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* A major criticism of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was how the camera treated Creator/GalGadot's Wonder Woman, in that it was more interested focusing on [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d3/e9/f6/d3e9f649b8528234811b0b2cc2d9dc51.jpg her buttocks]] or [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AqMwTrz8EJo/maxresdefault.jpg up her skirt]] than her face. This was especially jarring as her solo movie ([[Creator/PattyJenkins directed by a woman]]) averted this effectively, and even Diana's attire [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSjwwh5hW64V3JQ5zwoQQ33uErLc-phrbaqtY6FCsH3xkr6uPdw incorporated more cleavage compared to the previous movies]].
** Wonder Woman isn't the only one as the Amazons in general were [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQk-9CeX_Tk-7yOETLXmPR3qm9_AEAdgLwgqtxLTads9i53QVLV redesigned]] with the Male Gaze in mind. Fans speculate the production company behind the movie ''[=RatPac-Dune=] Entertainment'' owned by the controversial Brett Ratner may be to blame which raises several UnfortunateImplications.



* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/IronMan2'':
*** We get [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/1/11/Screenshot_2015-09-04-21-00-35.png/revision/latest?cb=20150911142644 a lovely shot]] of Black Widow's rear when we see her in the catsuit for the first time. We also get another gratuitous shot of it again when she fighting the bad guys and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/4/45/Black_Widow_dsfdf.png/revision/latest?cb=20180513231958 pulls out the small mines from her belt]]. The fight scene is also notorious for the repeated occasions when she does a ThreePointLanding pose and the shot blatantly centres on her bosom. It doesn't help that Natasha is played by Creator/ScarlettJohansson.
*** Not to mention the ''Film/DirtyDancing''-esque scene prior to this where Happy is driving her to Hammer's office and she begins changing in the backseat. The viewers are treated her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/1/14/Happy-Hogan-looks-at-Romanoff.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150813132834 taking off her shirt exposing her bra]]...nearly causing Happy to crash the car because he was DistractedByTheSexy. She quickly comments that he should keep his eyes on the road and the poor bastard makes an epically heroic attempt to do so, even after the audience is treated to one lone leg rise up.
*** There's also the scene prior to ''that'' one of Natasha and Pepper Potts [[https://i.redd.it/6a5o3v75n3c51.gif walking into the Stark Expo up the stairs,]] wearing tight little black moderately short dresses. The camera stays on them from the back for a fairly long time, given that nothing else was happening on the screen, and it didn't advance the plot in any way.
*** To be fair, Pepper completely lampshades this trope in the most DeadpanSnarker way.
---->'''Tony:''' Who (Natasha) is she?
---->'''Pepper:''' She is from legal, and she is potentially a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that.
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' does this a great deal with Black Widow when she's walking away from the camera in a lot of shots. There's a scene of Scarlett Johannson tied to a chair, wearing a LittleBlackDress, stockings, and no shoes, beating up several goons with a jaw-dropping sequence of contortions and acrobatics. Also, her character is ''purposely'' trying to invoke this very trope on her "captors" in order to distract and mislead them. She then spends the rest of the film in a skin-tight catsuit, best exemplified during [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/2/29/BlackW5.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161030225243 her scene interrogating Loki]], but is slightly overshadowed by all the FemaleGaze flying around her costars.
** All of this stuff gave Natasha a reputation among certain critics as a pure MsFanservice that took at least two more films that did away with these shots (or at least toned them ''way'' down, given certain shots in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/6/67/Widow_stands.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140328151734 here]] and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/7a/BlackWidowIronLegion-AoU.png/revision/latest?cb=20150924174115 here]]) to live down.
** ''Film/BlackWidow2021:'' The film has a ''lot'' of shots of the female characters' butts (most prominently the female leads: Natasha, Yelena, and Melina), ''especially'' Creator/ScarlettJohansson as the titular character. A notable example is when she's walking from short-circuited generator towards her car, and the camera seems glued her ass as it's in motion the entire time, even as she leans over to put a tool-box in the back seat. It doesn't help that they're ''always'' wearing tight clothes, whether they're form-fitting jeans that hug their curves or the standard [[SpyCatsuit spy suits]]. The director herself has [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/02/i-enjoy-how-sexy-she-is-as-long-as-shes-in-control-black-widows-cate-shortland-on-scarlett-johansson stated]] that this is intentional.



* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' multiple scenes of Creator/MargotRobbie's ComicBook/HarleyQuinn were [[https://gfycat.com/freediligentkingsnake shot]] with this trope in mind, especially when [[https://i.gifer.com/Y68V.gif she goes window shopping]].



* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHZqjkPXrA The way the camera moves]] when we first see Mystique in her cleavage-exposing dress evokes this.
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* In ''Film/GentleMenPreferBlondes '', Lorelei gets stuck in a porthole. While getting her upper-body through and getting stuck at her hips, the camera shows this from behind. Later on, when she's getting helped through the window, the camera, for a second, shows her butt struggling to fit through.

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* In ''Film/GentleMenPreferBlondes '', ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes'', Lorelei gets stuck in a porthole. While getting her upper-body through and getting stuck at her hips, the camera shows this from behind. Later on, when she's getting helped through the window, the camera, for a second, shows her butt struggling to fit through.
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* ''Film/CarryOnLoving'': When Terry watches an underwear-clad Sally looking for her blue sweater, the film gives the audience several close-ups of Creator/JackiPiper's rear.
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* ''Film/Lifeforce1985'' is nothing but this trope when the [[EvilIsSexy Space]] [[FullFrontalAssault Girl]], played by an ultra gorgeous Mathilda May [[MsFanservice who remains nude in like 90% of her screen time]], is the focus of the scene. The entire sequence when she wreaks havoc on the Space Research Facility while in the buff is one of the most memorable examples of this trope in cinema from the 80s.

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* ''Film/Lifeforce1985'' is nothing but this trope when the [[EvilIsSexy Space]] [[FullFrontalAssault Space Girl]], played by an ultra gorgeous Mathilda May [[MsFanservice who remains nude in like 90% of her screen time]], is the focus of the scene. The entire sequence when she wreaks havoc on the Space Research Facility while in the buff is one of the most memorable examples of this trope in cinema from the 80s.



* In ''Film/TheMummy2017'' Female Mummy BigBad Ahmanet played by model and dancer Creator/SofiaBoutella gets plenty of this, ''even when she’s undead''. Although granted she needs to devour a lot of lifeforce to look attractive again. There’s also a flash back where Ahmanet is wearing a long [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJfheJGmCrc/Wh9wI74OZNI/AAAAAAABN_0/iaEr0fgMWXIFiPmZOc-nnHFyXn2C0r_bwCLcBGAs/s1600/the-mummy-2017-tom-cruise-ancient-egypt-21.jpg see through gown]] and clearly [[VapourWear isn’t wearing anything underneath]]. EvilIsSexy indeed.

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* In ''Film/TheMummy2017'' Female Mummy BigBad Ahmanet played by model and dancer Creator/SofiaBoutella gets plenty of this, ''even when she’s undead''. Although granted she needs to devour a lot of lifeforce to look attractive again. There’s also a flash back where Ahmanet is wearing a long [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJfheJGmCrc/Wh9wI74OZNI/AAAAAAABN_0/iaEr0fgMWXIFiPmZOc-nnHFyXn2C0r_bwCLcBGAs/s1600/the-mummy-2017-tom-cruise-ancient-egypt-21.jpg see through gown]] and clearly [[VapourWear isn’t wearing anything underneath]]. EvilIsSexy indeed.

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* When we first meet Scrubba in ''Film/UpPompeii'', the camera zooms in on her breasts:
-->'''Lurcio''': [[BreakingTheFourthWall I say, do you mind?]] You'll see plenty more of those later on.
* ''Film/VanHelsing'' introduces Anna Valerious with a slow-motion tilt up her body, allowing the viewer to see Kate Beckinsale in a corset. There's also another part where Anna is dropped on Van Helsing and a shot from his POV looks up at her breasts, another one on her crotch.



* ''Film/VanHelsing'' introduces Anna Valerious with a slow-motion tilt up her body, allowing the viewer to see Kate Beckinsale in a corset. There's also another part where Anna is dropped on Van Helsing and a shot from his POV looks up at her breasts, another one on her crotch.

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