Posts by Richard Wilson4

Frank Moore4 said:There it is on ABC. 😬

Fun movie, totally fine if you just want to turn your brain off for a bit...

PS
The guy above me was spot on about the Earnings.
But those bigger blockbusters definitely did better.

I'm feeling nostalgic for Brother again 🙂

The budget was only $20 million, so honestly, you could call this movie a win already.

I won't even get into how much sense it makes for Hollywood to be making movies that take aim at Wall Street... 🙂

I’m not really an optimist or anything, honestly, the guy was never much of a draw for me without The Joker in the mix...

hollowsailor19 said:I get it. It’s all rigged from the jump. A total setup. But honestly, it’s so obvious it’s actually kind of pathetic.🙄

Look, honestly, even that award doesn't carry half the weight or prestige it used to. It’s just not what it was.

Christian Myers said:It stays pretty true to the animation, but it’s not an exact replica. There are actually quite a few changes.

Richard Barrett53 said:The differences compared to the animation are actually more pronounced than they were with The Lion King, I suppose.
I found the film to be quite good, which was a bit of a surprise since I went in expecting total garbage based on the trailer, but it turned out to be rather charming and fun.

Thanks guys 👍

I’m not even looking for spoilers here, just wondering—is this movie basically a shot-for-shot rip-off like people say about The Lion King, or is it actually its own thing?

Kind of a stupid name, honestly. From a marketing standpoint, I don't get it—couldn't they have gone with something that actually ties back to the original series title?

I dig the title, but honestly? It feels a bit fan-made to me...

What... The Fuck...

Morgan Brown4 said:This thread hasn't made a lick of sense for over ten years, if not longer. 🤦

I'm still sitting here waiting for movies to be released on VHS. 😁

El Cid, long day, underground warrior, animated lord of the rings, man from earth.

Gary Patel said:Regarding overrepresentation—let's be honest here. Disney rarely ventures outside of white characters, and when they do, it’s usually just to check a box with a token character. Even when we aren't talking about humans.
After 47 films spanning from 1937 to 2009, it took until 2009 for us to see the first Black princess.
And let's face it—for most of that movie, she was actually a frog.

In their animated classics, Disney only really introduced non-white characters when there was no other way to avoid it (think Aladdin [ Jasmine ], Pocahontas, or Mulan; interestingly, most of them aren't even "true" princesses in the traditional sense—you know, the ones who take center stage like Cinderella or Snow White). Everywhere else, if they had a choice, they stuck with white characters or leaned into classic European fairy tales where a white lead was basically "assumed." Even when the characters weren't human, the voice actors were 90% white—just look up the voice credits on Wikipedia for any of these films—meaning even animals, monsters, and toys were essentially coded as white (unless, of course, they happened to be from Asia, South America, or Africa).
Even today, after all those uninspired and frankly unoriginal live-action remakes, Ariel is the first non-white princess. And honestly? It's probably because she's a mythical creature rather than a princess tied to a specific European kingdom, so they felt they could "get away" with her being Black.

As for the live-action remakes:
- Alice in Wonderland: entirely white cast
- Maleficent: entirely white cast
- Cinderella: entirely white cast (Nonso Anozie plays a supporting role; likely just a token character)
- The Jungle Book: ethnically diverse cast (since it's set in India)
- Beauty and the Beast: white cast (Audra McDonald is the wardrobe; Gugu Mbatha-Raw is the dusting cloth, Ray Fearon is the priest; so, even with "magical" furniture, the leads are white and the Black characters are relegated to the sidelines)
- Dumbo: white cast
- Aladdin: ethnically diverse cast (set in South America)

Animated films:
Following The Princess and the Frog:
- Toy Story 3: white cast and characters (Whoopi Goldberg is the lone exception)
- Tangled: all white characters
- Gnomeo & Juliet: white voice cast (haven't seen it, but I'm guessing the characters are white too)
- Mars Needs Moms: white cast
- Cars: white cast (Lewis Hamilton is the only outlier since he's playing himself, and the cast is huge). They're cars, after all.
- Brave: white characters and cast
- Frankenweenie: white characters and cast
- Wreck-It Ralph: white characters and cast. Software (didn't watch, but I assume)
- Monsters University: white cast (well, voice actors, anyway). They're monsters.
- Planes: Priyanka Chopra voices a character from India. Cedric the Entertainer voices a Black airplane. The rest? White cast. They're planes.
- Frozen: white characters and cast
- Big Hero 6: Ryan Potter voices the lead (his dad is Japanese), Daniel Henney voices his brother (Asian), Jamie Chung, and Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi. The rest is a white cast.
- Inside Out: white characters, white cast (they're emotions)
- The Good Dinosaur: white cast (Jeffrey Wright is an exception); they're animals.
- Zootopia: white cast (Idris Elba voices an African Buffalo; the rest is white; so, even the animals are voiced by white actors, despite the world representing a modern, diverse society)
- Toy Story 4: Keegan-Michael Key as Ducky, Jay Hernandez as Bonnie's dad, Carl Weathers as Combat Carl. The rest is white. The characters are toys and are coded as white (modern era; toys).
- Finding Dory: Idris Elba as a Californian Sea Lion, the rest is white (modern era; animals)
- Moana: ethnically diverse cast, set in Polynesia
- Coco: ethnically diverse cast, set in Mexico
- Incredibles 2: white cast and characters; Samuel L. Jackson is the only non-white person (reflecting modern America)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet: white cast and characters; the only exception is Taraji P. Henson voicing a character representing a Black woman (modern era; the internet)

We're talking about the last decade, when apparently "Hollywood started forcing Black people, queer folks, and Muslims into everything."

So, even in animated films where the characters aren't even humans—think Zootopia, Inside Out, Planes, Monsters University, Wreck-It Ralph, Cars, Toy Story, or Gnomeo & Juliet—the voices are almost always white. Most characters end up representing white people, yet when they *do* represent non-white identities, they’re usually just people, objects, or animals tied to very specific locations in Asia or Africa. For instance, Priyanka Chopra voices a character from India, Cedric the Entertainer voices a black airplane, the cast of Big Hero 6 represents a city that’s basically a mix of Japan and L.A., and Idris Elba voices an African Buffalo (which isn't even from Africa, but let's be honest—lions are the first thing people associate with the continent).

We rarely see a Black character who isn't a walking stereotype or someone who is simply British or American. Or an Indian character who is British. They have to "come from" India, because being British is seen as white. You won't find a character of Indian descent who's been living in the UK for generations. It's the exact same story in the States. Characters of color are either foreign transplants or they serve as stereotypes for a specific ethnic group. You'll never just see an average American who happens to be Black—as in, his race isn't his entire plot point.

And now you're all coming at me about "forcing ideologies" or "Black supremacy."
Don't give me that.

And honestly, those "princesses" we're talking about really only exist in certain parts of the world, like Europe, Asia, or among Ethiopians and Arabs in North Africa.

Mulan isn't a princess. According to the legend, she never was.
Jasmine is definitely a princess.

If Disney wanted an Ethiopian princess, they could just grab an Ethiopian folk tale and go for it. But it's way easier to just take a famous story and remix it, right?

I mean, I totally saw Disney pushing their agenda coming from a mile away, but they really didn't have to mess with this movie specifically...

Whatever though, the box office numbers will tell the real story...

rustywalker1 said:It's Danny.

Then great 👍

Troy was solid back in his Community days, but honestly, the kid just became a lot to deal with later on.

Grace Edwards said:Danny Glover 😍 I really miss that guy

Hopefully they didn't mess up the credits and it's actually Donald Glover 😁

Lately, I’m seeing a ton of articles where everyone is just weeping about how much they miss old-school movie theaters.

Look, I remember back in the late 90s, theaters were basically going bankrupt while video rental stores were absolutely killing it.

AMC Theatres is basically a spaceship compared to those old places. It’s better, cleaner, and way more organized. I used to drive from Cleveland to Indianapolis to hit up those crusty old theaters, and honestly, AMC Theatres eats them all for breakfast.
And if you can't stand kids making noise, just go on a Monday or whenever the place is empty.
Or just stay away from animated comedies and superhero movies.😁

As for movie quality, that’s a totally different conversation that has nothing to do with the theaters or AMC Theatres. You get great stuff on cable TV now; honestly, modern series are better than most movies anyway.
Pay for it or play pirate—if you don't know how, some nephew or the neighbor's kid definitely does.

No offense intended, but people are getting exhausting with this nostalgia trip. Yeah, I loved VHS too, I have a mountain of them, but today everything fits on a single thumb drive.
I loved old gaming consoles, I loved those printed magazines we used to get.
So what? What's the point?

Morgan Brown4 said:But she didn't say they stopped selling popcorn—just that eating it in the theater wasn't really the vibe back then. 🙂

Sorry, but this whole thing feels bizarre and kind of petty to me.

What, is a movie experience supposed to be so intense that ladies need to wear evening gowns and men need to be in suits?

If someone's annoyed by people chewing, they should just watch the movie at home.

It’s a decent flick for a bit, but man, the constant hand-holding really bugs me. They just can't stop explaining things, which totally insults the audience.

Take an old classic like Oliver Stone’s JFK, for example. He didn't feel the need to pause and explain who Jack Ruby was, let alone Castro, Johnson, or Bobby Kennedy.

But here? They felt the need to spell out absolutely everything, like we’re all sitting there with zero clue what's going on.

You can pick as many as you want, sure, but honestly, how many movies can one person actually watch?

bluebison8 said:The visuals look great, but the plot and dialogue are honestly pretty weak.

Maybe the dialogue is actually fine and the subtitles just totally suck.😁