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Review site Rotten Tomatoes is instituting some changes, leading many to believe it's responding to the recent controversy over the site's Captain Marvel page. But Paul Yanover, president of Fandango, which owns the site, told CNET that's not the whole story.
In case you were snapped away by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, and thus missed the recent controversy, here's a recap. Captain Marvel doesn't come out until March 8, but users were already leaving negative comments about the film on Rotten Tomatoes, a process dubbed "review bombing." Many recent comments seemed to come from those who are angry at star Brie Larson.
The movie review site has removed users' ability to leave reviews or to indicate they are not interested in seeing a film [EDIT: before it comes out].
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Friday March 01 2019, @03:19PM (2 children)
"Triggered misogynists?"
That doesn't seem to be the case. While this controversy swirls about Captain Marvel and Brie Larson Alita Battle Angel, another action film with a female protagonist, is being well-received by fans and is doing well. So, if there's a great misogynist wave of trolls out there trying to keep women in film down, then how is it that one such is being buoyed while the other is being panned? Could it be that the one that's being panned is helmed by obnoxious jerks who are attacking a huge chunk of the audience that they want to fork over their cash to see their movie?
I'd also point out that there have been many, many action/sci-fi films led by strong women characters (Tomb Raider, Aliens, Underworld, Hunger Garmes, Wonder Woman, etc) that have been very successful, very well-received by your so-called "triggered misogynists."
Here's a thought: actual misogyny is a nearly extinct mindset whose last, fading embers smolder in the breasts of octogenarian Baby Boomers; the rest of us in the world prefer movies that don't suck and for companies and holier-than-thou actors to not categorically insult swathes of the intended audience.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @04:39PM (1 child)
If you were insulted by her words then you are an easily triggered idiot. They were not great words and reflect poorly on her but were hardly on the same level as the racism and misogyny that got directed at Ghostbusters.
There is some mix of anti-pc brigaders and actual misogynists and the phenomena is very tied to the current political climate. It isn'tabout some massive plot to keep women down, it is about insecure white males feeling marginalized because centuries long racism/sexism is finally being discussed and pushed back in the open.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @10:13PM
Keep calling people triggered idiots for not supporting racist misandrists like Brie Larson. The real ones to be triggered will be the studio execs once they calculate how much Brie Larson lost them.