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re: Do you feel like you can't watch movies with a female/black protagonist?
Posted on 10/27/17 at 4:43 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Posted on 10/27/17 at 4:43 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
I have a hard time finding humor in black comedy movies.
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Posted on 10/27/17 at 5:35 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
The funny thing is that you hear anecdotal evidence the converse happens in spades - Diego Luna's father allegedly sobbing with joy after SW:RO because "he sounded like me", etc. If folks on the left were to be believed, a movie can't be enjoyed unless half of the UN is represented in the leading cast.
Posted on 10/27/17 at 6:07 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
I have a fear of preachiness but I liked something like Wonder Woman. I also like a lot of Denzel Washington movies, plays a lot of guys where they could be anybody but he's black so they are.
Posted on 10/27/17 at 7:06 pm to Tiger Ree
Wow you put a lot of work into that. I specifically said female badasses . Which means the special forces/Kung fu/killing 100 dudes type. Not simply a main protagonist
The only good one I’d say was uma Thurman kill bill
The only good one I’d say was uma Thurman kill bill
Posted on 10/27/17 at 10:04 pm to Tiger Ree
Actually, Kathy Bates in Misery makes perfect sense because she’s a large, strong, imposing woman and the male lead is just anything but.
Seeing 90lb stick figures beat up 270lb trained killers in hand to hand combat over and over again may be sexy, but it is just ridiculous. It requires serious suspension of disbelief. All they have to do is give those agile little female badasses some knives or a gun (Mr. and Misses Smith) and it makes sense again, but Black Widow knocking out giant trained assassins with one punch? Please.
Seeing 90lb stick figures beat up 270lb trained killers in hand to hand combat over and over again may be sexy, but it is just ridiculous. It requires serious suspension of disbelief. All they have to do is give those agile little female badasses some knives or a gun (Mr. and Misses Smith) and it makes sense again, but Black Widow knocking out giant trained assassins with one punch? Please.
Posted on 10/27/17 at 10:11 pm to kingbob
Doesn't bother me at all if the film/actress/etc...is bad it's bad. I do hate the Ghostbusters type nonsense where it's clear they have women just to push an agenda.
Posted on 10/27/17 at 11:14 pm to kingbob
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the male lead is just anything but.
James fricking Caan? For frick's sake... He's not a big man, for sure, be he normally plays characters who are imposing and intimidating.
In Misery, that was that was great acting on both Bates' and Caan's part, plus the directing was fantastic. That was not an example of a literal difference in the physicality of the leads supporting the story.
Posted on 10/28/17 at 8:08 am to boogiewoogie1978
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I don't watch comedies with a female lead. They just aren't funny.
Women are funny. Get over it.
Posted on 10/28/17 at 8:37 am to geauxnavybeatbama
It doesn't bother me as long as their isn't an agenda that takes me out of the story. For example, that series Sense8 had potential but it kept forcing gay sex and trannies on me. I get why but it would take me out of the story. Black Panther was really well done in Civil War and I am looking forward to the movie. Wonder Woman might be the first DC movie I've enjoyed in awhile.
Posted on 10/28/17 at 7:13 pm to OMLandshark
Raise your hand if Leslie Jones was the first image that popped into your head upon reading the title.
Posted on 10/28/17 at 7:19 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Depends. If it's a forced female/ black role simply because they're female and/or black, then it's probably bad anyways.
P.s. I don't relate to white roles better just because they're white though.
I can name infinitely more white actors I avoid like the plague.
P.s. I don't relate to white roles better just because they're white though.
I can name infinitely more white actors I avoid like the plague.
Posted on 10/28/17 at 9:15 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Tyler Perry movies are made specifically for black people
Is that the guy that's in the Madea movies? I always thought those movies were made for a certain segment of white people who wanted to see what they thought a "good" black female character acted like.
Posted on 10/29/17 at 8:44 am to geauxnavybeatbama
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But my father refuses to watch movies like wonder woman and black panther because he can't relate to the character
That's one of the stupidest fricking things I've ever heard. How dense is your father to not be able to watch a movie because he isn't the same gender, color, whatever as the protagonist?
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He loves IT
So he's a fricking demon clown? Because he can relate to this demon clown thing?
Your dad sounds like a retard.
Posted on 10/29/17 at 10:12 am to geauxnavybeatbama
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Do you feel like you can't watch movies with a female/black protagonist?
I don't have issues watching an action movie with a black or female lead such as Wonder Woman and Black Panther. I do, however, struggle to watch most black comedies as I don't have the same sense of humor and generally don't find them funny.
This post was edited on 10/29/17 at 10:19 am
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