Thanks, that definitely helped! I think I get it now, and Laurie Penny's take in particular pointed out angles I hadn't thought of.
I still have some reservations with calling it a feminist film, though, akin to the objections of Eileen Jones and Anita Sarkeesian (though I don't agree with the latter's implication that no violent film can ever be feminist). I think a large part of what's considered feminist about it is simply the lack of most of the typical sexist mistakes (though using a bevy of scantily-clad nubile models as the McGuffin still feels pretty egregious). I would absolutely like to see a lot more movies in the genre of "non-sexist action movie", but that still seems like too low a bar to be satisfied with.
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Date: 2016-03-03 05:38 am (UTC)I still have some reservations with calling it a feminist film, though, akin to the objections of Eileen Jones and Anita Sarkeesian (though I don't agree with the latter's implication that no violent film can ever be feminist). I think a large part of what's considered feminist about it is simply the lack of most of the typical sexist mistakes (though using a bevy of scantily-clad nubile models as the McGuffin still feels pretty egregious). I would absolutely like to see a lot more movies in the genre of "non-sexist action movie", but that still seems like too low a bar to be satisfied with.