Pam Cook was wrong. This is the most feminist film I’ve ever watched. Jake did not lose his masculinity, he just realised that being a “man” doesn’t mean being a human.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I think this film illustrates ideology quite clearly, if not a bit too clearly that it makes the film… clean cut. Like you can compartmentalise each action and character once you match them with the metaphor, and they tuck neatly into this box and the lid goes on it and… that’s it.
The institution is supposedly a heterototpia, but it is no different from the world outside, where most people eat three meals a day, etc., and follow the rules.…Translated from by
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Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
I don’t know who their target audience is, but the story is too immature and bland for adults, and the language too foul for young teenagers. All the emotional elements in this film relies on previous films, so unless you are still reeling from those (I’m not), this one feels flat. The jokes, more than funny, was cringe the way they slightly mock queer people, disabled people, and women. I decided not to watch Marvel films anymore a while ago…
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The Secret World of Arrietty 2010
Studio Ghibli always manages to create empowering female characters who doesn’t have unrealistic powers, privilege or beauty (like western superheroines and princesses); Arrietty is small and vulnerable and still has the bravery and strength to hold on to life. I believe this is the sort of films that teaches kids how to have compassion and respect for other people, species, the environment and others’ suffering. This film also shows real women empowerment, not just distorted kind of feminist finger-pointing that…
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