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FailStill have yet to see any of the Toy Story movies. Somehow, my son has managed to avoid them all.
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FailStill have yet to see any of the Toy Story movies. Somehow, my son has managed to avoid them all.
My buddy has a huge issue with how Disney is throwing in girl power into the new movies. He was pissed that Jasmine became Sultan instead of AladdinJust back with the family from The Lion King (2019).
Pretty much a scene for scene live action version, with a little #girlpower sprinkled in and a Beyonce riff for good measure. Animation was beautiful, but I can't think this trend from Disney has much staying power. Did see a trailer for Mulan, which is one of my favorite Disney movies, and it looks like they rewrote parts of that movie as well to make her more of a Mary Sue, but that will probably be the last live action Disney film I see in the theaters.
My buddy has a huge issue with how Disney is throwing in girl power into the new movies. He was pissed that Jasmine became Sultan instead of Aladdin
I don’t do Star Wars but I’m pretty sure Disney does make them nowDoes Disney control Star Wars, I forget...the most recent one was so bad. But it definitely had Mary Sue issues with the main star. 1 week of practice and suddenly she’s an amazing Jedi Knight? I refuse to see this next one because the last one was so bad.
And I’m not a Star Wars junkie or anything, that was just a horrible movie with bad plot lines and bad writing.
Disney does own the Star Wars franchise. I disagree about the new one, though. I think Rey's character is excellent and I don't think many would confuse me here for an overt girl power movement leader. What's exciting about her character is how well she learned to use the force on her own without training. I think there was always a little bit of "what if Leia had trained in the force" curiosity with Star Wars fans so Rey's character feels less like a forced girl power move to me maybe for that reason alone.Does Disney control Star Wars, I forget...the most recent one was so bad. But it definitely had Mary Sue issues with the main star. 1 week of practice and suddenly she’s an amazing Jedi Knight? I refuse to see this next one because the last one was so bad.
And I’m not a Star Wars junkie or anything, that was just a horrible movie with bad plot lines and bad writing.
My buddy has a huge issue with how Disney is throwing in girl power into the new movies. He was pissed that Jasmine became Sultan instead of Aladdin
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Good to see Kelly has been taking care of herself. Tom put some bad Scientology juju on her!
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Disney does own the Star Wars franchise. I disagree about the new one, though. I think Rey's character is excellent and I don't think many would confuse me here for an overt girl power movement leader. What's exciting about her character is how well she learned to use the force on her own without training. I think there was always a little bit of "what if Leia had trained in the force" curiosity with Star Wars fans so Rey's character feels less like a forced girl power move to me maybe for that reason alone.
I enjoy the Star Wars movies and even enjoyed the prequel trilogy that came out in the early aughts. Those weren't as good as the originals, but I enjoyed them. Any time you go into a sci-fi/fantasy movie without being prepared to lose yourself in the fantasy for a couple hours you're setting yourself up for disappointment. I feel like these Disney ones are much better than the last ones George Lucas put out.
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I get you on the Kyle Ren bit. For me he's a bit like Anakin in Episodes 1-3 where the character is critical, but the delivery is missing something very important. In Anakin's case I think it was poorly acted.I didn’t have a problem with her really, but that movie or her character comes across to me as a Mary Sue movie by traditional terms. My main problem was it was just badly written and a poor story with just random plot lines that went nowhere, and characters that have no use whatsoever yet appear to be major. It was the first time I remember in a while that I was checking my watch a few times while watching a movie.
Also, the new evil wanna be Vader dude, what’s his name, Kylo Ren?...as soon as he takes his helmet off in the first one people laughed in the theater I was in haha. It was just really hard to take that guy seriously as a bad guy. Rogue 1 was fantastic but these new Star Wars ones have been fairly meh to me.
I get you on the Kyle Ren bit. For me he's a bit like Anakin in Episodes 1-3 where the character is critical, but the delivery is missing something very important. In Anakin's case I think it was poorly acted.
In Kylo Ren's case I think he feels less menacing. I think that's partly due to not being acted as well as it could be, but mostly because in the story he clearly isn't as established in the Dark Side as Vader was. There's also the fact that he's Leia and Han Solo's kid so we have an urge to want good for him rather than bad, which withholds some of the hate emotion a movie goer may have for the typical villain.
Removing his helmet frequently didn't bother me much, though. There was clearly nothing wrong with him physically like with Vader so the helmet is seemingly superfluous, but if you're going to make him look menacing you have to cover up the baby face. I think the helmet coming off and going back on was an effective way of illustrating some internal conflict within his character. The same way part of the plot in the originals was always that Luke held out hope he could bring his father back from the dark side we're supposed to have hope Kylo Ren can be reconciled with Leia. Removing the helmet and exposing his face shows some vulnerability that keeps that hope alive.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I think that's why it didn't bother me as much as it did you.
Does Disney control Star Wars, I forget...the most recent one was so bad. But it definitely had Mary Sue issues with the main star. 1 week of practice and suddenly she’s an amazing Jedi Knight? I refuse to see this next one because the last one was so bad.
And I’m not a Star Wars junkie or anything, that was just a horrible movie with bad plot lines and bad writing.
I'll be honest, i would like to see the Aladdin film they made. I'm a Will Smith fan. And it is still in some theaters so I better get off my lazy briles and get to it.Just back with the family from The Lion King (2019).
Pretty much a scene for scene live action version, with a little #girlpower sprinkled in and a Beyonce riff for good measure. Animation was beautiful, but I can't think this trend from Disney has much staying power. Did see a trailer for Mulan, which is one of my favorite Disney movies, and it looks like they rewrote parts of that movie as well to make her more of a Mary Sue, but that will probably be the last live action Disney film I see in the theaters.
I've never heard this "Mary Sue" phrase before. What does that even mean?
I liked the new star wars movies, all of them except those super [ steaming pile of Orgeron ]ty ones that came out 1999-2003 or whatever. The Last Jedi is held in really high regards by some avid star wars fan friends of mine as being one of the top 3-4 of them even.
The live action Jungle Book is really fun and I feel that the internet ratings support this claim, be it imdb or rotten tomatoes. But so far the reviews and numbers for Aladdin and Lion King are really mediocre.
A Mary Sue is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character. Typically, this character is recognized as an author insert or wish fulfillment. They can usually perform better at tasks than should be possible given the amount of training or experience, and usually are able through some means to upstage the main protagonist of an established fictional setting, such as by saving the hero.
It was a decent remake, not the shot for shot type of movie like The Lion King, the new musical numbers didn't even come close to matching the tone of the originals, and the actor depicting Jafar (like the one voicing Scar in this remake) lacks the presence that role calls for, but if you're looking for a decent popcorn movie to kill time it's worth a red box rental.I'll be honest, i would like to see the Aladdin film they made. I'm a Will Smith fan. And it is still in some theaters so I better get off my lazy briles and get to it.
Mary Sue doesn't have sex on bottom b/c she never darns up?Mary Sue has counted to infinity. Twice.
Mary Sue was once in a knife fight. The knife lost.
Superman wears Mary Sue pajamas.
Mary Sue doesn’t wear a watch, she decides what time it is.