tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281574975209644501.post443397418055526733..comments2023-11-12T02:47:41.965-05:00Comments on The Mystery of Girls' Media: Dont Fear the Reaper- Hit Girl and Schoolgirl ComplexesCaitlin Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871460138355630670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281574975209644501.post-62733496872183458122010-04-14T13:16:53.624-04:002010-04-14T13:16:53.624-04:00I saw the movie last night, and my feelings are mi...I saw the movie last night, and my feelings are mixed about Hit Girl. [NO SPOILERS BELOW!]<br /><br />As a fan, I was anticipating a great movie. I wasn't disappointed.<br /><br />As a father of three (youngest is a girl), however, I have to admit that certain points of the movie left me ambivalent about Hit Girl, her father, and their relationship.<br /><br />Without spoiling anything, I would say that I was far more intrigued by Hit Girl's history and current predicament than I was by seeing the transformation/coming-of-age story of the protagonist. That could be because of my status as a father in addition to that of a fan.<br /><br />As a fan, I really enjoyed watching Hit Girl slice her way through action scenes. Make no mistake: this is an adult film, a motion comic without the traditional restrictions on violence. It's perhaps the single most self-descriptive title for a movie.<br /><br />As a father, though, I had a hard time coming to grips with wanting to root for Hit Girl and her father while remaining cognizant of how little control Hit Girl had over the events that shaped her into the person she became. More to the point, her father has - unsurprisingly - a large role in shaping her path, and I struggled to reconcile and justify it in order to continue sympathizing with him.<br /><br />Is Hit Girl a victim? Not in the common sense of the term. She's a one-girl army. She's as strong a female character as I've seen in a long while.<br /><br />But in the sense that no child has any say in how they're raised, she most certainly is.<br /><br />The way Hit Girl comes to terms with her predicament is what makes her so interesting as a character. And why, I suspect, there is so much uproar about her character. We rarely see so young a character responding in so violent a way to such extreme situations. Layer in the sexual juxtaposition, and it's sure to raise some eyebrows.<br /><br />Won't go further (don't want to spoil anything), but I would love to know your thoughts as a fan and a mother after you see it, Caitlin!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399194384433272999noreply@blogger.com