Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Yeah, I do this. But it's only after I've seen the movie, so clearly I'm not boycotting the movies that fail. (Does LotR pass? I doubt it.)
I think what the test is good for is demonstrating that most movies are about men, even movies with a lot of female characters. It's a starting point for a longer conversation about gender on film.
It may help to see it in the original context, where the test is clearly bitterly hilarious. [link]
Agreed.
There are movies I watch knowing going in that they don't pass this "test." That's okay. I wish there were more movies out there that I know going in do pass the test.
I'm stoked for "Inception" but I bet that doesn't pass the test.
I think what the test is good for is demonstrating that most movies are about men, even movies with a lot of female characters. It's a starting point for a longer conversation about gender on film.
This, this, this, with a side of this sauce. You don't need to boycott non-passing movies to find the test useful as an eye-opener on just how invisible and useless women have become in a huge chunk of mainstream movie culture. (And how segregated by genre: leaving aside the "not about a man" proviso, there aren't a hell of a lot of non-rom-coms that have two women characters at all.)
Also, how much awesomeness was there in the early years of DTWOF that we're finally talking about 20mumble years later? THIS MUCH.
Also, how much awesomeness was there in the early years of DTWOF that we're finally talking about 20mumble years later? THIS MUCH.
AND MORE. I feel like I need to curl up with my dogeared copies and wallow in it.
I would probably go see Punching Stuff Until It Blows Up 1 and 2.
One reason I loved "The Descent" was that ALL the characters were women, except for the husband of one, who died immediately, didn't have a single line, and was only seen on-screen in a couple shots. They talked about him a couple times, but he was little more than a plot device.
Whip It is the only recent movie I have seen that passes, but boy does it.
I would probably go see Punching Stuff Until It Blows Up 1 and 2
I would be right there with you, and I would buy the (giant) tub o' popcorn.