there'll be massive spoilers ahead and you have been warned all right so one of
the nicest surprise is about Avengers end game in my opinion was how
wonderfully it handles its female characters I mean I haven't been this
moved about a female character in a superhero movie since monsters vs.
aliens I will never forget the moment because
it made me cry and that's when ginormica saving the day and the third act
actually struck the Superman pose and not like ironically or with a wink to
the camera it's just what she needed to do in that moment it was organic it was
beautiful and again it made me cry and I guess I this wasn't too shocking because
that was like new territory at the time but I do think new ground has been
broken with the vengers endgame which when it comes to female representation
in superhero movies so boy where to go from here Marvel right you better not
just you know throw down the gauntlet and then walk away and go gauntlet you
got to keep going but it's funny to me because there was all this talk about
Captain Marvel but this is the movie again where the real progress has been
made and part of the strength I think is that nobody tooted their own horn but I
would have to tit for them because it's amazing and we're gonna start with the
stunning sacrifice of Black Widow now I've seen a couple of people trying to
float out the idea in this movie somehow did wrong by Black Widow that's
ridiculous and I'm gonna explain it to you again
right now so when we first realize you know it dawns on not only Black Widow
and Hawkeye but the audience that one of them has to die to get that soul stone
and I would be like I wonder what nebula sent us here okay because you know Black
Widow figured out that Gamora didn't come back when she and Thanos went there
and so you think nebula maybe would have as well before before she killed herself
I'd be like and by the way Hawkeye just bring this up to nebula and see what she
says so anyway I got you know very nervous that Hawkeye would chivalrously
insists that he be the one to die anyway I did although I think it wasn't so much
chivalry it's just you know he and Natasha are legitimately friends
and while I of chivalry I I think it's great it's
not like I don't have a problem with it I love it I think it's a wonderful part
of society but I think when it comes to soldiers if women truly want to be
soldiers they can't cry women and children anytime in a situation like
this comes up right like are you in the field or not you can't be chivalrous on
the battlefield it doesn't make any sense
right it's like Oh someone has to die female you know women and children card
it's just not cool so I was really worried that was gonna happen so I was
thrilled that it did not and on that note furthermore to see a female
character sacrifice herself not for a lover or her children which is i think
99% the case when it comes to fiction to see her instead sacrifice herself out of
a sense of duty to her commitment to what's right to wash away past sins sins
that don't involve her personal life these were professional sins I mean
that's just amazing it really means a lot that of course there's the fact that
again many people are bringing up in a negative way that Natasha her death
doesn't really register with the team or even maybe the movie in the audience
well I think the audience it registers maybe not to everyone but you know it's
it's not it's not the level of CAP and Tony's now yeah it's not the global of
Kaif and Tony's and I think that's for a reason now of Li it's because they're
mid movie and everyone's still in a lot of danger right they have step they got
to keep moving and also she was a spy who operated in the shadows that's where
she wanted to be she didn't want to be the center of attention so that makes
sense as well like if Captain Marvel fell in battle pretend you know not all
the drama that's happening off-camera I would carry you know it makes you wonder
what the reaction would be yeah but anyway I think it's also important
because the way it's handled highlights how it women it's harder for women's
accomplishments and sacrifices to register I mean it's just a fact of life
I think that's changing but I think that that's part of what's going on here and
I think the movie gets it and that's really really amazing then of course on
a more positive but you know obviously it's a downer because she's dead but
then and I talked about whether could go to the Black Widow movie in my
video about phase four link down below but anyway but now let's talk about a
force right and some people were upset that a force assembled without Black
Widow and felt it was a bittersweet moment but remember she's a spy she's a
loner she hasn't been on a force in the comics really so it still works now it
was great we got to first talk about Wanda when it comes to the other women
in this movie because it was so great to see Wanda get her moment finally
especially after he's become so obvious she keeps getting benched in the movies
that even a Coue commented on it in a Marvel movie nudity war so sure she is
kind of getting benched again with the streaming service show want Wanda vision
I'm actually set tidal starting to grow on me because it's just so funny but
hopefully foggy will still bring her back hopefully you know you know he says
this isn't a banishment that it's part of the MCU so hopefully he'll bring her
back to the movies fully powered and with her literal boy toy
alright so remember also Wanda is still basically doing magic on a Doctor
Strange witch Kevin Feige is confirmed and still isn't trained so imagine with
all this power if she was trained paging doctor strange too although she still
has to do the Wanda and vision series Doctor Strange too although we kind of
know that because it's still not dated it's maybe a little bit of a ways off
now speaking of powerful just like the Russo brothers got Black Widow and
Winter Soldier they get Captain Marvel she did not as many of you feared take
over the team or the movie but instead offered powerful assists at pivotal
moments in the film for maximum impact on Thanos and also the audience as I've
said many times now that moment when they trained the guns on the sky because
some things entering the Earth's atmosphere at an unprecedented velocity
I got chills I'd actually put that moment up there
with how I felt with the ginormica moment that was really really amazing
and I'll always feel a little bit nice about Captain Marvel for that reason
until brie Larson says something else I'm not gonna let her ruin it for me but
speaking of brie Larson she made some really strong choices with
her hair and wardrobe here and I know some of you might say well you know
Captain Marvel have short hair in the comics but it was definitely a choice
and so it makes me feel that it's possible that a
fan ship maybe also because she and Tessa Thompson are pushing it so hard
but it could become legit just like was the case with korrasami
although interestingly Nickelodeon flinched and said korrasami to streaming
because of that development although I think that Marvel's having such good
luck with representation and if you could maybe dilute it a little bit with
a making Captain Marvel 2 and a force movie I think you could go in this
direction successfully uh and also today you know it's off only a few years after
korrasami but the years make a difference now speaking of Valkyrie it
was brilliant to give her back her flying horse making
her not only more of a threat but more stunning on the battlefield like when
she came flying in at the for the first charge I was like she really stood out
and there was a lot of cool stuff happening on the battlefield but it's
hard it's hard to compete with a flying horse all right now now also Pepper
Potts wielded her rescue suit like a pro I guess I said in my spoiler review I
have no idea where she learned to use it so well but I don't care it was great so
much so that I hoped what if Paltrow can be talked out of returning you know out
of out of retirement and returning for that potential a forest movie and maybe
Captain Marvel too because I think Carroll would totally want to utilize
pepper as a resource not just as rescue but with peppers experiences a business
moment they're also dealing with a difficult male superhero you know what I
love Tony I love that he loves pepper but let's also admit the pepper it's
kind of a saint all right so also never before it Gamora
and nebula felt so much like sisters because thankfully thanks to time travel
that awkward period where nebula dedicated herself to trying to kill
Gamora no longer happened right so this Gamora is still hopeful that she
can have a relationship with nebula instead of being exhausted by nebula
right and also this Gamora is still edgy enough that she and nebula kind of have
a lot in common so daughters of Thanos indeed now
unfortunately while wasp literally pops up here and there at the end of the
movie the MCU is still not doing right by the first female Avenger in the
comics which is kind of ridiculous hopefully it doesn't take us long to fix
her storylines as it did for Wanda I think the wet blanket approach that she
took in ant-man and the wasp is you know really not good I mean she
it seemed like a bit of a downer when she popped up here I mean she can be
serious occasionally but she's always a downer but I do feel for her a little
bit because you know all the light all the levity moments go to Paul Rudd all
the science moments go to Michael Douglas so what's really left for her
they should they should consider that when moving forward then finally it is
it's a real shame how little screen time Okoye
and Cherie get in Avengers endgame especially after the success of black
panther although black panther doesn't get very much screen time on it but to
be fair the first Black Panther movie was very female centric and Nicoya and
Sheree were very well established from the get-go so I mean they can't be said
about pretty much every other female Marvel character and so Shirley Ryan
Coogler will keep it that way for these two fan favorites in Black Panther 2 so
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