{"id":981490,"date":"2021-11-07T16:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=981490"},"modified":"2021-11-07T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T21:13:48","slug":"nolte-marvels-woketard-eternals-stumbles-with-71-million-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-marvels-woketard-eternals-stumbles-with-71-million-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolte: Marvel&#039;s Woketard &#039;Eternals&#039; Stumbles with $71 Million Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fnolte-marvels-woketard-eternals-stumbles-with-71-million-opening%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=981490&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/richard-madden-marvel-eternals-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Marvel\u2019s woketard <em>Eternals<\/em> opened to a disappointing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/11\/eternals-opening-weekend-box-office-1234868870\/\">$71 million<\/a>. The predictions had been anywhere from $75 to $85 million, so one can only wonder what lame excuses the sycophant entertainment media will come up with to explain away this one.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, there was no same-day streaming release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sorry, there was no heavy competition at the box office.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, there was no lack of a big star.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, there was no lack of awareness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sorry, there was no wave of theater closings.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m sure the water carriers will think of something.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait, they already have\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The woketards over at far-left <em>Variety<\/em> are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1456672088522059778?s=20\">arguing<\/a> <em>Eternals<\/em> got bad reviews because <em>the director is a woman,<\/em> and the bad reviews killed <em>Eternals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marvel Studios\u2019 Eternals | Final Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_me3xsvDgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>You see, when women direct action movies, Variety believes, critics hammer them\u2026 Oh, you mean like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/birds_of_prey_2020\">Birds of Prey<\/a> <\/em>(79 percent fresh),<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/wonder_woman_2017\">Wonder Woman<\/a> <\/em>(93 percent fresh)<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/captain_marvel\">Captain Marvel<\/a> <\/em>(79 percent fresh)<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/black_widow_2021\">Black Widow<\/a> <\/em>(79 percent fresh), and pretty much everything the great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/celebrity\/kathryn_bigelow\">Kathryn Bigelow<\/a> has done for the last 35 years?<\/p>\n<p>The truth, and we all know it, is that the exact opposite is true. Women and minorities enjoy a big boost from critical affirmative action. Does anyone think the above score would be as high if white guys had directed them, especially that dog <em>Birds of Prey?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have no issue with <em>Eternals<\/em> director Chloe Zhao. In fact, having just seen and loved <em>Nomadland<\/em> just last month, she had earned all kinds of goodwill from me. <em>Nomadland<\/em> is one of the few films of the last few years to actually live up to all its critical praise and Oscar gold (Director and Picture). Oh, and I\u2019ve been championing Kathryn Bigelow for more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/1014793-near_dark\">thirty years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with <em>Eternals<\/em> is not that it\u2019s directed by a chick. The problem with <em>Eternals<\/em> is that it\u2019s not a very good movie (here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/05\/eternals-review-woke-is-the-least-of-this-marvel-movies-problems\/\">my review<\/a>). There are too many characters, a dull story we\u2019ve seen a hundred times, too much focus on \u201cidentity\u201d as opposed to \u201ccharacter\u201d and \u201chumanity,\u201d the movie\u2019s too long, it\u2019s butt-numbingly dull in too many spots, and the actors have no chemistry together.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that it got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/07\/eternals-is-marvel-studios-lowest-rated-film-at-rotten-tomatoes-and-in-cinemascore-audience-rating\/\">\u201cB\u201d CinemaScore<\/a> from the very same fans who ran out to see it opening weekend is a harbinger of a movie that\u2019s about to sail off a cliff on week two.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel also has more significant problems. <em>Eternals<\/em> was supposed to play a vital role in its \u201cPhase IV,\u201d and nobody\u2019s dying to see this band get together again.<\/p>\n<p>Woke lies about human nature, and when you base art on lies, it\u2019s not art; it\u2019s propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow John Nolte on Twitter <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolteNC\"><strong><em>@NolteNC<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>. <em>Follow his Facbook Page <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnNolteNC\/?skip_nax_wizard=true\"><strong><em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel\u2019s woketard Eternals opened to a disappointing $71 million. The predictions had been anywhere from $75 to $85 million, so one can only wonder what lame excuses the sycophant entertainment &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}