Why females hate this movie?
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chrissyharker — 16 years ago(August 17, 2009 01:27 AM)
As a young female I can't empathize enough how powerful this movie is for young women.
There's a scene at the end where a girl is stumbling back from being raped and beaten by the Germans and all she can mutter is "to love, to have children". Two of the very basic rights that should never be taken away from anyone, let alone a woman. -
Mannex17 — 16 years ago(October 15, 2009 01:20 PM)
"War is very much a male domain - the women involved are almost always
victims.. in smaller rolls. People tend naturally to associate themselves with
thier own sex on the screen - seeing 'yourself' portrayed as either an object or a rape victim in a situation created by and dominated by men and in which we have no control becomes a bit wearing in the long run. "
this. -
EinarH — 15 years ago(November 08, 2010 03:21 PM)
by - noveltylibrary on Fri Jun 19 2009 19:08:28
where did you get those stats?
Why, from the ratings page of the movie. To view it, click on the the number of user votes next to the user rating), or go here:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10091251/ratings -
kzavarin — 16 years ago(July 24, 2009 12:47 AM)
I find this to be one of the most memorable and harrowing war films I've seen (female, age 49). I've watched several times; then again, I'm of Russian origin, and as somebody once told me, we were born to suffer
Anyway, not something to watch casually, maybe once every 10 years or so to remind us of the atrocities of war. -
Nova_UB313 — 16 years ago(July 26, 2009 12:28 PM)
I'm female, and I rated this film a solid 10. I would have rated it higher if there was the possibility to do so. I watch a number of war films, and this film stunned me in a way that most war films cannot. I was speechless for some time to come after viewing this.
There was no sense of heroism, no pomp and circumstance, no overwhelming score or guys high-fiving each other. But instead only ugliness, bleakness, hopelessness, and how war ages a person and robs them of their innocence and hope. Much in the same way that young Florya changed from an enthusiastic child into a beaten old man without even one year passing. This is the truth of war, as opposed to the sensational Hollywood portrayals.
More science, less fiction. -
Akkarogg — 16 years ago(January 04, 2010 12:25 PM)
"I'm female, and I rated this film a solid 10. I would have rated it higher if there was the possibility to do so. I watch a number of war films, and this film stunned me in a way that most war films cannot. I was speechless for some time to come after viewing this.
There was no sense of heroism, no pomp and circumstance, no overwhelming score or guys high-fiving each other. But instead only ugliness, bleakness, hopelessness, and how war ages a person and robs them of their innocence and hope. Much in the same way that young Florya changed from an enthusiastic child into a beaten old man without even one year passing. This is the truth of war, as opposed to the sensational Hollywood portrayals.
More science, less fiction."
Yes. Truth right there! This is what more media. Films and also Video Games eventually should aspire to show more of! -
combatreview — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 11:46 AM)
Not to say I disagree with everything you've just said, but surely it's obvious that we absolutely ARE defined by our biology, at least in part? Our thoughts are chemical processes, and biochemistry differs based on a number of factors, including gender.
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combatreview — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 01:56 PM)
That's double-balderdash right back at you, sonny jim. Nothing is certain and we all have free will - but it's naive to suggest that our physical bodies do not affect our thoughts and behaviour.
I mean, unless we bring in god, souls, spirituality
Because if we don't, then we are our physical bodies and there aint nothing else of us. Our physical bodies include our brains, and our brains are the seat of our behaviour and thought processes. And our brains are affected by physical influences, such as chemical balances - and tumors. Software aint nothing without hardware, and Neuroscience agrees with me.
The philosophical idea of Free Will is unaffected by this fact. -
combatreview — 16 years ago(December 05, 2009 04:28 AM)
Quadruple sir. We ARE our bodies. Our thoughts, our personalities, ARE chemical processes.
Gender affects body chemistry.
Now sure, being of a given gender guarantees nothing about who we are, and does not overwhelmingly determine anything about us - but it absolutely IS a factor. Of course it is.
People are always frightened of the idea that who they are may be determined by their physical selves, because they mistake it for a form of determinism or predestination. For example, some object to the idea that a pedophile may be caused by their genetic heritage, because they think that it makes an excuse for them. It does no such thing, because all humans have free will and are capable of choosing their own actions, regardless of their genetically-determined inclinations.
We exist physically. Every thought we have takes place on a physical level. Our Gender IS determined physically, in both bodily form and our brains.
Not to say socialisation isn't a massive part of what 'programmes' us - every computer needs to have software to run. But you can never escape the confines of the physical engine that contains that software, and its limitations. I think its naive to imagine that the human mind is in some way physically transcendent or metaphysical, whatever our ideologies might like us to think. -
alfa — 16 years ago(December 06, 2009 10:21 AM)
Humans are far too sophisticated to be reduced to an analogy with computers.
Although it is an interesting fact that men use Unix, Windows is almost exclusively for women, while Macs are the sole province of the Wiltshire Roaring-Woofters and sexual miscreants of every stripe and perversion.