The Descent has a male character killed early on just to give a female character angst & it passes the Bechdel test.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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Laga - Aug 11, 2010 11:53:21 am PDT #10611 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
le nubian - Aug 11, 2010 11:56:27 am PDT #10612 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
without looking at rotten tomatoes, which do you think has the lowest score of the three movies opening this weekend:
a) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
b) The Expendables
c) eat, pray, love
answer: "c"
Dana - Aug 11, 2010 11:58:44 am PDT #10613 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
That's certainly what I hoped was the answer.
I have discovered that The Expendables was at least partially filmed in New Orleans, so go The Expendables.
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2010 12:01:08 pm PDT #10614 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I liked the Flick Filosopher's question of the day for yesterday: Who would you cast in an all-female ‘Expendables’/‘A-Team’/‘Losers’ action film?
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2010 12:02:01 pm PDT #10615 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love good plotting. I can forgive a whole lot if a movie gives me that.
Yeah, his movies are so well constructed. I can kind of see what he means with regards to the plot not servicing character (his criticism of The Prestige is interesting, for instance, and his proposed version would be cool, but, personally, I love that the movie is constructed as a goddamn magic trick). It reminds me of something someone said about Whedon vs. Abrams, which was that Whedon will sacrifice plot for character and Abrams will sacrifice character for plot. And it's true that with Abrams, I am generally in it for the plot. I like plot. I like stories. I like things to happen. And explode.
Amy - Aug 11, 2010 12:59:25 pm PDT #10616 of 30000
Because books.
Still on the topic of fridging, it's not a movie but what about Deadwood in turning the tables? Alma Garrett's husband is killed in the first episode, if I remember correctly, not only to force her through grief and change, but to set in motion a lot of the plot events for the series.
Gris - Aug 11, 2010 1:26:13 pm PDT #10617 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Alias kind of turned the tables as well in the pilot, though admittedly also not a movie.
Strix - Aug 11, 2010 1:43:01 pm PDT #10618 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So, I saw The Losers a couple nights ago, and I thought it was lots of fun.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan: ZOMG, yum. And I never bought Saldana as an action heroine, but I thought she played it well.
I quite liked it.
Sean K - Aug 11, 2010 3:23:24 pm PDT #10619 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Interesting. Several of our recent conversations in this thread seemed to have revealed that TV trends almost polar opposite to movies when it comes to subconscious bias tests like Bechdel and fridging. Apparently TV is feminist in a number of ways that film doesn't achieve on any kind of a regular basis.
Dana - Aug 11, 2010 3:28:44 pm PDT #10620 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I'm not sure I'd go that far. I can think of several TV shows where the protagonist has a dead wife and/or child.