A couple days ago, Mehera Bonner published an article on the Marie Claire website about the movie Dunkirk, a recent release about the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II (read Bonner's article here). I have yet to see Dunkirk, but I have pretty much only heard positive things about it. However, this article was not your average movie review. Bonner referred to the movie as "clearly designed for men to man-out over," claiming that that was her main problem with the film.
Again, I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't necessarily agree or disagree with her statement, but I wouldn't be surprised to find it is a manly movie because, spoiler alert, WWII was primarily fought by men. According to the timeline on history.org, women weren't actually sent into combat until about the early 1990's. Before that, they mainly served in non-combat roles (i.e. nurses, mechanics, administrators).
Is having a movie geared towards men really a bad thing? Not to mention, Harry Styles makes a cameo in the film, which you know was probably done to attract a few women. We have so many movies geared towards women, including action movies, most of which have romantic subplots and muscular men in tight suits. Wonder Woman was just released at the beginning of the summer and they even remade Ghost Busters with an all female cast. Let the guys have this one.
Before I go, I'd just like to remind you that it is 100% okay for women to like "manly" movies and for men to like "girly" movies. Your taste is your taste.
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