Comments on: Even the Young Guys Get it http://womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/13/even-the-young-guys-get-it/ from a feminist perspective Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/13/even-the-young-guys-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/even-the-young-guys-get-it/#comment-476 Liz Chesney here --<br/><br/>What a fantastic observation -- they really DON'T write films which have female relationships as a major plot point. Perhaps "Sisterhood" and "SATC" may signal a change, but I'm not holding my breath. I did a quick perusal of recent academy award nominees for women, and nearly every role was for an evil bitch out of control (Devil Wears Prada, The Queen, etc.), an insane woman or a woman whose major dealings were with her husband/lover or children. <br/><br/>Remember "The Turning Point." with Shirley McLaine and Anne Bancroft? Now THAT was the female relationship film to end all relationship films. <br/><br/>I really need to write that screenplay... Liz Chesney here –

What a fantastic observation — they really DON’T write films which have female relationships as a major plot point. Perhaps “Sisterhood” and “SATC” may signal a change, but I’m not holding my breath. I did a quick perusal of recent academy award nominees for women, and nearly every role was for an evil bitch out of control (Devil Wears Prada, The Queen, etc.), an insane woman or a woman whose major dealings were with her husband/lover or children.

Remember “The Turning Point.” with Shirley McLaine and Anne Bancroft? Now THAT was the female relationship film to end all relationship films.

I really need to write that screenplay…

]]> By: quixote http://womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/13/even-the-young-guys-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-475 quixote Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/even-the-young-guys-get-it/#comment-475 Aside from quibbles, though, the guy totally gets it. The last movie I saw was the WereRabbit, and before that Chicken Run. There's no point going to anything else because there's no real people in any of them. The women are cardboard cutouts. And the men are metal cutouts.<br/><br/>Hopeless. Aside from quibbles, though, the guy totally gets it. The last movie I saw was the WereRabbit, and before that Chicken Run. There’s no point going to anything else because there’s no real people in any of them. The women are cardboard cutouts. And the men are metal cutouts.

Hopeless.

]]> By: Anonymous http://womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/13/even-the-young-guys-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Anonymous Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/even-the-young-guys-get-it/#comment-474 I also disagree with the assesment of PotC. Elizabeth wasn't remotely just a damsel in distress. She was the equal of Jack and Will, and it was the attempt to turn her into chattel that sparked the entire plot. I also disagree with the assesment of PotC. Elizabeth wasn’t remotely just a damsel in distress. She was the equal of Jack and Will, and it was the attempt to turn her into chattel that sparked the entire plot.

]]> By: VELMA SABINA!!! http://womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/13/even-the-young-guys-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-472 VELMA SABINA!!! Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.womenandhollywood.com/2008/08/even-the-young-guys-get-it/#comment-472 he was SO wrong about Thelma and Louise. That film was such a huge hit because many women felt like they could relate to these characters AND it was a fantasy violent movie for women, too. How often do we females get our own violent super-heroines? Not many. <br/><br/>Thelma and Louise was such a powerful movie with a strong feminist message. Any guys who disagree just dont f------ get it. he was SO wrong about Thelma and Louise. That film was such a huge hit because many women felt like they could relate to these characters AND it was a fantasy violent movie for women, too. How often do we females get our own violent super-heroines? Not many.

Thelma and Louise was such a powerful movie with a strong feminist message. Any guys who disagree just dont f—— get it.

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