RedLetterMedia gives rational take on Brie Larson/Captain Marvel; Resetera/Marvel cucks proceed to melt down

[Quad Damage 1,730]

the take: 6:13-19:03

 

 

the summary:
- They are critical of people attaching social justice concerns to a massive corporate film. Both those on Youtube who make dozens of videos shitting on the film or Larson and those who feel like the movie is important.
- Mention the charity thing that gave tickets to underprivileged kids to go see the movie as an example of faux wokeness.
- They center most of the criticism of Larson specifically due to a speech she made at a conference that they think came from her realizing she's not a black woman and thus not the lowest on the totem pole of having to struggle so she decides to shit on white male film critics and how they give negative reviews to films like A Wrinkle in Time. "These movies aren't for them" is what she says. This is the main focus of this part of the video. The main thing they take issue with here is someone using lack of representation as an excuse for a movie doing poorly (they show images of white men giving Larson's films positive reviews).
- They say that having more voices in film criticism is good and that their is probably a kernel of what she was trying to say. They sight the documentary about the history of African Americans in horror and how it presented ideas that Jay would never have thought of. Basically they think she framed it all wrong.
- Film criticism is the least important thing in the whole world on the scale of social justice. They namedrop films like Tangerine as movies that would be worthy of this level of discourse. Films that got great reviews from white men.

 

the melt down:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-captain-marvel-review-redlettermedia-dont-discuss-the-film-for-over-15-minutes-as-they-talk-about-brie-larsons-comments-on-diversity.104953/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/redlettermedia-ot-very-cruel.804/page-102

 

 

[jehurey 3,230]

So, ultimately they do agree with Brie Larson's point. Sure, you can judge her execution. But chances are the promotional department probably shares some responsibility for the execution.

 

The thing is, no matter how Brie Larson was going to broach the subject, it would've caused a noise no matter what. From this point forward, it probably gets easier for her and others.

[McWicked 825]

1 minute ago, jehurey said:

The thing is, no matter how Brie Larson was going to broach the subject, it would've caused a noise no matter what. From this point forward, it probably gets easier for her and others.

Black Panther broke an insane amount of Hollywood convention.  The assumption that big-budget, all-black leads couldn't perform was completely devastated.  Captain Marvel opened to, what, 145 million?

 

Kevin Feige has already said diversity is the way forward for Marvel, and the numbers are backing it up.

[lostfool 680]

11 minutes ago, McWicked said:

Black Panther broke an insane amount of Hollywood convention.  The assumption that big-budget, all-black leads couldn't perform was completely devastated.  Captain Marvel opened to, what, 145 million?

 

Kevin Feige has already said diversity is the way forward for Marvel, and the numbers are backing it up.

100% correct.  Captain Marvel has already surpassed it's 150 million budget in the U.S. alone.  Currently siting at 180 million domestic and 500 million world wide.  I am glad they went with the modern Captain Marvel story that started in 2012.  The previous stories were convoluted and all over the place.  There were some hints at the future of the Captain Marvel franchise in the movie that points at a rich story arc for the character in the MCU.