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Jurassic World. Sexist? (spoilers)

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PiperAndAlex · 20/06/2015 19:45

I haven't seen the movie but I want to. I've seen quite a lot of reports that it is sexist.

The lead (Claire?) is portrayed as quite a cold stiff career woman who has no maternal instincts.

She saves her nephews life by shooting a dinosaur yet they only want to stay with her because they feel safe with her boyfriend.

She wears her heels throughout the movie.

Also the most gruesome death was that of a female - yet she didn't actually do anything to deserve that death.

If you look back at Jurassic Park with Ellie she was volunteered to turn the power on when John Hammond says it really should be him because hes a man, she just rolls her eyes.

And that was 20 years ago! Seems like this film is a step back.

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almondcakes · 20/06/2015 20:21

I rarely wear heels, maybe it is my sexist assumption that someone wearing heels would slow down a search and rescue mission on boggy ground, or would run more slowly in dangerous situations in high heels.

WixingMords · 20/06/2015 20:21

*human characters!

almondcakes · 20/06/2015 20:18

Well he wasn't dead. He returns in the final scene, which the other characters ignore.

If you leave a character behind hiding inside a fallen tree trunk in mortal peril, and they appeared numerous times prior to that in a speaking role, I want to know what happens to him.

WixingMords · 20/06/2015 20:17

I just thought though that bit where the boys ment the male character is annoy me!!

Yes she does it all in heels. However it is mentioned as not being ideal I think she just didn't get a chance to change footware though.

As is standard with films the male characters out weight the female.

WaferInMyCoffee · 20/06/2015 20:17

I have seen it. I didn't feel it was overly sexist. Claire's character is strong and career driven, women like this exist. Yes, she wore her heels throughout but i saw that as a positive - I am a woman who wears heels and feels good about myself but I can still kick arse.

Yes, the kids wanted to stay with the boyfriend, he knew what he was doing! What is wrong with that? Not because he was a man but because he proved himself to them, he was ex navy and experienced with dinosaurs, his gender wasn't the over riding reason they wanted to stay with him.

There were male and female characters represented in different ways. Chris Pratt and his bad-ass skills, Jake Johnson and his awkward ways and in no way the obvious hero yet is there to save the day, Claire with her strong career ideals and her strong business skills, the boys' mother who was loving and tearful and huggy, the geeky science woman in the lab, the male "bad guy".

No, I didn't find it sexist. And I bloody loved it Grin

Baies · 20/06/2015 20:09

But my view of sexist may be different to yours? Will you not see it if I tell you it's sexist?

It's a good film, we all enjoyed it. Sexist or not Wink

WixingMords · 20/06/2015 20:08

Claire's character was great. She's not maternal but she isn't without love for her nephews. I can really find annoyance in a woman being portrayed as not interested in having children.

Yes a woman has a long death scene but a large number of men die too.

Seeming someone mentioned the black man, I too noticed that and assumed he was dead too seeing it didn't seem to be of an interest to involve him.

PiperAndAlex · 20/06/2015 20:06

Why not see it then judge?

I kept coming across articles that it was sexist.

So thats why I asked because I couldn't judge for myself.

Is there a problem with that?

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almondcakes · 20/06/2015 20:01

Sorry, but Claire's character was fine, was what I meant to write.

almondcakes · 20/06/2015 20:00

I have seen it.

The running around in heels - across muddy ground, away from a trex etc was really annoying.

Lack of female characters also a shame.

But Claire's character.

Also, the leaving the black character behind for ages and not saying what happened to him until the last scene was annoying. I spent 15 mins wondering if he was alive or dead.

wankerchief · 20/06/2015 19:53

Why not see it then judge?

LegoComplex · 20/06/2015 19:52

doesn't sound that sexist to me personally.