In todays "Everything must have an all female version..."

Malevolence · 19 Dec 2017 at 18:45

Does James Corden count as disabled? If so, then that's every box ticked.

Bigpops · 19 Dec 2017 at 19:15

I was watching that trailer, thinking "Yeah, this looks like my kind of crap movie. I'll watch this...". Then I saw James Corden. I won't be watching it.

Steeps · 19 Dec 2017 at 21:14

As it's a family thing, will Ocean's 8 team up in the future with Ocean's 13 to form Ocean's eleventybillion to rob a whole country expendables style?

SexyGreyFox · 19 Dec 2017 at 22:38

It's got Sandra Bullock in it, I will watch at least 5 times.

Glanza · 20 Dec 2017 at 09:51

Steeps said:
As it's a family thing, will Ocean's 8 team up in the future with Ocean's 13 to form Ocean's eleventybillion to rob a whole country expendables style?

Oceans 8, then two follow ups 9 and 10 depending how it does at the box office (can't say I'm expecting this to do too well another Ghostbusters perhaps)

[FnG]magnolia · 20 Dec 2017 at 09:56

Dup said:
Not much to go on there except I can't stand Sandra Bullock.

Next up we'll have Charlies Angels, with male Hells Angels trained in martial arts solving mysteries and saving the world.

I would watch this film.

Randomface74 · 20 Dec 2017 at 10:10

Vonhelmet said:
The reason for this should be obvious, assuming you aren't an MRA red pill nutter.

The reason is not obvious. Is it something to do with not upsetting feminists?

VincentHanna · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:05

It's called equality.

How many movies are there with all male casts?

Reservoir Dogs
Expendables
The Thing
Glengarry Glen Ross
Usual Suspects
Snatch
Hangover

I haven't included movies where putting woman in wouldn't be historically accurate - Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Lawrence of Arabia etc

Expand that to just movies with all male leads and you are talking about most movies from the past 50 years! Think HEAT, Goodfellas, JAWS, Se7en, Predator, most Kubrick movies etc etc.

jumpy · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42412867

BBC said:
James Corden is in it, because of course he is

Isn't it nice he's finally getting some exposure.

even the beeb don't like him... very drole.

Vonhelmet · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:16

billysielu said:
The reason is not obvious. Is it something to do with not upsetting feminists?

How many all female films can you even name that could potentially be rehashed with an all male cast? Bonus points if you can come up with one that doesn't already bear a striking resemblance to a pre-existing all male film, or is not itself a rehash of the type under consideration.

I'm going to guess you'll come up with nothing at all.

Randomface74 · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:50

So there's no women making new stories? All they do is copy men?
Well done women??! :rolleyes:

VincentHanna · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:53

And you think that's a fault of women and not the movie studios?

Wonder Woman is about the only movie I can remember with a female director and female lead for many many years.

Randomface74 · 20 Dec 2017 at 11:59

I'm not blaming anyone - but it's clearly better for women if they don't just copy men.

VincentHanna · 20 Dec 2017 at 12:06

I don't think they have much choice at the moment...

Even the strong female leads in recent movies such as Furiosa in Mad Max were written by male directors and bankrolled by studios controlled by men.

Vonhelmet · 20 Dec 2017 at 12:08

Ocean's 8 is written, directed and produced by men. There is a female screenwriter involved and a female producer, but neither is significant enough to have a wikipedia page. To describe this opus as "women copying men" is wilfully ignorant.

Randomface74 · 20 Dec 2017 at 12:17

So it's not an achievement at all then?

VincentHanna · 20 Dec 2017 at 12:21

It's still an achievement, but it's not the anti-male feminist victory that you seem to think it was earlier.

No1newts · 20 Dec 2017 at 13:04

The fact of turning it a feminist power trip disengages a lot of people, who would probably have seen it, instantly.

Would I be tempted to see another oceans film? Possibly. Do I want to see a film which will be a straw(wo)man for trumpeting feminist issues? No, I want to be entertained.

Similar issues afflicted Ghostbusters, just release a ******* film for Christ sake.

Randomface74 · 20 Dec 2017 at 13:13

VincentHanna said:
It's still an achievement, but it's not the anti-male feminist victory that you seem to think it was earlier.

There is only one feminist ideology and it is anti-male.

VincentHanna · 20 Dec 2017 at 13:16

No1newts said:
The fact of turning it a feminist power trip disengages a lot of people, who would probably have seen it, instantly.

Would I be tempted to see another oceans film? Possibly. Do I want to see a film which will be a straw(wo)man for trumpeting feminist issues? No, I want to be entertained.

Similar issues afflicted Ghostbusters, just release a ******* film for Christ sake.

The thing is - I've seen the Ghostbusters remake and at no point do I recall any mention of feminist issues in the movie.

It wasn't the best movie ever, but it did make me laugh a bit - And I always thought Ghostbusters was quite boring and not very funny anyway, whereas most people think it's some sort of all time classic.