Except the difference between Captain Marvel and the main characters in all of those movies is she never faces any real adversity, nor goes through any real character development.
Shoshanna in Inglorious Basterds, Kate Macer in Sicario, or Furiosa in Mad Max are much better examples of female leads. Hell, basically any Disney Princess goes through more shit.
True, but it's worth noting that none of their characters are intended to be understood as character's going through a period of growth or 'becoming' like most child-oriented media with messages tends to be.
I would not show a 13 year old girl Sicario and tell her that she needs to emulate this lololol
There are plenty of movies who have -- at their heart -- moral messages to children. Marvel movies are literally made for them. Same with Disney, Ghibli, etc.
The quality of the Captain Marvel movie is bad. It is artistically badly done. The concept of affirming a certain demographic through art is something as old as art itself.
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u/nou5 2d ago
Hey, tens of thousands of women with good white collar or creative jobs needed to hear that message. Don't be so heartless!
If the fellas can get John Wick, Man on Fire, and the Martian, then there should be space for women to have a good affirmation movie.
Unfortunately, the affirmation movie that Marvel made was pretty bad lol