If A Wrinkle in Time is critical and commercial flop, it’ll prove one thing...

[SimonGoback]

I’ve seen a lot of people who have argued that the only reason movies like Wonder Woman and Black Panther managed to be so well received is because they are “SJW” movies. In other words, critics would not have given these movies the kinds of reviews they ended up giving them were it not for the fact that they star and are directed by women and black people respectively. This is a common argument I’ve heard from many of the detractors for both of these films, and it’s always annoyed me. https://myip.kim/ https://birthdaywishes.onl/ https://elecpay.in/tneb/

The thing is, A Wrinkle in Time is a film that not only stars black actresses, but is also directed by a black woman, and that film is looking more and more likely to be a critical and commercial disappointment. The early responses to the movie on Twitter have been lukewarm at best, and the review embargo isn’t lifting until around a day or two before release, which is unusual for a Disney movie. Assuming the movie does in fact end up getting mediocre-bad reviews, it would suggest that critics do not in fact give movies a pass simply because they want to look PC.

[Gary]

I haven't seen the recent film adaptation, and that's mostly on the strength of the negative reviews. I did see some stills and I think a brief trailer, and neither of those things made a difference other than I had kind of a, "Huh...." reaction. I'm not sure I would have gone with Oprah Winfrey, for instance, but nobody handed me $100m to make the adaptation, so my opinion doesn't matter much.

Like anything, the majority of people are looking for an entertaining film, and the incidentals like the ethnic background of the performers aren't much of a factor for them. Most people just want to see things explode and such—happy ending—roll credits.

As a general rule, you're probably learning more about a person who use terms like SJW as a pejorative themselves than that person is telling you about the film (or whatever) they're bashing. Weirdly, that functions as pretty good backhanded advice. That is, if someone with such limited interests and capacity says they don't like something, there's a good chance it's better than they're suggesting.