Madagascar

                                                    

The movie I watched was Madagascar. This film is about a hippo named Gloria, a lion name Alex, giraffe name Melman, and a zebra named Marty. Marty has escaped from the zoo and is trying to get to the wild. In the process of his friends coming to save him they get caught and shipped out to Africa. While on the boat the crate’s they are in fall over board and they are washed up on an island. Now they have to survive in the wild.  

The movie did not pass the Bechdel Test. There was only one female character in the whole film. Even though there was only one female she was a very strong independent women and did not need the support of a man. If anything the men in the movie leaned on her at points. She was the level headed one of the group and would help them when they were in a sticky situation. I do not think the movie really needed another female character. Once I was finished with the movie I did not think to myself that movie would have been much better if it had more female actors. If there were more female actors in the movie I think it would have taken away from Gloria’s part and she would not have been such a strong lead character.

I do not think this film is feminist at all. There are no part in the movie that make me think the movie was supposed to be a feminist film. I do not think the film would have been any better or worse had it been a feminist film. This film is an animated film for children. I think it would have been more of a complicated film if it was a feminist film because I do not think kids would have picked up on it.