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You may not expect a flashy superhero origin story to deal in depth with conservative family values or the partition of India in 1947, but this one does and it's great.
It certainly doesn't - but not coincidentally, all three of the movies you named are movies with female protagonists made by female directors, while two of them are also rather more racially diverse than the earlier Marvel movies (not much in the way of racial diversity in Black Widow what with its Russian background). Anti-woke backlash and whining from parts of the fanbase were definitely a factor there.
You may not expect a flashy superhero origin story to deal in depth with conservative family values or the partition of India in 1947, but this one does and it's great.
View original postIt probably won't surprise you too much to learn that I am not one of the people who are outraged when a protagonist is someone other than a white man. 
It certainly doesn't - but not coincidentally, all three of the movies you named are movies with female protagonists made by female directors, while two of them are also rather more racially diverse than the earlier Marvel movies (not much in the way of racial diversity in Black Widow what with its Russian background). Anti-woke backlash and whining from parts of the fanbase were definitely a factor there.
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I just watched Stardust (2007) on Amazon Prime
- 03/09/2024 03:56:28 AM
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There will probably not be a lot more like it, at least from that particular source.
- 03/09/2024 04:20:32 AM
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imagine a world where the director made more of this type of movie, instead of his other films *NM*
- 03/09/2024 06:32:22 AM
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I'm just trying to imagine a world where media companies / producers / directors / writers
- 04/09/2024 02:41:20 PM
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I mean. Marvel is doing pretty well for itself.
- 04/09/2024 11:42:24 PM
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Yah think?
- 05/09/2024 02:44:14 AM
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Yeah, I mean, not every single thing they've released has been a blockbuster, but they're making $.
- 08/09/2024 07:01:48 AM
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and ranch is by far the most popular dressing in the US
- 08/09/2024 02:57:24 PM
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Presumably that means people like it! *NM*
- 09/09/2024 01:45:58 AM
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Re: Presumably that means people like it!
- 09/09/2024 02:16:35 AM
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Do keep in mind that the American market is less than half of a typical blockbuster's box office.
- 09/09/2024 07:28:14 AM
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I absolutely will say that these are good movies.
- 09/09/2024 07:47:29 AM
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I meant Marvel movies in general, not those in particular. I don't enjoy the MCU all that much.
- 09/09/2024 08:28:28 AM
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Do watch the series Ms Marvel first. Even if you don't like superhero stuff, it's worth it.
- 09/09/2024 06:04:12 PM
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(I'll check MS MARVEL out when I get some time)
- 10/09/2024 11:03:41 AM
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