Why summer suck movies for women?

It happens every year. I learn the range of summer - full of sequelae Razzie-worthy action blockbuster, later by Michael Bay excuse to skip stuff and the occasional mediocre romantic comedy starring ditzes obsessed with marriage - and I ask myself: am I really expect pay $12 per ticket, when the only women on the screen are sexpots or shrews?

Unfortunately, women are also underrepresented in summer movies now as they were at the time of Rocky and Rambo. In 1985, the cartoonist Alison Bechdel proposed three rules for the determination of women-friendliness of a film. A movie worth watching if it (1) has two or more women (who have names), (2) women communicate with each other, and (3) they are talking about something other than a man.

So how is it that almost 30 years later, it is still rare for a summer movie to pass this test? The answer is sadly obvious: money. A peek at returns at the box office shows that this show is selling. The Avengers made over 600 million $ last year. It is more than enough to subsidize some small films, such as the smart indie rom - com Lola Versus. But the money stays in the family. We had seven films of Batman in the past 20 years, and we can not always get a franchise of Wonder Woman?

Audiences don't want just the standard fare of testosterone-fueled, as evidenced by the success of 2011 bridesmaids (it grossed nearly 290 million $), which was a blockbuster full, but with a few refreshing layers. Pad's success helped bridesmaids the way to more than comedies directed by women, such as Pitch perfect last fall, the heat of June, featuring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock and the list of actions this month, including Writer/Director, Maggie Carey, tried to sell his script to studios, but they are passed. According to Carey, "they said, ' we are looking for films that men aged 18 to 35 - want to see." "She got funds and filmed the movie itself. With its cast impressive (Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg), it seems like a real competitor for the success at the box office.

Consider: About 5% of principals are women, but 24 per cent of the directors at the Sundance Festival indie-heavy. Why? In the independent film, women can make their own opportunities rather than waiting for the big studios to say Yes. Take Black Rock, an indie out now directed by and starring starring Katie Aselton, about three friends who end up fighting for their lives on hell camping trip. It's hard to sell to a studio, but imagine if the main characters were guys. 127 Hours meets 'Deliverance '? Not if fringe. Brit Marling co-wrote and stars in the East of this spring, a thriller about activists fight against pharmaceutical companies which poison the citizens. Uh, Michael Clayton anyone? The difference between these two and their counterparts focused on men: they pass the Bechdel Test.

Yes, you should be able to enjoy any film you want summer. But imagine what might look like things if we are all raised from films made by women. Our money is our vote, and stuffing the ballot with the support of quality women's film is a good starting point.

Meredith Clark is a producer of MSNBC.com web ultimate movie heroine is Céline's Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise trilogy (whose one-third was released today).