Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was a science fiction/horror film directed by Philip Kaufman and produced by Robert H. Solo. The plot takes place in San Francisco and follows health inspector Mathew Bennell (played by Donald Sutherland) and his colleague and love interest Elizabeth Driscoll (played by Brooke Adams), as they discover that humans are being replaced by aliens who appear to be perfect copies of the persons replaced, but devoid of emotion. The Invasion (2007) was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and James McTeigue, produced by Joel Silver. The story follows psychiatrist Carol Bennell (played by Nicole Kidman) as she attempts to flee with her son, the only one immune to the infection, as the planet is being invaded by a spore
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According to article writer Herbert Buchsbaum, who writes for the Scholastic Update, “Hollywood has made some progress in portraying women … the image of female characters in movies has steadily improved since the 1960s, reflecting the role of women in society” (Buchsbaum). Despite this men still dominated the playing field, being cast as the lead role more often than not and do still today, having more leads and plot advancing speaking lines than their female counterparts. In fact, based on a study by Women’s Media Center in 2012, the percentage of speaking roles in movies showed that barely 28.4% of women key plot advancing lines. This shows a decrease in percentage from nearly 30.3% in 2010 and 32.8% in 2009. On average only 43% of women had speaking or major roles in television the 2012-13 year. It was also found that out 855 of the most financially successful U.S. films from 1950 to 2006, there were two male characters for each female character (Dockterman). Another search showed that of the seventy-five million dollar paycheck men were earning (this based on highest-earning actor, Robert Downey, Jr.) women were only making thirty-three million, (the paycheck of highest-earning actress, Angelina Jolie) …show more content…
Although The Invasion was quoted to be the lamest version of Jack Finney’s classic novel, New York Times writer Manohla Dargis describing it as being “abhorrent” with the movie trying to “hide its ineptitude behind a veil of pomposity” (Dargis), it was still the first of its reboots to feature a woman as the main character. So while the portrayal of women in movies has changed over the years, there is obviously still more work to do in the field of getting more women into movies. When it comes to representation of women in movies, Hollywood can’t be
According to article writer Herbert Buchsbaum, who writes for the Scholastic Update, “Hollywood has made some progress in portraying women … the image of female characters in movies has steadily improved since the 1960s, reflecting the role of women in society” (Buchsbaum). Despite this men still dominated the playing field, being cast as the lead role more often than not and do still today, having more leads and plot advancing speaking lines than their female counterparts. In fact, based on a study by Women’s Media Center in 2012, the percentage of speaking roles in movies showed that barely 28.4% of women key plot advancing lines. This shows a decrease in percentage from nearly 30.3% in 2010 and 32.8% in 2009. On average only 43% of women had speaking or major roles in television the 2012-13 year. It was also found that out 855 of the most financially successful U.S. films from 1950 to 2006, there were two male characters for each female character (Dockterman). Another search showed that of the seventy-five million dollar paycheck men were earning (this based on highest-earning actor, Robert Downey, Jr.) women were only making thirty-three million, (the paycheck of highest-earning actress, Angelina Jolie) …show more content…
Although The Invasion was quoted to be the lamest version of Jack Finney’s classic novel, New York Times writer Manohla Dargis describing it as being “abhorrent” with the movie trying to “hide its ineptitude behind a veil of pomposity” (Dargis), it was still the first of its reboots to feature a woman as the main character. So while the portrayal of women in movies has changed over the years, there is obviously still more work to do in the field of getting more women into movies. When it comes to representation of women in movies, Hollywood can’t be