English @ SUNY Geneseo | Brittany Pratt | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/bcp5/activity/ Activity feed for Brittany Pratt. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ceee462281134c8012656ad010cf1c14 Brittany Pratt replied to the topic Gender in Children of Men in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/gender-in-children-of-men/#post-1412 Mon, 06 May 2019 16:11:04 -0500 I also found myself thinking a lot about gender watching Children of Men. In regards to our hero being male in the film, I agree that making the hero a woman would entirely change the reception. Personally, I think it would have been more powerful to woman in the hero role and it would have felt a little less like there was this male savior…[Read more]

]]> f43401be61589ba1821aa58b31d4d949 Brittany Pratt replied to the topic Does "The Station Agent" Have a Plot? What About a Hero? in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/does-the-station-agent-have-a-plot-what-about-a-hero/#post-1387 Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:24:05 -0500 I think the discrepancy comes from the definition of plot. By your definition, Nicholas, then yes, I’d say The Station Agent is a film with a plot. For me, I consider plot to be the external events that push the story forward and incite the change in the characters. So, by my definition, I have difficulties considering this as a movie with a…[Read more]

]]> 8c79f7ce8cdd9d27ed8f55f85981950c Brittany Pratt replied to the topic Snow White in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/snow-white/#post-1370 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:53:09 -0500 I agree that Snow White manages to fall flat as a character, especially in early adaptations. In addition to her purity and beauty, the reading mentioned how in many versions of the story, much of the “action” Snow White does revolves around caring for the seven dwarves. I wonder if this adds to the appeal of a character we can look back at now…[Read more]

]]> f2bc5f12538d834054d119f368690a67 Brittany Pratt replied to the topic Cool Hand Luke Review in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/cool-hand-luke-review/#post-1352 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:15:45 -0500 I agree that one of the most striking aspects of the film is Luke’s impulsive nature and “death wish.” For me personally with the ending, I’m stuck between Valeria’s interpretation and Jonathan’s questioning of “something entirely different.” While I could see that final shot of Luke smiling as him embracing the end, having lived a full life, I…[Read more]

]]> ab3e5dfdba970a9cde197718dedaadcf Brittany Pratt replied to the topic The Female Gaze? in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/the-female-gaze/#post-1327 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:44:57 -0500 Even though I think Magic Mike would be an excellent example of the “female gaze,” it can’t be because the female gaze doesn’t exist. It can’t exist. Yes, that movie, and increasingly others (as more women enter the film industry), are geared toward female audiences and arguably “objectify” men (though, not in the same way as women), but there i…[Read more]

]]> c0ebb8904df4609deecf27a106178d4d Brittany Pratt started the topic Hero's Passion in the forum Film Talk https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/heros-passion/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:01:09 -0500 Often when we think of heroes,  one of the first things we picture is their insurmountable passion for their cause, the same one we, the viewers, rally behind alongside them. In Michael Curtiz’s <i>Casablanca</i>, however, the setting and our hero, Richard (Rick) Blaine, are defined by their efforts to remain neutral.

Technically, Casablanca, b…[Read more]

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