As someone said there was an article about Nolan's women problem recently and it correctly pointed out that Ariadne is his best female character so far.
Still, she is completely focused on the male hero and on helping him instead of having a motivation and journey of her own, and her main trait is being similar to the protagonist and therefor able to understand him so well.(and the male supporting characters are not like that) She's a cool girl because she just gets you(you being a guy).
I think Nolan is noticeably bad at female characters, I'm actually always a little angry after seeing a film of his for this very reason. I really don't buy this "It's just Hollywood. It's just how the world is!" excuse. Nolan doesn't seem willing and able to get into a female character's head at all.
Only thing I disagree with is Ariadne asking about destroying parts of Fischer's mind. This is actually the first time this question makes sense. Obviously it wasn't planned to shoot any projections beforehand. When it becomes necessary they are actually in mortal peril and her thoughts are probably more along the lines of "OMGOMG" than anything else. Most of the killing is done by Arthur and Eames and, in the next level, Cobb, out of Ariadne's sight anyway. On the mountain, Cobb is calmly shooting projections without provocation, which seems a little cruel, and leads you to question - You are not actually doing any harm here, right?
Also, beautiful Icons, I especially love 39 and 41! lol
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Still, she is completely focused on the male hero and on helping him instead of having a motivation and journey of her own, and her main trait is being similar to the protagonist and therefor able to understand him so well.(and the male supporting characters are not like that) She's a cool girl because she just gets you(you being a guy).
I think Nolan is noticeably bad at female characters, I'm actually always a little angry after seeing a film of his for this very reason. I really don't buy this "It's just Hollywood. It's just how the world is!" excuse. Nolan doesn't seem willing and able to get into a female character's head at all.
Only thing I disagree with is Ariadne asking about destroying parts of Fischer's mind. This is actually the first time this question makes sense. Obviously it wasn't planned to shoot any projections beforehand. When it becomes necessary they are actually in mortal peril and her thoughts are probably more along the lines of "OMGOMG" than anything else. Most of the killing is done by Arthur and Eames and, in the next level, Cobb, out of Ariadne's sight anyway. On the mountain, Cobb is calmly shooting projections without provocation, which seems a little cruel, and leads you to question - You are not actually doing any harm here, right?
Also, beautiful Icons, I especially love 39 and 41! lol