Movie Philosophy

Overview

I am not going to bother rambling on for hours about how Western societies are plagued by misandry in many different forms, the media being the most conspicuous. I will assume that you are fairly aware of these issues and are reading my film reviews for your own interest or because you are hoping to find out if a movie you are planning on seeing will annoy you because of potential misandry.

If you are like me and you are completely sick of the increasing anti-male messages of movies in today's "Goldenage" of Hollywood or independant film alike, then you'd definetly want a second opinion before you watch it. Or maybe before your child watches it perhaps.

My Aim

If you are looking for very brief movie reviews with minimal spoilers then you are out of luck here. These sites spring to mind and are well worth visiting:

http://www.mensmovieguide.com/

This site has quite a varied number of films to choose from and the ones that are underlined have brief reviews written by either the site owner or people who send their reviews in (I do it quite a lot) and is probably your best bet to find out quickly if a film is anti-male or not.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jamiranda/mramovies/id2.html

This is also a good site that looks at particular films in more detail and as such has a way of looking at movies similar to my own.

I will try and warn of spoilers if possible but understand that if there are already a couple of sites that accomplish the basic purpose of warning of male-bashing then I would simply be competing with those sites and there would be little opportunity for me to really rant about a movie and discover in detail its message etc. For that is just what I intend to do.

I am really looking to analyse movies in more detail from my own perspective and you may be surprised by my views.

Your help needed

Like I said, all movies I review will be from my own unique perspective which is critical of gender relations and of course I would appreciate it immensely if you would send me your own reviews of movies I have or have not reviewed and I will add them in the comments section. I want this site to eventually become a huge archive for men's perspectives on movies and a wide diversity of opinions would be very well recieved.

Before you send reviews to my email address, I will give you an example of how I think when reviewing movies in its simplest form.

• Male responsibility versus female rights. Men dying in war to earn their right to be loved and respected e.g. Saving Private Ryan to boys having to go through journeys to be loved by their mothers e.g. AI; versus women not having to earn such things. While this is is male positivity, know that I am for equal rights BUT only if there is equal responsibility. You will see what I mean
• Children's movies will be critiqued most harshly because I personally believe that movies have the greatest impact on children due to their quick developing brains and response to new stimuli. Disney films for instance and the messages that come with them. The Spiderwick Chronicles is an anti-male movie because of its approach on fatherhood and its potential influence on children watching it.
• Adult movies like Pulp Fiction, Tarantino and Sly Stallone movies which may have certain aspects of percieved male positivity will not necessarily be considered male-positive. I cannot stand mindless violence where a "scorned" (yes it applies to men too) male character destroys a group of evil men to save a woman or for his own revenge or both.
• You will find my stance on woman bashing to be quite counterintuitive at times. The Pianist and Hard Candy, regardless of what they were actually intended to preach to the audience i.e. woman good even when shes bad but man bad; can actually be seen as misoygnistic in my view. You'll see
• Length of review will depend on tons of factors. How I personally feel about the movie, like how it affected me, how good it is for a topic on gender issues, how well known it is etc. And I will try to outline the plot at the start of the review and after the spoiler sign, go straight into it
• If the film is big and there are tons of similar minded reviews all over the internet then I may insert one of them into the review and critique it