{"id":1486356,"date":"2022-05-20T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T22:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486356"},"modified":"2022-05-20T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T22:01:21","slug":"10-woke-movie-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-woke-movie-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Woke Movie Disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F10-woke-movie-disasters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Readers-Pass-Toto-Toxic-Ten-The-Worst-Woke-Movies_216x9-copy-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Hollywood went woke and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p><span>It doesn\u2019t matter how many woke projects disappoint at the box office, the industry keeps cranking out more. A rare few, like 2019\u2019s \u201cBooksmart,\u201d actually rose above to make us smile. Most, though, sink under a crush of finger-wagging moments and ham-fisted woke lectures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, in no particular order, here are 10 woke movies with little, if any, entertainment value to cushion the messaging blow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cGhostbusters\u201d (2016)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>This franchise reboot (don\u2019t call it a sequel) unofficially kicked off the industry\u2019s woke manifesto. Letting four comic actresses take the baton from the 1984 film\u2019s male quartet told audiences this wasn\u2019t just a franchise extension. It was a broadside against the PatriarchyTM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The attack proved aggressively mediocre. The comedy\u2019s gender swap mania extended to the ghostbusters\u2019 office clerk, now played by Chris Hemsworth in full \u201chimbo\u201d mode. The film\u2019s first trailer crashed the Internet in all the worst ways, and the film reportedly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/ghostbusters-box-office-loss-sequel-unlikely-918515\/\"><span>cost Sony $70 million.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The studio licked its wounds, jettisoned the gender-empowering cast and brought the franchise back from the dead via last year\u2019s \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cAntebellum\u201d (2020)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>\u201cGet Out\u201d delivered a rare woke treat. Jordan Peele\u2019s 2017 smash fused progressive messaging with slick genre shocks, and audiences rallied to its side. This slavery-themed shocker tries a similar tactic but fails miserably. Janelle Monae stars as both a powerful author and a slave trying to escape her master\u2019s chains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The film clumsily stitches those two character sides together, delivering woke lectures and a painfully predictable story arc. The film\u2019s creepy score was its sole selling point.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cCharlie\u2019s Angels\u201d (2019)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe a woman can do anything,\u201d Kristen Stewart\u2019s \u201cAngel\u201d says in the very first line of this franchise reboot. Let the eye rolls commence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The TV source material had little on its brain beyond titillation and skin-deep stories, but it showcased three strong women saving the day each week. The first film adaptation, starring Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, souped up the action but retained the sexy spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Director Elizabeth Banks surgically removed the pulchritude from the reboot, focusing on Empowerment 101. It flopped spectacularly at the cineplex, crushing the franchise for the foreseeable future. Even the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2019\/11\/charlies-angels-2019-movie-reboot-kristen-stewart.html\"><span>far-Left Slate.com<\/span><\/a><span> mocked these \u201cAngels\u201d for being so \u201dconcerned with its messaging that it fails to be fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cCaptain Marvel\u201d (2019)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>This MCU origin tale crushed the box office, period, with an eye-popping $426 million stateside. The MCU\u2019s bulletproof brand at the time, not the film itself, can be credited for that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MCU films typically nail the critical casting calls \u2013 think Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). Oscar winner Brie Larson is too smug and charmless as the title character, a Kree warrior trying to crack her identity issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The film flounders when it should be soaring, and the comic moments don\u2019t land as they normally do in other MCU romps. \u201cCaptain Marvel\u201d introduced woke elements to the franchise, from our heroine\u2019s victim status to feminist dialogue that lands with a thud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cWonder Woman 1984\u201d (2020)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>What happened? How could 2017\u2019s \u201cWonder Woman\u201d deliver on almost every level, while the \u201880s era sequel stumbles from start to finish? It\u2019s one of the biggest mysteries in recent years, considering the creative team from the original returned for the obligatory sequel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gal Gadot remains the quintessential Wonder Woman, but she\u2019s adrift in a sea of campy gags, stiff action sequences and stupefying villains. You can hate Donald Trump all you want, but the Trumpian baddie (the usually reliable Pedro Pascal) crushes the film\u2019s modest momentum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And, of course, woke flourishes abound, particularly with Kristen Wiig\u2019s pre-villainous character.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cNeighbors 2: Sorority Rising\u201d (2016)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, a seriously underrated comic star, powered the surprise 2014 hit about new parents living next to a sorority house from Hell. A sequel made economic sense, but the minds behind the original had something else in mind for round two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Female empowerment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rogen and co. even hired <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/movies\/meet-women-behind-neighbors-2-sorority-rising-article-1.2637136?utm_content=buffer0602c&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=esacks+twitter\"><span>two female screenwriters<\/span><\/a><span> to oversee the project. Why? To ensure an R-rated comedy delivered gender positive characters. They should have spent more time on the jokes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This resulted in a disappointing comic dud that hauled in only a third of what the original earned, killing the young franchise in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d (2017)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>The middle film in the final Skywalker trilogy remains one of the most debated sequels in modern memory. And for good reason, since it marked Disney\u2019s attempt to woke-ify the beloved brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Writer\/director Rian Johnson insults \u201cStar Wars\u201d canon, delivering a maddening sequel which stops mid-film for a lecture on wealth inequality. Johnson also emasculates the saga\u2019s Han Solo stand-in (Oscar Isaac) and delivers the ultimate Mary Sue character, Kelly Marie Tran\u2019s Rose Tico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The film made a mint at the box office ($620 million) but proved far less successful than its predecessor, \u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d ($936 million).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cDownsizing\u201d (2017)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>Writer\/director Alexander Payne could do no wrong on the big screen \u2026 until this woke belly flop. Payne\u2019s enviro-satire stars Matt Damon as a man who voluntarily shrinks himself to help save the planet. Smaller people, less resources required to sustain them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The plan goes awry, and the smart setup and lo-fi effects give way to grating supporting characters, the obligatory \u201cwall\u201d reference and other progressive tropes which interrupt the opportunity for enjoyment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The initial gimmick opened up a world of satirical potential. That Payne couldn\u2019t lean into any one idea captures just how badly \u201cDownsizing\u201d squanders its potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cThe Hustle\u201d (2019)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>Duck! It\u2019s yet another gender swap reboot. To be fair, the 1988\u2019s \u201cDirty Rotten Scoundrels\u201d was itself a remake of 1964\u2019s \u201cBedtime Story.\u201d The \u201880s version became a comedy staple thanks to the chemistry between Steve Martin and Michael Caine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Suffice to say Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway lack that duo\u2019s comic chops. To be fair, they never had a chance given the atrocious screenplay which hits a false note in the opening scene and never recovers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The remake doesn\u2019t flood the zone with woke elements, but it doesn\u2019t take a Gender Studies degree to spot them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>\u201cSuburbicon\u201d (2018)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>Woke has been very bad to Matt Damon. Not only did the #MeToo movement pummel him for not <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2018\/01\/matt-damon-hollywood-reckoning-apology\"><span>reciting the proper talking points<\/span><\/a><span>, he\u2019s also starred in at least two woke bombs. (\u201cPromised Land\u201d deserves an honorable mention here\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>George Clooney directs not one but two \u201850s-era storylines that never coalesce into something coherent, let alone engaging. Damon stars as a family man whose home is invaded by thugs. Meanwhile, a kindly black couple endures endless harassment for daring to move into a mostly white neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yes, Clooney is waving the era\u2019s racism in our faces, but his approach is neither delicate nor engaging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kudos to Oscar Isaac for stealing a few scenes outright, but the moment he leaves the screen the film reverts back to room temperature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood went woke and never looked back.It doesn\u2019t matter how many woke projects disappoint at the box office, the industry keeps cranking out more. 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