Why Do Actors Think They Can Direct?

I didn't say I liked her work, but I'm not readily dismissing her entire career. It's dumb to generalize any person's entire career as one label. It's clearly your subjective point of view. Many people and critics happen to like some of her work. It's all about personal taste.. yours isn't any better than someone else's just because you might have watched more movies than someone else. In fact, we don't even know each other, so you don't know that and I'm rather young (so I may watch quite a lot more).. but it doesn't make my opinion any less correct or valid than yours.

Whenever someone likes a medium of art that you dislike, that doesn't mean that the medium is trash or a "gullible low"... that just means you don't happen to have the same taste. You are being immature because you are only accepting your point of view as correct when this is a debate that can never have a correct answer. Critical reception of a film is not natural science where there are facts and exact paths to acquire solutions. Movies are not defined as one or the other, it's all debatable. Whether a movie or actor is "good" or "bad" is highly subjective and it varies in perspective from person to person. Some people like Meryl Streep, and others do not like her acting style or think her work is good. Are they in the minority? Probably, but that doesn't mean they're wrong. It just means they have a different taste and look at a performance style or film genre differently. It's not a crime to have a spectrum of opinions amongst a population of moviegoers.

As for Angelina, some people genuinely like some of her work - not all of her work- and that doesn't make those people any less invested in film or any less of a movie buff. Do I think she's made rather poor decisions in her acting career? Yes. Do I think she's made good ones, too? Absolutely. Do I think her directing is so horrible that no scriptwriters or investors will ever deem her as worthy? Hardly. Unbroken was not that bad, and honestly, many screenwriters or investors would want Jolie's name over a movie. She's become a brand -whether you're a fan of the brand or not- and brands have hits and misses. I'm sure your life has had a ton of hits and misses, but those bad moments (no matter how common) do not define you entirely... so why are you doing the same with someone else's life and career? If you love and watch movies so much, then why don't you just wait to see these movies instead of diluting any sort of positive critical reception from them before they get released simply because of a director's name. Who knows, she actually might make a really good movie one day. This one, honestly, was not that bad.

Ruben, if you still believe the old feminist lie that women make only 47 cents for a mans dollar, then I don't know what to tell you. I know of so many cases where this is so wrong that it's not even funny. Considering how powerful feminist lobbying has been, (and how offended they get at every little thing), it's highly, and I mean HIGHLY unlikely that a pay discrepancy like that would exist. In many situations I know for sure it doesn't, but I don't know about every single job, so I'll leave it at that. We're going on 2015 and the US has a black president. Human beings have more rights than ever today. The fact that this myth of the "oppressed female" still lingers in society today tells me everything, to be honest. It only further validates the idea that we've been subjected to years of feminist propaganda. But there's a video on youtube of a WOMAN disproving that old "wage gap" delusion, so you're welcome to search for it.

You want proof that its not a Men's world? Ok. Well first of all, what does a "Man's world" mean? I'm male and definitely do NOT feel privileged in the slightest. So I'll answer it from a societal perspective. Double standards are everywhere. In society, misandry is rife and usually accepted, because men allow it to happen. Feminists have made a society where women are seen as victims. That leaves men as the aggressors (yikes, good one feminists. They're hurting both sexes!). Don't get me started on how police rarely believe a male if he claims to be assaulted by a female. If you have a man and a woman commit a crime, historically the woman would get much less (if any) jail time compared to the male. Maybe that's changed somewhat by today, but definitely held true for a long while.

"International women's day." Hmmmm. So there's a day celebrated just for a someone being a woman? And before you respond, yes there is technically a men's version, HOWEVER nobody even notices or cares about that. Google didn't do a doodle for the men's verson. They do a doodle for the women's version. There's a poster in my college advertising it aswell. I always wonder if women feel guilty or even slightly ashamed for the blatant sexism. Knowing them, I'd say they probably eat up the attention and don't really care about males. A shame. (Based on my experiences, I'm just assuming that most females don't really care about male problems. I could be wrong, though).

From my limited experiences, courts vastly favor women. From what I've witnessed, people will take a woman's word regarding harrasment over any evidence exonerating the supposed male perpetrator.

If you seriously need to be asking me for proof that its not a men's world, I'm at a loss. The only reason "international women's day" probably exists or gets widespread recognition is because feminists lobbied for it. Obama's government caves in. You can try and tell me its a "Man's world" all you want.


Every United States president has been male. So what does that mean, exactly? Do you even realize that the majority of voters have been female? Lol. Not to mention having every president be male doesn't even slightly suggest that it's a "Man's world". These days though, presidency is determined by lobbying and is carefully monitored by those holding tremendous influence. Also, the Chancellor of Germany is a female. The Brazilian president is also a female. There's tons of females in political power these days. But I thought it was a men's WORLD?


I have NOTHING against women, and I realize double standards, expectations, etc go both ways. I'm not disputing that. I'm simply focusing on the societal disadvantages men are placed at. Oh, and maybe to top it off, I'll just say that men have much, much higher homeless and suicide rates than women, yet specialists only try to look for the classic FEMALE signs of depression (sadness, no energy, dim view of world), instead of male-specific signs such as stress, trouble at work, low libido etc.

I really could go on and on Ruben. I'm just asking that you properly inform yourself.

Last but not least I urge you to go up to a homeless guy, or a guy whose wife just got custody of his kids (it could be any societal thing where males are at a disadvantage; there's too many to list)and tell him that it's a "Man's world". You'll probably get punched. And finally, I suggest you look up thunderf00t or TheAmazingAtheist on youtube if you want to see dumb feminists get countered by logic and facts. I probably won't respond to your reply (if you do so), or visit these boards again. It dawned on me when I was typing this. I just don't have the time to inform people on the internet. There's a huge chance they won't even listen to what you're saying, as is so often the case. So I'll leave you with this response for you to ponder over if you choose to.



My conclusion (which I'll just state instead of typing out even more stuff) is that it's not a man's world. There have been women in power going centuries into the past, and there are women in power today. It's a rich persons world. Sex need not apply. The rich have always been privileged throughout history. That's the truth and is not open for debate. In the past, there have been universal male suffrage movements to allow all adult males to vote. This is because it was the rich who oppressed all others. Not men "oppressing" women or any stupid crap like that.