In today’s society, the media has a very powerful influence upon people and how they choose to lead their lives. Whether it is a fashion trend and a new music genre; media relays a message and portrays it as reality. That is very important because quite often, the media will try to feed us information that can be very opinionated or sometimes even completely false. A prime example of this is the way the media portrays women. The argument is basically saying the media places women under men. It categorizes women as means of advertisement, as “things” to be looked at by men. This is definitely true and definitely an issue in almost all of today’s popular forms of media
A very clear example representing this was in a movie called Tomb Raider. In the reading, the author mentions how there are very few action movies with the girl as the lead role. For the most part this is true, but there are still a handful of action movies where a female does earn a prominent lead role. When analyzing about Angelina Jolie’s role in Tomb Raider, not hard to realize that her character is deeply affected by this objectification of women. In the movie, there is hardly a single scene where she is not wearing tight, skimpy clothing. Her general appearance and attitude is obviously appealing to the male standard. In order to attract more men, and therefore many more viewers, Jolie is thrown into this role which is very misguiding and debatable.Her part in the movie is surprisingly legitimate, in my opinion. Throughout the story, she is consistently winning fights and whatnot (as most heroes do) and the fact she is a girl never really slows her down.
The idea that a lead role in an action movie should not be a woman is completely twisted. Women deserve every right to try for the part. As a head representative stated, though, movies with women as lead roles make less money. This is very important because the film industry is just that-an industry, and a business. In order for a movie to be worth filming, there must be some assurance that the movie will actually make money so that there is a profit. I guess to solve this case, they could simply pay the lead role less money than a man would normally earn, to balance out the loss of money. Of course, then, the argument that women aren’t getting paid as much as men would surely be brought up and would ignite yet another debate. Regardless, women should obviously have a fair shot at trying for action movies assuming they fit the role.
I think some consideration of Tomb Raider as video game to action movie might be useful, as well as digging deeper than her clothing alone.
ReplyDeleteThe specific pop culture item Matt is writing about is the movie Tomb Raider. The main idea is that women are not typically the lead roles in action movies, and then he further discusses that this should not be and what women have to dress like to be that role. Matt does offer support for this idea. To be more convincing he could add visual elements. For example, after describing her skimpy clothing, he could post a picture of her in the movie to be more effective.
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ReplyDeleteI talk about how the movie is demeaning and makes Jolie play the role as more of a body to look at than an actual person; do you think my second argument about women in movies in general is a good point to argue/bring up?
ReplyDeleteI find your second point to be very useful and a valid arguement that fits along with Angelina Jolie's portrayal or Lara Croft.
ReplyDeleteMatt is discussing a movie called "Tomb Raider" and the actress Angelina Jolie in said movie. He is discussing how a women can only be taken serioudly in an action movie if she's wearing skimpy clothing and subject to the 'male gaze.' He offer support by showing discussing the movie in detail and how Angelina Jolie is a walking eye-toy for men watching the movie. There are no visual elements, but a trailer or poster could very easily strengthen your point.
It feels like there's something missing between how Angelina Jolie was represented in men's perspective of how they view women and how women doesn't get a lead role in action movies. There should be a transitional sentence or a paragraph to connect those two ideas.
ReplyDeleteMatt discusses about a movie, 'Tomb Raider,' and Angelina Jolie, who plays a lead role in the movie. He says that women needs to be treated more equally, in particular an action film. He supports his theme by using examples of action related movies. As Jag said, a trailer which shows how Jolie is described in the movie will make the writing way better.
This blog does attract my attention. The big picture on the top draws the reader in. I think it is good placement for the picture. The blog also has a unique main idea. This main idea is of women in action movies and how they are portrayed. You make this idea unique, however, by tying in the business aspect and that movies need to make money.
ReplyDeleteThe main idea is that in the movie Tomb Raider, Angelina Jolie is portrayed through the male gaze by wearing tight clothing. To lengthen your blog, you could probably explain male gaze and how she is an item of it. The examples are specific and supported. I think also adding another picture in the middle of the blog would help. Maybe you could find one of her in action and in a tight outfit. This would support your main idea with visual arguments.
Matt has four paragraphs that all have a main idea and tie into the true main idea. I think it is well organized.
The blog's language is appropriate for Matt's peers. I'm not sure as to how to improve the language, I thought it was fine.
To make the blog more visually appealing you could add another picture in the middle of the blog. Also, you could change it so it is all one font. I like the font in your last paragraph for your topic because it seems to go with the action theme.