I think it’s one of the things that
worries and concerns some of the critics
whether for smart or stupid reasons some
people didn’t want you to see these
films welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 movies that were boycotted before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at movies that some people felt so
strongly about for whatever reason that
they urged audiences to stay away are
you going what are you hiding
number 10 Mad Max fury road when the
trailers were first released everyone
was ecstatic at the prospect of another
entry in the Mad Max franchise now
everyone but a men’s rights blog which
called for a boycott claiming the film
was feminist propaganda quote posing as
a guy flick the blog took issue with
Charlize Theron scare achter claiming
she was too prominent and that max
seemed like a side character you know
hope is a mistake the activists also
feared that male viewers would be quote
duped and to seeing the movie due to the
explosions and action they also cited
the Mad Max films as being American
culture despite every work in the
franchise being filmed in Australia in
addition to being both written and
directed by an Australian
number nine the Harry Potter franchise
you’re a wizard Harry this is by far the
longest boycott on this list when the
first Harry Potter book was released it
was a surprising success and was
eventually published around the world
spawning multiple sequels
however some religious groups took
extreme issue with the books apparent
occult and satanic themes claiming the
adventures of Harry Potter and his
friends would cause their children to
turn to dark magic this led to boycotts
and bans of the books and anything else
relating to the Wizarding World
predictably this boycott also expanded
to include the decade-long film
franchise
[Music]
number eight Casino Royale why is it
people who can’t take advice always
insist on giving it not a fan of Daniel
Craig as James Bond then allow us to
introduce you to some people who took
that dislike to the extreme after the
casting was announced in the mid-2000s a
group of self-proclaimed quote true Bond
fans were furious that Craig was chosen
to portray the character for a few
reasons but the most notable one was his
blond hair the boycott of Casino Royale
was launched largely by a website called
Daniel Craig is not bond calm it claimed
Craig shouldn’t be bond for reasons
ranging from his hair color and quote
rough face to his previous acting roles
despite this many have praised Craig’s
version of double-oh-seven
including former Bond actors Shaun was
the killer and I was the lover now I see
Daniel Craig I know he was a killer
number 7 The Passion of the Christ the
main reason for this boycott seemed to
come down to misrepresentation many
members of the Jewish community
supported the boycott claiming the film
was anti-semitic and depicted Jewish
people as evil others took issue with
the film’s accuracy claiming the film
didn’t portray the setting or story
correctly
boy still others claimed the choice to
cast a Caucasian man as Jesus was
whitewashing since Jesus is historically
of Middle Eastern descent in response to
all these controversies director Mel
Gibson claimed but the film was faithful
to the story but acknowledged that he
did creatively interpret parts of it I
think that the Holy Ghost is real I
believe that he’s looking favorably on
this film number 6 the hateful eight
well I’ll be double-dog damned you’d
think a Tarantino boycott would be
because of violence and not choice
language but before the release of
Quentin Tarantino’s film the hateful
eight multiple boycotts were proposed
some of which were created or backed by
u.s. police unions and organizations due
to comments he made at a black lives
matter protest the demonstration was a
response to multiple incidents of police
killing unarmed African Americans murder
I cannot stand by and I have to call the
murder the murder and I have to call the
murderers them Tarantino was at the
protest and publicly denounced the
officers as quote murderers causing some
to accuse Tarantino of promoting anti
police sentiments as a result several
law enforcement organizations called for
or publicly supported the boycott you
shouldn’t you shouldn’t knock the police
we feel like Quentin Tarantino he’s a
great filmmaker but he should stay away
from the political statements number
five Ghostbusters this is not good when
a reboot of the original Ghostbusters
was announced back in 2014
boycotts were immediately called some
took issue with the fact that it was a
reboot while others specifically
disliked that it was a Ghostbusters
reboot believing this new film would
taint the original however in 2015 more
extreme groups began calling for viewers
to skip this flick but for an entirely
different reason the female lead cast
some anti women and anti feminist groups
saw the film’s all-female cast as the
result of a quote feminist agenda
calling for a boycott of the feature
simply because it starred some funny
ladies
number four beasts of no nation does
remember when you are all poor boycotts
don’t always come from consumers they
can come from huge companies to the fuss
started when the distribution rights to
beasts of no nation were purchased by
Netflix who planned on releasing the
film the same day as its theatrical
release this didn’t sit well with
theatre companies who are upset that
Netflix didn’t honor the 90 day break
between a movie’s theatrical release and
its home entertainment release in
response AMC Regal Cinema and Carmike
refused to screen the film in their
theaters limiting its release to a few
smaller chains and independent theaters
the film was released as planned
and ended up being screened in just 31
theaters across the u.s. the fight
number three Star Wars Episode 7 the
force awakens Finn it’s short I’m right
while most were excited for a new entry
in the Star Wars saga
with the last major film being released
over a decade before some mainly white
supremacists and anti women groups were
not after the release of the first
teaser trailer a small portion of
Twitter users started the hashtags
boycott Star Wars and boycott Star Wars
7 accusing the film of pushing an anti
white and feminist agenda due to the
casting of the lead actors the hashtag
did gain traction but only thanks to the
amount of users mocking it despite the
overwhelmingly negative response to the
boycott these same groups were added
again a year later this time asking
people to hashtag
dump Star Wars rogue one may the force
be with us
number 2 Fifty Shades of Grey why are
you trying to change me ironically it
seems like this film couldn’t please
anyone the reasons people had for
boycotting this feature varied
drastically but three main groups can be
given credit for leading the charge
against Fifty Shades firstly there were
the anti-porn and anti BDSM people who
mistakenly believed it to be the same as
physical abuse if you remove the glitz
and the glamour the powerful job the
fancy suits it’s really just a story
about domestic violence and sexual abuse
against women the second group was fine
with BDS
them but took issue with the plot
claiming the relationship between the
two main characters was abusive finally
the third group was comprised of people
who participate in BDSM but who saw this
film as a huge misrepresentation of not
only BDSM but also those who enjoy it
that could just be the way to eternal
life before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
this is expected be treated as Egyptians
they should have the same rights they
should be paid for that work or you must
set them free it’s kinda like my father
is it okay if you tell me your name the
monks named me on if you don’t believe
me to the neither will they number one a
dogs purpose UK boy right before the
release of a dog’s purpose TMZ published
a video supposedly depicting the abuse
of one of the dog actors on set they can
do digging
in the video a dog is shown being
dragged into running water in a tank for
a scene seemingly struggling and
terrified the video then jumps ahead to
show the same dog submerged in the water
and a voice saying cut this prompted
backlash including a boycott called by
PETA however after an investigation by
the American Humane Association which
ensures no animals are hurt on set the
video was discovered to be falsified
with the footage having been edited to
be intentionally misleading the dog had
been in that water happily and even
afterwards too and dogs funny do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
worries and concerns some of the critics
whether for smart or stupid reasons some
people didn’t want you to see these
films welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 movies that were boycotted before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re taking a
look at movies that some people felt so
strongly about for whatever reason that
they urged audiences to stay away are
you going what are you hiding
number 10 Mad Max fury road when the
trailers were first released everyone
was ecstatic at the prospect of another
entry in the Mad Max franchise now
everyone but a men’s rights blog which
called for a boycott claiming the film
was feminist propaganda quote posing as
a guy flick the blog took issue with
Charlize Theron scare achter claiming
she was too prominent and that max
seemed like a side character you know
hope is a mistake the activists also
feared that male viewers would be quote
duped and to seeing the movie due to the
explosions and action they also cited
the Mad Max films as being American
culture despite every work in the
franchise being filmed in Australia in
addition to being both written and
directed by an Australian
number nine the Harry Potter franchise
you’re a wizard Harry this is by far the
longest boycott on this list when the
first Harry Potter book was released it
was a surprising success and was
eventually published around the world
spawning multiple sequels
however some religious groups took
extreme issue with the books apparent
occult and satanic themes claiming the
adventures of Harry Potter and his
friends would cause their children to
turn to dark magic this led to boycotts
and bans of the books and anything else
relating to the Wizarding World
predictably this boycott also expanded
to include the decade-long film
franchise
[Music]
number eight Casino Royale why is it
people who can’t take advice always
insist on giving it not a fan of Daniel
Craig as James Bond then allow us to
introduce you to some people who took
that dislike to the extreme after the
casting was announced in the mid-2000s a
group of self-proclaimed quote true Bond
fans were furious that Craig was chosen
to portray the character for a few
reasons but the most notable one was his
blond hair the boycott of Casino Royale
was launched largely by a website called
Daniel Craig is not bond calm it claimed
Craig shouldn’t be bond for reasons
ranging from his hair color and quote
rough face to his previous acting roles
despite this many have praised Craig’s
version of double-oh-seven
including former Bond actors Shaun was
the killer and I was the lover now I see
Daniel Craig I know he was a killer
number 7 The Passion of the Christ the
main reason for this boycott seemed to
come down to misrepresentation many
members of the Jewish community
supported the boycott claiming the film
was anti-semitic and depicted Jewish
people as evil others took issue with
the film’s accuracy claiming the film
didn’t portray the setting or story
correctly
boy still others claimed the choice to
cast a Caucasian man as Jesus was
whitewashing since Jesus is historically
of Middle Eastern descent in response to
all these controversies director Mel
Gibson claimed but the film was faithful
to the story but acknowledged that he
did creatively interpret parts of it I
think that the Holy Ghost is real I
believe that he’s looking favorably on
this film number 6 the hateful eight
well I’ll be double-dog damned you’d
think a Tarantino boycott would be
because of violence and not choice
language but before the release of
Quentin Tarantino’s film the hateful
eight multiple boycotts were proposed
some of which were created or backed by
u.s. police unions and organizations due
to comments he made at a black lives
matter protest the demonstration was a
response to multiple incidents of police
killing unarmed African Americans murder
I cannot stand by and I have to call the
murder the murder and I have to call the
murderers them Tarantino was at the
protest and publicly denounced the
officers as quote murderers causing some
to accuse Tarantino of promoting anti
police sentiments as a result several
law enforcement organizations called for
or publicly supported the boycott you
shouldn’t you shouldn’t knock the police
we feel like Quentin Tarantino he’s a
great filmmaker but he should stay away
from the political statements number
five Ghostbusters this is not good when
a reboot of the original Ghostbusters
was announced back in 2014
boycotts were immediately called some
took issue with the fact that it was a
reboot while others specifically
disliked that it was a Ghostbusters
reboot believing this new film would
taint the original however in 2015 more
extreme groups began calling for viewers
to skip this flick but for an entirely
different reason the female lead cast
some anti women and anti feminist groups
saw the film’s all-female cast as the
result of a quote feminist agenda
calling for a boycott of the feature
simply because it starred some funny
ladies
number four beasts of no nation does
remember when you are all poor boycotts
don’t always come from consumers they
can come from huge companies to the fuss
started when the distribution rights to
beasts of no nation were purchased by
Netflix who planned on releasing the
film the same day as its theatrical
release this didn’t sit well with
theatre companies who are upset that
Netflix didn’t honor the 90 day break
between a movie’s theatrical release and
its home entertainment release in
response AMC Regal Cinema and Carmike
refused to screen the film in their
theaters limiting its release to a few
smaller chains and independent theaters
the film was released as planned
and ended up being screened in just 31
theaters across the u.s. the fight
number three Star Wars Episode 7 the
force awakens Finn it’s short I’m right
while most were excited for a new entry
in the Star Wars saga
with the last major film being released
over a decade before some mainly white
supremacists and anti women groups were
not after the release of the first
teaser trailer a small portion of
Twitter users started the hashtags
boycott Star Wars and boycott Star Wars
7 accusing the film of pushing an anti
white and feminist agenda due to the
casting of the lead actors the hashtag
did gain traction but only thanks to the
amount of users mocking it despite the
overwhelmingly negative response to the
boycott these same groups were added
again a year later this time asking
people to hashtag
dump Star Wars rogue one may the force
be with us
number 2 Fifty Shades of Grey why are
you trying to change me ironically it
seems like this film couldn’t please
anyone the reasons people had for
boycotting this feature varied
drastically but three main groups can be
given credit for leading the charge
against Fifty Shades firstly there were
the anti-porn and anti BDSM people who
mistakenly believed it to be the same as
physical abuse if you remove the glitz
and the glamour the powerful job the
fancy suits it’s really just a story
about domestic violence and sexual abuse
against women the second group was fine
with BDS
them but took issue with the plot
claiming the relationship between the
two main characters was abusive finally
the third group was comprised of people
who participate in BDSM but who saw this
film as a huge misrepresentation of not
only BDSM but also those who enjoy it
that could just be the way to eternal
life before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
this is expected be treated as Egyptians
they should have the same rights they
should be paid for that work or you must
set them free it’s kinda like my father
is it okay if you tell me your name the
monks named me on if you don’t believe
me to the neither will they number one a
dogs purpose UK boy right before the
release of a dog’s purpose TMZ published
a video supposedly depicting the abuse
of one of the dog actors on set they can
do digging
in the video a dog is shown being
dragged into running water in a tank for
a scene seemingly struggling and
terrified the video then jumps ahead to
show the same dog submerged in the water
and a voice saying cut this prompted
backlash including a boycott called by
PETA however after an investigation by
the American Humane Association which
ensures no animals are hurt on set the
video was discovered to be falsified
with the footage having been edited to
be intentionally misleading the dog had
been in that water happily and even
afterwards too and dogs funny do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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