canthidium@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGary Oldman Says ‘Thank God’ for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Dark Knight’ Movies Because ‘They Saved Me’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down122
arrow-up1257arrow-down1external-linkGary Oldman Says ‘Thank God’ for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Dark Knight’ Movies Because ‘They Saved Me’variety.comcanthidium@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down14·7 months agoYou’re not wrong. But the title is literally his quote.
minus-squareArtificialLink@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·7 months agoA lot are but it takes it outta context and twists his point slightly.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down13·7 months ago "Thank God for ‘Harry Potter.’ I tell you, the two — ‘Batman’ and ‘Harry Potter’ — really, they saved me, That’s his exact quote. How long do you want the title, which is quoting him, to be?
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·7 months ago“Gary Oldman thanks Batman, Harry Potter for ‘saving’ his family life”. Accurate, informative, and shorter than the given title.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down15·edit-27 months agoNext time I talk to Variety I’ll let them know.
minus-squareGamoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·7 months agoYou respond like you didn’t specifically ask how.
minus-squarerifugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoI think /u/WarmSoda may be as pleasant in real life as their username.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoNah, theres just no reason for people to care this much.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-27 months agoIt’s pretty funny you don’t understand what a rhetorical question is.
minus-squareasret@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·7 months agoI’d prefer titles that more accurately described the content - they don’t necessarily have to quote the content.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·7 months agoWhile you may be technically correct, a quote taken out of context can be misleading, as is the case here. They chose the quote to be the title for that purpose. That’s clickbait.
minus-squareArtificialLink@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·7 months agoThe title does not need to be a quote to give you information about the article. They use the quote out of context specifically to twist it slightly and get more clicks.
You’re not wrong. But the title is literally his quote.
A lot are but it takes it outta context and twists his point slightly.
That’s his exact quote. How long do you want the title, which is quoting him, to be?
“Gary Oldman thanks Batman, Harry Potter for ‘saving’ his family life”.
Accurate, informative, and shorter than the given title.
Next time I talk to Variety I’ll let them know.
You respond like you didn’t specifically ask how.
I think /u/WarmSoda may be as pleasant in real life as their username.
Nah, theres just no reason for people to care this much.
It’s pretty funny you don’t understand what a rhetorical question is.
I’d prefer titles that more accurately described the content - they don’t necessarily have to quote the content.
Cool dude
While you may be technically correct, a quote taken out of context can be misleading, as is the case here.
They chose the quote to be the title for that purpose. That’s clickbait.
The title does not need to be a quote to give you information about the article. They use the quote out of context specifically to twist it slightly and get more clicks.