Challengers Analysis: The Female Gaze & Story within the Subtext

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[@Chamsiee]

I agree this movie is so good. Everyone is a vilain and there is so many rooms for making many analysis

[@samuroot]

Thank you for acknowledging the subtext of the movie, specially the homoeroticism, i feel most reviewers just gloss over that when its a fundamental part of the movie!

[@knjparadise]

very interesting points! like you, i initially wasn’t too excited to see it and i didn’t think it was going to be worth seeing in theaters. one of my friends said it was really good though so i gave it a shot and i’m so glad i did. imo, i feel like this is one of those movies that is better on a big screen

[@Chamsiee]

I think the movie was very subtle when they wanted to highlight the attraction between men. Also, most of the time the way that men's bodies are shown, the way that they are subtily hypersexualized are not common. Most of the time it is women's bodies that have these gazes. I agree with the female gaze but I'm also wondering if there is somehow a queer gaze?. I remember the way that Patrick was introduced when he arrived at the hotel. There were these men that hypersexualized him and judged him for no reason. At first I thought it was somehow the way that Patrick sees himself. However now I think there is a queer gaze toward him to show that maybe he is attracted to men.

[@murdlok]

Marco Berger films have done that before. Watch “Tae Kwon Do”(2016) and see for yourself.

[@andrewmalcolm9697]

Excellent analysis. Just like you I went into the movie theatre expecting a bland simple tale but was impressed by the subtle storytelling. Challengers is a fantastic piece of cinema.

[@icsolano]

Add more b-roll and I bet you'd grab more attention.

[@f1mbultyr]

These three are just a very messy, chaotic and toxic throuple.