“Captain Marvel” is the franchise’s latest installment which opened this week.
“Captain Marvel” is the franchise’s latest installment which opened this week. It’s expected to make more than $350 million worldwide opening weekend.
But leading up to its release was a constant insistence that it was a “feminist” movie and that anyone who doesn’t like it is just sexist and doesn’t like female-led superhero movies (ignoring the fact that critics and audiences both adored “Wonder Woman”). Critics on Rotten Tomatoes trashed the movie, though that clearly means nothing to theater-going audiences.
It didn’t help that in the months before the film’s release, Brie Larson, who plays the titular character, couldn’t stop finding sexism everywhere she looked.
The intensity for which this movie has been presented as a feminist wonder has not been seen since the “Ghostbusters” remake with an all women cast. Feminists certainly tried this with “Wonder Woman,” but star Gal Gadot didn’t stir the pot and the film was actually well-made and entertaining.
