BP Movie Journal 12/10/15
Tyler and David discuss the movies and TV shows they’ve been watching, including:
Movies
KOZA
YOUTH
WOMAN IN GOLD
CAROL
THE MARTIAN
KRAMPUS
CONCUSSION
LEGEND
THE BIG SHORT
WHITE CHRISTMAS
TV
THE AMAZING RACE
SOUTH PARK
I’m absolutely fine with fantasy awards talk. Count me pro. But to a reasonable degree, of course. I don’t need fifteen minutes of fantasy awards talk. But a regular update, a little anecdote, if picks happen to come up – go for it.
The Bechdel test thing. I don’t think them talking about a man in any context passes, or two women in a scene talking to a man passes. The Bechdel test, for me at least, is supposed to be absolute. And because it’s absolute in such a simple thing – it shows how ridiculous it is that so many movies don’t pass. It’s not a test for a film, it’s a test for film. It’s a pass/fail thing, not a A+/B-/C/D thing. If it’s supposed to function as the latter, it’s a pretty shitty test for that. I think its use is most interesting in the wider context as a commentary on film, the culture. That’s my view, at least.
The Bechdel test has three components, so there’s degrees by which a movie can fail. I actually submitted a 3 out of 3 pass for “Day Night Day Night” to bechdeltest.com, even though technically it fails the first test (there are no named characters). I agree that it’s more interesting in aggregate than as an individual test for a movie though, as a film can pass via very short & insignificant scene while the rest of the film could be practically calculated to earn Bechdel’s ire.
Hey I just want to say that i really doesn’t matter to me how your fantasy league is going but what i do enjoy is any thing that gets your banter going … especially if its slightly antagonistic banter.
Krampus was a pleasant surprise. The characters felt like they belonged in not just Gremlins but movies like Christmas Vacation as well.
About the Bechdel test i think the scene you mentioned goes against the philosophy of the test. Maybe i am wrong but from your description the male character seems like an intermediary between the female characters. it just doesn’t seem like what test was intending.
I love the fantasy awards talk. Strong vote in favor.
I’m fine with the Fantasy awards talk.
I enjoy the fantasy awards talk, and would love if you explained it a little more and post the rules.
I would much rather have 50 Episodes of Fantasy Awards talk than a single minute of Comic Con talk.