3w ago

Gal Gadot says 'pressure' to speak out against Israel hurt 'Snow White' at box office

www.usatoday.com

Gal Gadot suggested that political pressure on celebrities to speak out against Israel contributed to Disney’s Snow White underperforming at the box office, though she acknowledged other factors played a role.
The film, starring Gadot and Rachel Zegler, earned $87 million domestically compared to higher-performing Disney remakes; Zegler faced criticism for her pro-Palestine stance during promotion.
Gadot emphasized she enjoyed working with Zegler, said her “conscience is clean” regarding support for Israel, and expressed hope for peace and safety for all people.

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aeronmelon @lemmy.world 3w ago
Snow White failed because it’s a bad movie.
And any celebrity not volunteering their disgust at Israel over the Gazan genocide should be boycotted.
- Fredselfish @lemmy.world 3w ago
  I heard she is an ex IDF soldier. If true she can fuck off. Movie sucked because of CGI dwarves that could of been played by little people. Also fact we didn't need a live action Snow White.
  
  Alexstarfire @lemmy.world 3w ago
  Isn't serving in the military mandatory in Israel?
  
  caseyweederman @lemmy.ca 3w ago
  Service is mandatory
  
  ORbituary @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago
  All Israeli citizens of sound body and mind need to serve. They're almost all ex soldiers.
  
  Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago
  I heard she is an ex IDF soldier
  And proud of it. She's more than earned her nickname Genocide Barbie.
  If true she can fuck off
  Movie sucked because of CGI dwarves that could of been played by little people. Also fact we didn't need a live action Snow White.
  Absolutely true as well
  
  BussyGyatt @feddit.org 3w ago
  iitc all israelis have 2 years of mandatory service when yhey come of age
ur_ONLEY_freind @lemmy.zip 3w ago
Or the movie "snow white" hurt the movie "snow white" at the box office
- Lucidlethargy @sh.itjust.works 3w ago
  It was so effing bad.
- YiddishMcSquidish @lemmy.today 3w ago
  
  It always has to be some outside factor with these idiots. Good forbid they look inward and ask some tough questions to themselves, i.e. "why do all MY movies bomb so bad?"
lemmylump @lemmy.world 3w ago
Or...or, it sucked and she's actually a terrible actress.
- dustyData @lemmy.world 3w ago
  I don't think she's a terrible actress. More like middling. She really struggles with bad directors and poor scripts. She doesn't have that geniality to inject original interpretation into her characters. I mean, I've seen analysis by body language acting specialists that say that all actors in snow white shared the same bad body language mistakes, and that's a direction error. They were told to act that way, and they did. As is half of their job. The other half is saying "great, that was fun. But would you give me two or more takes to try something different?"
  
  rafoix @lemmy.zip 3w ago
  Nah, she’s terrible. I’ve yet to see a scene in any movie that is better because she’s in it. Even Mark Walhberg can act better than her and he can’t act.
  
  PapaStevesy @lemmy.world 3w ago
  She doesn't have that geniality to inject original interpretation into her characters.
  That's like the definition of a bad actor.
  I've seen analysis by body language acting specialists
  What, why?
PieMePlenty @lemmy.world 3w ago
More like the movie sucked and her genocidal views didn't help the matter. Get your head out of your ass.
ThePowerOfGeek @lemmy.world 3w ago
This is complete bullshit. Zegler's one or two pro-Palestine comments made barely any difference to how the movie was received. And Gadot saying this smacks of of deflection and Israel persecution complex. By far the bigger factors were: nobody wanted to see it (and it was clearly a shallow money-grab by Disney), the whole dwarf portrayal fiasco, and Zegler being generally mouthy and unlikeable.
- ZoteTheMighty @lemmy.zip 3w ago
  Gal Gadot is probably mostly talking about herself. She's Israeli and has been pro-Israel for a long time.
  
  AlecSadler @lemmy.blahaj.zone 3w ago
  I'm American and I'm anti-american.
  See, it's easy.
- AmidFuror @fedia.io 3w ago
  Was there not a backlash to Snow White being portrayed by a person of color? Prior to everyone knowing it was also a bad movie, I have to think that would have had an impact. Especially because a major part of Disney's market is appealing to families in flyover states.
  
  ThePowerOfGeek @lemmy.world 3w ago
  Good point. That was another factor. There were a lot of scandals (some legit, some silly) the with that movie. But Disney supposedly pushing some sort of anti-Israel agenda was not one of them.
  
  Zorque @lemmy.world 3w ago
  There's always a backlash when there's someone non-white (and often non-male) in a leading role in a movie these days. Often they really only get traction when the movie sucks, though.
  
  Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today 3w ago
  seems like they were all railing on rachel zelger for some reason.
AmazingAwesomator @lemmy.world 3w ago
the movie was pretty bad...
i described it to my friend like this, and had to double verify that i was not joking; this actually happened in the movie:
the movie didnt know what it wanted to be. it flipped back and forth between a mediocre comedy and an ultra-serious drama so quickly that when someone gets shot, goes into surgery and the tone changes to somber the audience is left to believe an important character just died............ "GuESs wHAt TiME iT iS?!" and happy breakout into song and dance.
i just couldnt after that and left.
- lobut @lemmy.ca 3w ago
  I mean, my favourite TV show does that all the time! Scrubs can swap on a dime. Then again it's made by the masterful Bill Lawrence.
  
  Cethin @lemmy.zip 3w ago
  I would say it works in Scrubs because it breaks the rules of how you should handle it. They knew what they were doing well enough to make it work anyway. Most of the time it'll probably not work, but if you're a master then you can take the rules and break them to your advantage.
NotASharkInAManSuit @lemmy.world 3w ago
Disney fans don’t give a fuck about Palestine, sometimes there is just such a thing as a bad movie. People are tired of dumb live action remakes, and in general Snow White as a story just did not age well and was never going to be a success in modern cinema.
- humanspiral @lemmy.ca 3w ago
  The hero has a good voice, and movie had a couple of good songs. Usually a good Disney formula. That and a popular, somewhat good plot, fairy tale remake, is part of the formula.
  
  NotASharkInAManSuit @lemmy.world 3w ago
  That formula doesn’t work anymore. Doing the exact same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again will eventually show diminishing returns, and the overt racism and sexism of snow white just simply doesn’t have staying power. People don’t want that anymore. Even the blind consumers of disney.
SoftestSapphic @lemmy.world 3w ago
Disney making live action remakes (cheaper than animation) so they don't lose ownership of the IP is the worst reason a human being has ever made a movie for.
Anything produced for that goal will be shit
- NaibofTabr @infosec.pub 3w ago
  Counterpoint: I've read that this is the primary reason that Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse was produced - so that Sony could keep control over the Spider-man IP - and that was a fantastic movie.
  
  dustyData @lemmy.world 3w ago
  Sure, but Sony actually gave artists free reign to have fun and take risks with it. With the explicit intention of rejuvenating the IP. Unlike Disney which demand total risk aversion, formulaic and nostalgia based production, and no new creative thought whatsoever.
  
  atomicbocks @sh.itjust.works 3w ago
  This is true. Sony’s Spiderman contract is one of the last ones left from when Marvel was part of a hostile takeover in the 80s. There have been other examples of this behavior over the years for the same reason.
Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today 3w ago
Ms gal gadot, nepo her way into hollywood and cant act . no the movie was terribly written, plus adding insult to injury you have to be the LEAD in it, which are not a very good actor in. angeline was a better Maleficient anyways.
- beejboytyson @lemmy.world 3w ago
  This is the argument with my friend. Jolie is a good person, macklemoore is virtue signaling. She sacrificed a lot to change them little kids lives. Real change even if it's only 3-4 people. Mackle moore just sings about it.
  
  Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today 3w ago
  apparently she was in the IDF, that makes alot of sense of her nepotism.
  
  _cryptagion [he/him] @lemmy.dbzer0.com 3w ago
  Everybody does their party. People making art aren't any less important than people who "change them little kids".
orca @orcas.enjoying.yachts 3w ago
Zionists are excellent at not taking responsibility. She’s a wooden actor that makes bad films.
IWW4 @lemmy.zip 3w ago
Snow White failed because it was as just a bad idea…
- themeatbridge @lemmy.world 3w ago
  I watched the movie. The CGI dwarfs didn't bother me as much as I expected, but everything else was executed very poorly. Gadot was fucking terrible in the movie, and the "modernization" efforts just left the story garbled. It was a bad movie, and even my kids thought so.
  
  IWW4 @lemmy.zip 3w ago
  and the "modernization" efforts just left the story garbled
  Yeah.. just like King Kong and Tarzan it is a story that belongs to a bygone era.
npdean @lemmy.today 3w ago
Well, Zionists gonna zionist
- tastetheplague @sh.itjust.works 3w ago
  Zionize?
😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 @lemmy.world 3w ago
Gal is a stupid cunt. No one should care.
Octavio @lemmy.world 3w ago
I think it’s the fact that people have seen Gal Gadot’s acting skill before.
Juice @midwest.social 3w ago
Genocide Barbie, whose job is to repeat lines that are given to her, repeats line that was given to her
Concave1142 @lemmy.world 3w ago
I had no idea they even made a new Snow White. Guess I've been doing a good job at ignoring ads.
twinnie @feddit.uk 3w ago
The film was mediocre, but all the live action remakes have been.
thedruid @lemmy.world 3w ago
She is a meh actor who looks good. Her support of istaels government makes her a shit person. Will never watch her movies again
- beejboytyson @lemmy.world 3w ago
  Shi, always tried avoiding. When I seen her as ww I thought "Man whose d did you suck?" She came out of nowhere, a model, tone deaf, and bad at her job.
sunzu2 @thebrainbin.org 3w ago
Zegler insulted the target audience lol
DrDickHandler @lemmy.world 3w ago
Kalel nooooo!
mrdown @lemmy.world 3w ago
Projections like always, it's her side who pressure antioccupation, threaten them and call them antisemitic
fakero @lemmy.world 3w ago
Good.
DrSleepless @lemmy.world 3w ago
Or it could be that you were great in he first Wonder Woman movie but you’re not really a great actress
- limer @lemmy.ml 3w ago
  I did not like the Wonder Woman movie; it dehumanized the soldiers too much and it reminded me of fascist themes
- npdean @lemmy.today 3w ago
  She was not great. It was mediocre at best
- TVA @thebrainbin.org 3w ago
  Yeah, that was my first exposure to her and because of it I thought she was pretty good!
  Turns out that when her character was supposed to act weird and like she didn't know what was going on, it wasn't actually Gadot acting, but her lack of skill worked out for that particular movie.
resipsaloquitur @lemmy.world 3w ago
🙄
humanspiral @lemmy.ca 3w ago
Gal Gadot, had previous to Snow White casting or PR tour, openly blessed Israel's genocide. I doubt that her repeating zionazi views in promoting film would have improved box office. There was a zionazi campaign against the film because the "hero" was anti-genocide, even with Gadot, as villain, a key part of the film.
Publicity for this zionazi hasbara of blaming box office on lack of full zionazi dedication of the studio, is yet another example of absolute zionazi control over US politics and media through giving neutral toned attention to Gadot despite her objectively anti-human demonism.
Cocopanda @lemmy.world 3w ago
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