all the reviews for atomic blonde are like “its an empty aesthetic film where charlize theron just dresses up in nice clothes, kicks the shit out of dudes, and has random sex scenes with women” as if that wasn’t my dream action movie
Aren’t “typical” action movies just a bunch of macho guys in cool clothes/cars kicking the shit out of dudes and having random sex scenes with women?
I wonder what else they were expecting
(and yeah seconding the dream action movie remark, I AM A HAPPY AUD 8))
It’s that thing where if you’re a minority you have to be better than the standard in order to get half the recognition rearing its ugly head again. Sure, women can head action movies now, we’ve seen that they are successful – but only if they’re amazing, well-written, deeply thought-out masterpieces with groundbreaking feminist messages incorporated into the explosions. (I’m thinking of Mad Max for the Charlize Theron symmetry, but you can put in any female-led action movie that’s gotten a lot of attention.) It’s not enough just to be a slick, cool action romp. It’s not enough to spend a fun two to three hours in a theater and come away having enjoyed yourself. In order to justify making a film with a woman in the asskicking seat, it has to be better and more meaningful than the same movie would be with a guy lead – otherwise, why on earth would you make it? You could have gotten the same result with a man!
It’s just that same old bullshit again, dressed up in a new coat of paint and hoping we don’t notice.
all the reviews for atomic blonde are like “its an empty aesthetic film where charlize theron just dresses up in nice clothes, kicks the shit out of dudes, and has random sex scenes with women” as if that wasn’t my dream action movie
Wow that sounds ~totally messed up~! I’ve never seen an empty aesthetic film where a man just dresses up in nice clothes, kicks the shit out of dudes, and has random sex scenes with women. Not once, in the history of cinema, has there been a movie like that starring a man.
all the reviews for atomic blonde are like “its an empty aesthetic film where charlize theron just dresses up in nice clothes, kicks the shit out of dudes, and has random sex scenes with women” as if that wasn’t my dream action movie
Aren’t “typical” action movies just a bunch of macho guys in cool clothes/cars kicking the shit out of dudes and having random sex scenes with women?
the fight scenes in atomic blonde are absolutely fucking brutal jesus
man, no matter how good or bad the movie ends up being, the editor of this trailer deserves an award
I’ve seen it twice now in theaters, and the rhythmic and narrative coherence of the whole thing PUMPS ME UP
(especially in contrast to the fucking mess of the Transformers trailer that inevitably followed both times, and consisted solely of loud french horn honks and crashes interspersed occasionally with meaningless overwrought dialogue delivered with zero conviction)
in any case, I’m going to now forever associate that Kanye song with Charlize Theron pummeling a man with a freezer door, and I have no complaints about that
the song is a mashup of personal Jesus by depeche mode and black skinhead by kanye, its on soundcloud by fa$ion $en$e and its called personal yeezus
its so fuckin good y’all
wow first of all I was not expecting this post to blow up, I’m glad other people appreciate good trailer editing
and secondly THANK YOU FOR THE INFO ON THE MASHUP, YESSSS, I’ve had it stuck in my head all week and it is gr9
LOOK MORE INFORMATION & also just the trailer again because nnnnnnnhhh.
just moving along like everyone else 