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Post by kuatorises on May 29, 2024 16:16:33 GMT
Arnold gets his ass beat in Predator:
This girl beats one all by herself:
After killing like 8 men:
Sexist, Christ. Can you people make a point without throwing an accusation at people who disagree with you?
Can you? I made my point just fine without accusing anybody of anything. Who did I accuse of what? What are you talking about? Who's you people? I'm one person.
Shut up. Please. Cause I'm not in the mood for a circular cat conversation.
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Post by cat on May 29, 2024 16:34:25 GMT
Can you? I made my point just fine without accusing anybody of anything. Who did I accuse of what? What are you talking about? Who's you people? I'm one person.
Shut up. Please. Cause I'm not in the mood for a circular cat conversation.
This is why you piss me off. The conversations you start never go anywhere because you won't let them. You keep them pinned down. Like with the sports thing last week. You asked me what the purpose of sports was in connection to sports being political, then you wander off. Why does it piss you off so much for conversations to go somewhere? Seriously, you accuse me then tell me to shut up cause you're not in the mood when I ask what you're accusing me of? You are so ridiculous. Thanks for the hit and run though. Really. It's always a pleasure when you throw water on an interesting topic.
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Post by cinemachinery on May 29, 2024 16:40:06 GMT
What do you get out of posting this garbage clickbait nonsense? Basting in this type of shit must really undercut the enjoyment of new films. People cue them up all primed to be tribal. Sucks all the air of out the experience.
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Post by cat on May 29, 2024 16:41:59 GMT
If the image in the thumbnail is anything to go by then that's pathetic. "Girl boss" is a BS category like Mary Sue. It exists to be sexist. Men are never called male bosses or man-bosses; just bosses, but the idea that a comparable female onscreen is a girl boss is lame. Under no circumstances will anybody ever do anything like what Bruce Willis did in Die Hard. Your average male cop or agent more likely looks like Bruce Willis than Arnold, and trained male agents can't do what he did in Die Hard either.
"Girl-boss" as a criticism holds onto the idea that women just don't fit into these roles, which is BS because movies are movies. They're not real. It's not like Arnold could really fight the Predator. He'd be dead in two seconds if he tried.
But they’re not comparable, that’s part of the definition. Girl bosses are better than the men, almost infallible and appear in poorly written films often from previously successful franchises. And if you don’t believe me, why was Gina Carano not designated a girl boss when she was in The Mandalorian? She was well received by the masses even before she rebelled against the social engineering of social media. For me, it depends on the movie. Die Hard 1-3 were great (imo), but I'd put Ripley from Alien over Bruce Willis in Die Hard 4. Likewise with Sara Connor. I've my doubts Linda Hamilton could beat me in a fight, but Sara Connor would kill me because a well-done movie sold me on the idea.
I guess I didn't know Gina Carano was received well by the masses. I know why I didn't or wouldn't designate her a girl boss. It's not really a criticism I respect. It always pings my inner "they're just movies". Plus I thought she was awesome.
Being a female lead in an action film or series isn't an automatic win with me. I've seen thousands of movies in my life. You think I've never disliked a movie with a female lead before?
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 29, 2024 17:58:22 GMT
As long as there are no white savior tropes and dark people worshipping a white man, I’ll check it out…
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Post by merh on May 29, 2024 18:36:12 GMT
As long as there are no white savior tropes and dark people worshipping a white man, I’ll check it out… So it's basically she is trying to get back to the home she was kidnapped from.
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Post by jeffersoncody on May 29, 2024 20:48:34 GMT
Domestic 2024 Weekend 21 May 24-26, 2024 1 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga $26,326,462 2 - The Garfield Movie $24,006,629 3 IF $16,145,804 Strange. Looks like Garfield made a couple million less than Furiosa.
Kids movies are almost always a money maker
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE AS OF MONDAY.
THE GARFIELD MOVIE (which cost near a third of what Furiosa cost to make)
Grosses
DOMESTIC (32%)
$31,255,905
INTERNATIONAL (68%)
$66,300,000
WORLDWIDE
$97,555,905
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Grosses
DOMESTIC (49.6%)
$32,343,145
INTERNATIONAL (50.4%)
$32,800,000
WORLDWIDE
$65,143,145
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Post by merh on May 29, 2024 21:04:48 GMT
Kids movies are almost always a money maker
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE AS OF MONDAY.
THE GARFIELD MOVIE (which cost near a third of what Furiosa cost to make)
Grosses
DOMESTIC (32%)
$31,255,905
INTERNATIONAL (68%)
$66,300,000
WORLDWIDE
$97,555,905
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Grosses
DOMESTIC (49.6%)
$32,343,145
INTERNATIONAL (50.4%)
$32,800,000
WORLDWIDE
$65,143,145
You are so invested in this failing, yet pretend you care about film So a film about a female child kidnapped (human trafficking) deserves to fail. Ok.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2024 21:07:24 GMT
Perhaps Miller should go back to making low budget Mad Max movies.
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Post by Mahoney on May 29, 2024 21:12:33 GMT
For those who have seen it: did Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky’s two characters (yes, she had two roles) have an Australian accent?
Kinda screams of nepotism doesn’t it? Why give someone with a European accent TWO roles?
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Post by Mahoney on May 29, 2024 21:18:12 GMT
I think The Road Warrior was a pretty decent hit, but I might be wrong. It got a lot harder for R rated movies to be big hits when they started enforcing the age limits, which they really didn't do back in the 80s. The US has it easier, with parental guidance for those under 17 for R rated films. In NZ they enforce many different age restrictions for certain films...R13,R15,R16,R18 and no-one under the age restriction is permitted at all. My mate told that in NZ you could rent X-rated pornos at the average video store back in the day.
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Post by Mahoney on May 29, 2024 21:19:34 GMT
Perhaps Miller should go back to making low budget Mad Mad movies. Exactly. These bloated big budget films are not what works necessarily.
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Post by jeffersoncody on May 29, 2024 21:32:09 GMT
You are so invested in this failing, yet pretend you care about film So a film about a female child kidnapped (human trafficking) deserves to fail. Ok. I don't want any films to fail merh, and I will watch Furiosa when it comes onto streaming and let you know what I think of it. I have decided that the the combination of Anya Taylor-Joy (who I have liked in other films and TV shows), Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke and a good director is enough reason for me to watch it. It doesn't really look like my type of film, still I'm open to seeing it. I'm into love stories, romantic comedies, human dramas, historical epics, westerns, detective stories, serial killer movies, musical dramas, war movies, true stories, dog movies, top quality European films Still, its not a good thing for an already fast failing industry that a good quality big budget tentpole flick like Furiosa is failing at the box office and I think its a good thing that we examine why it is failing to draw large enough to make a profit, or even earn its money back. Did you see the viewing figures for The Idea of You? When it was released on Prime, 50 million people watched it in the first two weeks. It's not a particularly good film, but its romantic and funny and sweet and the gorgeous Anne Hathaway glows like the great screen goddesses of yesteryear. Sometimes this is all audiences want, to be entertained. I do admire your passion for FURIOSA A MAD MAX SAGA, but don't mistake my concern for the shaky, floundering future of the cinemagoing experience with dislike or negativity over this particular movie. If the tentpole movies don't make money all the small arthouse and independent films I love won't get made anymore; in fact this is already the case; the middle has literally dropped out of the market - only low, low budget movies and big, big budget movies get made these days, there is no longer anything in between. And when the center goes ...
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Post by merh on May 29, 2024 21:37:18 GMT
For those who have seen it: did Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky’s two characters (yes, she had two roles) have an Australian accent? Kinda screams of nepotism doesn’t it? Why give someone with a European accent TWO roles? I didn't notice her. The females in the film really didn't stand out. A shot of the green place responding to the alert had some females. There were Joe's wives. There was a gal in Dementus's crew who never spoke that I noticed. Pretty scarred up. The old healing woman
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2024 21:42:09 GMT
Perhaps Miller should go back to making low budget Mad Mad movies. Exactly. These bloated big budget films are not what works necessarily. And sometimes I should check my spelling before hitting “create post”.
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