“Unmasking the Bias: 60 Iconic Films That Missed Women’s Perspectives in Their Storytelling”
Sucker Punch. I genuinely don’t care if people like the vibes of it now, it is such an obvious male fantasy that it made me sick watching it when I was younger. Ironic love of it or not, they were not intentionally going for camp.
Catch and Release, starring Jennifer Garner and Timothy Oliphant, which is also a Kevin Smith film. It came out after he’d done really fun and interesting work with Clerks, Dogma, etc.
The premise is that Jennifer Garner’s fiancé dies right before they’re going to marry, and she discovers she knew nothing about him (he had a kid with another woman who she found out about at the funeral or something… it’s been a while). I’m pretty sure she moves in with his friends. Anyway, Timothy Oliphant is visiting as an old friend of the fiancé and he knew all of the secrets, and he’s aggressively dickish to her and a bit of a player. Lots of drama, TO is the love interest despite there being no way that makes sense.
What made it clear that this wasn’t written by a woman is that JG has absolutely no support of her own. She doesn’t couch surf with her own friends or move into her childhood bedroom. She’s supposedly all twisted up in grief and anger but doesn’t vent to a single girlfriend. Even though TO is the guy she gets involved with, I’m pretty sure at least one of the other guys also thinks he’s in love with her… despite the fact that her fiancé JUST died and they were HIS friends. JG is super likable in general, but her character is more like a sketch than a full human being, and yet she’s also the main character. It’s just disappointing.
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