Hi, Noah, what did you think about the movie Promising Young Woman? I'm a bit of a film buff and like to see where my alignment is with critics so I know how to align their critiques with my tastes. I ask because Promising Young Woman is somewhat within this genre of which you're referencing.
I wrote briefly about Men on my Substack a few months ago. What struck me about all (but one) men being Kinnear is that people would have been enraged if it had been written by a woman. It would have been seen as simplistic - all men are the same - and it would have been that. But you're right, it does also let men off the hook.
While I appreciated the symbolism of the birth scene you mentioned while watching the movie, I also honestly guffawed because I think the purely body horror aspect of it is only going to be shocking to... men.
I'm curious if you'd consider the first (Spanish language) "Secret in Their Eyes" to be a rape/revenge film or just a recent film or something else? Or for that matter "Irreversible" ? I can see where they could be but since it's the men getting revenge it's true it's not going to effectively challenge patriarchy much via violence but it's still something these movies address. I'm just curious because my response to each movie was different, I don't think there's just one answer.
Hi, Noah, what did you think about the movie Promising Young Woman? I'm a bit of a film buff and like to see where my alignment is with critics so I know how to align their critiques with my tastes. I ask because Promising Young Woman is somewhat within this genre of which you're referencing.
I wrote briefly about Men on my Substack a few months ago. What struck me about all (but one) men being Kinnear is that people would have been enraged if it had been written by a woman. It would have been seen as simplistic - all men are the same - and it would have been that. But you're right, it does also let men off the hook.
While I appreciated the symbolism of the birth scene you mentioned while watching the movie, I also honestly guffawed because I think the purely body horror aspect of it is only going to be shocking to... men.
I'm curious if you'd consider the first (Spanish language) "Secret in Their Eyes" to be a rape/revenge film or just a recent film or something else? Or for that matter "Irreversible" ? I can see where they could be but since it's the men getting revenge it's true it's not going to effectively challenge patriarchy much via violence but it's still something these movies address. I'm just curious because my response to each movie was different, I don't think there's just one answer.