I love this! Thanks, Glen. Dope answer - as usual.
I had this argument with someone and I couldn't believe there was even anything remotely similar to an out and out feminist agenda in the movie -- unless you'd say every other marvel movie has a patriachal agenda, which is far from the truth.
Its crazy cos that's exactly what I said, too -- about it being sorta bland and not really peak MCU, especially in the beginning stages; but I did enjoy it in the end.
Cheers!
Hey, @rasamuel.
There's definitely a movement out there to get mainstream movies, and it seems like ones geared towards a younger crowd, to promote some kind of agenda. Which to me, if you're trying to legitimize something, or make it mainstream, is the worst thing to do. You don't hammer people over the head with it. You humanize it.
There was a lot of hype about Black Panther. Well, the movie itself was good, but it's not the best Marvel movie (that said, most Marvel movies are better than most action/drama movies out there in my opinion), and it's not really about black power or anything like that. It's a story about people who find themselves in need of stepping up, and there's bad guys and good guys and people who waver in between.
People just need to quit assigning agendas to these things and let the stories be told. The thing about Marvel has always been the human connection. The superhero action has always been second to that.