man movies

超熱血的啦
Han would say so if he saw the movies.

Recently Russell Crowe played a traditionally considered bad guy in "3:10 to Yuma" and a traditionally considered good guy in "American Gangster".
These performances remind me of the time when I started to notice him as a good actor. No, not "Gladiator". It was "A Beautiful Mind" that caught my eye.

After a childhood of Hong Kong martial-art movies and Hollywood hero movies, it becomes harder and harder for me to enjoy new man movies.
It is, firstly, very silly to define a movie by its audience population or the major characters in the film. But it is what the silly Hollywood has done. For example, gay movies and woman movies and chick movies and child movies and animal movies.

So I say "3:10 to Yuma" and "American Gangster" are man movies. No important female role in both movies. They are based in a man-only world. Men kill men. Men chase after men. Men befriend with men. Women are simply objects for sex or care-giving to men's children.

As a woman, I am not offended. If that is what the story is about, it's fine with me. I was not offended either when seeing "Brokeback Mountain".
I cannot deny that those two new man movies are well made. I cannot deny that I enjoyed both movies although I was very hungry when watching them. Never watch a 7-ish movie without a late lunch.

When will I see a well-made and well-accepted movie with a great female gangster or a great female cowboy featured in Hollywood movies? No, I am not talking about porns.
Hong Kong has already done so, except that cowboys are not universal.

Interestingly, even in a woman movie, men are not often simply regarded as objects for sex or hardware-fixing.
Cannot think of one.
Perhaps in the upcoming "Sex and the City" movie, some male characters will be objects.

Now I want to hug a huge barrel of popcorn.
Have a good weekend, you all. See a movie with some objectified human characters. And you think about it. Thinking is powerful. Your mind needs some workout.