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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 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.

Comment by beeswax on July 24, 2008 at 9:53pm

I don't think anyone intended to defend or promote bad movies, meow. I think we're aware that there are bad movies in every genre, and at every budget level. My posts below were sincerely trying to promote the idea of exploring films outside one single "comfort zone," especially outside the big giant studio comfort zone of the blockbuster.

But you're right. The last two decades have provided plenty of banal, pointless and facile work in the guise of "independent cinema." Partly (and only partly) due to the co-opting and buyout of "indies" by the major studios.

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