After watching and discussing the movie Die Hard 4 today in class my eyes opened up to a lot of different things. I never knew that so much goes into a movie about gender and the role that it plays in today's society.Women are usually looked at as the weaker individual and dependent of a man but in this movie the main two female characters were strong physical individuals and mentally as well. Because of past generations, society considers men as the alpha male. The three pictures below shows an alpha male, a women being in control of a man and a man being in control of a women. The way gender is shown in movies has come a long way and I hope that movies will continue to make movies a little similar to Die hard 4 that shows that there are and can be an Alpha female as well.
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The Alpha male
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I totally agree it opened my eyes also and I also loved how Mai was holding her own with John!, and also showcasing how each character was in control in their own ways in the photos was a great idea.
ReplyDeleteA good movie that shows the strengths and equality almost of men and women is Mr. and Mrs.Smith. When looking at your pictures and reading your blog it made me think of this. In that movie the roles are constantly switching between male in control and the female in control. It was a well thought out movie just like Die Hard with the power of gender roles.
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