I don't know why I am revisiting so many films I watched as a kid. I've just not been in the mood for anything but revisiting random garbage. I've not been like this in a long, long time, and part of that has to be the fact that I am much, much, much more active now offline. Join an org, kids. Fight back. It's worth it.

This one is one that has a very different impact now. The sexism wasn't always apparent, but I've been aware of it for a while. The treatment of sex workers in this narrative is dehumanizing and patronizing. The misogynist fairytale of being saved by a hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold is flipped a little by having the mutual…

Film #9 of Project 90

”I’m a safety girl.”

A hooker and a Gentleman. Ah, what a lovely story! World is such a beautiful and romantic place guys, I’m so happy now!

I’m not a fan of romantic comedies, personally I don’t think that the world we’re leaving in is as funny and as romantic as what these films portray, of course movies aren't supposed to be totally realistic all the time, dreaming is an essential part of cinema but there is a big difference between imagination and ignorance. Rom-coms like Pretty Woman pay no attention to the indisputable facts and instead give us a deformed and silly dream. In Pretty Woman Garry Marshall and co. are actually theorizing this…

Ah, the 90s.

Would a film like Pretty Woman be made in 2014? I hope not. I hope there would be enough women like myself who object to this kind of capitalist glorification and female objectification. While the chemistry between Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is strong, the story just doesn't sit right with me.

What are we trying to tell young girls, many of which have watched this at a young age if any of the reviews on Letterboxd are anything to go by? The message is; follow the bad boy to the big city and when he turns out to be a bum, like we told you he would, vaguely attempt a job instead of maybe returning to…