every 5 minutes that they are powerful and female. Its a lazy short cut method and saving the hassle to having to develop a character further than just their gender. Its not that hard surely. Sarah Connor came off as pretty badass in the 80's without having to tell us every so often that she was girl power personified.