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Niamh.
09-11-2015, 01:43 PM
Was just going to post this quiz but the actual topic is pretty interesting, how sad for us women in Superhero movies, I never noticed this before but it's true :o

http://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/does-your-favorite-superhero-movie-pass-the-bechdel-test#.mhn0Ln52J

You got 9 out of 14 right!
Mokka
09-11-2015, 02:09 PM
You got 10 out of 14 right!

My strategy was to say no most of the time, unless I could actually think of a yes situation :hehe:

This is why when we go to the comic book store. My daughter and I pick out comics with girls or women as the main character :smug:
Niamh.
09-11-2015, 02:17 PM
You got 10 out of 14 right!

My strategy was to say no most of the time, unless I could actually think of a yes situation :hehe:

This is why when we go to the comic book store. My daughter and I pick out comics with girls or women as the main character :smug:

I was looking at other non superhero films that failed it too, all of the Lord of the Rings films, Avatar, the Star wars Trilogy
James
09-11-2015, 11:55 PM
Mark Kermode is always talking about this on his film show. :hugesmile:
Kizzy
10-11-2015, 12:28 AM
You got 9 out of 14 right!

They made ant man before they made a film with a female as the hero :/
Mokka
10-11-2015, 01:45 AM
You got 9 out of 14 right!

They made ant man before they made a film with a female as the hero :/

Lol... That about sums it up :laugh:
Niamh.
10-11-2015, 09:24 AM
Mark Kermode is always talking about this on his film show. :hugesmile:

I never heard of it before but my God when i actually started thinking about the last few films I watched I'm not even sure that any of them would even pass. Seems like such a low standard as well to have a film pass
Niamh.
10-11-2015, 09:26 AM
And also, I'm finding it hard to think of a film that wouldn't pass if the same rules had to be applied to men. That's pretty sad actually
Jamie89
10-11-2015, 09:34 AM
And also, I'm finding it hard to think of a film where a film wouldn't pass if the same rules had to be applied to men. That's pretty sad actually

Hollywood's about 50 years behind their audience, with things like this. I don't get it.

Oh and I got 7, but I guessed most of them because I don't usually like superhero films