Go Woke lose close to 200 million dollars...Spielberg's Woke "West Side Story," bombs, bigly, at the box office...

[CrusaderFrank]

Looking as far back as American Graffiti, I can't say Spielberg has ever produced anything more than light fare. Nothing he has made has been worth walking across the street for.

Saving Private Ryan??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Concerned American]

Saving Private Ryan??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

That one or Schindler's either.

 

[rightnow909]

Good analysis by one of the best critics out there.....John Nolte...

Here you have a classic piece of Americana, a beloved property, an iconic chunk of our shared culture that not only won ten Oscars, including Best Picture but is also still beloved; and like some superior, smug jerk straight out of Orwell’s 1984, Spielberg decides he needs to correct something that, by any moral measure, does not need correcting.

Even what the fascist woketards see as the original movie’s greatest sin — casting Natalie Wood as Maria — is nothing less than a crybaby lament. There was nothing at all immoral about that casting choice. On the contrary, Natalie Wood’s portrayal was perfectly respectful.

The result? To the surprise of no one who understands human nature, Spielberg’s “correction,” which cost $100 million to produce and at least as much to promote, is a box office catastrophe.

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Woke is a lie, and when art lies, it fails. In order to succeed, art must, in some way, speak to a larger truth; even if it’s a truth as generalized as our human desire for revenge, truth matters. Once you go woke, once you violate human nature (especially with biology and sexuality), you’ve created propaganda, which is as disposable and forgettable and boring as a used tissue.

Woke is so destructive, entire IPs are getting wiped out at the box office. Full-fledged franchises are now dead… Woke has destroyed one golden goose after another…

Nolte: 'West Side Story' Keeps Woke's Box Office Failure Streak at 100%

"West Side Story's" weekend box office collapse continues Woke's 100 percent box office losing streak. | Entertainment "West Side Story's" weekend box office collapse continues Woke's 100 percent box office losing streak.

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what are IPs?

?

 

[Mac-7]

I suppose The Sound of Music will be next on hollywood’s execution list

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

What exactly was "woke" about the remake? He doesn't actually say.

The original movie cast actress Natalie Wood in the lead role of the Puerto Rican character Maria.
Some people don't like it.

{Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child actor and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.}

BTW, Puerto Rican is a nationality not a race.
Puerto Ricans can any race.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The iconic song "I feel Pretty" is a GIRL's song, not a man's song.
This is offensive.....and funny

 

[citygator]

There is nothing woke about the movie. You guys cheer success and failure based on people’s politics. It’s a sickness. Spielberg is a tool and Kyle Whittingham is a hero? What the **** is wrong with you morons? Grow a brain and a dick.

Musicals rarely do well. Plus even the best movies are doing OK for much shorter runs. Spider-Man will be a good test of theater strength.

 

[busybee01]

Good analysis by one of the best critics out there.....John Nolte...

Here you have a classic piece of Americana, a beloved property, an iconic chunk of our shared culture that not only won ten Oscars, including Best Picture but is also still beloved; and like some superior, smug jerk straight out of Orwell’s 1984, Spielberg decides he needs to correct something that, by any moral measure, does not need correcting.

Even what the fascist woketards see as the original movie’s greatest sin — casting Natalie Wood as Maria — is nothing less than a crybaby lament. There was nothing at all immoral about that casting choice. On the contrary, Natalie Wood’s portrayal was perfectly respectful.

The result? To the surprise of no one who understands human nature, Spielberg’s “correction,” which cost $100 million to produce and at least as much to promote, is a box office catastrophe.

----
Woke is a lie, and when art lies, it fails. In order to succeed, art must, in some way, speak to a larger truth; even if it’s a truth as generalized as our human desire for revenge, truth matters. Once you go woke, once you violate human nature (especially with biology and sexuality), you’ve created propaganda, which is as disposable and forgettable and boring as a used tissue.

Woke is so destructive, entire IPs are getting wiped out at the box office. Full-fledged franchises are now dead… Woke has destroyed one golden goose after another…

Nolte: 'West Side Story' Keeps Woke's Box Office Failure Streak at 100%

"West Side Story's" weekend box office collapse continues Woke's 100 percent box office losing streak. | Entertainment "West Side Story's" weekend box office collapse continues Woke's 100 percent box office losing streak.

www.breitbart.com

Here is the problem with that. Puerto Ricans and Latinos have criticized the film. If it was woke then that would not be happening. The bottom line is that musicals have been on a long losing streak. That is the reason. Amazing how you want to politicize anything.

 

[boedicca]

It's idiotic to remake iconic films.

 

[busybee01]

Also, Fauci would not want you to go into a movie theater where you would be around other people. Just stay home and be quiet.

I got myself vaccinated so that is not a concern.

 

[boedicca]

Here is the problem with that. Puerto Ricans and Latinos have criticized the film. If it was woke then that would not be happening. The bottom line is that musicals have been on a long losing streak. That is the reason. Amazing how you want to politicize anything.

Are you kidding? The Hamilton guy made an Hispanic musical. He's a leftwinger, and got criticized for not having enough Black Hispanic in the movie. For the DIEhard Progs, whatever one does is not good enough.

 

[boedicca]

I got myself vaccinated so that is not a concern.

I'd check my premises if I were you.

 

[AMart]

Some complained about Gal Gadot being cast as Cleopatra saying a black or Arab actress should have gotten the role. But Cleopatra may have had Greek and Syrian ancestry. So what is the problem I say.

She was Greek. Taylor back in the day or Gadot is fine. An Arab would have been fine also. A black woman would have waaayyyyyy off of the mark.

 

[struth]

I suppose The Sound of Music will be next on hollywood’s execution list

they’ll try and make the National Socialist the heroes

 

[busybee01]

They are taking a page out of the Chinese communist playbook, where all "art" must serve the needs of the state. It was called the "cultural revolution" several decades ago, and we are experiencing our own, today.

It is good to hear that more and more people are rejecting it. Sure, the leftists in this forum do not, but they represent a particularly stupid segment of the population. We need more intelligent people like Bill Maher out there calling out this crap.

You don't have a clue what you are talking about. There is nothing political about Wesat Side Story. You are a moron and nothing more.

 

[busybee01]

Spielberg sucks anyway. His last good movie was jurrasic park. After that he went on a steady decline with his movies. Each one more shallow the last and each one losing more and more of his style that made him so great.

But yeah I won't watch anything that even resembles being woke. I didn't watch the last Terminator, and even the new predator movie coming out I won't see because it's about an American Indian woman who defies stereotypes to become a warrior. Even the new Star wars acolyte shit is featuring a black girl kid. **** that.

Maybe you should be awake when you watch a movie. You seem to see things that are not there. You are the one who does the ******* you racist asshole.

 

[busybee01]

His first movie was a 1971 TV movie called Duel. Very Hitchcockian.
Spielberg borrows often then adds titillation and a big budget. Saving Private Ryan borrowed heavily from the low-budget Sam Fuller movie The Big Red One.

Spielberg directed it but he did not write it. Richard Matheson wrote Duel. Spielberg only interpreted what was written. His first directing gig was the episode "Eyes" in the 2 hour Night Gallery pilot which was written by Rod Serling.

 

[busybee01]

Are you kidding? The Hamilton guy made an Hispanic musical. He's a leftwinger, and got criticized for not having enough Black Hispanic in the movie. For the DIEhard Progs, whatever one does is not good enough.

Are you kidding? I don't care whether he is a leftwinger or not. I leave politics at the door when I see movies. Even non-black Hispanics criticized the film and it had nothing to do with the Black-Hispanics.

 

[busybee01]

I'd check my premises if I were you.

You are the one who needs to do some chec king to see who stole your brains.

 

[1srelluc]

I'm just wondering if theater screened movies are going to make a comeback at all what with the streaming services. Why even mess with the cost/hassle of going to a theater?