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Post by Augustus on Jun 20, 2011 15:53:20 GMT -4
With the news of Evangline Lilly being cast in The Hobbit, it reminded me of another annoyance.
Dear Hollywood,
You really don't need to add a love story in every movie when trying to appeal to the female demographic. This may shock you, but a love story is not a requisite for my enjoyment of a movie. If the story is well written, the actors great, well directed and cut etc, I'm pretty damned happy with the outcome.
A sappy love story thrown in "because this will totally appeal to women" will become the weakest link and detract from what was essentially a great movie. No really, I repeat, I do not need a (badly written) love story as a subplot to like a movie.
Fine, you want to throw in some token women to make some movies feel less like a lad's movie, then give them good roles, no matter how small they may be.
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Post by Freelance Exorcist on Jun 21, 2011 11:14:27 GMT -4
Oh, but they don't always resort to sappy romance! Sometimes the female lead just has a baby instead of hooking up with some guy (or the baby is from a one night stand and she suddenly decides this is the perfect time to become a single mother). So that totally avoids all the romantic plot tumors. Cuz all wimmenz want babby.
In other words, ITA with your post.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2011 22:25:17 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood,
I want to see Marianne Jean-Baptiste. In a comedy. Thanks.
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thingee
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Post by thingee on Aug 17, 2011 22:19:53 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood, I want to see Marianne Jean-Baptiste. In a comedy. Thanks. Wow, I recognized her name and looked her up on IMDB, and it's Hortense from Secrets & Lies! I see she kept working -- she's got quite the list of credits! I don't know how I've missed seeing her in anything since 1996. I loved that movie, and I loved her in it.
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sueli
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Post by sueli on Aug 19, 2011 1:42:19 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood, yes, I'm aware and approve the unrepentedly naked, half-naked, and even clothed "IT" Swede Alexander Skarsgard, but surely I cannot be the only one a bit disturbed by the internet media's take on one [count it. ONE] shirtless Skarsgard still from the upcoming movie Straw Dogs in which he plays a rapist. Context, if not everything, should count for something, no?
Sincerely, Sueli
Thank God for the What Maisie Knew behind the scenes pics.
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Post by Mouse on Aug 26, 2011 22:37:48 GMT -4
Dear Hollywood: I have nothing to add to this awesome rant from novelist/comic writer Greg Rucka. He focuses on superhero movies, but it's applicable to movies as a whole. It's perfect as is, and worth reading.
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Post by Augustus on Aug 27, 2011 11:44:38 GMT -4
That basically sums it up quite perfectly indeed!!
Sometimes, yeah sometimes dear Hollywood, the movie is just crap.
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Post by angelaudie on Sept 1, 2011 12:01:08 GMT -4
Dear George Lucas,
Stop. Just stop. Stop trying to "improve" the Star Wars original trilogy! Seriously! KNOCK IT OFF! It's bad that in the prequels Vadar is more a whiny emo kid than an actual villain but at least I could comfort myself with the knowledge he's scary awesome in the trilogy. The most egregious tweek you make in that one was Han shooting first. But nooooo! You weren't happy stopping there were you? Now, Vadar will go all emo on us in Return of the Jedi by screaming "NOOOOOO!" when he kills the Emperor reminiscent of the totally lame "NOOOOO!" he screamed when he found out Padme died! I don't need reminders of the god awful prequel trilogy while watching the original trilogy!
Rather Peeved, Me
P.S. Because it cannot be said enough HAN SHOT FIRST!
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Post by Witchie on Sept 1, 2011 12:11:24 GMT -4
Dear George Lucas, Stop. Just stop. Stop trying to "improve" the Star Wars original trilogy! Seriously! KNOCK IT OFF! It's bad that in the prequels Vadar is more a whiny emo kid than an actual villain but at least I could comfort myself with the knowledge he's scary awesome in the trilogy. The most egregious tweek you make in that one was Han shooting first. But nooooo! You weren't happy stopping there were you? Now, Vadar will go all emo on us in Return of the Jedi by screaming "NOOOOOO!" when he kills the Emperor reminiscent of the totally lame "NOOOOO!" he screamed when he found out Padme died! I don't need reminders of the god awful prequel trilogy while watching the original trilogy! Rather Peeved, Me P.S. Because it cannot be said enough HAN SHOT FIRST! This cannot be said enough. I hated those prequels. Fastforwarded through the first and never bothered with the others. I wish I'd had the foresight to purchase the originals on DVD before he started tweaking them. A CGI Yoda? Are you fucking kidding me? And because it can't be said enough Han shot first! He was a scoundrel. He owned it.
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smockery
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Post by smockery on Sept 1, 2011 13:07:36 GMT -4
I thought he had already tweeked the originals before they were ever released on DVD. That's why I still have my original tapes.
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