Movie buff launches new review website “Worth it or Woke?” to fight leftist filmmakers and has previously taken aim at Disney’s The Little Mermaid remake saying it ‘sacrifices all charm and fun for personal politics’
- Film bodies have introduced strict rules that require greater diversity
A movie buff has launched a new movie review website to fight leftist filmmakers and has already given Disney’s remake of The Little Mermaid a boost.
James Carrick – who describes himself as an “avid film buff with [a] degree in drama and philosophy’ – launched Worth it or Woke as a conservative response to films produced by studios that appear to be pushing for more racial and gender diversity in their films.
It comes after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced rules that require greater diversity both on screen and in production to be eligible for Best Picture at the Oscars.
One such film, Carrick says, is Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid – a 1989 Disney classic – which he gave a 37 out of 100 rating.
The film’s review on its site reads: “From the creative vacuum that is modern Disney, the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid sacrifices all the charm and fun of the original in the name of personal politics and fishy photorealistic.
The homepage of James Carrick’s conservative critic Worth It Or Woke website
The Little Mermaid is a live-action remake of a classic Disney film of the same name
“It features wooden, flat performances, chilling pacing, forced, unnatural dialogue, and questionable CGI.”
In the about page, the site promises “real movie and show reviews for real people living in the real world.”
“Don’t rely on the woke crowd to help you figure out what to watch.”
Speaking to Rolling Stone, he said he judges a film on whether it is “distracting, tolerable or not at all woken quotient”, with each film receiving a “woke”, “awakened” or “woken” rating. unawakened next to a numbered score.
Peter Pan & Wendy, which starred black actress Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and featured the women in Lost Boys, received an equally scathing review with a slightly higher score of 47.
Films that have successfully escaped his wrath include Big George Foreman, a biopic about the former heavyweight boxing champion, which received an “unawakened” rating and a score of 92.
He told the entertainment publication that his website was experiencing “rapid growth” because conservative moviegoers weren’t helped by review sites such as Rotten Tomatoes, which don’t filter out bias.
“The disparity between critics’ and audiences’ ratings, along with the relentless accusations of bias from conservative readers, highlight the flaws in the [Rotten Tomatoes] system,” Carrick said.
“Reflecting the ‘awakening’ that increasingly pervades the work of filmmakers, many critics artificially reward activism over quality.
“Consider that films will no longer be eligible for Oscars if they fail to meet race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation quotas.”
