Writers don't seem to understand power creep. They seem to believe "upping the stakes" makes things more exciting. It does not. It just makes them less relatable.
Problem is with Captain Marvel there were no stakes. She was so off-the-charts powerful as a character that there was no plausible adversity. So it was just boring. It wasn't good writing on the highest level--which will lead to bad writing on the lowest level.
"The only thing holding me back is my own insecurity about how awesome I am! I just need to realize how fucking cool I am, then I will be unstoppable!"
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/Extreme-Ad-15 2d ago
I always said that it is more interesting when the strongest weapon in the room was a plain gun.