I completely agree. I don't like Brie Larson but that has nothing to do with the quality of the movie. The people who are attacking her are disgusting and should be ashamed. Just looking at the things people say about her online she doesn't deserve any of it.

OK well I have no problem with anything Brie has ever said or done and do like her quite a lot, and I'm a little curious as to what you don't like.

But, given your feelings on her, I really appreciate your line of thinking otherwise. I wish other people who took issue with her had the rationale that you do. It only takes them a shred of sanity and calmness.

This post isn't necessarily about the hate specifically, but about spreading the facts specifically about the box office. I could write an essay about all my thoughts and feelings about the Internet film hatemonger culture at the moment, but no one would read it and I'm fairly exhausted about tackling trolls, plus it would have been more timely a couple of weeks ago than it is now.

This is more specifically about the box office myths. I know for a fact there are people on the wiki who buy into the red pill side of YouTube with the lies and false narratives, whether willingly or just because they've been tricked through no fault of their own. I just wanted to do my part in spreading the facts in such a sensationalised and false news atmosphere, informing people who need it and giving the link to others who need something like this to cite.

Whatever I can do to help combat this stuff makes me feel slightly better.

Yup it has defienlty pulled in numbers at the box office. 812 Million at the moment. Although I do have to admit, it has preformed poor compared to other blockbuster movies in North America only totalling about 290 Million domestically compared to movies like Wonder Woman which did 412 Million domestically. Still better than 90% of most movies so they aren't hurting.

As for what I don't like about Brie Larson, I feel like her political positions are a bit extreme. She doesn't have any rational thinking when it comes to social or economic issues and what she says comes across as extreme. I remember a while ago she didn't clap for Casey Affleck when he won an award because of allegations against him which had no evidence to support it. Things like that rub me the wrong way. Plus, she wants favoritism in the entertainment industry which is just ridiculous to me. Add to put the cherry on top she just seems like she always has a stick up her a**.

She is so plain and stuck up I can barely watch her interviews from start to finish. She is pretty tho, I'll give her that, and I feel Iike she did a good job in Captain Marvel. Brie Larson is receiving the same energy she put out, but two wrongs don't make a right and she has slowed down her statements for the most part so maybe she is trying to do better or Marvel told her to slow her roll. Either way, the movie is a massive success.

That's 2 weeks' gross compared to total gross. The example you use, Wonder Woman, had made $234m in the U.S. 14 days after release, Captain Marvel has made $282m. That's not meant as a "Look Marvel's beating DC or anything" I'm just explaining that the comparison you make is uneven, and that's the even comparison. It'll end up in the $500m range in the U.S..

While its record-breaking is mostly its worldwide box office, it's still doing really well in the U.S.. It had the 7th biggest MCU opening domestically, only behind the films that are essentially insurmountable if you're not a huge scale Marvel film: the three Avengers films, Iron Man 3 (boosted by Avengers), Civil War, and Black Panther.

I'm not sure what would be extreme about what she says. I would say that any extremity you might discern may have come from someone passing on comments without context or direct quoting. Some of her wording on the spot has also not quite been perfect which unfortunately leads to some people genuinely misunderstanding and others exploiting unclear points, but I feel the gist of her comments can be discerned with an open mind. Or maybe you do know all about it and have researched it and still feel this way, obviously I don't know you and I can't judge.

Her not clapping for Casey Affleck was because there had been multiple allegations with no reason to lie. It is statically estimated that 95% of the time, a sexual harassment allegation is true, as there is no motivation in almost all cases to lie. You undergo a gruelling, exposing, humiliating process and massive criticism from certain people and stand to potentially lose a lot in defamation and perversion of justice cases if found to be lying. When multiple allegations come out, the chances of falsehood become increasingly tiny. And she didn't make a big deal out of it or accuse him, she just subtly refused to fully congratulate a man who was all-but proven to be a sexual harrasser because she felt she simply could not. In congratulating him she is outwardly supporting him, and she took the minimum action to not show full support.

I think you might have misunderstood her comments, it's quite the opposite. She is trying to help dismantle favouritism in the industry by bringing people of all diverse natures to the same level of jobs and hiring and receive more diverse criticism, when currently the industry is statistically shown to be very skewed too far to favouritism of white people and of men. She just wants more spread for all those who are being discriminated against, she doesn't like them any more than she does the white men, but the white men don't need her help.

What you say about having a stick up her, that's just shyness. She talks a lot about how introverted she is and it does sometimes come across, she's very self-conscious and tries a bit too hard to be funny on occasion. Chris Evans does the same in interviews, his laughter is clearly exaggerated and things like that because he's an introverted person. I would recommend Brie's interviews with Sam, or the one with puppies, and her Ali Plumb interview because you get to see her loosen up a bit and be more comfortable.

A similar response about her being stuck up, I really never have got that impression, honestly I think she's just scared and sometimes overdoes the "Yeah let's be confident together!" trying a bit too hard to be funny.

I would say that "I'll give her that" is maybe not the best wording when calling her pretty. It can come across as reducing her worth to that and I know you don't really intend that, but just worth noting.

I don't really get what you're saying when you say it's receiving the same energy she put out, but no, I don't think Marvel have told her anything, I think media are just worried to propagate more online misunderstanding and anger. But all her statements from the last month or two have not just been her stepping up and declaring something, she gets asked political questions about women in the film industry and the like, particularly because she is a woman and playing the first female solo Marvel lead it just happens more than with the others, and she can't be evasive and doesn't want to be.

Yeah, saying she was "hot" was very degrading and now that you brought it to my attention about how it can be interrupted I feel bad for wording it that way. I feel like Brie doesn't mean any harm but she is bad at communicating her thoughts and they come across as extreme when in actuality she was just trying to make a point.

I can see her point because I am a minority in the U.S. and we don't always get the same opportunities as other people. I just feel like you shouldn't have to tear anyone else down to prove that. I have since watched some more of her interviews and she is actually likeable in them. She works best when she is with other people. The comments she has made are no excuse for people to attack her like they have and it certainly has nothing to do with the movie. But I can see how people might be rubbed the wrong way but they don't even bother to I understand her or even just ignore or tolerate it. I definitely see her in a different light now knowing more about her personality and perspective so thanks for that. Glad we we're able to talk about this.