I think that weird rumor or idea in Hollywood that people don't want to see female-driven movies couldn't be further from the truth. Women buy tickets to movies.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.'
Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.
Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.
I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves. Women of my age don't want to be force-fed with stuff about 25-year-olds.
It's sad that women characters have lost so much ground in popular movies. Didn't 'Thelma and Louise' prove that women want to see women doing things on film? Thelma and Louise were in a classic car; they were being chased by cops; they shot up a truck - and women loved it.
I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.
If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.
People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.