Her somewhat political comments were this: "Am I saying I hate white dudes? No, I’m not. I don’t want to hear what a white man has to say about A Wrinkle in Time. I want to hear what a woman of color, a biracial woman has to say about the film. I want to hear what teenagers think about the film. If you make a movie that is a love letter to women of color, there is a chance that a woman of color does not have access to review and critique your film. Do not say the talent is not there, because it is." Her comments fail the logic test, which isn't surprising considering she wasn't hired to act in movies for the depth of her intelligence. So because a movie, which is based off a book written by a white woman, has black actors for the majority of the roles, white men shouldn't be able to criticize it? Was it okay for white reviewers to give good reviews for Black Panther since it was a movie geared towards a black audience? Or should those white reviewers have been banned from critiquing it too since they didnt pass the race test? By her logic, if a movie is geared towards a white male audience, reviewers that are female and black should be equally discouraged from reviewing that movie. Essentially, she is promoting the segregation of thought and free speech. You can advocate for more black female reviewers to be hired without tearing down the white reviewers of movie that already exist, but she took the other route instead. I say all of this as someone who is not white. Anyways, both the trailers for this movie looked terrible, with film quality on par with Agents of Shield. She seems to have all the charisma of paint drying on a wall. Special effects look very underwhelming.
A wrinkle in time was god awful and this Larson lady is dumb as rocks. Take her off the press tour. Why do press tours at all? Nobody has ever gone to see a movie because of something said by an actor during a press tour.
I know what Brie is talking about from those quotes, but she doesn't have practice talking about it in front of cameras. Sure tale sign your social circle is an echo chamber. No one to call you out on things.
there’s just no buzz or hype surrounding this movie this movie is coming out right before the actual movie people can’t wait to see...people are waiting for the Avengers to me it’s like, let’s just get this sh*t out the way, and then it won’t be long before the Avengers come out...I’m not hype about this movie, I’m not dying to see it...matter of fact, if it came out on Blu-Ray before Avengers was released in theaters, I’d just rent it and watch it at home just to make sure I see all the potential tie-ins with the Avengers before going to see it Isn’t she supposed to be the lead for the next phase of the MCU?
This movie should've came out half a month ago. I'll still watch it though and don't really care how successful it is. It's not really a proxy for anything, esp for the ditto heads on here. Just ask the dude that thinks BP is overrated AF.
It kind of is a proxy for something. From: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/brie-larson-apos-captain-marvel-140002051.html Larson: "Really what it came down to is I had a meeting with Marvel and what we discussed is they wanted to make a big feminist movie. And I remember going home being like, S**t, am I gonna do this? It's kind of everything that I've wanted. I don't do movies based upon any hidden agenda other than I just want more representation and I want to do what I can to bring more representation and to see more colors of what [life is] like. Like, I know my limitations. I know that I'm just one white girl. I'm just trying to do as much as I can within that, within the framework of my body."
I guess what really matters is if brie will be teh noodz in this movie or any movies in the near future.
Good post, but I think you left a key part of her quote out: "Larson continued, “[Audiences] are not allowed enough chances to read public discourse on these films by the people that the films were made for. I do not need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work for him about ‘[A] Wrinkle in Time.’ It wasn’t made for him. I want to know what it meant to women of color, to biracial women, to teen women of color, to teens that are biracial.” https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/b...es-lack-of-inclusion-film-critics-1201974617/ The key part of this quote: "It wasn’t made for him." Now, clearly some movies are made for some particular markets. But, following her logic, movies should come out and say: "This movie is for bi-racial female teens." etc., as part of their marketing. But, are they going to do that? Of course not. No business wants to exclude potential customers. No studio wants to come out and say: "Hey, Mr. 40 year old white dude, don't you dare come see our movie." So, just more evidence how clueless she is.
