The Long List of Successful Action Movies Starring Women
The movies listed in this article were:
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- The Resident Evil Movies
- The Underworld Movies
- Salt
- The Hunger Games
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Kill Bill, Parts 1 & 2
- G.I Jane
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Aliens
- The Cynthia Rothrock opus
- Prometheus
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Miss Congeniality
- Charlie's Angels
- The Pam Grier Movies
- Point of No Return
- The Heat
- Hanna
- Catwoman
I had a few issues with this article. First, often in these movies women were sexualized in problematic ways. Second, with the exception of Pam Grier's movies (which her movies could also be seen as problematic on their own) and Catwoman all of the leads were white women. And third, the article is titled "The Long List..." but compared to the amount of movies released per year this list really isn't very long.
I have seen a majority of movies on this list and can verify that in nearly all of them, the women are highly sexualized. Not only that, but the characters in the movies are constantly harassed about being women and constantly told that they should not be invested in the action because they are women. I would be okay with this because the woman usually kick ass in the end despite the fact that all the male characters tell them they cant do it, but the fact that that has to be brought up in every one of these movies is annoying. Also, my friends and I have had a lot of discussions about how few colored women are even involved in Hollywood. I would really like to see this change.
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ReplyDeleteAlso, in this list, 5/12 strong female characters are not white women so that is a little bit better. They're not all action movies but I still think it's a good list.
I love the beginning of it; "There's never been a successful movie about a female superhero. And lately, there's been lots of talk about whether such a thing could even happen. But superhero movies are just action movies with a slight twist — and there have been plenty of successful female-led action movies." There always has to be a justification as to why something seems sexist or wrong. Instead of looking for a female superhero, we should be okay with there being female action heroes.. And like you said Ebony this "Long List' is not long at all...
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