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Comment by beeswax on November 8, 2009 at 6:27am

They did it to me, too, Phin. heh

Comment by Phineas T Freakears on June 3, 2009 at 10:12am

LOL Netflix, in what universe is Bella a “strong female lead”? Bella is one of the weakest female characters I have ever read about or watched on screen. Jesus Camp doesn’t make much sense in this category either…

Comment by Bunghole on June 2, 2009 at 7:41pm

I love the new . . . well, not so new no . . . strong women in films. It all started when I fell in love with Vasques, in Aliens.

Anyway, try "Strike" a true story of Agnieszka, a welder in a Polish shipyard who almost single handed laid the foundation for the Solidarity Movement in Poland. Very brave and definitely a STRONG woman.

Also, the film "La Femme Nikita." a French punk-rocker who is coerced into become a special agent . . . really "bad." "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" is about . . . Sophie Scholl, a member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. So touching I couldn't watch the end. Didn't want to cry. One strong woman.

Comment by Holly Golightly on February 19, 2009 at 1:03am

Thanks, Jess. This is an interesting looking group.

Comment by Stuntgirl on December 23, 2008 at 9:54pm

Demi Moore as "GI Jane".....Anjolina Jolie as "Lara Croft"......Uma Thurman in Kill Bill as Beatrix the Bride....Still searching for someone current....

Comment by MargaritaMcCall on October 27, 2008 at 8:24pm

I liked Sally Field in Places in the Heart. Also liked Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta (which is playing constantly on F/X, that's why I've seen it...) I also liked Peta Wilson in La Femme Nikita (tv show, I know...) and of course Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer. I know I may get some criticism about it, but I think she was a very tough young woman, to have to fight against BOB and keep him from possessing her.

Comment by Will on September 30, 2008 at 5:37am

A recommendation: Gaudi Afternoon: Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor, Maria Barranco (of Almodovar fame) and Juliette Lewis. Directed by the marginally talented Susan Seidelmann, but the women are the ticket. Did I mention Judy Davis (the woman is a force of nature)?

Comment by SoRefined on August 26, 2008 at 6:48pm

How about Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce?

The main characters in The Magdalene Sisters were also damn strong.

Finally, I'd give Scarlett O'Hara a shoutout for being a lady in charge, too.

Comment by ~Brianna~ on August 17, 2008 at 12:55am

claire danes-evening,ashley judd-yaya sisterhood,angelina-girl interrupted,mrs.swain in plain dirty.o yeah and all the chicks in deathproof!

Comment by meow meow on August 6, 2008 at 2:00pm

I didn't mean to imply that there were greater quantities ‘bad’ of Independent films just simply that my tastes have changed as I’ve grown older and I don’t prefer Independent films anymore. I don’t think that mature audiences prefer any one kind of film –we’re all different and that’s OK.

Your point about the buy-out of Independent labels made me think though… Interestingly enough that is right around the time I stopped looking to the independent genre as a staple of my movie diet.
But I hadn’t really considered that perhaps the genre itself had changed –perhaps in the same way that mainstream music co-opted the term ‘alternative’ in the late 80’s and suddenly that genre became synonymous with really vanilla mediocre music.

Anyhoo, I certainly don’t think any of y’all are trying to promote bad movies and I wasn’t trying to insult your taste… I just felt bad for that guy Alan. He had an opinion about female-directed blockbusters and was talking about films he enjoyed and it was implied that he missed the point and had poor taste in movies. For what it’s worth I am a strong feminist woman and some of my favorite movies include Sigourney Weaver kicking alien butt, Milla Jovovich kicking some serious zombie butt and Linda Hamilton wreaking havoc on some androids.
I don’t know if you guys are my age (older or younger) so I don't know if you remember when the movie Alien was released; it was a novel thing to have a women be that strong, to play that kind of action lead. For me, seeing a women be able to do that onscreen was really inspiring. The boys had plenty of heroes to choose from, but up until that point, the only other example I had was Wonder Women.

I don't think these characters simply represent male fantasies, but I do appreciate that there are many other models of female strength to be found in genres other than action blockbusters.

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