I have only two rates. Either I accept the depiction, image, representation of women in this movie, or I don't. Now, this causes some problems, because some movies get thumbs up about certain aspects, and thumbs down when it comes to other aspects. 40 Year Old Virgin was generally an OK movie with the acceptance of different gender roles, but in all it doesn't pass because the majority of women were depicted horribly. Deadpool wasn't very feminist movie, but the depiction of women was good.
I have solved this problem by saying what I thought was feminist and what was not.
This rating is fully subjective.
Now, I have this looooong list of different tests and questionnaires assisting me to form my opinion, and some of these are not subjective. It is one thing if the characters are complex, have a narrative arc and if discussing a man's disease is discussing about a man, but totally different if the director is male or female or if there are Native Americans in central speaking roles or not.
Also, this is a rating of how I feel about this movie from a feminist point of view. It's not about how I feel about the movie. I usually say if I like the movie or not.
For example, I like Shrek movies, even though they don't get my feminist thumbs up.
How I feel about the movie does influence my feminist rating. It is easier to give thumbs up to a movie I like. Like Deadpool.
This is not a blog of movie reviews, but movie evaluation.
I am not commenting about the cinematography, directing, acting or any other such thing.
I am not talking about the artistic values of the movie.
I try to avoid expressing my opinion on things that have no feminist value, though I often fail, because I tend to take things a bit too seriously and have an opinion on everything :-D
My idea of what is feminist and what is not might differ from other people's ideas. People have different values and priorities, and what are "equal rights", "equality", "equity" and so on differ accordingly.
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