You may find it shocking to find out that out of 2,500 movies, only about half pass the test.
The Social Network
Why it fails the test:
None of the women in the movie ever talk to each other. In fact, they’re kinda just flat characters who the male characters ignore or have sex with. Aaron Sorkin, the film’s writer, actually commented on the lack of three-dimensional female characters in an interview with Stephen Colbert, saying that the women are “prizes”.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
Why it fails the test:
None of the female characters in the film actually have a conversation. They trade quips a few times, like when Prof. McGonagall makes a comment about “always wanting to use that spell” to Mrs. Weasley when she brings the stone statues to life, or when Mrs. Weasley calls Bellatrix a bitch…but no one actually responds and converses. They might as well be talking to themselves.
Avatar
Why it fails the test:
Like Harry Potter, there are a few brief moments where female characters say a single line at each other, but they don’t actually hold a conversation…except in one scene, where Neytiri and her mother have a drawn out discussion. The only problem is that the conversation is about Jake, who, you probably noticed, is a man. You were so very close, James Cameron.
The Entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Why it fails the test:
Despite having three strong female characters in Arwen, Eowyn, and Galadriel, they’re all in completely different parts of Middle Earth and they never even meet, much less talk to each other. In the entire 10-hour trilogy, no two female characters ever actually speak to each other.
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