Film Review Of The First Time I Went At College

The first time I went to college, I was a film major. I took a course that revolved around the evolution of movies from the first film ever made to the most recent. The instructor did little to hide her views on misogyny dominating the film industry. Since that class, I have been unable to shake her voice from my head while I watch even the most seemingly harmless of movies. If I had stayed in the film industry, I would have tried to change what I inevitably see in mainstream Hollywood movies time and time again- films that fail the Bechdel test, a gross underrepresentation of women both in front of and behind the camera, and the blatant use of women as mere sexual objects in so many blockbuster movies. Looking at some popular films in the last few years provides a rollercoaster of waxing and waning hope for whether or not women are finding success in meaningful roles or continuing to serve as objects to be ogled. 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