Grah, see that's the thing, I don't measure movies in term of monetary success, I measure them in terms of, "Was it awesome? Did they win awards?" But of course I forgot that with production companies it's money, money, money makes the world go round! Business and all that.
Mostly I was just trying to get the point across that there are a hell of a lot of crappy movies that have men as the leading role, and that movies failing, wasn't anything new and had no relation whatsoever to whether the lead was male or female, or if there even was a lead! Ensemble casts, ever hear of that, guys??
But yeah, I agree with you, though I wouldn't say Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a crappy old movie. Albeit, I haven't seen it, but it is a classic after all. And yeah, what the hell? Charlie's Angels was huge and so was Tomb Raider, if we're talking big bucks here!
But it doesn't even make sense that they're just focusing on money, I mean, there's no other reason than that they're simply being misogynistic pigs. You cannot use money and monetary success in this argument, because there have been lots and lots and lots of successful movies with women in leading roles. Their argument holds no water whatsoever.
Goddamnit! One of the greatest and most monetarily successful movies OF ALL TIME was the Sound of Music, and IT WASN'T THE NAZIS WHO MADE IT THAT WAY, IT WAS A FUCKING FEMALE LEAD CHARACTER! AND A NUN, TOO!
...Sorry. Didn't mean to blow up, and I'm not blowing up at you, just so you know. ^.^;
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Date: 2007-10-19 08:10 am (UTC)Mostly I was just trying to get the point across that there are a hell of a lot of crappy movies that have men as the leading role, and that movies failing, wasn't anything new and had no relation whatsoever to whether the lead was male or female, or if there even was a lead! Ensemble casts, ever hear of that, guys??
But yeah, I agree with you, though I wouldn't say Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a crappy old movie. Albeit, I haven't seen it, but it is a classic after all. And yeah, what the hell? Charlie's Angels was huge and so was Tomb Raider, if we're talking big bucks here!
But it doesn't even make sense that they're just focusing on money, I mean, there's no other reason than that they're simply being misogynistic pigs. You cannot use money and monetary success in this argument, because there have been lots and lots and lots of successful movies with women in leading roles. Their argument holds no water whatsoever.
Goddamnit! One of the greatest and most monetarily successful movies OF ALL TIME was the Sound of Music, and IT WASN'T THE NAZIS WHO MADE IT THAT WAY, IT WAS A FUCKING FEMALE LEAD CHARACTER! AND A NUN, TOO!
...Sorry. Didn't mean to blow up, and I'm not blowing up at you, just so you know. ^.^;