Due to the scandals in Hollywood through Weinstein and other disgusting human beings, female leads are increasing in popularity. At least to my own understanding

Yeah that's one of the red flags. OP is online right now, I wonder if he's reading the spoils so far

But why should you care op as a male? Can you explain to me why you want to have women as lead in films? Are these films maybe offering some fanservice for example? Or is the story somehow better with it? I am just curious, personally i dont watch any movies anymore as gaming replaced it.

More like we have problems with rich guys who think they can do what ever they want, if you refer to the Weinstein scandal here? What has Donald Trump to do with US Police violence in general which was going rampant under Obama and beyond?

Bigger picture is that the top grossing films at the box office these days are almost always established IPs / franchises, so it really doesn't matter if a man or a wamen is the star of the film because general audiences are going to flock to see the films anyway.

It also blows a giant hole in the theory that last years' Ghostbusters reboot was a good movie that was unfairly maligned and bombed only because a bunch of misogynistic trolls couldn't stand the idea of 4 women in the lead roles. Nope, turns out that movie was just a flaming dumpster of a film that was just trying to ride the nostalgia of its IP, because no one would've cared about it otherwise if it didn't have the Ghostbusters name attached to it.

You probably shouldn't talk about logical fallacies and then build an elaborate rationalization that seeks to stereotype billions of people while sweeping every criticism of a complex issue under a convenient and all-encompassing rug.  It just adds to the silliness.

Another year where I didn't go to the cinema even once.

Well, price isn't an issue for me, it's that nothing released in the past few years has interested me enough to want to go and watch it. 

Maybe it is a reflection of who goes to movies these days, but more like it's about where they invest big budgets. Of course, the audience needs to understand the character, but you should keep in mind, that an attractive female in revealing outfit appeals to both men and women.

Well, yes. It does not prove racism (or sexism) did not exist at all, but it does prove it's not a problem like it's made out to be. Also, we should ask if people voted for Obama, for not to appear as racist (which would point out that racism IS a problem, but not in the way it's made out to be).

What else can you expect on a videogames forum.

I think most of your posts are great but you basically make it impossible for anyone to have a different opinion on the subject - do you realize that? I'm not saying the other side is better, I'm just pointing it out. And there are lots of flaws with your thinking: The majority of women doesn't identify as feminists, so if we do as you said and ask women we'll come to the same conclusion he did. My girlfriend is very anti-feminist, by the way - should I ask her? There's also facts like men having a shorter life-span (even though in every part of the world men outlived women in 1850), less money spent on medical research for men, men being 75% of suicide victims and homeless people, over 90% of workplace deaths being men, the current rape laws in many western countries.... there's lots of stuff wrong with this simple argument and it's a very complicated mess of privileges and hurdles for both genders. 

I'm not saying men are oppressed, by the way. What I'm saying is if you give a person two options: a) agree with me or b) be called a dick, then there's most likely something wrong with your argument.

Edit: Back on topic - I don't think female leads "rule", I think people simply don't mind. As long as a movie is well-made, who cares if the lead is male or female (or a polar bear or whatever), as long as there's no political agenda behind the cast?