tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post116492955494660699..comments2023-08-10T07:41:11.827-07:00Comments on Bajillion: Slapped, Not Stirred.Tommaso Sciortinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13682166317937996902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-1165284471399064452006-12-04T18:07:00.000-08:002006-12-04T18:07:00.000-08:00"I would, however, argue that Uma Thurman's perfor..."I would, however, argue that Uma Thurman's performance in that movie is at least as good as any male lead in any action film."<BR/><BR/>You have to see the male-centric perspective implicit in that statement, right? "Look, she can kill people just as well as any man can!" You throw great for a girl.<BR/><BR/>I oppose violence committed by any sex against any other sex. For some reason, though, female -> male violence doesn't make it to the bigscreen much, unless it's in a sexual context (which has its own problems).<BR/><BR/>I pictured Bond using a gay man the same way he'd use a straight woman ("using" being the operative infinitive verb).Rebecca C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266179966692604794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-1165274441687832532006-12-04T15:20:00.000-08:002006-12-04T15:20:00.000-08:00Well we should be clear what it means to be "inter...Well we should be clear what it means to be "interested" in doing a gay scene. The quote I keep reading in the papers has Daniel Craig saying something like "Why not?". That doesn't sound like he's making a big deal out of it.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it would work well with the character. Unless he was trying to use a gay guy to get information, and I suppose that's just weird.Tommaso Sciortinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682166317937996902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-1165273697774898272006-12-04T15:08:00.000-08:002006-12-04T15:08:00.000-08:00I saw Casino Royale and was very much impressed fo...I saw Casino Royale and was very much impressed for many of the same reasons. Past Bonds (including pretty-boy Pierce "Remington Steele" Brosnan) have been bumbling fools with too many gadgets. Sean Connery certainly portrayed a more misogynistic Bond that is anachronistic now (and probably was then).<BR/><BR/>Craig, however, plays a Bond for the 21st Century. Ironically, this film shows the early days of 007. If the new Bond continues along this path, I would expect him to beat out his predecessors to be the ultimate Bond.<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting, though, that Daniel Craig has expressed interest in a Gay scene in his next Bond role. My first impression of Casino Royale is that this is the Gayest Bond film ever (and I mean that as a very high compliment). Maybe it was the tight little blue swim trunk, the lack of a character named Pussy Galore, and the almost complete lack of sensual female images in the title sequence, but I immediately got the feeling that Casino Royale is attempting to draw the Gay male crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-1165083581163542162006-12-02T10:19:00.000-08:002006-12-02T10:19:00.000-08:00I never saw either Kill Bill movie, mostly because...I never saw either <I>Kill Bill</I> movie, mostly because Quentin Tarantino is a hack, but even more mostly because I don't like watching violence for violence's sake.<BR/><BR/>Did anyone think those movies were empowering because they portray a woman fighting and killing and cutting people's heads off? Ew.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, there's nothing inherently misgynistic about making a movie about super-violent women. It's just disappointing that the only way women are allowed to be on equal footing with men is for them to replicate the worst of male behavior.*<BR/><BR/>* Not that violence is a "male behavior," nor is male violence more acceptable than female violence. I just mean that cultural prejudices associate violence with men more than with women. (Of course it's hard to reconcile the ideal that violence shouldn't correspond to men with the reality that most violent crime is committed by men. It can't entirely be a cultural construct that makes more men than women violent.)Rebecca C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266179966692604794noreply@blogger.com