'Why We Fight'
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I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Spoiler for a movie currently in theaters: this sort of happens in Salt. It's not especially believable because nothing about that movie is believable, but it's a major plot point.
Interview with Edgar Wright re: Scott Pilgrim. A little spoilery, I guess: [link]
Nice interview, Frank! Thanks for linking. I'm looking forward to seeing it again this weekend.
I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Ballstic: Ecks vs Sever
I am trying to think of examples where men died and other men were severely damaged by it that aren't Brokeback or war movies.
Brian's Song!
Gris: doesn't count IMHO b/c the role was written for a man, specifically Tom Cruise .
Have not seen Ballistic or Brian's Song.
Have not seen Ballistic
You're lucky.
But, smonster, they did change things to accommodate a woman in the role, including lessening the parental nature of the character. So I think it should count, at least somewhat.
I liked Ballistic. It was nummy.
Tom Hardy's camwhoring is truly epic. I've never seen the celeb equivalent. Enjoy!
Still trying to parse fridging. I think it's key that the term evolved from superhero comics, and specifically the trope of having a girlfriend/wife captured by a nemesis, used to manipulate the hero, and then murdered. There's also an aspect of agency, there. In war movies, characters die fighting the good fight (massive overgeneralization). This is more about women being helpless objects, disposable at the plot's whim. For example, I had no problem with Batman rescuing Rachel in BB, b/c she was there of her own volition, with no known connection to Batman. Contrast that with Rachel in Dark Knight. And sure, Dent was captured too. But who lived? And what was the toll?
It can be argued (okay, it's a stretch) that Dent is also a casualty of the same incident as Rachel--he just takes longer to die. It does make him snap and result in his eventual death.
Yeah, stretch.