Dawn of the Planet of the Women in Film

Arguably the most prominent debate in Hollywood is diversity and representation, or to put it in more basic manners, women are getting screwed over; and thanks to the power of the internet, Hollywood finally seems to be listening, after all, just look at the three big films in theatres right now. Pitch Perfect 2, Mad Max: Fury Road and Tomorrowland, all three of which have significant roles for women.



Pitch Perfect 2 is probably the most prominent, being a female lead comedy, directed by Elizabeth Banks and also making the most money out of the three of them. While Mad Max: Fury Road, an R Rated Action film has been praised for it's well developed and diverse range of women of multiple races and ages, and above all else there's Furiosa who most would say is the best character (I agree) for being the most developed character as well as having great action skills and a role of leadership. Tomorrowland is a family friendly adventure film featuring Casey Newton, a non-sterotypical science genius in the lead role, as well as Athena, a young female robot who performs most of the action scenes and for a good third of the movie, it is just the two of them.














Basically put we have a diverse range of genres, characters and audiences in these movies, each one targeting a different demographic and having completely different stories with minimal sterotypes, okay Pitch Perfect has stereotypes, but none of them are female centric stereotypes. Now am I saying that this is the end of sexism in Hollywood? No, i'm still waiting for that Black Widow action figure dammit! But all i'm saying is, here we have three movies of such a wide range of roles, all critically acclaimed, commercial successes and released back to back is a victory that is worth noting and hopefully will lead to more films giving women a chance. Combine this with the most bankable actors right now are Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa McCarthy and Scarlett Johannson, and superhero shows/films are finally catching on with Supergirl, Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, i'd say we're finally starting to see some progress here.

-Danny