Knows what makes a good movie.
Posted on 08/17/2023 8:07:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
From 2018, and illustrative...
https://www.businessinsider.com/dwayne-johnson-china-what-is-box-office-fraud-2018-7
A regular analysis of this crappola is done by a YTube Brit dude — see his Disparu line of videos. Fantastic!
Except that the character was named Snow White because "her skin was white as snow." Movie studios used to cast actors who looked like the characters they were playing. They still do if the character is black (imagine the screaming protests if they cast a white actor to play Black Panter). If the character is white then they either rewrite the characters as black, gay, transvestite, or all of the above.
Maybe they can call this movie Sand Brown and the Seven Woke, Diverse, Non-Binary People.
Fraud in multiple directions.
Everything from China seems to be lies.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife was a worthy effort.
Not just China.
Let’s put it this way, if I had money coming from the Cruise movie or the Indy movie and had issues with the reported gross, I’d take a good look at what when on after the Barbie movie was released.
๐๐บ 40 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ.
I’m about your son’s age, and I saw it last night with a lady I’m currently seeing. I didn’t take it as what the Critical Drinker, or some others reviewed it to be. There are jokes aimed at both sides, but at time you can see the feminism that went into the writing at times. A fair amount of the jokes in the movie were humorous, some juvenile. Some of the jokes at men’s expense to seem to be a bit harsher than others. I was surprised to see that the main Ken actually got something of a character arc, as did Barbie, and a few of the other characters (to a lesser extent IMO). I don’t think it was terrible, but I don’t think it’s going to be something I’ll actively look to view again in the future. If you should go to see it, just go to a matinee.
I’ll also note that Will Farrell’s character, and the fact he was in the film as all was just strange. He wasn’t the same Will Farrell we know from Anchorman, SNL, Talledega Nights, Elf, Step Brothers, that people are used to. I don’t doubt he could take serious roles, but his character, his place in the movie just made little sense, and it doesn’t really feel like he should’ve been there for much more than maybe exposition.
Knows what makes a good movie.
Black hair and blue eyes is the Galway Girl ...
Sold! What am I buying again?
“Coal Black and de Sebbin Dwarfs” was far more respectful of, well, everything related to it than this present Disney Corp abortion seems to be.
Based on what I have seen and read, it seems like it started out as a extreme matriarchy, switched to an extreme patriarchy, and then ended a moderate matriarchy. Is that a fair assessment?
“Pretty girl”
There were some pictures on another thread where she didn’t look very attractive. I guess it depends on the angle. Her personality doesn’t look very pretty at all.
Guess again - the numerous reshoots (likely with more to come) have very likely already put that effort well north of $300 million. Most of this script really needs a rewrite but that isn't likely during a writers' strike that doesn't look to be ending anytime soon. Whoever thought turning Snow White into an obnoxious girlboss, kicking the love interest aside, and turning the dwarves into Magical Creatures that look like something from a homeless camp in Portland should have been fired long ago but now they're stuck with both actors and script.
Zegler's interviews - there were several dating back more than a year - are cringe-worthy bleatings of an entitled arrested adolescent who gets her politics from the backs of cereal boxes, but there's a lot more wrong with this project than a prima donna brat. Still, her laughing about the possibility of a fellow cast member - the replacement for the Prince, "Jonathon", played by Andrew Burnap - having his entire part cut from the final print was malicious and unprofessional. If they do get to a reshoot things might seem a little icy in the cast canteen...
Adult women are going in droves
Snap out of it. This will NOT be a hit. This is a dumb movie from a really dumb corporation, it won’t earn a dime in profit.
I also saw BARBIE this week. I went expecting to hold my nose, but in the end found it entertaining in a popcorn way.
You’re right about everything. A lot of the humor was juvenile or sophomoric, but I enjoyed watching the development of both main characters. However, a lot of the plot just didn’t make sense. (How did Barbie & Ken even get out of jail — twice?)
The supporting cast was annoying — not to mention they were reeking of hurray-for-diversity hires. With the exception of Goslin & Ferrell (whose role seemed weird), all the men (i.e. other Kens) were extremely effeminate.
The writing seemed a bit confused, as I wasn’t sure if the intention was to be anti-masculine, rather than anti-male. I found myself on Team Ken (Gosling), and his transformation into the Marlboro Man The patriarchy might have been a bit of a mess, but the matriarchy (and I’m a woman) was nauseating.
On my way out of the theater, I was asked by two very liberal middle-aged women (this is NYC) what I thought of the film. I told them I preferred Ken, and explained that I was “conservative.” They looked at me like I had leprosy.
I’d say that it’s fair.
LOL, I only found out about The Critical Drinker 3-6 months ago...I go there all the time now!
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