ARE females always VICTIMS ?

What is the typical Masculinity & Feminist on Screen ? No doubt , probably the males protect the female and save her from risk and danger as superman.It is because males always give others impressions -tough ,strong ,protective ,dominant or unemotional while people think of female like soft ,weak or breakable.Therefore , eight out from ten hero movies end up like that .

Followings are some examples which contain those typical sense.

One of the classic -Spiderman2 (2004) should not be forgotten .

There are several scene inside the movies talking about Mary Jane was caught by Spider-Man's enemies and then the spider man came and save her.Oh yeah .very true ,it does gives a lot imagination to teenage girls ,who dream of having a boyfriend like spider man ,protects and loves them all the time.It has been so hit and hot in America one time and even until now .

Another movie i wanted to mention -Twilight (2008)

I have no ideas how many girl's hearts were stolen by this film.Thinking about the first movie - Twilight

Edwards Cullen saved/helped Bella for a few times . For instance , the time the car was going to hit Bella , Edward stopped the car within a minute with his underlying power . Besides, when Bella was disturbed by a group of gangs ,Edwards came suddenly .And also , when she get caught by James , he was so mad ,fought and killed him finally .All those scene did make him as a hero .

What's more ,actually , male human being is not the only can be created as a hero while fictional monster can be too .King Kong (2005 )I watched this movie three times and i still like it A LOT .I have very great impression about the scene, talking about the dinosaurs tried to predate Anna .King Kong appears in the last minutes and protect her from danger.It did made him as a hero regardless he is a monster .

However , there are always EXCEPTION in the movie world .CAN women be Strong characters ?

Wonder woman (2009 ) - direct-to-video animated film focusing on the super heroine Wonder Woman. Though it is just an animation ,it still gives ideas about how a strong female character can be in a movie .

Oh well ,i don't know if i should talk about this movie as it is kind of horrible and kinky .

But if you re not a fans of horror or thriller films , you better not to watch .But still ,it is a good examples ,

 Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008 )

Unlike spider man , twilight or wonder women ,it is not a fantasy movie .Four people went on a trip together .One was kidnapped while two were killed by psycho "rusty nail ".  Melissa was the only one who can save her boyfriend .She was very brave and joined the danger games in order to save her boyfriend .Finally ,she did .

To conclude , the views towards Masculinity & Feminist still exists in nowadays society and the movie world .

People still like watching the typical story plot .However , it is not a must .Sometimes , we can still find some exceptions .But i believe ,as women are getting higher position in nowadays society than before, more and more movie about taking them as heroes will be produced .As being a woman , i 'm looking forwards to that ;) .

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Limitation To Movies -The Hayes Code

Last weekend ,we were required to read and write the summary about THE HAYES CODE.
Therefore ,i did a little bit research about that via the Internet . I was FREAKED OUT as there are so many RULES and RESTRICTIONS .
The Hayes code was created by Will H .Hays and governed the production of the majority of USMP releases.

Basically there are three general concepts about the rules(information from wikipedia )

1. No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence, the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.
2. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.

No doubt , all the rules he set are positive .They aim to stop transmitting wrong message to the society.
 However ,it does limit CREATIVITY .Now, I want to move on and look at some of the details of the rules in order to get more specific ideas.I take some as examples .




This poster was banned under the code in 1932 .



Scenes of passion were not to be introduced when not essential to the plot. Excessive and lustful kissing was to be avoided, along with any other treatment that might stimulate the lower and baser element.

To my opinion ,its hard to be avoided them in romance . I almost find that is a must when watching chick flick.They are not completed without those scenes since they re like the climax .Those scenes are sensational and affectionate .Luckily , the movies nowadays have been divided into different standards like PG etc for audience with different age. It's better for audience to choose what they want to watch .

Murder scenes had to be filmed in a way that would discourage imitations in real life, and brutal killings could not be shown in detail. Revenge in modern times was not to be justified.

But ,actually ,i agree with this rules .It is because movies nowadays can spread bad message at times .Sometimes, even adults ,they try to imitate the characters inside the movie blindly ,let alone teenagers ,who are maybe less mentally or emotionally mature .Tragedies caused by imitations DID happened before , not once ,not twice .They are numerous .I think one thing it may help is like , usually ,the bad person inside the movie get serious consequence at the end .It would be more educational and help people analyse right from wrong .It can be an inspiration sometimes though.

In conclusion , i think The Hayes Code did give a lot of limitation to movie -making .It has both advantages and disadvantages.Nevertheless, from my perspective , some of them really made sense .It may not be a bad ideas for some of them to exist nowadays .


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Silent Films : Use Heart to listen

Last week, I watched the first silent movie in my life -Nanook of the North.Guess what, if I were not required to finish my homework, I probably would not watch it. Usually, when I heard about silent movies, my first impression of them would be boring. However, it changed my mind .It’s pretty interesting because it is so different from the movies we watched nowadays. I am curious and did some research on silent movies

What is silent movie? It is a film without any synchronized recorded sound and the dialogue is usually transmitted by actors’ gestures, pantomime and title cards.The first narrative film was created by Louis Le Prince in 1888 .It is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It was the world’s earliest surviving film. It talks about people walking around the roundhay garden.

Of course, when comparing with the movies nowadays, they can be less appealing. However, at that time, they are great entertainments for people .A lot people like watching them. Some of them earned the ever highest income in film industry .

One is the most popular one –The birth of the Nation (1915) .There are two parts inside the story--Pre-Civil War America and reconstruction. ( I think we watch a little part of the movie during the class .Personally ,I think it is pretty funny and hilarious .We can tell the body movement and facial expression are kind of exaggerate .Probably , they want to make the audience understand easily .

Another popular silent movie is called The Big Parade, which is produced in 1986. The background of the story is around World War I.A rich boy ,James, joined the US Army regardless of the displeasure of his rich business father .He makes some friends via the training camp , however , all of them are attracted to the pretty lady ,Melisande. And then they fell in love after all challenges but with a happy ending.

Another popular silent movie - Ben-Hur (1925)

That was also the second film which the story is based on novel.

Its a story related to race or christ.

Now , i have another thinking towards silent movies .Silent movies may not be boring .Without silent movies , we may not have the movies nowadays ,as movies were being developed steps by steps .Silent movies maybe a stepping stone towards the success of modern movies.And now , watching back those movies , i find out that they are a sort of ARTS ,which it is special in its own way .No doubt , i think its hard to understand sometimes without the dialouges .However , if i pay more attention to the movies and try to guess .I find out may not be as difficult as i think .

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Take off your racial glasses or you’ll miss lots great films

What are the considerations of choosing a movie? We can have all kind reasons not to watch a movie but I hope you won’t ignore a movie just because of the race .Otherwise; you may miss lots of movie which are worth watching.

Previous few past decades, people didn’t like watching movies of other ethnicity. And that may actually attribute the consequence –non –white actors were rarely permitted to play leading roles in Hollywood films. That is kind of unfair indeed. Today we recognize the even though human beings comes in all shapes, sizes and colors , all of us are basically the same on the cellular and genetic level .( This is my favorite sentence in chapter 3 –race ) So ,actors should not be divided into group by that way instead of acting skills or their talents.

However, people become open – minded as time goes by. Meanwhile, the gap between different races seems to be narrowed. We can find movies with actor and different races.

Save the last dance (2001)

It talks about a promising dancer (Sara Johnson ) gave up ballet due to guilty after the fatal car accident of her mum . And then ,she moved to a small town in Chicago where is full of Blacks .But inside the school , she made friends with different races and met the guy she liked . Regardless of peoples'dispproving , they stay together finally and she find back the spark of dancing.

Derek was trying to teach Sarah Hip pop dance .
They share the culture of dance and find the fire of love.

The transporter (2002 )

It is a french action movie .

This film is about Statham ,whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. However , the complications appeared once he opened the packages . He saved the asian girl and then fell in love with her via adventures .

There is also another recent movie which is consisted of actors of different race .

The blind side (2009 )

It is based on a real story.The film is about a woman Leigh Anne , lend a helping hand to a homeless 17 -year -old boy ,Michael.With Anne's selfishless care and useful help , Michael found his own strengths and talents .He joined the football team and finally got accepted by University .Its spreads an inspiring message.

Nowadays, race is not a tatoo inside a movie anymore .People find that they are more acceptable more than before.Sometimes ,from my perspective , it seems like a kind of cultural exchange .It fills up the colors of movie .And in the reality , we can find people of different races in a city like Seattle ,it likes the composite of cultures and fusing them all together without borders. Dont pick on race and it only limits on your choices of movies , friends or learning.

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