Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Wow. Whoever made that list is on some bad crack.
I mean, I love a lot of movies on the list, but empowering? I'd give it for Aliens, Girlfight, Born Yesterday and maybe All Above Eve. The rest of the choices kind of leave me agog, especially the incongruity of having "Black Narcissus" called 'a chick flick'. ::boggles::
I adore Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I wouldn't say its overwhelming message is female empowerment.
Woohoo! I just figured out that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is actually coming out before Star Wars!
So I might be able to convince the powers that be in my super-dorky school to rent out the movie theater for the former instead of the latter!
(We do it once a year. This is my senior year. The ones we've done so far were Episode II, Matrix Reloaded, and Matrix Revolutions. I'm tired of watching steaming piles of crap with my entire school, and want to watch something good, but, my school being the nerdiest school in the world, only nerdy movies have a chance. tHHHttG, luckily, counts as nerdy. Yay!)
ETA: Our Social Veep, who theoretically plans it, is actually a Firefly fan, so that's always my first choice of course. But unless the advertising really kicks in good early next year, I don't think she'll be able to pull that off as the choice. Sigh.
Do I really have to be fucked over that hard to get empowered?
I agree with your caveats to the other films, but with What's Love I think it's that you CAN be fucked over that hard and get empowered. It makes her journey all the more amazing. I mean, I like An Unmarried Woman (for example0 but the achievement of self-realization when you are gorgeous, well-educated, Live in a stunning, huge apartment and and don't have to work is not nearly as impressive.
with What's Love I think it's that you CAN be fucked over that hard and get empowered
I actually think that Thelma and Louise were empowered too. I'm not knocking her story, but it would be the same eyebrow raise I'd give a black film festival I though skewed too hard to the "white man done hit us AGIN" side of the story.
Without downplaying the Sojourner Truths, I think it's too victimy. And for the movies I've seen on that list? I don't get a good haze of Girl Power.
I don't get a good haze of Girl Power.
Spice Girls not on the list?
I quite liked the first Charlie's Angels movie, actually.
So did I and the second one is cheesy fun.
I thought the first one good cheesy fun, but was disappointed. Hated the second, because they seemed to have only remembered the stuff from the first one I hated.
In fact, I think I liked Spiceworld better.
I've reread the quote " who we are, where we've been, what we can take, and better yet, what we can dish out" and yeah, I guess I'm complaining about the "what we can take" portion of the evening. Eh. It's their list. I just don't get the glow of sisterhood off of it, because I don't care to celebrate that much of what I can take (and, honestly, what I can dish out -- but Girlfight stays).
I've never seen Steel Magnolias. Do I still count as a girl?