What theme would you like to see displayed more in movies?

thanarealnobody · 2021-12-06T06:17:26+00:00

Women legit loving being alone

millennialpink2000 · 2021-12-06T03:24:54+00:00

Husbands who LOVE their wives, treat them well, perform emotional labour, don't go have gross guy talk, lust after them and actually give a fuck

revengeofgivingtree · 2021-12-06T03:45:53+00:00

Ugly creepy boy does not date gorgeous, funny smart queen.

subgirlygirl · 2021-12-06T03:14:18+00:00

I would love to see women setting and maintaining boundaries, holding back on having sex without looking like they're playing games or being a 'cock tease' (🙄), and really modeling what that looks like so other women can use the language in their lives. Casual sex is portrayed as this carefree, fun thing, and while it might be for some, for most women it's empty and leads absolutely nowhere. A female lead who waits for the right time with a quality man would be awesome.

(Provided they could actually figure out how to portray quality characteristics, that is.)

wonkyeyes8877 · 2021-12-06T03:52:24+00:00

I'm not sure if this is a theme, but I would like to see actresses being paid appropriately compared to male workers and not forcing them to do nude scenes "for the art" because it's not for the sake of the movie at all and we know it.

Bleep_bloop5678 · 2021-12-06T09:08:04+00:00

Women who break up with their partners and stay broken up because they choose themselves. None of this, he does some embarrassing public apology and so she caved and they live “happily ever after” stuff

ceramicunicorn · 2021-12-06T04:48:34+00:00

I’d like to see more women who are not conventionally attractive featured, thriving....professionally and personally.

samedinuitmort · 2021-12-06T09:52:49+00:00

Bright, happy adult woman (middle aged is even better) with integrity and strength, going about the world solving problems, teaching things and changing the lives of the people she meets, with absolutely 0 romance.

Like a Mary Poppins character with no love interest just spreading what’s good and right in the world.

Or any story like the stories about the witches from Terry Pratchett.

I’d love stories about senior women as well that are not about how they’re old. Not about grief, divorce, finding love after your 60s, creating meaning in a boring senior life etc. It feels like every movie about older women starts with this premise - she’s old, miserable, lonely and boring, what will she do to be happy? I’d love a story that goes she’s old, happy, smart, capable, bright and satisfied - what will she do for others?

hikurangi2019 · 2021-12-06T03:28:47+00:00

I’d like to see female anything other than being the romantic interest. I’d especially like to see older women being badass with their lived experience and wisdom. Female leadership, female villain anyone?, I wanna see women in a position of power not victimhood. “Promising Young Woman” was fantastic!

jijitsu-princess · 2021-12-06T03:42:42+00:00

A story of male vengeance on other men who are predators. Naming and shaming other men who abuse women. Public ally. I want the bad men to be lawyers, preachers, and other “upstanding” men in the community.

Female hero who is NOT dressed like a porn star. Wickedly smart (as we all are), physically strong. And there is strong boundaries between her and a romantic interest.

A story of a badly behaved man who gaslights women, watches porn and takes advantage of mentally weak women. I wanna see his life go up in flames and everyone ostracizes him.

A western movie of a widow busting her ass, raising her kids and building a business in spite of heavy opposition. The ending should be her owning the whole town and all of her haters begging for handouts.

herbivorouscarnivore · 2021-12-06T03:21:45+00:00

Genuine, non-dysfunctional friendships. Men who respect boundaries. Straight men who are actual, platonic friends with women. Women who have complete lives and maybe romance would add to that, but no big deal if it doesn’t happen.

elainejay82 · 2021-12-06T04:59:46+00:00

I want to see a woman work her way through the corporate ladder with absolutely zero romance or men involved in her life.

discoveringliberty · 2021-12-06T12:21:23+00:00

sex scenes that don't show female nudity and are instead focused on the sensuality of it. Basically less unnecessary female nudity.

Movies that show relationships between women and men who don't have casual sex.

Movies celebrating female friendships and the love between women.

Movies with lesbian characters. I feel like the majority of same sex couples on TV are gay men.

Movies celebrating womanhood that are uplifting. Media showing the struggles that women face is very important, but I don't want it all to be doom and gloom all of the time.

maznyk · 2021-12-06T05:06:22+00:00

I want to see strong female characters NOT end up with wimpy klutzy helpless Ron Stoppable blahs who bring nothing to the table.

Movies will try to push just how oh so amazing, talented, and in charge the female lead is by placing her next to a lovable goofy side kick who’s barely competent and perpetually friend-zoned by her until the jerk bad guy turns her off enough for her to lower her standards and settle for the manchild who has been following her around this whole time. He doesn’t need any good qualities or talents that can be an asset to the heroine, he just has to be not the bad guy and at least he doesn’t hit her so settle and pretend you got a happy ending.

I’d love to see a movie where the woman rejects the “bay guy” AND still doesn’t end up with the back up blah guy who has been her “friend” this entire movie.

Or at least give the blah friend-zone guy a character arch during the film so that he’s no longer blah and levels up in order to be worthy of her. There was a reason she wasn’t even considering him dating material before this movie began, and that reason still exists even after our heroine saves the day and settles for him. This needs to change, or she needs to not end up with the lovable oaf at all.

maraslove · 2021-12-06T13:04:13+00:00

Women LEAVING the male (and so called friends!) they’re with when they don’t want them to shine. I did not like how Anne’s Hathaway’s character in the Devil Wears Prada dropped what she loved for a whiny “man” and her nuisance friends. Being happy moving up in life and dropping everyone needs to be normalized for women. They were loving her perks yet started having issues with her putting her job first. Fuck that.

asoww · 2021-12-06T08:08:21+00:00

An accomplished woman who is also happy in love and doesn't settle

purasangria · 2021-12-06T06:21:15+00:00

The theme where average men invite their looksmatch to dinner and have a great time.

The theme where men actually make an effort to plan a nice date.

Fairy tales, I know, but a woman can dream!

Ok-Yogurtcloset3467 · 2021-12-06T12:52:18+00:00

Really nontoxic relationships. Where both are committed to making life easier for the other and just loving them. And struggle love is not glorified.

I was trying to explain to others what I meant when I said I wanted a passionate relationship where the passion was based on loving each other too much constantly, not on a rollerocater of emotion and I struggled to explain it. Because it's so rarely seen in the media that its hard to imagine.

europoor24 · 2021-12-06T07:59:56+00:00

More Disney movies like frozen/Elsa, so few movies for little girls decenter men.

sleepysiri · 2021-12-06T13:54:54+00:00

A woman who is either infertile or childfree by choice and is not seen or described as a monster because of it. Looking at you, Natasha Romanoff and Yennefer of Vengerberg. It’s a cheap trope that reduces women to a basic biological function. While it may upset them or traumatise them, or they may not care at all, women are not monsters for not bearing or not being able to bear children.

Peak_Tree · 2021-12-06T15:01:03+00:00

I want more women not taking back the scrotes. And not only the cheating ones but the useless "weaponized incompetence" ones too.

Also pairings when the actors are the same age. Absolutely tired of MEGA age gaps on screen.

seadragon6 · 2021-12-06T15:29:51+00:00

A woman who is independent WITHOUT an ending where she has to apologize or repent for being "selfish" so she can be with a mediocre man.

StrawberryMoon3 · 2021-12-06T14:00:36+00:00

Less casual sex. And more healthy and strong relationships

StrawberryMoon3 · 2021-12-06T14:02:15+00:00

I'd like to see more morally ambiguous female lead characters on screen. Too many are written to be righteous or likeable.

NotYourCirce · 2021-12-06T14:08:58+00:00

I want to see women who have loving relationships with men and don’t want children

yairina · 2021-12-06T08:24:04+00:00

A guy friend who respects his woman friend and her relationship and doesn't spend the whole movie waiting for her to realize she was in love with him all along.

HermiticalyKermit · 2021-12-06T13:39:25+00:00

Lack of romance as a main plot point for a female protagonist. Our life is more than "just chasing a guy". We have bills to pay, mortgage to drop to 0, degrees to finish, jobs to advance into, families to deal with, friendships to have.

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Title	What theme would you like to see displayed more in movies?
Author	Softrito
Upvotes	194
Comments	56
Date	December 6, 2021 3:05 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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