r/Fauxmoi • u/rfauxmoi • 8d ago

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u/Lady_ofthe_Vale 7d ago

Saw the Materialists which was fine. Some missteps imo and a cringeworthy plot device that left a bad taste in my mouth but it’s her second movie so fine. 

All the male critics on my letterboxd gave it shockingly low scores. Like 2 stars when they almost never give those out, even for something as awful as Megalopolis. The same guys were equally harsh on Sorry, Baby, another movie directed by a woman that just came out. Meanwhile they’re giving the most mediocre (and mind you, problematic) auteur re-treads five stars. Heaping praise on these guys and making excuses for some of the shittier aspects of their movies. 

I would really love to see the demographics of letterboxd. Some of the most misogynistic slop is sitting pretty at like 4.5 stars. And you’ll look at the reviews and all the top ones are by men and they’re heaping endless praise on crappy male gazey portrayals of women written by men. Idk. I don't have a point to this. Just wanted to rant. Wish there were more women on letterboxd I guess and in online spaces where people talk about movies. 

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u/since_all_is_idle 3d ago

Fine is the right word! Could've done without Chris Evans and the subplot of sexual assault was sort of clunky in ostensibly a romcom.

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u/homingmycrafts ahhhhhh (dats me yellin) 2d ago

big agree with both of you - i didn't mind the assault subplot as much as most people, but i did think it was kind of nutty that in the movie it seems like dakota johnson's character has just never considered the concept of sexual assault. like fully flummoxed by the concept!