The disconnect between critics and viewers

Oh I agree. I knew it was going to be crap when the “intellectual” lady on NPR began fawning about it and sighed like a school girl about something to do with trans issues.

You think Passengers is an excellent movie? I think you are in the minority here.

What is with this "woke" expression? Is it supposed to me an "awareness"?

What exactly is so "woke" about this version of WWS? Is the implied transgender character in Anybodys is what makes Speilberg's version woke? There were trans people back in the 50's I would imagine but not in the forefront. What is the big deal?

Also......people are calling this version "woke" because Hispanic and LatinX actors are playing the roles of the Puerto Rican characters. What is so wrong with that, may I ask? That is what "woke" is all about? Well, that was actually the best decision to cast only Hispanic and LatinX actors in those roles. And........they ace their parts with excellent acting. The original version had lilly white actors portraying many of the Puerto Rican characters with brown make up. Their accents were also not very realistic with not one word of Spanish uttered in the entire film. No realism there.

Don't get me wrong. I loved the original 1961 film of the 1957 adaptation of the Broadway play. I loved Natalie Wood in the role of Maria and Richard Beymer as Tony. After seeing Spielberg's film, I realize, without a doubt, Spielberg's two lead actors' performances are better than in the 1961 film, IMHO. I cannot believe I said that! They do their own singing for a start. I just LOVE Ansel's velvety voice and the young girl's soprano is just beautiful as is she.

You can take that "woke" stuff and put it on the back burner. This current film is the better film of the two, without a doubt in my mind.

Because it’s that small core of people who agree with it that Went to see it

I agree

"I believe that critics of the future will re-evaluate the movies coming out today, when "woke" is finally out of favor culturally. They will be amused at this period of Hollywood films (2010 - ?) and wonder how studios and filmmakers became so insulated from the general public as they continued to create film after film laden with insultingly one-sided leftist moral hectoring that was rejected time after time after time at the box office."

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The critics of the future will be puzzled that this generation and previous were so benighted over matters such as transgender. "Why was it even an issue?" they will ask. They will praise such works as early forerunners of the way forward.

Understand the way that culture and society work. There is always progression. I mean, we haven't gone back and decided that Africans should be slaves again, have we?

Those Cathode Ray Tubes can really get to you, definitely.

The flip side to the coin I guess

Looking at the yearly top box office grossers from 50 or 60 years ago the common public doesn't have too much to boast about either.

Yeah, 1950s era musicals that do a "modern" watered down version of the plot from Romeo & Juliet are obviously MUCH more cerebral entertainment than superhero films! Need to get rid of all the dumb action movies like Spiderman: No Way Home & X-Men: Days of Future Past so people can enjoy the intellectual simulation that comes from powerhouse films like The Pajama Game and Love Me Tender!

> Cries and Whispers or La Dolce Vita

Nobody but art-film snobs watches dated foreign films.

No they’ve given decent movies quite the turn out, like Dune, The Battle at Lake Changjin, No Time To Die, The Stronghold etc.