I try to be a good movie audience member. For the most part, I think I am. The majority of times, I go into movies wanting them to succeed on their own terms. I rarely try to figure out twists before they happen-I think looking for clues takes you out of the movie-so I'm often surprised by obvious plot turns. I'm always telling people that there's
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1. There are more than two female characters who have names.
2. They talk to each other.
3. About something other than a man.
It's amazing how few movies pass.
-Craig
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In general, I'm kind of against that kind of attitude--the "I won't see this unless it fits my definition of what a movie should be about!"(And how does she know about how many named female characters there are and what they talk about unless she sees the movie?)
But, on the other hand, she probably never sits at a movie and screams inside her head, "THIS IS WHAT YOU THINK I WANT TO WATCH!?" ("This leash demeans us both.")
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Wait, maybe they're the only two women in the movie with names? I guess that's possible. Oh well.
But for that matter, Morning Glory would pass that test because McAdams and Keaton talk about the show they're working on. And yet: I can't imagine it would delight many female moviegoers who are ( ... )
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*Is unarguably awesome,
*Features women being awesome outside of their relationships to me, and
*Makes money
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