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  • 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 230 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 48 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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 89 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Isn't serving in the military mandatory in Israel?

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She did a lot more than the mandatory minimum, she cheerled them and praises them every chance she gets.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

That would definitely warrant the negative statements.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You get sent to prison if you dodge the draft. Fuck every single Israeli who chooses participating in genocide over a prison sentence

there more I live the more I respect the friends I met who preferred jail to the army.

lost contact with them, but I hold more respect for them the longer I live.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

But, they are only following orders.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

And how did that go for the last group of fascists that used that as an excuse?

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter fuck her she a shit actress.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

I don't have an issue with that opinion. It's the condemning her for serving in the military when it seems like she had no choice that I have a problem with.

Not that I know her opinion on the current state of Isreal.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There are Israelis who chose prison time over serving in their colonial occupation army.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

She did more than serve the mandatory amount, she chose to promote them and publicly supports them.

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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She didn't have the obligation to express her proudness of doing the "service " though

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The comment above needs to say that then. They had issue with her serving at all.

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

All Israeli citizens of sound body and mind need to serve. They're almost all ex soldiers.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago

Prison is an option. I get why people didn’t do it before, but you would not catch my ass in the Israeli military right now. It’s better to go to prison than participate in a genocide.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks 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

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[–] ur_ONLEY_freind@lemmy.zip 85 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or the movie "snow white" hurt the movie "snow white" at the box office

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 74 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or...or, it sucked and she's actually a terrible actress.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 31 points 2 weeks 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 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks 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 48 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gal Gadot is probably mostly talking about herself. She's Israeli and has been pro-Israel for a long time.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago

I'm American and I'm anti-american.

See, it's easy.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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 10 points 2 weeks 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.

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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 15 points 2 weeks 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.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

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.

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 28 points 2 weeks ago

Zionists are excellent at not taking responsibility. She’s a wooden actor that makes bad films.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Snow White failed because it was as just a bad idea…

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] npdean@lemmy.today 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, Zionists gonna zionist

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Gal is a stupid cunt. No one should care.

[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s the fact that people have seen Gal Gadot’s acting skill before.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago

The film was mediocre, but all the live action remakes have been.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 12 points 2 weeks ago

Genocide Barbie, whose job is to repeat lines that are given to her, repeats line that was given to her

[–] Concave1142@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

I had no idea they even made a new Snow White. Guess I've been doing a good job at ignoring ads.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She is a meh actor who looks good. Her support of istaels government makes her a shit person. Will never watch her movies again

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Zegler insulted the target audience lol

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Kalel nooooo!

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