Female Leads RULE the Box Office

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SpokenTruth said:

SuaveSocialist said:

Well, the critical consensus is that the live-action is a fresh retelling that faithfully honours its source material.  A good chunk of the positive reviews mention how similar it is to the cartoon, and at least 1/4th of the negative reviews complained that it was too similar.  

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beauty_and_the_beast_2017/#contentReviews

The live-action and animated versions are almost identical, as far as the story and musical score is concerned (though the live-action has more songs).  The deviations mostly serve to fill in a few blanks left unanswered in the animated version, contextualize characters' personalities/motivations, and also adds a couple characters (though not all of the dinnerware made it into the live-action).  Gaston is no longer built like a Metal Gear, for better or for worse.

Basically, it comes down to how you feel about CGI or Emma Watson's acting/singing, because the differences will probably go unnoticed if you're unaware of them or haven't seen the cartoon in a while.  If you watch any given scene on YouTube, that should be an adequate litmus test if the visuals work for you or not.

Wait....more songs?  Hmmm.  Yeah, that might be excessive.  There was more than enough in the animated film already.

bdbdbd said:

While there's a lot of truth in it that a lot of women don't allow it, the cases in the newspapers, where a rich and famous guy is being accused of sexual assault, should be taken with a grain of salt. As we know the newspapers are willing to pay a lot for stories like that, and a lot of people want their 15 minutes of fame and money to go with it.

So those women in Hollywood that already have their 15 minutes of fame and money are doing it for what?  To help their careers?  Accusing your producer of sexual harassment is usually a career ender (hence why they rarely come forth individually).

See, automatically you defaulted to the women are lying approach.   A women says she is sexually assaulted and your first thought is she's lying.  No wonder they wait so damn long to speak out when too many men dismiss them outright. And no wonder women want more equality.  Right here you are giving them second tier status to men because you think they are lying for money and fame.

I'll try to answer this as best as I can because this is a VERY touchy subject.

In many cases there have been times where people HAVE been in it for the money and nothing else. An example of this is Michael Jackson. He did do terrible and vile things as far as we know, and in no way should it be acceptable. However, many of the parents went on record saying they just wanted a quick buck and had some past connections to MJ. This case situation has gotten so bad that many people now question if Jackson actually did anything in the first place

These people who willingly lie about being assaulted and harassed are absolutely disgusting, preying on the innocence of some people, as well as ilegitimizing the cases of actual victims and also spitting on the faces of those who have actually gone through this form of torture. They are greedy scumbags, and quite honestly are a different form of vial in their own right.

Now, do I think all women are liars? No, but, I also don't assume they are immediately right. It is Innocent Until Proven Guilty after all. I look at the evidence, the person in question and how he responds to it, and how the woman handles the situation. I wont get into the waiting to speak out argument, mainly because it is so long and convoluted with exceptions to the rule that I have no brief way of handling it or writing it out.