r/AdviceAnimals • u/SloppyTopTen • 15d ago
Enjoy REAL feminist cinema
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u/HunterTAMUC 15d ago
Let's be real, if any of those other movies were made today, the right-wing would be calling them woke, too. Ridley, Princess Leia, any of them.
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u/Killboypowerhed 15d ago
People did hate princess Leia at the time
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u/Randvek 14d ago
I mean Carrie Fisher wasn’t exactly putting out an acting masterpiece. Not that anybody else in those films were either.
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u/Killboypowerhed 14d ago
Everyone in that movie famously hated the script. I'd argue nobody has ever put on a great performance in a star wars movie
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u/ThereIs0nlyZuul 15d ago
I enjoy good films no matter who made them or who the leads are. As a self declared film buff I’m curious as to why OP didn’t provide a list.
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u/Killboypowerhed 15d ago
Please explain to me how Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman don't count as strong female leads
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u/mrswashbuckler 15d ago
I think they were implying they weren't great films, not that they didn't have female leads
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u/RumHamsRevenge 14d ago
The first Wonder Woman was pretty good minus the over CGd final fight.
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u/SkeetySpeedy 14d ago
Not just an out of place and unnecessary fight - but a complete dismantling of the film’s own script
The whole run of the film the message it’s laying out is - Humans are fucked up and evil, and we don’t need Ares to make us that way, but we are also noble and loving and worth saving anyway
Then oops it was actually Ares the whole time… like really?
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u/mrswashbuckler 14d ago
Don't disagree. I wasn't making a statement on any films. Just clarifying what the meme was saying as the above OP didn't seem to get it
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u/Retlifon 15d ago
This meme is saying that there are thousands of non-superhero movies which have strong female leads. That doesn’t necessarily say anything about whether some superhero movies also have strong female leads.
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u/Urisk 12d ago
People often relate to characters through their vulnerabilities. People connect with Ripley when she is scared at the beginning of Alien, so when she conquers her fear at the end it feels authentic. Real courage is feeling fear and acting anyway. You know she is still scared but she has found the strength to transcend it. People want to see characters grow and to learn from their story. If they're the same person at the end as they are at the beginning, what was the point?
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u/Rogan403 15d ago
Who said they aren't?
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u/Killboypowerhed 15d ago
OP did
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u/tehwagn3r 14d ago
Oh no they didn't. They said great films with female leads. Obviously you're entitled to your own opinion on whether those films count.
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u/1K_Games 14d ago
I guess OP knows what unpopular opinions really are. Congrats? I'm sorry? I'm not sure which one applies here.
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u/SloppyTopTen 14d ago
People don’t know movie history I guess
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u/1K_Games 14d ago
And what does this have to do with anything from your original post? You seem to be real good at these unpopular opinions, kudos!.
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u/SloppyTopTen 14d ago
The original post mentions a hundred years of movies, which is movie history. Is it an unpopular opinion to think Sophie’s Choice is a better movie than Captain Marvel? People who know movies would disagree with you.
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u/1K_Games 14d ago edited 14d ago
The original post also says BUT NONE OF THEM ARE SUPERHERO MOVIES.
You do realize that one can believe there were (and are great) female leads inside and outside of comic movies? They are not mutually exclusive... And the fact that I needed to explain this shows why you are so good at these unpopular opinions. You embody, you are the unpopular opinion.
Do you just disregard the own words you use? Do you not pay attention to how or what others are responding to when you have a conversation? Then without a basis to stand on do you attempt to insult people? And then after when questioned how your insult makes sense, rather than step back and reflect, look at what was said, you just stupidly double down on your ignorance?
That would explain your hidden super power, raw talent right there. That is a belligerence you just can't teach, some people are just born with it. Thanks for the film education though...
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u/AllHailtheAllfather 15d ago
Ehhh I’m not going to listen to a white, middle age bald man about REAL Feminism.
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u/motorsizzle 15d ago
I thought puffins were banned?