Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-27724978-20160926105133/@comment-25238001-20161012210321

Old Memes &amp; Sweet Dreams wrote: I agree that it's perfectly acceptable for women protagonists to be a thing. In fact, The Hunger Games franchise is a perfect example of what directors should aim to do with their female characters.

My beef (In terms of female protagonists) is mostly with the new Star Wars film. Rey was completely perfect at everything she did, and was practically all-knowing. Disney was so desperate to add a new female character to the franchise that they never stopped and took time to build on her character. They just made her perfect and called her a symbol of "girl power" (lol). Meanwhile the men in the film were all flawed and either really arrogant or too foolish/comedic. The whole thing was pretty much slapped together, and really just a remake a A New Hope, too..

I know the media and Hollywood are filled with equally politically correct, social justice characters. Because of this, I fear for the future of Jurassic Park. Seeing a strong, powerful male character in modern fandom is reassuring to me, seeing as how they are practically frowned upon now.

Just look at the  Ghostbusters  remake. Or look at  The Hobbit  films. Those films were awful because of political correctness. Those films weren't terrible because of political correctness. They were terrible because they completely misundertood what made their source materials so beloved, and went in a different direction that didn't suit the movie(s) or the franchise. I had no problem with the idea of an all-female Ghostbusters, and the cast is a group of genuinely funny ladies, but the script and the effects are what killed that movie. As for the Hobbit films, one of the only bright spots to me was the edition of Tauriel. I thought the romance between her and Kili was far more interesting than literally anyhting else going on in those movies.