• girl@lemm.ee
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    My parents have seen this movie three times, I’ve seen it twice, might go again lol. I’m in a deficit of movies marketed toward women that dont revolve around romance, I can only watch legally blonde so many times (who am I kidding, I will watch it a dozen more times at least)

    I can only assume that my one downvote is from someone who vehemently opposes the notion that anyone could get tired of seeing legally blonde

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      It felt odd, marketed as a female movie, It had a female lead, women that talk to other women, but half way through I commented to my partner that this feels like a movie about Ken.

      My only take away as a dirty male is I can t wait to see it again for Ken, but when it’s streaming.

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        I’ve seen this opinion from a lot of men, about 80% of the top comments on the Reddit mega thread were about how Ken “made the movie”. I’ve talked to a lot women about this, and every one of them has essentially said “of course they think it’s about the man”. It’s a bit frustrating, honestly, to see this opinion everywhere. I do not see how he could be seen as the focus of the movie. I loved Ken of course, but you missed a big point of the movie if your main takeaway is how great Ken was.

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          Badly worded, my main take away to see it again, I do see past Ken. And like you say, if you’re witnessing people saying that Ken made the movie then that’s the exact problem I’m conveying.

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            Thanks for the clarification. I think the reason so many men think the movie is about Ken is due to them ignoring the feminist themes in the movie, rather than a fault of the movie making Ken too much of a focus. He was absolutely hysterical, but the humor felt superficial—the focus was still on how a matriarcal or patriarchal society is severely flawed.

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      If you’ve never seen it, watch ‘A New Leaf’ with Walter Matthau and Elaine May. May directed it. It’s a rom com for people who really hate rom coms.

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    I’m at the theaters to see this right now and the theater is packed, never seen a movie that was this packed outside of opening day

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    That’s wild! I’m stoked to see it but keep waiting for the crowds to die down… Which seems like it may never happen.

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    Hmm, the article says the ticket revenue wasn’t adjusted for inflation, so batman actually made over 760 million in 2023 dollars. I haven’t seen the movie but my partner really wants to, can’t wait to see what the hypes all about.

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      If you can clear your head of the hype going into the movie, you’ll have a better experience.

      It’s a good movie, but the hype is killing the expectations.

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      It’s good. If you’re a man, I’d say don’t take it seriously and you probably won’t end up getting too offended.

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        There’s nothing about the movie that should be offensive to a man. It is critical of how the patriarchy impacts both men and women. Any offense is directed at the patriarchy itself. If a man finds that offensive, they should evaluate which parts of the patriarchy they so closely identify with.

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          There’s nothing about the movie that should be offensive to a man.

          That’s not entirely true, there’s a lot of rhetoric in the film that implies that men as a whole are trying to keep women down, and also that most men will thoughtlessly catcall, tease, or slap the butt of random women whenever they feel like it. Being portrayed as “bad by default” is a fair reason to be offended.

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    Everyone I know hated it so that’s a surprise! Sounds like it was a bait and switch from the trailer, great job to the marketing team!

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      Everyone I know (who actually saw it) loved it, where do you live lol

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          Well, if you were from a southern US state, I would’ve bet that everyone you know hated it because they’re conservative and think it’s “man-hating”. I don’t know anything about UK geopolitical leanings though.

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            I think there are a couple factors at play: firstly, this movie is actually pretty silly and weird; although I disagree with the movie’s politics, it’s a good film, and I like it. However, it felt a lot more like a cult hit than a mainstream blockbuster success. I can tell why some people wouldn’t like the film due to it’s weirdness or how much of the plot doesn’t make sense.

            But also it’s a highly political film, so there’s a lot of subtext, jokes, and moral messaging that probably won’t connect unless you’re fluent in American politics and the three waves of feminism that have swept the nation.

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    White People trash will always do good at the movies, no one wants to see people of color star in anything these days

    So much for Black Lives Matter

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      White People trash will always do good at the movies

      This is so hilariously wrong that it’s hard for me to take this seriously. I don’t know of a recent movie that bombed that didn’t have a predominantly white cast.

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        As a non-white, an outsider and onlooker on the American sociopolitical scenery, I can attest that I also regard the non-white people as perceptually racist, and sometimes even worst. It’s been many occasions that I observed where they don’t say a word regarding all-non-white-casts movies. But when people made all-white movies (or if none of them won any awards), they will throw tantrums for being left out. Quite typical scenarios.