Compare any of these movies to the deeply flawed yet unabashedly female-centric "The Golden Compass", and see the extent of the disparity. You all know this.īut, as with many Bechdel Test ratings, this one has touched a nerve, in that it shows women - yes, even Increasingly One-Note Hermione - for the supporting/minor Potter players that they are. Quoth Victor: "The test is checking here for whether female characters have their own agency and significance to the film or whether their only role is to reinforce the role of a male character."Īs a fan of the first four books/movies who's often annoyed that the rest of the series nearly always gets the free pass that it does, I must confess to some entertainment at reading certain above comments vainly attempting to will this movie into a Pass.
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