Who's the most well-balanced, strong female movie character you know of?
Mar 6, 2019 21:38:20 GMT
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 6, 2019 21:38:20 GMT
When I review my mental list of strong female movie characters, I noticed that they tend to be at extreme ends of the spectrum and very few are well-balanced characters.
Some remove all traces of femininity from their character in order to look strong and badass. Examples of these are Sarah Connor in T2, Furiosa, Ellen Ripley in her latter movies, and a whole bunch of Michelle Rodriguez characters.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are those who emphasize too much on their sexuality which makes it hard to take their badassery seriously. Examples are the latest Charlie's angels movies, the women in Sucker Punch, Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft, Halle Berry's Catowman, etc.
Sometimes they're made simply as placeholders for action scenes but given very little personality. This is probably the most common. Examples are Selene from Underworld and Alice from the Resident Evil films. Black Widow also kinda falls in this category, same with majority of female action characters.
Sometimes they're seemingly made as an avatar for socio-political agendas without room to develop organically. Rey from Star Wars, Supergirl from the CW series, the latest Ghostbusters movie, etc.
Then of course there are the mary sues, where the movie tries to bend over backwards just to service them. Rey, Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, etc.
It seems Captain Marvel might fall under one (or more) of these categories.
Anyway long story short, I'm looking for the best examples you can give of well-balanced, strong female movie characters. Someone who can be badass but still feminine. Capable but not perfect. Someone who can physically dominant when necessary but also has depth and personality. So far the one's I've come up with are:
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)
Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)
Alita (from Alita Battle Angel - Rosa Salazar)
Neytiri (from Avatar - Zoe Saldana)
Ellen Ripley from her earlier movies (Sigourney Weaver)
Some remove all traces of femininity from their character in order to look strong and badass. Examples of these are Sarah Connor in T2, Furiosa, Ellen Ripley in her latter movies, and a whole bunch of Michelle Rodriguez characters.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are those who emphasize too much on their sexuality which makes it hard to take their badassery seriously. Examples are the latest Charlie's angels movies, the women in Sucker Punch, Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft, Halle Berry's Catowman, etc.
Sometimes they're made simply as placeholders for action scenes but given very little personality. This is probably the most common. Examples are Selene from Underworld and Alice from the Resident Evil films. Black Widow also kinda falls in this category, same with majority of female action characters.
Sometimes they're seemingly made as an avatar for socio-political agendas without room to develop organically. Rey from Star Wars, Supergirl from the CW series, the latest Ghostbusters movie, etc.
Then of course there are the mary sues, where the movie tries to bend over backwards just to service them. Rey, Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, etc.
It seems Captain Marvel might fall under one (or more) of these categories.
Anyway long story short, I'm looking for the best examples you can give of well-balanced, strong female movie characters. Someone who can be badass but still feminine. Capable but not perfect. Someone who can physically dominant when necessary but also has depth and personality. So far the one's I've come up with are:
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)
Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)
Alita (from Alita Battle Angel - Rosa Salazar)
Neytiri (from Avatar - Zoe Saldana)
Ellen Ripley from her earlier movies (Sigourney Weaver)