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- PioneerDJ3031
"Many Hollywood blockbusters, including Avatar 2, have underperformed in the Chinese mainland film market in recent years mainly because the storytelling is no longer appealing to Chinese moviegoers."
-- Shi Wenxue, Beijing film critic- ' Some were particularly tired of the "political correctness" 'https://www.globalt...zardoz
- https://www.globalti…zardoz
- whatever can that mean?zardoz
- Get woke, go broke.Chimp
- Based on recent performance, the storytelling is clearly also no longer appealing to American moviegoers.MondoMorphic
- lol so many are tired of the woke BS that's infected everything in corporate America, Hollywood, etc.MondoMorphic
- yes wokeness is the biggest problem in corporate and hollywood.pango
- Meh, the reality is that Hollywood is cranking out mediocre reboots but Chinese films still aren't that great either.yuekit
- The two films they cite as positive examples in that Global Times article: The Wandering Earth and Wolf Warrior 2yuekit
- Wandering Earth is an OK sci-fi movie, Wolf Warrior is basically China's version of Rambo. Unfortunately for all of China's achievements it can't compareyuekit
- with better Western productions, such as recent TV series. Or with South Korean cinema which has mass appeal but also creative/ innovative.yuekit
- was avatar 2 woke at all?
LOL Wolf Warrior. everyone in this thread should watch that movie.pango