"The Woman King"

[Andrew NDB]

It comes out in September.

Thoughts? Predictions?

[joe-eyeball]

I predict it’s going to break all kinds of box office records

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It comes out in September.

Thoughts? Predictions?

They were the main inspiration for the Dora Milaje in the MCU.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

They were the main inspiration for the Dora Milaje in the MCU.

I can see that....

Looks like an interesting flick.

[Coola Yagami]

Something something woke, something something misogyny.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Something something woke, something something misogyny.

See I don't view this flick as woke $#!(. Looks like cultural-historical to me. Nothing wrong with that. But see that's an intellectual evaluation on my part that the liberal P'sOS on this forum won't understand. Because they don't understand reality outside of their life-angry perceptions.

Now with that said, I'm sure this movie was pumped out as a component of woke culture which is typical, but if this movie has historical footing and it found it's appeal to be told now, then that's cool. It looks like calling this movie woke would be like calling "Shaka Zulu" from the 80's woke. It wasn't. It was a historical flick the likes of "Braveheart" and so on.

And so, is this movie maybe opportunistic of current times? Yeah, absolutely!? But woke $#!(-flick? Eh I don't put this there. I'd possibly give this a Netflix watch or something. Just because a movie is about "black people" doesn't mean it's woke $#!(. Being woke $#!( is more about the mentality, the agenda, the deconstruction of others for "complaint culture". I don't see that here.

But again, my position on this would be too intellectual and grounded in truth for the "Robert Fiduciary's", "IndigoEarths", "MsDuckling" and the rest of the left liberal brain trust of loud mouths here to actually grasp.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by IMJ

See I don't view this flick as woke $#!(. Looks like cultural-historical to me. Nothing wrong with that. But see that's an intellectual evaluation on my part that the liberal P'sOS on this forum won't understand. Because they don't understand reality outside of their life-angry perceptions.

Now with that said, I'm sure this movie was pumped out as a component of woke culture which is typical, but if this movie has historical footing and it found it's appeal to be told now, then that's cool. It looks like calling this movie woke would be like calling "Shaka Zulu" from the 80's woke. It wasn't. It was a historical flick the likes of "Braveheart" and so on.

And so, is this movie maybe opportunistic of current times? Yeah, absolutely!? But woke $#!(-flick? Eh I don't put this there. I'd possibly give this a Netflix watch or something. Just because a movie is about "black people" doesn't mean it's woke $#!(. Being woke $#!( is more about the mentality, the agenda, the deconstruction of others for "complaint culture". I don't see that here.

But again, my position on this would be too intellectual and grounded in truth for the "Robert Fiduciary's", "IndigoEarths", "MsDuckling" and the rest of the left liberal brain trust of loud mouths here to actually grasp.

I guess we'll see. But something tells me all the marketing is gonna be treat this like the movie you simply MUST see unless you're racist rather than something cultural historic. And don't forget the huge influx of normie virtue signalling you're gonna see that would make Wakanda Forever feel like it was a passing fad that lasted a weekend.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I guess we'll see. But something tells me all the marketing is gonna be treat this like the movie you simply MUST see unless you're racist rather than something cultural historic. And don't forget the huge influx of normie virtue signalling you're gonna see that would make Wakanda Forever feel like it was a passing fad that lasted a weekend.

Oh I absolutely agree with that point. I don't view this movie as woke $#!(, but yes the societal cultural-response around it from the manipulators will be a woke $#!( shame fest. For sure.

[Andrew NDB]

Like IMJ said, it was definitely greenlit as a component of woke culture, which is the only bothersome aspect. Probably it received funding by the same virtue as all of these all-female kicking male ass movies that have been being pumped out over the past few years (failures, all of them, and there has been many).

[ZariusTwo]

So this isn't that awful episode of Battlestar Galactica 2003

[DarkFell]

It doesn't seem like my thing. Awesome if it grabs a crowd, but it doesn't grab me.

[AquaParade]

This looks awesome. I’ll check it out.

[Andrew NDB]

So it's been out 2 weeks and it has limped to a 36 million box office against a 50 million dollar budget... yet articles left and right are insisting the movie is "soaring."

[Coola Yagami]

The fact that movie is based on slavers that historically betrayed and sold their own race as slaves did get a rise out of more educated black people that don't just swoop onto consume the latest fad.

The movie peeps have used the old 'if you don't watch this you're racist' crap too.

Sounds like a horrible movie all around. Revisionist history that's even worse than Pocahontas.

[joe-eyeball]

It’s audience score on rotten tomatoes is at 99%? What a bunch of manipulative nonsense! That’s higher than The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, and Spider-Man Far From Home! Just to name a few

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by joe-eyeball

It’s audience score on rotten tomatoes is at 99%? What a bunch of manipulative nonsense! That’s higher than The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, and Spider-Man Far From Home! Just to name a few

Maybe mostly black people went and saw it, thought it was awesome and reviewed it and that's what you get on the review aggregator.

I still think it looks like a solid flick, but I'll give it a paid-click on something like Netflix. Not much is an honest theater draw for me these days.

Back in the days of "let's just go see a movie", I'd have gone to this one.

[Andrew NDB]

If I had to guess, I'd imagine mostly it was white women seeing it. But that's just my feeling and not backed up by anything.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

If I had to guess, I'd imagine mostly it was white women seeing it. But that's just my feeling and not backed up by anything.

I mean.... did I state the obvious or something?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I mean.... did I state the obvious or something?

No, I mean I really believe white women are probably the ones mostly filling the seats. Ridden with guilt. And then mostly black dudes who get dragged to it by their girlfriends/wives. Like, none of my black friends have even made a whisper about it... but conversely, all of the white chicks that formerly had the "Stay Home! It could save a life!" and "BLM" type Facebook avatars, they're the ones that can't wait to tell everyone how badly they want to see it.

[joe-eyeball]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

No, I mean I really believe white women are probably the ones mostly filling the seats. Ridden with guilt. And then mostly black dudes who get dragged to it by their girlfriends/wives. Like, none of my black friends have even made a whisper about it... but conversely, all of the white chicks that formerly had the "Stay Home! It could save a life!" and "BLM" type Facebook avatars, they're the ones that can't wait to tell everyone how badly they want to see it.

Yes these are same people that when the Atlanta Braves are playing they like to flock to twitter to tell the world how much they hate the tomahawk chop and want to punch all the braves fans in the face! It’s hilarious that it’s mostly middle aged white women that are offended!