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  • Essay / feminist analysis - 808

    Green Lantern is a science fiction film directed by Martin Campbell. This movie is about a police force called the Green Lantern Intergalactic Corps that uses green rings that feed off their will and are on a mission to protect the universe from evil. The main character, Hal Jordan played by Ryan Reynolds, is chosen by the ring and protects his planet from Parallax. His childhood friend, Carol Ferris, played by Blake Lively, supports him throughout the film. Dr. Amanda Waller played by Angela Bassett appears a few times and brings Hector Hammond played by Peter Sarsgaard to perform an autopsy on the body of Abin Sur played by Temuera Morrison. The first female character shown in the film has no name and is obviously either a sex worker or a "one-night stand". She appears once in the film and doesn't even speak at all in the film. The first impression this film gives is that women are inferior to men. The director of the film, Martin Campbell, portrayed women in a very despicable way, silencing them and not giving them a voice. The main character does not look at her or care about her and leaves a young woman speechless, completely surprised in her bed. The first thing the second female character, Carol Ferris, says is "I think you're late." She displays masculinity, authority and maturity over Hal and this is shown again later when she says "you are punished". Unlike the first voiceless female character, Carol has a voice and uses it to show her authority over a man. According to Feminism Reviewer Jacquie Piasta, Green Lantern fails the Bechdel test because in the film there are no two women talking to each other. . There are at least two women who have names in the film but since they don't even know each other, they can't talk...... middle of paper ......e; they are not leaders. Women's creativity is shown when Hal told Carol not to move, but when she sensed Hal and was in danger, she launched missiles at Parallax and sent Hal's ring at him. It is precisely because there is patriarchy in this film that we can say that women are oppressed, marginalized and treated like “others”. Female characters do not have enough voice to express their values. The first female character introduced in the film has no voice and is treated as a mere object. It is a sign of oppression of the female gender. The contrast between the first female character and the second shows that oppression does not always apply to all women. The second female character was not only given voice but also power. However, this does not last long as the female character does not show authority but simply support as the film progresses..