DInky
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There was no book, just a script.
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100% second weekend drop haha.
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I'm amazed that some people still feel like Avatar being a white savior story is up for debate. It was clear the moment it came out. Me and a few others here saying it is by no means a hot take or anything
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The fact that it will likely nab the record for the biggest second weekend drop in the superhero genre from Steel (STEEL!) is amazing.
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I've seen the movie. The justifications built into the story as to why it needs to be Jake who rallies them don't matter. It's a white saviour narrative with all the harmful tropes associated with it.
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It boils down to the Na'vi needing a white guy to lead them to victory. Jake is the one who rallies and organizes them into a fighting force. Without him taming the orange bird and gaining the title of Toruk Makto they wouldn't have managed to gather the clans. The notion that is reinforced here is that native people on their own are not smart or capable enough. They need help from a white man who comes from a superior civilized culture.
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A film can still reinforce negative stereotypes even if the filmmakers' intentions are good. That applies to most white savior movies.
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You need to look at the movie as part of a larger pattern rather than zero in on plot specifics. If European colonialism was never a thing then you could totally argue that its not a white savior movie (in fact, that wouldn't even be a trope). But we live in a world where colonialism did happen and non-white people have been depicted as primitive and inferior again and again. Avatar doesn't do anything to challenge those negative assumptions.
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But the overall message that the movie sends (as do so many others) is that native people (and in a larger sense, racial minorities) need a white savior. Without that they have no means of gaining equality because they're too dumb.
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If everyone rejected critical thinking like you then we'd all be in deep shit.
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And that film is The Marvels I take it? In what way, specifically, does it "pander" to women? The only reason we don't consider movies aimed at a male audience pandering is that over the decades this has become the norm, it's the default setting.
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Movies have been pandering to a white male audience since the beginning of cinema.
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Yes, because movie studios never take the wrong lesson from failures like these?
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I think a lot of people realize that actual activism and going to see blockbusters that have representation are not the same thing. But do you seriously not see how much harm The Marvels bombing may do to representation in big movies?
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I can see Blade being the most successful one (if it's good) out of these three. Smaller budget and you don't need to have seen any prior movies.
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Likely biggest drop for a superhero movie ever.
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She didn't sleepwalk though The Marvels though.
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People who don't understand context are the worst.
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And now they're holding onto the Ironheart show until September 2025 (filming wrapped November 2022). So it was completely pointless.
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So The Marvels' domestic total will be around half of Captain Marvel's opening weekend.
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Feel the same way. I can't fathom rejection on this level.
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Not just the biggest second weekend drop for an MCU movie, biggest second weekend drop for a superhero movie. The current record holder is Steel (1997) with a 78% drop.
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"'Woke" now means any movie that doesn't star white men as leads.
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Will The Marvels take the crown for the worst second weekend drop for a superhero movie? Currently held by Steel (1997) with 78% I believe.
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What they did with Wakanda Forever is like the biggest self-inflicted wound. The character is simply more important than any actor and based on what we've heard Boseman understood this as well.
