Comments on: As much as I loved Up

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:13:02 +0000

…or someone who wants to be a girl?…Loretta?

I never really noticed before. Maybe it’s because most of the male characters are stupid, and women aren’t thought of that way?

By: gifted typist

gifted typist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:45:35 +0000

Becks, were you a princess as a kid. Are you a princess as an adult?

Deepti, you mean behind every blockbuster animated male adventure is a bunch of overworked and underpaid women?

Lisa, CDPs comment is the zinger of the week

Barbara, I’ve gone through the deconstruction phase, been angry, demanded better, then got tired. Still it’s worth a mention and a little rant

By: gifted typist

gifted typist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:43:30 +0000

Shelagh, here here

Andrew, welcome to GT! Saw you at M4Change, no? Will check it out. thankx

Bubs, the princesses die hard in Disney

Cdp, Disney Dead Mother Movies, Brilliant!

By: barbara

barbara — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:10:49 +0000

I can’t say I give a lot of thought to the sex of the main character. As long as the female characters aren’t princesses, I’m okay.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:55:47 +0000

I’ve often thought that the studios were doing a disservice to girls with the whole Princess thing. We mocked it mercilessly in our home. Big shock, I know.

And as soon as I read the opening words, I was hoping that CDP would comment and add the zinger about Dead Mother Movies.

By: Deepti

Deepti — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:33:42 +0000

I wonder if perhaps there just aren’t enough women behind the scenes, and so the males behind the scenes feel most comfortable sticking to male characters?

By: BeckEye

BeckEye — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:23:45 +0000

I could really give a shit. A good movie is a good movie, no matter who it’s about. I’m a girl/woman, and somehow I was still able to relate to crotchety old Carl in “Up.” And maybe a little bit with Dug too. Oh look, a squirrel!!

By: cdp

cdp — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:42:59 +0000

Quite right. My sons really liked “The Golden Compass” and “Herbie Fully Loaded” which both had adventuresome female protagonists. And speaking of the latter movie, maybe someone could also petition Disney to occasionally release a movie without a dead mother. I should capitalize that; I refer to them as “Disney Dead Mother Movies”.

By: Bubs

Bubs — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:05:28 +0000

I remember the first wave of new Disney movies, starting with “The Little Mermaid”. We loved “Beauty and the Beast” because the heroine was a girl who was a bookworm who got her dad out of trouble.

I have a niece who’s in full-on Disney princess obsession, eagerly encouraged by her parents.

By: Andrew Burke

Andrew Burke — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:59:00 +0000

You should check out Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline” and his much-lower-budget-but-trippier “Mirrormask” – they both have strong and likeable female protagonists (and vaguely similar plots).