By: filmfadRyan

filmfadRyan — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:50:00 +0000

In reply to aubrey.

First off, thanks for your input. I always love to debate and appreciate input from others!

1. Her character holds the same role that John Hammond did in the first film. Hammond had the same vision as her yet every one of the attendees (Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcom, etc) had proven Hammond wrong. He, like Claire, held this position and was more concerned with the amusement and fiscal elements of the park. How many times have we seen a CEO, President, or Supervisor act clueless when it comes to day-to-day operations of a company? That’s why responsibilities are delegated. In fact, for her role in the company, I think she adapted rather well.

2. Technically you’re probably right when it comes to dominance theory but this of course is a film and that dominance needs to be conveyed to the audience. Establishing Chris Pratt’s character as an alpha male reinforces his role as a pack leader and creates that relationship for the audience. Not all movie-goers are going to be familiar with dominance theory. And even if that wasn’t the case, just because this type of role is present in the film, it doesn’t make the film sexist. It is a character portrayal not to be taken literal. If that were the case you could label many prominent films as sexist, racist, prejudice, etc.

3. For your thoughts on Zara’s death they played her death out much like Donald Gennaro’s in Jurassic Park (The Lawyer). She played the role of the tertiary “business” character that the audience was meant to have little connection to. Her death may have been extended but so was Gennaro’s death as he died on a porta-potty toilet.

4. Finally with Zach, that is just a representation of teenage love and raging hormones. When leaving his girlfriend, he was also overly emotional as cited by his father Scott in the beginning of the film mocking him. Yes he was staring at various women but is his unfaithfulness really a testament to sexism or is it a testament to the lack of monogamy in young love? We also don’t know what his girlfriend was doing back home while he was away so that argument is subjective.

If you re-watch Jurassic Park and then watch Jurassic World you may be able to see how many of these elements coincide as they relate to people, not specific genders.

By: aubrey

aubrey — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:40:00 +0000

I ended up seeing Jurassic World a couple days ago and I do have to disagree with you in saying that I personally do hold the view that sexism was present in the film. I thought it was so ridiculous that Claire, who holds a high position in operating and running the park, is constantly being proven wrong by Owen and that he knows better. Despite her knowledge of the park and how it runs, Owen handles the emergency situations. When Claire starts screaming for her nephews (which was a stupid move), Owen is the one that shushes her; he knows better even though Claire should be wise enough to not yell in a dinosaur inhabited jungle. I mean she runs this business, why wouldn’t she be savvy enough to handle a situation like this? But hey, Owen, who’s really only interacted with the raptors for training purposes, knows all. The unnecessary romance between the two felt forced. I found your alpha male defense of Owen’s behavior with her a little weak as well. As an animal trainer who has a lot of experience with dominance theory (which is presented in the film with Owen and the raptors), you don’t have to be hyper masculine and have a dominant personality to have animals respect you. One’s relationship with animals versus humans are completely different; I don’t order my friends and act ‘dominant’ with them just because I establish respect with animals. I found Zara’s death to be ridiculous too since it was drawn out for much too long and just emphasized the fact that she was being brutally tormented and eventually killed by the dinosaurs. Half of Zach’s purpose as a character was to just stare at various women he saw while at the park and his girlfriend was presented as being overly emotional and clingy. All in all, plot and character problems aside, this movie was a real let down concerning women and I hope you can understand why.

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