![]() ![]() ![]() In The Shallows, written by Anthony Jaswinski ( Vanishing on 7th Street), it’s just as Nancy finally truly relaxes and lets her guard down to enjoy this glorious bit of nature that the bad thing she was not anticipating happens: a shark attacks. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Putting a woman at the center of a story instead of the default man automatically brings freshness to a flick, because female protagonists and their perspectives are still such novelties. But these are the things that women worry about. The guys, of course, are completely harmless, and are gone without ever having done or said anything less than cheerful and friendly to her. Later, as the men prepare to head back to civilization, she nervously watches them on the beach as she sits on her board way out in the water, wondering if they’re going to steal the backpack full of stuff she left on the sand. Nancy (Blake Lively: The Age of Adaline, Green Lantern) is a bit wary of the couple of guys (Jose Trujillo Salas and Angelo Lozano Corzo) sitting on their surfboards offshore, waiting for the next wave to ride in she keeps her distance even after they invite her to join them, because all women know to be vigilant around male strangers. Young American woman makes a pilgrimage (for reasons a bit melodramatic and almost entirely superfluous, but never mind) to a beach in Mexico that is pristine, secret, and deserted. ![]()
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