Ghostbusters

14Three8 · 2019-03-05T15:36:33+00:00

Don’t make female versions of movies. Make original movies. Tell a story we haven’t heard

dexterpine · 2019-03-05T15:22:14+00:00

Virtue signallers trying to recommend a show or movie to me, a gay man

You should watch X. It has a gay main character.

Is it good?

The rockstar/politician/high school student/comedian is gay!

But is it good?

He's gay and he has a cute boyfriend.

What's the plot?

It doesn't need a plot. hE's gAayY!!

Dodgy_Bob_McMayday · 2019-03-05T16:40:11+00:00

Alien 1-3, Terminator 1&2, Annihilation, Hereditary, Halloween, Tomb Raider, The Witch, Scream, Prometheus, Mad Max Fury Road, Under the Skin, It Follows, Alita Battle Angel, Ghost in the Shell, The Babbadook etc etc. All well received films or classic films with female leads/main characters that no one complained about.

It's almost as if people unhappy with Ghostbusters didn't like it because it was terribly made, unfunny and marketed in a manner that insulted anyone who disagreed, rather than because it starred women.

Chernoobyl · 2019-03-05T16:00:06+00:00

My all time favorite movies are Alien/Aliens which feature a female lead and are incredible.

iCorrosiveArrow · 2019-03-05T17:49:47+00:00

Ocean’s 8. Shit movie, doesn’t hold a candle to the original trilogy, but it still got praise for having an all female lead.

Achack · 2019-03-05T16:53:25+00:00

It's amazing how the Wonder Woman movie avoided this kind of controversy. Maybe because they were too focused on making a good movie to get caught up in what it means to have a "strong female lead".

throwaway925093423 · 2019-03-05T14:56:06+00:00

Go rent "A Simple Favor". It's an excellent crime thriller with a female lead.

mrgerrit · 2019-03-05T17:20:01+00:00

I wanted to see a movie while eating and saw it while browsing.

"Well, as long it's funny I don't care about all the nonsense I have read."

Omg, what a cringe feast that was. I have seen a lot of films that other people find are bad but I still can enjoy it.

This was horrible. The only one I found a bit interesting/ little bit funny was the girl with the goggles (can't remember her name) but it was not much.

This could've ended Chris hemsworth career if it wasn't for the marvel movies. I mean come on, making fun of a guy is one thing but this wasn't funny at all. Janine is funny and witty, he was just plain dumb...

jak_22 · 2019-03-05T15:49:01+00:00

I wrote this on a different sub, same discussion, just pasting it here:

Every movie has a script. Regardless of genre, context, political subtext. This script can be objectively good - eg it has a non fractured storyline, it has a working method of creating suspense or belief in the unbelievable/unrealistic, it has a believable character development, and/or - why not - a strong message to convey.

It does not matter if you make a horror movie, a gay cowboy romance, a comedy or a war movie. If you have a script that fills one or more of these checkboxes in a good/excellent way, you are making an objectively better movie than those who do not have a good/strong script.

So, these general components can be quite handy to tell whether you have a movie that is worthwhile or not. Regardless of genre. And that goes for directing, camerawork, score, etc.

I can compare the QUALITY of directing/script/camerawork of two inherently different movies, and do them justice.

A lasagne and a tomato soup are two completely different dishes. But I can compare them - and do them justice - regarding the freshness of the ingredients or simply regarding the temperature it has when served. A hot tomato soup made from fresh tomatos is simply a better dish than a cold lasagne out of a tin can.

But of course there are still those who like a cold lasagna. So if you enjoyed the Ghostbusters accident - have fun with it.

XxInnerRagexX · 2019-03-05T14:46:29+00:00

Captain marvel, the force awakens, the Witcher

jaheiner · 2019-03-05T17:43:50+00:00

Yep, you can't hate it because it's shit. It must be because you hate Strong Independant Women!

MattMeduri · 2019-03-05T20:14:16+00:00

The best is when liberals bitch and moan about Superman. “Well does be have to be white ?”

“Does Black Panther have to be black ?”

Reeeeee

riot_ball · 2019-03-05T15:46:27+00:00

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-Master-Builder- · 2019-03-05T20:16:11+00:00

When you forfeit the plot to focus on gender, race, and sexual orientation... you're filming porn, not a movie.

thenationalblade · 2019-03-05T21:24:27+00:00

They should make an Expendables movies with all female cast. Not just the mercenaries but the people they kill and blow up--all female.

Watch the REEEEEEEEEING.

Saucebiz · 2019-03-05T16:32:24+00:00

The movie is not good.

drops_of_Sunshine · 2019-03-05T17:25:14+00:00

Going to the movies is too damn expensive these days for me to be wasting time if the movie isn't for sure going to be good. I'm talking so good that I'll be thinking about it after I get home. Good story, good characters, not to fast pacing, and be able to get an emotional response from me, that's all I need. Idgaf if there's women or men, or AA people, or LGBT people or not, I just want my ticket and popcorn money to have been worth the experience. My husband likes MCU so I go see them with him, they are okay, not very memorable and kinda cheesy, lots of one off villains and so much flashy cgi I get exhausted watching. An example of a good movie I saw semi recently was Kubo. The animation, story telling, and pacing were phenomenal. Hollywood doesn't have to try so hard. Just tell a heartfelt story.

HesperianDragon · 2019-03-05T18:31:53+00:00

I'm not even white, I just want to know if it is good.

MGTOWtoday · 2019-03-05T18:06:07+00:00

100% diversity = 0% white people.

Retnaburn · 2019-03-05T19:24:52+00:00

Same with Captain Marvel.

I honestly don't get it. Why are they putting it on a pedestal as a feminist movie, like it empowers women and shows how powerful they are because she's rumored to be the strongest superhero. It's fake. Women can't be that strong or have super powers irl. It's not a gender thing, men can't either, but big deal. Men don't care because we're not interested in making our gender superior based on a fucking movie, we just want to be entertained without having a baseless political agenda forced on us.

Moshiibeats · 2019-03-05T23:09:08+00:00

Wow, it’s almost like people care about how good movies are, not about who’s in them

lmpressivePlayer · 2019-03-06T07:11:07+00:00

Just a friendly reminder to boycott Captain Marvel when it comes out. Make that shit suffer

Canttakethewhyfromme · 2019-03-05T17:02:43+00:00

White men are around 30% of the population. If the other, let's say 60% of the population to exclude small children and the elderly, went to see a "Diverse Movie" it would probably break a few records or, at least, be no. 1 in the box office for a while. Stop blaming "racist white men" when your movie/play/song whatever flops.

debauchedsloth1804 · 2019-03-05T22:18:25+00:00

Yeah, Ghostbusters 2016 staring 3 lesbians and a gorilla was REALLY bad.

Just_WoW_Things · 2019-03-05T19:13:13+00:00

It would have been good with different acctresses but I think it was not only a feminist movie but also inclusive of other disadvantaged groups like fat retards.

1836Laj · 2019-03-05T19:50:14+00:00

The new Ghostbusters was probably the worst film I ever watched

xx2Hardxx · 2019-03-05T20:50:01+00:00

Disney Star Wars also applies

banannixx · 2019-03-06T02:18:47+00:00

Bumblebee has a strong female lead and no one cares because it doesn't suck ass.

chambertlo · 2019-03-06T02:39:32+00:00

This sounds like what’s about to happen with Captain Marvel.

eleventhfromheaven · 2019-03-06T03:41:49+00:00

I don't mind they changed Captain Marvel to a woman but ffs don't make it political SJW fodder geez

Krogs322 · 2019-03-06T04:48:48+00:00

"BUT GUYS WHY DID WE BARELY BREAK EVEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND"

Turns out the fucks who care about including all this political bullshit don't speak with their wallets. Never rely on them.

Pee_Noot_Skoot · 2019-03-06T06:15:42+00:00

But is it good though?

VioletteToussaint · 2019-03-06T13:55:52+00:00

Well I don't see the problem, there are plenty of male shitty movies, what is the big deal?

mrpigisaboss · 2019-06-06T21:53:00+00:00

@CaptainMarvel

pidnull · 2019-03-05T19:35:49+00:00

I like this sub. Lets not turn it into an anti-sjw circle jerk. Remember men still struggle to see their children. Posts like this only alienate and give that cause bad PR.

iwanttheblanketback · 2019-03-05T15:07:29+00:00

Alright then. Keep your marxism to yourself.

gamernation-_- · 2019-03-05T19:46:57+00:00

Captain Marvel

AgentScarn475 · 2019-03-05T16:35:42+00:00

About to be Caption Marvel

toffmudda · 2019-03-05T22:53:27+00:00

... Said no one ever.

PixelPete85 · 2019-03-05T21:55:15+00:00

What is this drivel? Stooping down to hypothetical conversations in order to strike outrage is utterly petty. Focus on real issues ffs.

Manadog · 2019-03-05T19:34:28+00:00

What's the men's rights here? You know they still make movies starring men right? The point is that they make more of them focusing on women now. Sometimes those movies are remakes of great movies that didn't need remakes. This one was completely forgettable save for all the people still getting pissy about it.

wrenagade419 · 2019-03-05T19:21:41+00:00

asking if something subjective is good is kind of ignorant.

like yea don't say it's good just because it's got diversity, but a lot of times people hate on shit before they see it just because it doesn't have people they want to see in it. See it first and then if you don't like it just say it sucks, but don't say it sucks because of who's in it.

The_Jokster · 2019-03-05T19:58:18+00:00

I saw a similar thing about Captain Marvel. Posting the screenshot.

knightlance13 · 2019-03-05T21:04:17+00:00

#alitachellenge tell Marvel no SJWs in the MCU.

debilegg · 2019-03-05T21:36:41+00:00

Ca ca ca call Captain Marvel?

EarthenEclipse · 2019-03-05T22:01:32+00:00

Narrator: it wasn’t good

doct0ranus · 2019-03-05T22:08:49+00:00

They dug their own grave with 2016 ghostbusters

ZeroCO01 · 2019-03-05T22:20:01+00:00

Oceans 8

ibz646 · 2019-03-06T02:53:41+00:00

🤣😅😂😂

MiddleClassCisMale · 2019-03-06T06:50:29+00:00

Is anybody still talking about the Ghostbusters reboot anymore? Even more pressing, how is this even remotely a men's issue? Posts like this clutter the sub and are the kind of things that make others not take us seriously. Downvote.

MattDLR · 2019-03-06T07:35:18+00:00

Narrator: "The movie was not good."

xerotolerance879 · 2019-03-06T12:04:33+00:00

That movie was a disgrace to the original.

DJ-Roukan · 2019-03-06T12:17:38+00:00

They complain about "whitewashing", while practicing "gynowashing"

Can't make this stuff up, folks.

brian_x_ · 2019-03-06T12:42:19+00:00

It's the same now with captain marvel

rodrigogirao · 2019-03-05T19:51:43+00:00

Keep these to /r/KotakuInAction/ .

photoedfade · 2019-03-05T20:26:09+00:00

Keenin455 · 2019-03-05T19:22:14+00:00

So...who is this guy?

Is this an actual conversation or hypothetical conversation for the express purpose of mocking the other side?

Please, fill me in.

AFellowCanadianGuy · 2019-03-05T18:49:25+00:00

Holy strawman.

beerbeardsbears · 2019-03-05T21:14:37+00:00

Bet you cry about Captain Marvel too lmao

chazbazwaz · 2019-03-05T16:09:35+00:00

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GreasedLightning · 2019-03-05T23:56:27+00:00

Thought we were talking about Captain Marvel for a sec.

BranchBoyJAS · 2019-03-05T16:37:20+00:00

How does this even apply to a movie that hasn’t come out yet? This is referring to captain marvel correct? The movie was getting panned before release cause she wanted to be interviewed by a diverse group of interviewers and movie is not even out yet.

boringcarpets · 2019-03-05T19:16:55+00:00

Good grief, why is this utter shite always so massively upvoted? And its nearly always newbie accounts or inactive in the sub

Nicksterin0 · 2019-03-05T15:24:02+00:00

What does this have to do with Men’s rights????

A_Rabid_Llama · 2019-03-05T18:38:37+00:00

If the Ghostbusters remake had an all-male cast and was terrible, it would just have been seen as a terrible remake.

But no, it has an all-female cast, so all of a sudden it's a terrible remake because there are women in it.

As if that director and screenwriter would have made a good movie if only they'd cast dudes. It would have been differently bad, sure, but there's no way it was going to be good.

Grow up folks. There have always been lots of bad movies, diversity is not ruining cinema.

eggsymon · 2019-03-05T18:09:26+00:00

It's hugely important to represent a diverse range of people in a film. It's meant to entertain and reflect. This post isn't mens rights, its glossing over an important step that cinema is taking to stop it being dominated by rich white men.

Anders_A · 2019-03-05T17:12:22+00:00

Why do people tend to make up discussions with non-existing people? I mean, I do it in the shower all the time, but posting it on-line for everyone to see? No one has the opinion he is debating in the first place.

genuinely_insincere · 2019-03-05T16:13:20+00:00

I'm unsubbing. Fuck u

brandon9582 · 2019-03-05T19:03:58+00:00

You cunts are whinier than women.

Shill-flake · 2019-03-06T02:19:21+00:00

It made $229 million. I didn't see it bc it's not something I was interested in. I've never made something worth $229 million dollars and I seriously doubt all of you combined have either. You people are pathetic, so what if it had a diverse cast. How is that something worth complaining about? It made money. That's the point, to make money. What would y'all have rather happened here? What are you complaining for? Fucking losers.

Title	Ghostbusters
Author	needcshelp1234
Upvotes	5816
Comments	409
Date	March 5, 2019 2:04 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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