Comments | sour_idealist: In which I finally get around to my thoughts on Sucker Punch [Spoilers]

sour_idealist

In which I finally get around to my thoughts on Sucker Punch [Spoilers]

Apr 28, 2011 22:35

So. I actually wrote this several weeks ago and didn't post it at the time; today I mentioned it to 1st_eggokage on Tumblr, and she urged me to post it (and then was extraordinarily nice about it.) I swore I wouldn't start moving any significant writing to Tumblr, so I am crossposting it promptly here.

( Alt title: ALL THE FICTIONAL WOMEN YOU DISMISS. )

meta, feminism, sucker punch

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1st_eggokage April 29 2011, 08:23:17 UTC

EM YOU ARE GREAT AND YOU SHOULD FEEL GREAT. ♥♥♥♥♥

sour_idealist April 29 2011, 19:11:36 UTC

♥♥♥!!

(Double thanks, since I'm now embroiled in defending this at fandomsecrets. WHY DON'T I LEARN.)

chelonianmobile April 29 2011, 10:09:54 UTC

Yay! Another girl who doesn't think Sucker Punch is evil!

As I said on my own journal, it could have done with cutting out the pantyshots, but then again I'm pretty sure that if the first level of fantasy had taken place in a convent and the girls had spent the entire movie dressed from neck to ankle, people would have complained about it repressing female sexuality.

sour_idealist April 29 2011, 19:15:31 UTC

Yeah!

I think the pantyshots were a case of a good idea that was poorly executed; I think Snyder was trying to make the audience members objectifying the girls realize that and leave feeling guilty about it. Which could have actually done a lot to make people less likely to be creeps, but it's really hard to pull off and I don't think he quite did. I'm hoping he does another girl-centered action movie and tries something else instead.

chelonianmobile April 29 2011, 21:06:36 UTC

I don't think I'm really the best authority on these things. Honestly, the only times I've felt really angry about gender-related issues directly affecting me have, as far as I can remember, been caused by other women insisting that their way is the only true way of feminism. Offensiveness from men I sort of ignore and leave to the pros, if you see my meaning.

The part of my life where I actually think I need to feel empowered is my mental health, and I have to say Sucker Punch really did help there.

sour_idealist April 29 2011, 21:45:28 UTC

I can see where that makes sense, certainly. (And ugh, the LET ME PRESCRIBE A NEW RESTRICTIVE MODEL thing is just awful.)

I didn't actually think of it from that angle. Are you okay explaining? (Totally fine if you don't wanna; I don't mean to pry.)

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