Wait wait wait...this movie was Elizabeth Bank’s idea, she’s the only one who wanted it, and she wrote and directed it. Her character is front and centre of the poster, she is the leader of the team, and she’s “the first Angel to become a Bosley”...is this a fucking fanfic? Is this Elizabeth Banks putting her own self-insert fanfic character into a franchise?

“Men won’t watch action movies starring women” she says as she promotes her REMAKE of a successful film and television franchise starring 3 women.

If you wanted people to see a badass character who is female. Write a badass character and make em female. Dont make a badass character built around the fact she is female

Literally banks said "cisgender white male" and then just did cisgender white woman instead

Why is the song for a film called Charlie's Angels named "DON'T call me Angel". What are you then, flightless birds? Shall I call you emus? Charlie's ostriches?

Dear Ms. Banks, My wife wanted to watch pitch perfect, so we saw it. My wife wanted to see twilight, so we saw it. My wife doesn't want to see this. And that's the bar you failed to clear.

Men don't like movies with female leads... begging for a Black Widow solo for nearly 10 years.

I honestly believe that Banks auditioned for the 2000's movie, didn't get the role, and this is her way of making us pay for it

I miss when female characters actually had flaws and personalities other than “strong female character”.

Elizabeth banks saying "men have had all these Spider-Man movies" sounds like she assumes that women can't enjoy Spider-Man...when they're basically the only super hero movies I like!

"This isn't a movie for men." A few days after the movie releases: "Why aren't men watching my movie???"

Why weren't the Angels three men being ordered around by Charlie, secretly a woman? Banks wasted this reboot.

Being female is not a personality trait. That was the issue with this movie. And men are not inherently evil. Also another issue.

"Totally Spies" "Dragon Tales" "Winx Club" bro stop listing off my childhood it is freaking me out

Amanda: "Can we get a Winx Club Movie?" watching this in 2021: No, but we can get a crappy Netflix series.

"From a cisgendered straight white male perspective" Ah, yes. Now for a new perspective from a cisgendered straight white woman! Cuz that's different!

them dragging down all the guy characters reminds me of something this girl said in a book review, “making every other character horrible, doesn’t make your main one good.”

What I liked about the Charlie’s Angel movie is I didn’t see it

"women don't walk into a room and immediately start fighting" Well, no, in the civilized world no one does. But if I'm walking into an action movie I darn well expect to see some action. And having seen the other Charlie's Angels movies, I expect some crazy shenanigans as strong, fierce, gorgeous women proceed with the ass kicking, and I say this as a young woman who would also presumably be part of the target demographic. I've seen Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels full throttle dozens of times and while I can say there is definitely cheese, I always thought they were pretty great in terms of trying to empower women. Yeah, there are a lot of male fanservice moments, but what I always took away was that women could be just as badass as men. And because they were women that would often be underestimated it made those badass moments even greater because they overcame insurmountable odds and came out on top. They were strong, athletic, smart, witty, on top of being absolutely gorgeous and incredibly confident. Everything a girl or young woman could possibly aspire to be. The franchise didn't need a "feminist reboot" and would probably have done much better if the director wasn't framing it that way and challenging and outright attacking people who didn't want to go assuming it was going to reflect her man hating attitude. All she had to do was come up with a decent action flick, market it as an action movie that featured strong women, and leave it at that and they'd have been fine. Slapping that manhating feminist agenda is what killed it. And no, I'm not saying feminism is the problem. I'm saying the directors version of it is.

I rather watch the Charlie's Angels starring my crush, Lucy Liu.

I FULLY stand by a Winx, WITCH, or Totally Spies movie. Those would be amazing honestly. Edit: y'all need to pump the damn brakes on telling me the TV show sucked. Yeah, I know. No one likes that they whitewashed and able washed everything cutting out the autistic and Latina characters. LITERALLY no one said they wanted a show. I said a MOVIE. If you make one more idiotic joke about this being my fault because I didn't want a TV show, go after the creator of the Sabrina comics, the ATLA Fandom, and the damn Charmed Fandom while you're at it because their reboots ALL SUCKED TOO if you're an "original is superior" fan. No one likes the way they're making the live action ATLA, no one like the movie TLA, no one liked the Charmed reboot that tokenized women of color. Netflix takes things and ruins them. That's why my comment NEVER SAID "I FULLY stand by a Winx, WITCH, or Totally Spies Netflix remake with creative freedom."

Yeah I’m sick of reboots, also sick of the Disney live actions coming out rather than new original movies :/

Elizabeth Banks, who co-starred in the Hunger Games, complained that a female-led franchise wasn't getting followed?

Men don’t care about the lead’s gender. Nobody does. People only care if the movie is shit or not.

I can’t be the only person who thinks the new Charlie’s Angels Movie, for all their griping about being “for women” and “in response to sexism” was actually kinda sexist? Like they had all the traditional female tropes - like freaking out over a big closet and always having perfect makeup.

It's the usual situation: - Make a movie starring women. - Say you're fighting sexism. - Pretend all previous, popular movies starring women don't exist. - Insult men as much as you can. - Put no effort in your movie, showing how low an opinion of the gender you're supposedly praising you really have, because you expect them to show up just because women star in it. - No one goes to see it. - Blame men for it. If these kind of filmmakers put as much effort in their movies as they put in their constant audience insulting they'd make billions.

What Banks thinks women want: Charlie Angels reboot What we women really want: Ninja Turtles on Ice

"There's been 37 Spider-Man films" Dude you were literally Betty Brandt

"There's only a white, cis male perspective" does she not realise 2/3 of those adjectives apply to her...

Sure is a privilege to be able to piss away about $50mil of someone else's money and still have a job in the morning.

Honestly wasn't the original Charlies angels a movie meant to empower women? I mean the OG movie had three powerful kick ass girls who fought to save the world in a spy like fashion. unless i'm remembering one of my favorite movies wrong. I grew up watching the OC Charlies Angels.

"Can we do a Winx Club movie?" Well, that aged well

How she asked men to watch her movie to 'return the favor' sounds so pathetic, to be honest.

Successful franchise with a female lead: The Hunger Games. Tons of actions scenes with the female lead, hell, the whole thing is about an underdog with a voice. Important female characters in ALL four movies, and f*cking Elizabeth Banks WAS one of them, even appearing in the action long after her character was put aside in the books.

Totally Spies > Charlie's Angels Change my mind.

The 2000's Charlie's Angles were fun. They were over the top, the actresses had great chemistry and Demi Moore was bad ass.

Tangled, Hustlers, Frozen, Mama Mia, The Hunger Games trilogy, Maleficent, Mulan, Alita, Captain Marvel, Little Women, Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider, Moana and the Twilight series (which even had Kristen Stewart as the lead) were all female lead (or so called “female movies”) that scored high at the box office (at least 150M - 1B$). Pretty sure not only women saw those movies if they were able to reach that high. It’s literally less of who is in the movie (male/female, ethnicity, etc.) but more of how the movie was made/what is the movie/the anticipation of the movie. She’s literally blaming men for making a terrible film. Which is a complete disgrace to Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore.

I LOVED the 2000s Charlie's Angels movies. They were over the top and cheesy but so iconic at the same time

Remember the good old days of Catwoman and Elektra when people could say that a female led movie was bad without being called some variation of mysogynistic?

So it was you that brought the curse of the netflix winx club upon us

It’s really disappointing for me as a women to see so many women in the public eye promote feminism in a way that degrades and looks down on men. Feminism is not (at least it shouldn’t be) about bringing down men to bring women up. It’s about EQUALITY. Yes there is misogyny in many parts of society and I’m not saying that it’s not an issue and that we shouldn’t be addressing it but the way I see so many women going about it is just horrible and disappointing.

Irony: Banks arguing that there aren't enough female lead franchises that are available yet also starring in one of the most popular franchises starring a female lead; The Hunger Games.

"I've been asked to go to see male-lead movies, men should return the favor." -Every man dragged out to see a chickflick would like to have a word with you. I mean, this is a thing so prevalent it's actually a cliche, a man dragging his feet as his woman drags him out to a theater or some artsy flick. Do you know what isn't so common it's a cliche? Women reluctantly being dragged to action flicks. It's like she literally took the narrative and said the exact opposite and hoped noone would notice... and noone did!

You: Let's get a winx club live action! Me, watching this on december 2020: 👁👄👁

Banks: "They are not trained assassins, they're not John Wicks" Me: But isn't that what a spy basically is

“Men have 37 spiderman movies but wont see 1 female led action series” Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure there are women who enjoy spiderman movies too

"Hi. I'm a woman and I didn't like your movie." Is exactly what I said and was then explained to how the patriarchy has conditioned me to dislike movies made by women and I have given up.

the statement at the start was so odd. she was staring in a reboot of a movie with 3 women in the leading roles and acts like the concept of a female on film is something ground breaking new, with only these sexist males stoping it from becoming a hit.

“This movie isn’t for men.” Men don’t watch it. “This movie failed because of sexist men.” Me-(Violently bangs head on wall)

ATTENTION!!!!! Charlie's Angels Full Throttle: there was a scene where Kelly Garrett tells Dylan/ Drew Barrymore, "Angels are like diamonds, they can't be made, You have to find them." Charlie's Angels 2019 there is an academy where women are basically made to become an angels.

“Hi I’m a woman & I didn’t like your movie” 😂😂😂 SAME.

The biggest thing the entertainment industry needs to know: “Know when the horse is dead and don’t keep hitting it.”

You can be a powerful female without bringing down the other sex. It’s not that hard.

Men can’t watch female led movies Except for: Aliens Wonder Woman Xena warrior princess Kill Bill Hunger games Charlies Angels (2000’s) Captain Marvel (even tho it sucked) Thelma and Louise Resident evil Tomb raider Underworld Haywire Sucker Punch Frozen Mulan Lilo and stich Brave Matilda Black swan Gravity Juno Pride and prejudice Lucy Jackie Brown ... Thats some toxic masculinity right there guys

"You opened it with a close up of Kristen Stewart, which is smart"

“Can we get a Winx movie?” You flew too close to the sun...

"We need men to watch a movie about why we dont need men, or my movie wont make enough money" - Elizabeth Banks

Barbie: Spy Squad was a better movie than this Charlie's Angel remake.

Great review! Technical note: There are several audio pops at your jump cuts. I recommend an audio cross-dissolve or fade out/fade back in, center-panned, lasting just 2 or 4 frames, to smooth out those particular cuts. Or, you could take it to the next level: open up the audio tracks to look at the audio waveforms. Clip off the pops at the beginning and ending of clips. But be sure to replace that gap with some room tone to smooth over the transition. Keep up the good work!

“can we get a winx club movie?” oh you shouldn’t have asked

Natasha Romanov (black Widow) is an amazing example of how to write a good character. There is a scene in Avengers Assemble where Nat is tied to a chair during an interrogation, where the men are revealing their evil plans to her because they underestimate her and do not see her as a threat. (So she uses that to her advantage and is really interrogating them) and then proceeds to take down all the people in the room still tied to the chair.

This was like a live action Totally Spies movie, but I'm convinced an actual live action Totally Spies movie would have been much better.

one of my favorite parts of the Charlie's Angels was the Thin Man, also a hitman, also doesn't talk. Dude is just a *Freak* and was perfectly played by Crispin Glover, and his face-turn in the second movie was incredible. I don't like him because he's a man, but because _He's. So. Fucking. WEIRD._ and yet *competent!* Could have been played by a woman and been just as unique. And we kind get an _idea_ of what his deal is, but we never *really* do. I haven't seen the 2019 version but it sounds like it could have used a Thin Man/Woman/Person to spice things up.

Found you from Leon Lush's recent video and love your channel! Keep it up!

Dude, a totally spies movie would be so dope

"Men have 37 Spiderman movies but won't see 1 female lead action series" Except I'm pretty sure the whole world would go crazy for a Spider Gwen movie!

People like Elizabeth Banks: “I don’t need white, cis men to see my movie!” After the inevitable failure at the box office: “The reason my movie didn’t do so well is toxic, sexist, men!🤬”

Seriously one of my most exciting theater experiences as a young boy was watching Charlie's Angels 2000 and running out of the theater doing jumpkicks.

I laughed when u said Kristen Stewart was there to attract a lesbian / bi audience bc she’s literally the only reason I saw it lmao they got me

“I’m convinced that she convinced herself that men needed to go see this movie in order for it to be successful that she didn’t even consider if women were gonna go see her movie.” *What can we say- The accurate truth hurts*

We’re getting tired of directors relying on a female lead for their movie to be successful

You brought up totally spies and I use to watch it so much as a kid, it's on Amazon prime and I'm binging them now 🤣💕 love your channel, just found it a couple days ago but obsessed with your comments on movies and pop culture. Truly love it!

I remember when Elizabeth B. was trying to talk shit to Steven S. at a award show, for not making a movie with a main female lead. She kept going on and on negativity about his movie. Until someone reminded her that he directed The Color Purple. A movie that was about two women....that was multiple Oscar nominated........She damn sure forgot about that one!!!

I had no idea there were no movies starring women before this Charlie’s Angels movie, wow how stunning and brave

I just love the way you establish proper discourse with this topic (the original series and y2k movies close 2 my heart). The cheesy liners, the quips, and just the way you talked through -- I found myself nodding a lot, and saying, "Yes, that's exactly what I thought!.." 😆😫 Haha! Lots of love and light to you and your channel

The original is "feminist" enough, imo.

"Women didn't go see your movie either." Maybe, just maybe, putting a female protagonist in a movie does not make a good movie--and **thinking that simply making your protagonist a woman will make your stuff good is not a feminist thing to do** Making sure your protagonists and characters are well constructed? Nahhhhhhh

"My angels are not John Wicks, they're not Jason Bournes, they're not James Bonds" Translation....They are not FUN

0:19 I will, I love the hunger games, I like mulan, captain marvel, I'd like to see black widow when it comes out, the movie just has to look like it's not gonna suck, and there aren't that many women who do movies in genres I like, who are also good enough at acting to be leads.

i cant believe this far back amanda predicted the winx disaster

imagine making a movie about how women dont need men.....then getting mad that men dont go to watch it.

It’s not about men seeing women lead films. It’s about GOOD women lead films. I dragged my Stallone and Shwarzenegger loving boyfriend to Little Women, with him knowing nothing about. And he LOVED it, said it was the best film he’s seen so far this year. In the past, women in leading roles and positions in the film industry were few and far between, but that’s changed HUGELY in the past 10 years. I just wish some of them (like Banks) would stop talking and start walking.

Clicked on this vid randomly and really enjoyed your commentary, there's just one thing: the 2000s films aren't the originals, they were also reboots of 60(?)s films. But 100% agreed with you and found your comments super interesting, going to check out your other vids now ☺️

The 2000s Charlie's Angels movies were the best to date.

Elizabeth Banks: "Men don't go and see films about women! All films with women in the lead role(s) are doomed in this patriarchal society! “ Also Elizabeth Banks: made bank off her appearances in the hunger games franchise.

Fun fact about "Don't Call Me Angel": it sounds like 3 random musicians were airdropped into a brutally generic pop track because they basically were! Don't Call Me Angel was lightly rewritten from a cut Ariana Grande b-side, and they gave parts of Ariana's segments to Miley Cyrus. Lana sounded like she had no reason to be there because she didn't, I don't believe her conspicuously slow distorted portion was in the original demo. But hey, gotta get butts in seats by any means necessary, let's throw her in too

I see your point about movies with active franchises doing well compared to inactive franchises. I guess you can say it's the same reason why Ghostbusters 2016 flopped. However, I don't think that's true, especially with the excitement shown for the upcoming release of Ghostbuster Afterlife.

I think casting Kristen “Blank-Faced Bella” Stewart alongside two lesser-know actresses was a big part of why this movie failed. The 2000 movie killed it at the box office largely due to the iconic cast. I mean, had Zendaya, Hailee Steinfeld, and Florence Pugh been the angels, I very much doubt the film would have been such a flop.

I'm genuinely getting so annoyed with "feminist" movies, I was actually kind of excited for this movie- I had hope. But nope- people can't seem to write female characters without making a huge political statement. Character development? A molded personality? Why do that when I can just make my character's personality *female*

I am a guy, and have watch: Hunger Games -Trilogy Star Wars 7-9 Trilogy Ocean 8 Divergent - Trilogy Wonder Woman Captain Marvel Tomb Raider Salt Pitch Perfect - Trilogy The Net -both etc Not all great of course. But leads male/female doesnt matter. Story does.

That intro made a subscriber out of me 😁 Also, you're good at what you do; (from what I've seen) your takes are well researched and well presented in a refreshingly measured way. Keep it up!

“Can we do a live action winx club movie” Oh no... God no...

that's what happens when you try to turn an already feminist movie into a feminist movie YA BASIC!

Real talk: I would watch the hell out of Ninja Turtles on ice.

Crazy, this is the vid that brought me to you’re channel. And I talked shit just because it wasn’t what I was looking for at the time. You then replied peacefully, I became a fan and have watched all your stuff since. And now here I am rewatching this vid in a different light knowing it’ll be a good review of the movie. It might be slightly more profound than it sounds to me because it’s 3:30 am and I can’t sleep lol

Great review - keep em coming! Also, what is that middle switch on the wall in then background?

When an actual feminist calls out a toxic “Femanist” 👏👏👏

I love how Elizabeth Banks thinks men should "return the favor" by seeing her movie. News flash, Elizabeth: People don't see movies to do YOU a favor. They see movies to be entertained without an agenda being shoved down their throats. Clearly you failed here.

The reason men boycotted captain marvel was because Bree Larson went on talk shows saying it's not for men.

Hi, Amanda. I'm old enough to remember the '70s TV show, which I occasionally watched. I saw the first feature film in a movie theater. I remember getting a wild adrenaline rush when I saw it. I've seen parts of "Full Throttle" on television. For me, Bernie Mac, may he rest in peace, stole the second film as Bosley. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music