Few things satisfy like hearing feminists whine about how there are no female-centered movies, and then having to admit that male-driven films are what brings in the money. Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones, etc... all are entertaining, and guys will fill the theater for them. But women don't go to see female-driven movies at nearly the same rate. Women just don't spend the kind of money on "their" movies that men do. So we've got feminists crying not only at the state of feminism in Hollywood, but at business realities. For a conservative, that's entertainment!
Year in and year out there are LOTS of female centered movies.
But then they would have to get off the sofa and they might miss Oprah... (sarcasm off)
There are lots of women run/driven shows out there.
Gee, maybe there should be legislation mandating sex quotas for movies. Of course, then we’d also have to pass laws forcing people to attend them...
In Hollywierd, women are only good for one thing.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
With no moral compass in sight, the women of Hollywood greet success with self-destruction.
These types want it all their way. Women make most household purchases, so the feminists are okay with commercials that belittle men (and somehow increase their appeal to women). But when it comes to a market that is male-driven, they want the opposite. They want the market to ignore its own constituency and its desires and cater to ... wait for it ... women!
As far as I can tell, the correct answer to any question in life is “whatever pleases the feminists”, whether that is consistent or not.
There are plenty of women-oriented movies, sappy romances called “chick flicks” that appeal to female audiences.
Action movies happen to be a male-oriented genre.
Instead of whining, the author should convince Hollywood’s highest paid actresses to form an indie company, and make chick flix.
Hollywood actress salaries, per film. November 2006:
Nicole Kidman $17 million
Julia Roberts $20 million
Reese Witherspoon, Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz $15 million
Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie $14 million, $10 million and $10 million, respectively
Kirsten Dunst $10 million
Jennifer Aniston $8 million
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1801286.htm
I watched this zombie flick while I was (literally) strapped down (in an airplane seat). For a zombie flick, it was really lame, except for one scene where Nicole Kidman is trying to drive a car while zombies are piling on top.
Gaak, it sucked. I watched "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" three times. Hey, now that was a great flick, and all about an ass-kicking WOMAN!
Yeah the last time I checked we had a market economy.
I can’t wait for the federal Title IX regulations requiring that 50% of theatre ticket sales must be to “womyn-directed” “womyn-starred” movies from “womyn-owned” studios.
No female driven movies? If that’s the case, can someone please explain to me what you call the kind of movie my girl wants me to take her to then? It’s not the latest Rambo or Die Hard, that’s for sure... I always thought they were called “chick flicks.”
BTW, there are the old “Species” movies. ;-)
Ping for a “gentler” perspective.
;-)
I’m a woman. I like going to see chick movies like Sense and Sensibility and other historical films. But mostly I like the same movies that appeal to guys. “Master and Commander,” “Star Wars,” “Air Force One”—things where men are men and stuff blows up. I’m going to go see Ironman but I would pay to avoid some feminist movie about some woman self-actualizing, whatever that means.
That’s why I LOVE “Lifetime” channel. It puts most of the really crappy programming into one easy-to-skip-by channel. Otherwise, we’d have to pick and choose channels until we get a good car chase, complete with a fruit stand.
>>>having to admit that male-driven films are what brings in the money. Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones, etc... all are entertaining, and guys will fill the theater for them.
Perhaps it would help if Hollywood could remember how they used to be able to make films written with plots beyond non-stop explosions and gore, with actors possessing a bit of masculinity instead of David Geffin’s leftover twinks, with actresses actually able to portray a role by acting rather then having their surgically created chest do their work, and directors who could craft a scene without the vertigo of MTV video-style cuts every 3/4s of a second.
Making films for the lowest common denominator has become nearly the entire industry. That men are so willing to settle for Hollywood’s mediocrity is no indictment of women.