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[moominmolly]

I haven't seen Up yet. I probably will. But when I first read the synopsis, something snapped: AAAUUUUGH YET ANOTHER ADVENTURE MOVIE ABOUT A BOY OMFG. I think I bored everyone that day with my blah blah no movies about girls blah blah blah. But all I've seen so far are people talking about how good it was, or how sad, or possibly both. Nothing new there, really. So it was wonderful to catch this on twitter: "Ask Pixar to make a movie about a girl? Why, that's just P.C. B.S.!", referencing this open letter on NPR.org, entitled "Dear Pixar, from all the girls with band-aids on their knees". Read them both. It won't take long. (Also of note: a column about the Bechdel rule, and how hard it is to find movies that fit it.)

No point here, just life as usual.

Comments

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait, there *is* a girl in it! She dies in the first 20 minutes, though. (Extra non-feminist cred.)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Pixar movies often have girls! They're just not the point.

(And, yeah -- the death part is one of the things that has kept me away.)

[badlittlemonkey.livejournal.com]

If it helps at all, she's a really good and interesting character while she's alive -- probably moreso than the actual protagonist?

Not so much with the helping, huh?

[water-childe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got to agree, she is a really good and interesting character. An honest to god tomboy. Brash and totally herself.
But, then, she dies.
I loved the film, but I agree that Pixar, needs to have a film with a girl as the focus, AND NOT ANOTHER BLEEDING PRINCESS.
Please, can we have more movies like MULAN?
That was a step in the right direction. The Japanese do movies with strong female characters all the time. Look at most of what Miyazaki's done. NO MORE PRINCESS MOVIES. In fact the only way I wanna see another cartoon Princess film from Disney/Pixar? Is if the Princess is MALE. Gender bender Princess movie!

[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

that's one of the reasons i love miyazaki so much. some protagonists are girls, some are boys. and there seem to be more girls! and it's not a giant feminist statement... it just... is.

[water-childe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and when the girls are Princesses? They KICK ASS.
Mononoke, and Nausica?
No, Disney grade Princesses, yo.

[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

yes! they are allowed to go out and DO things. without a bevy of guards. or a tiger bodyguard.

[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

also, the guy who produces the english versions of studio ghibli movies, john lassiter, happens to be the very same guy who runs pixar. he and miyazaki are good friends. there's already a connection. wouldn't it be amazing if miyazaki and pixar made a movie together? *wistful sigh*

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

It's better than nothing, sure. That's how Wall-E worked, too, sort of. But being a secondary character will never feel the same as having the story actually be about you, you know?