Research

Below are a four films that i may consider to use in my independent study.

Legally Blonde:
representation of women:
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the question: Elle is too blonde. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. Elle must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday. Despite all the taunts

Bhagban:
Representation of asians:
Raj (Amitabh Bachan) and Pooja (Hema Malini) have all they wished for in their lives, and more. Together they raised four sons; they have love and security and are wholly content. Things change a great deal, however when they retire. Inexplicably their sons do not care for them in their old age, and they are forced to rely on the infrequent kindness of strangers. At the heart of 'Baghban' is Raj and Pooja's approach to their struggle.

Bend it like beckham:
Representation of asians:
Eighteen year-old Jess’s parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play football like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, (Parminder Nagra) that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she’s spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women’s football team. As they become firm friends, their team really starts to go places. But Jess’s parents don’t understand why she won’t settle down, study for law school and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. Why, they wonder, can’t she be more like her sister, Pinky, (Archie Punjabi) who’s engaged to a very suitable young man? If they only knew what Pinky gets up to… Jules (Keira Knightley) dreams of playing pro football in the States, but her Mum wishes she could be a bit more girlie. What her Mum doesn’t know is that Jules isn’t interested in playing the field, she’s just after one man, Joe, but being the team coach, Joe is out of bounds.

Tomb Raider:
Representation of women:
Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) was born into wealth and groomed at the most elite schools. She travels to dangerous and mysterious locales around the globe in search of rare, lost crypts and long-forgotten empires. She speaks numerous languages, is highly trained for combat and answers to no one, obeying only a desire for adventure.
But now she must face her greatest challenge yet: to find two halves of an ancient artifact buried in space and time. To possess it means ultimate power for its possessor. But to get there, she must fast take on a powerful and dangerous secret society. The fate of mankind rests in the hands of one Lara Croft, a twenty-first century heroine inspired by the most popular interactive video character in history.