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

[lindsaygail.livejournal.com]

Chocolat was good...Susan Serandon is a strong character in The Client and Dead Man Walking...and Little Women (Marmee!) Whoopi Goldberg also never seems to take wimpy roles. People keep mentioning Run Lola Run...I have a hard time seeing what was feminist about that character...

I have to agree with you...

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

she was a good strong woman, but there was nothing particularly feminist about her or the movie. That movie to me (and keep in mind that RLR is my FAVORITE movie of ALL time) is very spiritual. INsomuchas spiritual things are often associated with feminism (which is silly and too bad really) I guess that's an answer. Still, as strong as she is and all, it's nothing to do with feminism. She's a strong woman, her boyfriend is a bumbling fool and they deal with a situation S-E-P-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y.