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Originally Posted by Posher778
Defending children in general is frequently used as a tension builder.
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I agree. Mother instinct
be damned. If they're holding me up, they've gotta go.
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Something that bothers me is the 2-dimensional and/or weak female character. Though this archetype definitely is starting to get better, it's something that has bothered me for a very long time. I grew up purely identifying with the male characters in movies simply because they were stronger, funnier, more interesting, etc. I had a difficult time even
believing that a girl character could be strong and worthy of idolatry.
A lot of the strong female leads that you see are essentially super women. Consider Ripley of Alien or The Bride of Kill Bill. Cherry Darling of Planet Terror. Sure, they're strong. In fact, they're AWESOME... But what about the Plain Jane hero.
The Dude's a regular Joe hero of The Big Lebowski. And Lester Burnam is the everyman of American Beauty. You don't see as many of those Everyman characters in female leads.
I'd like to see more.
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Re: M. Night Shyamalan. I find him INCREDIBLY over-rated. I thought that the Sixth Sense was fantastic. Unbreakable, for me, was a huge disappointment (great in concept, but the writing was ABYSMAL... Then again, I was drunk when I saw it... but BOY did it sober me up)... Signs was FANTASTIC until he decided to be a moron DICK and show the alien (what sort of neophyte IS he!), oh and the whole sudden FATE and GOD overtones... Made me want to vomit. The Village I have not seen sober... But from what I've heard it's pretty awful... Oh, and Lady in the Water was laughably bad.
He's actually a fairly good director. It's the writing that gets really weak. Signs was directed well. But it was the CONTENT that pissed me off.