Movie rant

[kellinator]

(apologies to those of you who have heard me say this already)

You've Got Mail is the only movie I've seen in a theater that I've almost walked out of. My mom wanted to see it. Gaaawsh did it suck. And as if you needed another reason besides the insipid dialogue, holey plot, celebration of Internet infidelity, and so on...

In the movie we have two female characters. Parker Posey's character is successful and independent. She's also a mega-bitch who ends up alone and unhappy. On the other hand, Meg Ryan's character is cutesy and incompetent. Her idea of getting tough is dancing around throwing shadow punches -- while at work. Oooooh yeah, that screams "take me seriously." But it's okay that she's a twit, because at the end Tom Hanks -- the same guy who destroyed the business that was her passion -- sweeps in to take care of her, having abandoned the grownup woman for this irritating woman-child.

Makes me want to scream...

Can anyone name some more feminist movies? Especially ones that show you can be a happy feminist.

Comments

[sophocles.livejournal.com]

Socio-politics aside. Movies with good female characters:

Shadowlands.
Run Lola Run
Alien(s)(3)
The Messenger
Joan of Arc (Lee Lee Sobieski)
Citizen Ruth ("Good" is such loose terminology.)
Sabrina (1959)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Net
The Seventh Sign
Bring It On (And the T&A's not bad either)

And OH yes,

X-files: Fight the Future
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[technomom]

I think the only one of those I've seen is The Net. I couldn't get past the vast technical implausability, but Sandra Bullock (it was her, right?) was playing a strong female character. Guess I need to go rent some videos :-)

[ariedana.livejournal.com]

Oh you are my hero for putting the X-Files movie there.