Masculinity in the Media

After watching Die Hard 4 in class, it really made me think about other movies and shows where there are extremely masculine figures like John Mclane shown. The first movie that came to mind in the Bourne serious. Jason Bourne is a secret agent who is now a hit man and is traveling around the country trying to get away from people who want him dead. He is played by Matt Damon. He is muscular, intelligent, powerful and incredibly intimidating. He just screams masculinity and toughness. No one wants to mess with him because somehow he manages to get himself out of every difficult situation he gets himself in.

There are 3 movies in this series and eventually in the last one he gets caught, but not until he has cause mayhem throughout the country. To prove his masculinity he single-handedly fights off numerous men at a time. The men he is fighting have weapons, but they don't stand a chance against Bourne. He's too quick and smart for them to catch up with him. He plays mind tricks on his enemies. For example, in the last movie, The Bourne Ultimatum, when he is talking to the guy who wants him dead, Bourne tells the man to come alone but he doesn't listen. So once he sees that he doesn't come alone he leaves and doesn't meet him at the the place they were scheduled to meet. He then goes into the mans office and calls him. The man tells him that he's in his office, but then Bourne says, "Doubt that. If you were in your office, then we'd be having this conversation face to face." To me, that is just the coolest thing ever and so unexpected and it just proves that he is always one step ahead of everyone that is out to get him. It's crazy and these movies are great. I highly recommend them.