“It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee,” she added. “Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms. My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they’re not. Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullshit. Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren’t going to fucking want to see those.”
https://youtu.be/0Uq_5bYGYoY
While we’re on the topic of female driven action movies. This one got lost at the box office because it was released in early 2020. Shame, because it’s smart and exciting and doesn’t follow all the ‘revenge’ tropes people are used to.
This reminds me of SALT and The long kiss goodnight, both excellent female lead films.
Long Kiss Goodnight is my favorite Christmas movie.
Agree on both of those. I also really enjoyed The Old Guard.
I’ll have to check that one out.
Atomic Blonde was fun, but Charlize Theron is always great
Thanks for sharing. That looks awesome and I’m going to check it out! Crappy name, though. I’d have instantly given it a pass assuming it was a musical centered around a high school band.
I’ve noticed that sometimes, somehow, the coolest movies have the blandest sounding titles.
Marathon Man as a case in point.