Spellbound is a film by a small non-Disney studio. It's currently on Netflix!
The Mako Mori test is named after a Pacific Rim character, and was coined by fans who felt defensive over the fact that Pacific Rim doesn't pass the Bechdel test. They wanted to be able to say "ah, but it DOES pass this OTHER test, so there." Except that Pacific Rim doesn't pass the Mako Mori test either!
Also, a big part of why I like the Bechdel test is that it's not about subjective questions like "is this a strong female character" or "is this relationship well-written" or "is this story feminist." It's just a simple, objective thing that you can measure in a usually-straightforward way. Failing the test doesn't make prove that a movie is bad. Passing the test doesn't prove that a movie is good.
When you have a complicated and nuanced question like "does this character have a good arc", where different people can have legitimately different answers based on their personal reaction...you can't just treat that as a simple pass/fail test in the same way. The whole idea feels like it comes from people who missed the point of the original test in the first place.
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The Mako Mori test is named after a Pacific Rim character, and was coined by fans who felt defensive over the fact that Pacific Rim doesn't pass the Bechdel test. They wanted to be able to say "ah, but it DOES pass this OTHER test, so there." Except that Pacific Rim doesn't pass the Mako Mori test either!
Also, a big part of why I like the Bechdel test is that it's not about subjective questions like "is this a strong female character" or "is this relationship well-written" or "is this story feminist." It's just a simple, objective thing that you can measure in a usually-straightforward way. Failing the test doesn't make prove that a movie is bad. Passing the test doesn't prove that a movie is good.
When you have a complicated and nuanced question like "does this character have a good arc", where different people can have legitimately different answers based on their personal reaction...you can't just treat that as a simple pass/fail test in the same way. The whole idea feels like it comes from people who missed the point of the original test in the first place.