Green Lantern is a science fiction film directed by Martin Campbell. This film is about a police force called the Intergalactic Green Lantern Corps who use green rings that feed on their willpower and have the mission to protect the universe from evil. The main character, Hal Jordan played by Ryan Reynolds, is chosen in the ring and protects his planet from Parallax. His childhood sweetheart, Carol Ferris, played by Blake Lively, supports him throughout the film. Dr. Amanda Waller, played by Angela Bassett, appears a few times and brings Hector Hammond, played by Peter Sarsgaard, to perform an autopsy on the body of Abin Sur, played by Temuera Morrison. The first female character shown in the film does not have a name and is obviously either a prostitute or a one-night stand. He appears in the film once and doesn't even speak in the film. The first impression this film gives is that women are inferior to men. The director of the film, Martin Campbell, portrayed women in a very despicable way, silencing them and not giving them a voice. The main character does not consider or care about her and leaves a young woman speechless, completely surprised in her bed. The first thing the second female character, Carol Ferris, says is "I think you're late." He shows masculinity, authority and maturity towards Hal and this is shown again later when he says "you're grounded". Unlike the first speechless female character, Carol has a voice and uses it to show authority over a man. According to Jacquie Piasta, a feminist examiner, Green Lantern fails the Bechdel test because there are no two women speaking to each other in the film. . There are at least two women who have names in the film but since they don't even know each other, they can't speak... halfway through the paper... and; they are not leaders. The women's creativity is shown when Hal tells Carol not to move but when she sensed Hal and was in danger she launched some missiles towards Parallax and sent Hal's ring to him. Precisely because there is patriarchy in this film, we can say that women are oppressed, marginalized and treated as "the other". Female characters are not given enough voice to express their values. The first female character shown in the film is given no voice and is treated as a mere object. It is a sign of oppression of the female gender. The contrast between the first female character and the second shows that oppression does not always apply to every woman. The second female character was not only given voice but also power. However this doesn't last long as the female character shows no authority but only support as the film progresses.
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