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Jodie Foster slams superhero movies as cinematic equivalent of fracking
Daily Mail ^ | 12/31/17 | Ross Mcdonagh

Posted on 12/31/2017 11:03:49 AM PST by Simon Green

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To: Simon Green

She has the money and the connections to get any kind of movie she wants made.


21 posted on 12/31/2017 11:15:39 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: EEGator

Hey, she Direct “The Beaver”. Give her some credit.

I just want to know who sent her the Script. It was probably a joke that got out of hand.


22 posted on 12/31/2017 11:16:06 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Tweet softly, but carry a big stick.)
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To: dfwgator

“I agree with her to a point on this.”

She’s correct on the crappy state of film, she’s goofy in trying to compare it to fracking.


23 posted on 12/31/2017 11:16:33 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: SoFloFreeper
Give it a rest. Try telling a STORY.

What you are overlooking is that they do. At least in the Marvel Universe they do.

It is weird but they are the few movies that actually have a complex plot line and character development.

They may not be to your taste but they are telling a story.

24 posted on 12/31/2017 11:17:29 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: miss marmelstein

“She could have said this by just writing “Movies today stink.” But noooo, she has to go all political about it.”

Yup.


25 posted on 12/31/2017 11:17:40 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Simon Green

Never been easier or cheaper to make independent “films. “


26 posted on 12/31/2017 11:17:49 AM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Simon Green

Jodie Foster?

Was he one of the sons in My Three Sons?


27 posted on 12/31/2017 11:17:55 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: dfwgator

“But I will say the comparison with fracking, though, is ridiculous.”

Agreed. She has a point, but the fracking comparison is just dumb.


28 posted on 12/31/2017 11:18:01 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Simon Green

Fracking has positive results as opposed to superhero movies.


29 posted on 12/31/2017 11:18:27 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: SoFloFreeper
I have to agree. She's a pretty good actress and director. And she's right about all the superhero crap.

These movies about grown men running around in their pajamas and capes reek of faggotry.

30 posted on 12/31/2017 11:19:07 AM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Simon Green

Virtue signalers gonna virtue signal.


31 posted on 12/31/2017 11:19:22 AM PST by Company Man (Best president ever)
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To: Simon Green

Just what does it take to impress her?


32 posted on 12/31/2017 11:20:02 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Kickass Conservative

Is it ironic that a lesbian directed “The Beaver”?...


33 posted on 12/31/2017 11:20:37 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Da Coyote

DiCaprio and Scorsese are putting together a movie on the life of Teddy Roosevelt this year that should be a showstopper.

This guy did everything (Mayor, Governor, Police Chief, Secretary of the Navy, Colonel that led men into battle, explorer, naturalist, President), was second in achievement next to Washington, and has been largely ignored by American cinema.

http://deadline.com/2017/09/leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-teddy-roosevelt-movie-paramount-1202177329/


34 posted on 12/31/2017 11:20:48 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Simon Green

in other words they are not giving me the big budget superhero movies so I hate them but I would change my tune if I was allowed to direct one....I myself wish that other big budget movies were being made besides the marvel movies but I don’t think they are crap or killing movies. what is killing movies is bad writing and bad directing.


35 posted on 12/31/2017 11:21:35 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: Simon Green

She’s right about the movies. But it’s a stupid analogy, one that people living in the wealthy leftist bubble would make.


36 posted on 12/31/2017 11:21:57 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: EEGator

I agree with you, but on the times that I still go out to a movie it’s the kids who fill the theaters. We’ve been expecting the death of the theaters since VHS players came out.

I guess when you’re too young to go to a bar or do the other things adults do, the movies remain 1st option.


37 posted on 12/31/2017 11:22:11 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: EEGator

“Jodie Foster, the dyke, whose most memorable role was getting gang banged on a pinball machine”

Have you forgotten her touching portrayal as a 12 year old hooker?


38 posted on 12/31/2017 11:22:20 AM PST by moehoward
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To: Kickass Conservative
The Beaver screenplay by Kyle Killen was the top-rated script on the annual Black List of Hollywood screenplays in 2008.

39 posted on 12/31/2017 11:22:33 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Simon Green

Didn’t she peak in “Taxi Driver”?


40 posted on 12/31/2017 11:22:59 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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