In many films women play an important role as being the leader. I thought in the film “Whale Rider”, Paike was a strong female presets. The message that I got from the movie “Whale Rider”, is that we are all one and connected. I also liked how much courage Paikea had. She wanted to be a warrior. Paike was a brave person, she didn’t care what anyone though. Paika had to fight to prove to herself she was a courage warrior. This has been a common problem in women. To be a strong woman in this world of dominatrix of male, is sad to think that people think that women are weaker then men. I also get that a lot of people may think, that white men might be superior to everyone else. In my mind there a lot of strong women in film and in the world. We throw the phrase “Chick flick”, a lot but there’s an underlining message. These so call “Chick flicks” have portrayed women in powerful women in movies. Movies that have strong females are in an entire different category. I feel like in recent teenage films, may have an impact on our young teens. But they have no strong female role models, which leads our youth to look to themselves and pears to lead the way. This makes me concern about the media, at times media images might portray women in a negative way.
But in the world of youth media is control by what I can only say, as negative messages. If only the teenage film genre could only make their characters more realistic. The film companies need to find a balance between; adult chick flicks, strong women rolls and teenager films. Teenage films have never been more graphic or violent since the early 90s. Even back in the 1950s, when “Rebel Without a Cause”, we see Judy is portrayed as a niave women. A women that needs a man to carry her, as a weak innocent women under the control of her father. Now of days women have taken charge and made strides to not be as protected of women, but to give women strong outstanding roles in film.
Lilla -
ReplyDeleteI think you make a really good point about needing strong female characters as role models in films.
There are a couple of things that could have made this entry a little stronger: 1) I would like for you to have listed and discussed a little more the recent teen films that do not have strong female characters; and 2) I wish you would have explained which "chick flicks" have strong female characters in your opinion.
- Ruth