maanantai 19. toukokuuta 2014
Summary
After you've seen as many romantic comedies as I have, they all start to resemble each other in different ways. The main characters might have something in common and their own unique aspects are harder to notice. I think that movies don't really set an example on how males and females should behave. People act how they want to act. And in my opinion for example ads have a much bigger impact on peoples behavior than movies. Of course people can sympathize with movie characters, but people don't usually start acting like the characters.
There's Something About Mary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129387/synopsis?ref_=ttpl_pl_syn
"There's Something About Mary" is a quite old movie but it's one of my personal favorites. The movie is about three guys chasing after one woman. The movie shows really well how far people are willing to go for love. All the guys have their on flaws, Ted hires a private detective to stalk Mary, Healy drugs Mary's friends dog, Tucker fakes an injury. In the end Mary finds out the truth about everyone and of course chooses the main character Ted who has been in love with Mary for 13 years.
"There's Something About Mary" is a quite old movie but it's one of my personal favorites. The movie is about three guys chasing after one woman. The movie shows really well how far people are willing to go for love. All the guys have their on flaws, Ted hires a private detective to stalk Mary, Healy drugs Mary's friends dog, Tucker fakes an injury. In the end Mary finds out the truth about everyone and of course chooses the main character Ted who has been in love with Mary for 13 years.
This Means War
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596350/synopsis?ref_=ttpl_pl_syn
"This Means War" is a romantic comedy film about two best friends who are also CIA agents. They both fall in love with the same woman.
The friends FDR and Tuck have completely different attitudes when it comes to dating. FDR is a man who looks for hook-ups and doesn't want anything serious. Tuck is a man who has already been married once and divorced and is now looking for true love. The female main character Lauren has recently broken up with her fiancee and is looking for true love herself.
I think the main characters are really interesting and they are different from each other. Both guys are the heroic type but other than that their attitudes are almost completely opposite.
"This Means War" is a romantic comedy film about two best friends who are also CIA agents. They both fall in love with the same woman.
The friends FDR and Tuck have completely different attitudes when it comes to dating. FDR is a man who looks for hook-ups and doesn't want anything serious. Tuck is a man who has already been married once and divorced and is now looking for true love. The female main character Lauren has recently broken up with her fiancee and is looking for true love herself.
I think the main characters are really interesting and they are different from each other. Both guys are the heroic type but other than that their attitudes are almost completely opposite.
Legally Blonde 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333780/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
I chose "Legally Blonde 2" as one of my movies for this assignment and I think it is a nice example. The main character is a vain young woman who loves pink, shopping and has a chihuahua. Since she is a very stereotypical blonde, the character seems a lot like a barbie in some ways and she is not very smart.
In the story she Washington D.C to work as a congresswoman because she wants to ban animal testing. As the story progresses, the main character faces difficulties but overcomes them in the end and gains enough signatures for the bill.
Since the main character is made so stereotypical on purpose, it amuses older viewers more than younger viewers, in my opinion. But younger viewers on the other hand might make the connection to Barbie easier.
I chose "Legally Blonde 2" as one of my movies for this assignment and I think it is a nice example. The main character is a vain young woman who loves pink, shopping and has a chihuahua. Since she is a very stereotypical blonde, the character seems a lot like a barbie in some ways and she is not very smart.
In the story she Washington D.C to work as a congresswoman because she wants to ban animal testing. As the story progresses, the main character faces difficulties but overcomes them in the end and gains enough signatures for the bill.
Since the main character is made so stereotypical on purpose, it amuses older viewers more than younger viewers, in my opinion. But younger viewers on the other hand might make the connection to Barbie easier.
keskiviikko 7. toukokuuta 2014
Tangled
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/
I chose the Disney movie "Tangled" as one of my movies for this assignment. Tangled is a story about a young girl, Rapunzel, who has been locked in in a tower for almost her whole life. She decides to leave the tower later due to Flynn Ryder entering it when he is running away from the palace guards.
Since it's a Disney movie it has some stereotypical characters but most of them are unique. Rapunzel is a young girl who is not the classical damsell in distress. She easily knocks out a stranger with a frying pan and even though she has never been outside her tower, she enjoys the adventure when she finally leaves the tower.
The male main character, Eugene Fitzherbert (or Flynn Rider as he used to call himself since he didn't like his own name), on the other hand, fits into a certain category. He acts like a bad guy, a thief, but in the end he turns into a hero. Rapunzel steals a tiara which Eugene has stolen and promises to give it back to him if he takes her to the capital to see the floating lights. In the beginning Eugene simply plans to desert her in a tavern full of thugs, but as things progress they are stuck with each other for a while longer. In the end Eugene saves Rapunzel by sacrifacing himself, so he turns out to be a good guy in the end.
Both genders are presented as equal in the movie, and they save each other multiple times. I don't really think that movies tell us about what is means to be male or female, and more like show us how people with different personalities and ways of life react in different situations.
I chose the Disney movie "Tangled" as one of my movies for this assignment. Tangled is a story about a young girl, Rapunzel, who has been locked in in a tower for almost her whole life. She decides to leave the tower later due to Flynn Ryder entering it when he is running away from the palace guards.
Since it's a Disney movie it has some stereotypical characters but most of them are unique. Rapunzel is a young girl who is not the classical damsell in distress. She easily knocks out a stranger with a frying pan and even though she has never been outside her tower, she enjoys the adventure when she finally leaves the tower.
The male main character, Eugene Fitzherbert (or Flynn Rider as he used to call himself since he didn't like his own name), on the other hand, fits into a certain category. He acts like a bad guy, a thief, but in the end he turns into a hero. Rapunzel steals a tiara which Eugene has stolen and promises to give it back to him if he takes her to the capital to see the floating lights. In the beginning Eugene simply plans to desert her in a tavern full of thugs, but as things progress they are stuck with each other for a while longer. In the end Eugene saves Rapunzel by sacrifacing himself, so he turns out to be a good guy in the end.
Both genders are presented as equal in the movie, and they save each other multiple times. I don't really think that movies tell us about what is means to be male or female, and more like show us how people with different personalities and ways of life react in different situations.
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