Memos and Movies
May. 2nd, 2009 12:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rms10I enjoyed this column on memos to Hollywood in the NY Times today, if only for this bit:
I've been bitching for years that The Incredibles was the only Pixar movie that passed the Bechdel test, and that most Pixar movies don't even have main female characters.
Despite our free movie passes -- and our desire to see as many movies as possible before October -- I've only seen three movies in the theater in 2009 so far. Usually we're good at seeking out the lesser-known and indie movies, but this year seems like a dry spell so far. And the only summer movies I'm looking forward to are Julie and Julia and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
So what would you add to the memos? And what movies are out there that I've missed this year?
To: John Lasseter
From: Manohla Dargis
I’m psyched that you and the guys at Pixar Animation Studios are finally making a movie with a girl as the lead character and with a woman as director, no less — another first for you! Congrats! Of course we have to wait until 2011 to see “The Bear and the Bow,” but on behalf of 51 percent of the population, I salute you.
I've been bitching for years that The Incredibles was the only Pixar movie that passed the Bechdel test, and that most Pixar movies don't even have main female characters.
Despite our free movie passes -- and our desire to see as many movies as possible before October -- I've only seen three movies in the theater in 2009 so far. Usually we're good at seeking out the lesser-known and indie movies, but this year seems like a dry spell so far. And the only summer movies I'm looking forward to are Julie and Julia and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
So what would you add to the memos? And what movies are out there that I've missed this year?
