Big Fish and women directors
I saw "Big Fish" with Ian tonight, and that movie was fantastic. Very whimsical, and the story is told in a very random and round-about way, bu that's kind of the point. And of course I cried at the end. Because seriously, when don't I cry at movies? I must get it from my Dad...hehe. But it was a great movie.
Ian pissed me off tonight though. We were talking about movies and somehow got to talking about "Lost In Translation" and I said how I didn't like it, and neither did my parents. And then I mentioned that I didn't like Sophia Coppola, because I didn't like either of her films. And then Ian makes this giantic leap into generalizationville and says how all women directors suck, and women can't direct movies. He was basing this on the fact that the movie "I Am Sam" was poorly edited and was directed by a woman.
I bring up Penny Marshall (director of "A League Of Their Own") and Deepa Mehta (director of "Earth") and Caroline Link (director of "Nowhere In Africa") and how I think they're all great. He goes on to say how all women directors suck because we're too emotional, and mens' brains are better for it. It just pissed me the fuck off, because he was making so many generalizations based on one fucking movie. ARGH! And of course it also pissed me off because I'm a woman who wouldn't mind becoming a director someday. So fuck him.
Also, my cousins were supposed to call me at 3:00 today to have a phone conference about the foundation meeting this summer, but they didn't. They didn't reply to my email yet either. I wonder what happened. =/
Ian pissed me off tonight though. We were talking about movies and somehow got to talking about "Lost In Translation" and I said how I didn't like it, and neither did my parents. And then I mentioned that I didn't like Sophia Coppola, because I didn't like either of her films. And then Ian makes this giantic leap into generalizationville and says how all women directors suck, and women can't direct movies. He was basing this on the fact that the movie "I Am Sam" was poorly edited and was directed by a woman.
I bring up Penny Marshall (director of "A League Of Their Own") and Deepa Mehta (director of "Earth") and Caroline Link (director of "Nowhere In Africa") and how I think they're all great. He goes on to say how all women directors suck because we're too emotional, and mens' brains are better for it. It just pissed me the fuck off, because he was making so many generalizations based on one fucking movie. ARGH! And of course it also pissed me off because I'm a woman who wouldn't mind becoming a director someday. So fuck him.
Also, my cousins were supposed to call me at 3:00 today to have a phone conference about the foundation meeting this summer, but they didn't. They didn't reply to my email yet either. I wonder what happened. =/