canthidium@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGary Oldman Says ‘Thank God’ for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Dark Knight’ Movies Because ‘They Saved Me’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down123 cross-posted to: entertainment@lemmit.online
arrow-up1248arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilink cross-posted to: entertainment@lemmit.online
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down14·1 year agoYou’re not wrong. But the title is literally his quote.
minus-squareArtificialLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·1 year agoA lot are but it takes it outta context and twists his point slightly.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down13·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-21 year agoNext time I talk to Variety I’ll let them know.
minus-squareGamoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoYou respond like you didn’t specifically ask how.
minus-squarerifugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoI think /u/WarmSoda may be as pleasant in real life as their username.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoNah, theres just no reason for people to care this much.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoIt’s pretty funny you don’t understand what a rhetorical question is.
minus-squareasret@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoI’d prefer titles that more accurately described the content - they don’t necessarily have to quote the content.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year 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-squareArtificialLinklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year 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.