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Like the new terminator.. you go woke .. you go broke 😂


It flopped hard

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Huh? What the fuck is woke about Charlies Angels?

Did I miss that it was about 3 women kicking ass ever since its inception?

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http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/593220/people-movies-show-empowered-women?page=9

Banks got everything wrong with selling this Charlie's Angels movie. The 2000 and 2003 movies got the tone right. They were generally light and colourful but were decent action movies that also took their villains pretty seriously. Plus they had three very likeable and charismatic actresses in the roles, who despite some silliness, were never depicted as anything short of capable women who could outhink and outfight their enemies.

In Banks' version, two of the actresses are relatively unknown and Kristen Stewart, who I otherwise do like as an actress, is way out of her comfort zone. She's best as playing sullen, moody characters, not a wisecracking detective who can kick people's asses. The Twilight fanbase has not stuck with her, probably after she alienated many of them by cheating on Edward Cullen for real. I think hunky guys were the draw for the Twilight series, not the boring female lead.

Hyping the movie as woke was the death blow. Even if the intentions are good, the final product, as was seen with Ghostbusters, tends to be heavy handed, insulting to many people, and audiences just reject it.

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