(most) People don’t want to see Ryan Reynolds.
Don’t undermine your argument with bad math. I strongly disliked Man of Steel. But $668 million is not a “mild hit”. It’s a solid blockbuster, just not Marvel level blockbuster. Wonder Woman did better, but by $148 million or so more.
A few other details - studios keep much more of the domestic gross, WW had a smaller budget, and I did mention ‘let down’. BvS failed to meet expectations, WW exceeded them. So BvS can be a middling blockbuster while WW is a resounding success even with the same worldwide gross, without even getting into how critical…
(most) People don’t want to see bad movies.
Good. She deserves every penny and more. She should get a nice payout when Wonder Woman 2 breaks more box office records. Hopefully Zack Snyder will have NOTHING to do with the next movie, that way it can be even better. I’m tired of all the slo-mo fight scenes and bullet casing drops.
See how things are changing? It used to be that only men were allowed to be the highest paid female directors of all time!
“Would you say your salary is a typical example for your sex.”
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First War, not Second.
This article is a joke and just publicity for the upcoming ready player one. Wonder woman was a great movie and as a woman myself, I can relate to how she grew up... curious about everything and wanting to save the world etc.
You know what’s also a step backwards? Switching to Kinja.
Same for looks... Being beautiful automatically means she’s a bad character. Obviously women aren’t diverse beings that can relate to audiences on different levels from film to film... And not strong? Come on!
Also, I’m really glad that I have Kathryn Bigelow’s ex husband around to weigh in on the idea that a landmark achievement by a woman director is overblown.
“Yeah, I cheated on my then-wife with Linda Hamilton, but she’s no beauty.”
Needed a scene where Wonder Woman is forced to do a strip tease by her in disguise husband.
Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon,” said Cameron. “She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother
Coming from the guy who designed blue cat people to be as fuckable as possible?
I liked the grades...