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ornicus:
How does calling out sexual assaulters tie into making movies with female leads?

That's like saying black lives matter is the real reason for the black panther movies.

Imho, most of these complaints originate from the usual source white neck beards who are upset that anyone other than a white guy is the hero of the movie. Like it's some sort of infringement on personal space. We have decreed that the only acceptable leads are white males.

Anyways me, I just want to be entertained. Strong male, strong female, give me a good story and I'm good to go.

The Assault were very real and statistics stated females got ahead in all Spheres of art because...People in performing arts buying into these scenario and a make a break from it. look at Jordan Peele...same here i just want to be entertained too and i decide what will entertain me too.

hulk616:
[s][/s] Wonder woman 1984 is pointless after she said she was inactive for 100 years.

and there are 3 black widows

Who mentioned Wonder woman 1984 here?

ornicus:
You will note that I have already re edited my post. Apologies. Let's agree to disagree.

We may as well argue that since we know the outcome of rogue one, no need for the movie. Ditto for the star wars prequels. Black widow has a story and some people will love to see it. The conclusion of end game makes no difference. Why do we have better call Saul when breaking bad is concluded?
Why did we have the hobbit(which was a massive stretch of a single book) when LOTR was concluded?

Cash grab or for the fans, no need to complain. That's for white boys

First of all i didn't see the edit and i apologize...

Secondly, Not entirely against the idea of a black widow movie but my point is that it would have been more suited it came earlier like we know MCU for so bringing The Hobbit and Better call Saul is not in context with this scenario, MCU have been known for thier delicate way of introducing characters lemme recap Iron man started way back 2008, then in 2010 (Black widow was introduced i think), then 2011 we had Thor and Captain America origin movies and boom 2012 they were brought into Avengers (1) 2015, Antman origin story, and boom he was brought in for Civil war which also had Spidey intro and he had his own origin somewhat in 2017, (mind you through 2014 (Guardians of the galaxy and Thanos have been having thier little origin story). Black panther was introduced in Civil war (2016) as well and Doctor Strange had his own origin story in 2016. 2017 following the events of Thor:Ragnarok Valkyrie was introduced and 2018 we had Black Panther Origin story which all led to the Beautifully Crafted Avengers:Infinity Wars which we all saw these Characters from all the years we were now all caught up with thier Origin/Back up Story except of course for Black widow...Now the rumour was that the draft for Black widow has been on the Mcu's for a Years but they didn't act on it because "they were not sure of making buck with a female superheroine lead...fast foward...#Metoo happened, Wonder woman and Captain was a success coupled with fans crying about Black Widow dying in Endgame and is Now Disney wants to do the movie? Really...Still saying no need for it now, but like you said i shouldn't complain... Next up She-Hulk?? Really Thor: Love and Thunder with female leads?? and you don't see a pattern?

ornicus:
The mcu would have done just fine without a black panther origin movie. 15 minutes of exposition would have done it. Did they do black panthers origin before his first mcu appearance?

Did they bother rebooting hulks origin movie?

Stop being a sourpuss.

Read and Comprehend because you are kind of solidifying my point in a way...could they have explained the Black Panther story within 15 minutes? Yes but they did a movie, no qualms still because it was a set up to what was to follow in Infinity wars..Black Widow story ended with Endgame, any origin story should have come way before now...do you get the point now? Is just a money grabbing venture at this point.. and Sourpuss? Where did that come from or throwing insult is your forte?

ornicus:
Butthurt whites boys probably said the same about black panther.

Black Panther (Not a particularly great movie btw) needed an origin/follow up story after that fire intro in civil war...If Black widow had come earlier than this would have made much sense...stating facts here.

abduleez1:
Well money must be Made

We might even get an RDJ cameo

Lmaoo the point of all these...Disney be raking in millions from here on.

Stonecoldstare1:
Can you blame them? All the other studios are profiting from today's PC culture besides black widow already has a stable background and a legion of fans. They should capitalize on that first

my thoughts exactly.

abduleez1:
Well, I can't say it's uncalled for. Fans need it, want it, love it. It has been screamed for by fans since after Ironman 2. Fans had wanted her Solo a long time ago, but Disney were too scared to greenlight it since female solo Superheroine movies at the time were ultimate flops.

DC's Wonder Woman proved to everyone Female Solos are profitable so now Marvel joining the bandwagon ASAP not to be outdone or miss out on sweet cash!!! Evident in the needless release of Captain Marvel.
If they could release a solo for a hated comic character comics wise and live action (Brie Larsson), why won't they produce a Solo for a loved character and popular Scar Jo name.

Scar Jo is the main propellant for this movie nothing else, cos she's loved by everyone ever since showing up in the MCU.

Besides it's more or less a prequel. Events before Endgame.

You are helping buttress my points further...Captain marvel and Wonder woman still have stories to tell in future plot lines and movies hence thier origin story was necessary..Black widow ended with Endgame and she's has been appearing in the MCU prior to Endgame, if this movie came out before Infinity war or even Endgame i would have said it's worth the hassle but if it's coming out know it only means disney are prying on fans emotion and "girl power" craze to amass more $$

abduleez1:
Trailers incoming from tomorrow

Girl power? Say that again.... First half 2020 will be very interesting......

The Black Widow movie very uncalled for....Disney just want to strike "this Feminism rod" while it's hot and cash out...Her plotline has been erased with Endgame and any origin story on her now is pointless.

Urrghh..typical of DC...Slacking now when I thought they were catching up....

abduleez1:
Netflix will be releasing episodes of The Witcher on a weekly basis when it's out December 20th. It won't be the complete season Binge watch.

They are starting to be sensible these days.

That's how i said i should wait and binge "The Mandalorian" and i have been besieged with Baby Yoda's meme all over the internet.. I will not try it with The Witcher

nonny1212:
Charisma bro.. dude got no charisma.. former joker would mk u enjoy his act as the bad guy.. I was waiting for the "bad guy" part in the new joker. At least that was what we knew the real "joker" as. .. prove me wrong, give me a reason to like JOKER??

JP had no Charisma playing the JOKER? Wow just wow..probably charisma has a new meaning. My guess is your expectations was through the roofs and i can't give you a reason to like it nor force you to like the movie as per different strokes but it's still a beautiful movie and a delightful performance from JP as the positive critical reception and box office success shows.

nonny1212:
FURY 9.982/10... That movie is top notch... wow, i wonder why i didn't see this movie since 2014. I doff my hat for brad pitt. JOKER 0.5/10, I forced myself to finish this movie so I will know if I would see the character of the original joker that made me like bat man, yet the dude kept acting like a very confused psycho.Thank goodness for FURY.

Hmm elucidate further on the bolded kind sir, because me thought "the Psycho trait" endeared us to the Joker character over the years.. What did JP do wrong that the other "Jokers" before him did right?

MacDaddy01:
Parasite (2019) 8/10

I hardly watch Korean movies such as this for two reasons.

1. I watch Japanese movies already. It is like a superior brand of Asian tv. It is like Nollywood and Ghollywood.

2. I mostly only watch korean horror/grit movies.



But Parasite was a great movie. It was funny and I like that it kept the plot believable as there were consequences for actions.


And truly, many Nigerians are like the parasite family in the movie- employ them and they will take advantage of your generosity. Eg stealing office WIFI to download movies, doing backhanded deals with your clients etc.

in a hypothetical scenario Lionheart had made it to that Oscar Norm, it wouldn't have had a sniff chance in hell to win with Parasite in that category.

Easily one of the best movies out this year across genres.

henrydadon:
Aw.. What a terrible site.. Do you actually download from here? It's one Recapta after another.

The site is actually gold if you can navigate all thier shenanigans. They have a large archive of oldies and also new with premium quality, best of all they host thier files on Uptobox, google drive and Mega (Very stable host).

obixcel:
Charlie's Angels 2019 bombed at the Box Office big time, and it's said to be the worst movie in 2019. When I saw d trailer, I was like, "No, no, no, no!!!"

I think casting Kristen Stewart as lead in a supposed action flick was a huge mistake. In all my years as a cinephile i have never seen an actress as lousy as her, i think only Megan Fox comes close. It will be as if they are holding her at gun point to do a movie, no emotion or seriousness of any kind whatsoever so Elizabeth Banks can blame Patriarchy for the movie failing all she wants but the actual reason it failed it's not so far from the terrible casting.

The movie was gutter quality but this review>>>>>> Holy Smokes

J2381:
Gemini Man.

Nonsense!. That's all I can say.

lol after several warnings from this thread you didn't listen.

mekaprime:
First, let me apologize to the house for this post, i know this ain't the right place for this but local man is in a state of hugger-mugger & really needs your invaluable inputs.
CC. KoiceReloaded....et.al
Long story short, Local man,got jumped by them niggahs last month at upper Iweka head bridge Onitsha,(Pls guys if you're traveling to the east via that route, don't ever stop on, before or after that bridge, that is if you value your life & possessions, cause they'll steal your possessions together with your soul ) they stripped me of all my possessions including my laptop & nearly did me for my sluggish compliance.
So I hope to get a new laptop soon. And for it's use, I'll like to dabble into Programming(very seriously), graphics designing & video editing (the later 2 are just for fun though). Based on my tight budget, I have narrowed my choice down to two options of laptops to choose from. They are:
1)Name: Hp ProBook 3000
Specs
Core:i5
Ram: 4gb Ram(I hope to upgrade to at least 8gb)
Hdd: 500gb
Os : windows 8
Graphics card: 1750gb
Dedicated graphics: 500mb Nvidia
Ba3: 3hours +

2) Name : Hp ProBook
Specs
Core:i5
Os: windows 10(hope to downgrade to 7)
Ram: 4gb( hope to upgrade to 8gb)
Hdd: 300gb
Graphics card: 2500gb
Dedicated graphics: 1000gb Amd
Ba3: 6hours +
Both laptops are Intel & are the same price. So guys which do you think is the best & will serve my purpose, thanks in anticipation.
Least i forget, i also game, well not high graphics demanding games like GTA 5, Pes 2018/19 or WWE2k18 cause I know the PC wouldn't run it.

So sorry to hear about your ordeal bro..glad you weren't hurt.

kendrick93:
Rosamund pike deserved an Oscar for her role in this movie...

She was absolutely flawless in the role..was nominated sef but lost to Julianne moore for her emotionally touching performance in "Still Alice".

The Irishman is out on Netflix tomorrow...About time i say!

Thegamingorca:
Episode 3 Whereeeeee.

Make i sharply go load data.

Yeah well it can't all be great. I'm particularly looking for a continuing episode of the citadel of ricks

Yeah and season 3 is by far my best. Pickle rick and the first episode where Rick destroyed the galactic government

I'm going to go take a shiit

lol Ep3 has been out since on late sunday/ early monday and Yeah S1 - S3 was gold..S4 episode 1 was literally fire and the scene before the end credits when summer was saying shii about Rick and Morty, so Rick played back what summer said without any other sound had me in stitches

Well i hope the season improves gradually with this era of "Social wokeness and Political correctness" that ruins everything good.mans can't dished out good humor without backlash.

Thegamingorca:
Rick and Morty season 4

Certainly not at the height of S1-3..Episode 1 was smokes but Ep 2 and 3 have been medicore so far.

hulk616:
wrong, i rate disney movies above 0

Disney owns MCU so MCU is still the common denominator

hulk616:
5
why not 0

Any movie ever made that's not in MCU is always 0/10 where you are This your MCU fetish don pass borderline.

Of all the Propaganda against the "Joker" Movie this was probably the most silliest...i mean

urahara:
Gone Girl


I thought it was just going to be another run of the mill romance movie.

I was wrong

7 / 10.

Good movie

Rosamund Pike was absolutely flawless in this....i actually believed her initially.

abduleez1:
U say what?? Leto na confirm A-lister. Person wey get OSCAR award abi na nomination. The guy sef expensive AF!!!! That's the main reason him Joker they annoy me die.

Confirm A Lister Fire! Bro, na Thirty seconds to mars dey make e garri rise small o'

abduleez1:
I no fit give that guy any single chance again sef. The shit I saw was more than enough. I cannot can. His Joker wasn't even convincing sef.

This guy takes music more seriously than movies abeg. Margot Robbie has been cast for Suicide Squad 2 and i don't think James Gunn will reason any plot lines relating to Joker...the only Joker future story will either be JP or Joker in RP's Batman..Jared Leto was actually flawless in Dallas Buyers Club sha and deservedly got an oscar.

armadeo:
On the issue of the 3 jokers.

Each one holds the candle. I wouldn't say anyone was better than the other.

I saw Nicholson's joker a long time ago when it first came out and watching it now, it looks campy and childish but in all scheme of things you get to realise that Nicholson's joker was actually a lunatic despite the attempts at making batman PG. He really was crazy.

Heath ledger. Now we watched this one when we were older. To be honest I never really appreciated him till this year when I watched the dark knight again. The actual level of lunacy displayed was unbelievable.

Remember the scene where he walks into Wayne manor and sticks up the party. How he whirls around picking drinks at random and eating stuff while threatening the people there. That was top notch acting.


JP. Hmm. His one is an origin story how the joker came into being. The gradual losing of his mind..sinking deeper into the realm of madness despite society doing well without him.

Did you notice at the finale when he left the room his footprints where blood stained. ... man I love this movie.




Finally each joker did well in thier movies and had one strong thread connecting them all. They wanted chaos.




P.s it seems the entire planet forgot that there was a joker in suicide squad. Now that's harsh.

Even Jared Leto knows his Joker performance was horse shit tbh.

nani667:
The Greatest Showman


6.5 / 10


Great movie... The singing was just too annoying tho, literally Fast Forewarded though all the singing... Other than the singing it was a very good movie

The songs were the greatest thing about this movie...the OST was too Lit.

KoiceReloaded:
TDK was supposed to be primarily about Batman, but somewhere along the line, it became a Joker movie. Intentional or fortuitous, only Nolan will answer that. All I know is this; Heath as Joker, dominated every scene and the story, including the few scenes he shared with Batman.

As a fresh-faced Batman fan, I was very resentful of this. I was like, "This is bullshit, it's not feasible for a supporting character to hug more spotlight than the main character..." However, on a second viewing few years later, I was able to see why Heath dominated the movie like he did; He was geniune. While others were merely acting, Heath completely became the Joker, and Joker became him.

They say there is a thin line between creativity and madness, my opinion is that Heath may have crossed that line. Bale said that stepping into a world of method acting, it's safer to leave a chunk of yourself behind, so that you can snap back to reality if you feel yourself slipping away. I feel Heath didn't get the memo. He fully embraced the persona of a unhinged criminal mastermind, and, thus, inadvertently set a high bar that others will now have to try and match.

Alas, actions have consequences. I don't think he fully returned from the mental challenging role, and coupled with his marital quandaries at that time, life may have become all too much for the poor bastard. They said his death was as a result of an accidental overdose... I don't think so.

The question remains would Heath be awarded that oscar if he was alive? So people still think it was "pity" award and i totally disagree. I have only seen few people change persona and incorporate himself so much into a role as well as Heath did in TDK, i mean i saw this guy in 10 things i hate about you and Casanova and he wasn't anything close to playing a deranged criminal mastermind in those movies. There were stories of him been in character through out production of the movie, even sleepless night coupled with the problems he had at that time. Two recent method acting of such caliber comes to mind for me Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club and Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour and both ended in Oscar wins so Heath's Oscar was far from pity....imo.