Never expect an emotional argument to make rational sense.

i loved the movie, and part of the reason i feel this way is because i really don't like the actor. But the movie was awesome. but if i could do one thing differently with it, it would have most likely been that

True. To be bluntly honest, her story just felt rushed and forced to me.

Yet... [spoiler]I'm still hoping that the Black Widow solo movie is good. If it ever comes out.[/spoiler]

You really don't want to do this...... trust me. 1. Ripley is still a traditional female role. The Maternal figure protecting a child. She only manifests her power to defend an orphaned child. 2. Wonder Woman is also, in her way, another traditional female role. Object of beauty. Object of male desire. Even in her own movie, moving in a world defined by the men around here. Whereas, Captain Marvel is aloof and non-relational. She has her own agenda, that is not subordinate to anyone else's. On multiple occasions in Endgame she has to (essentially) come to the rescue of the male heroes in the movie. In short, she moves in the movie with the independence and AGENCY that are---even today---almost always reserved for male characters and male heroes. ....and **some** of you have a problem with this, because EVERY time we are presented with a powerful female that has this level of agency...there is ALWAYS push back. ...and almost EXCLUSIVELY from young men. [quote]Edit: Oh, and not to mention EVERY OTHER FEMALE CHARACTER IN THE MCU (besides Shuri, she's a racist prick) and how I've seen literally no one complain about them.[/quote] Nope...again. Captain Marvel is unique. Every other female character in the Universe is RELATIONAL....and in a sense defined by their relations to male figures or to children. Once again they are powerful in EXTENSION of traditional female roles....whereas Captain Marvel is powerful in DEFIANCE of them. [spoiler] Black Widow sacrifices herself to save a Hawkeye that has become a mass murderer out of grief for the loss of his family.....to give him another chance with that family. [/spoiler] Scarlet Witch confronts Thanos...and speaks only of her lost love, Vision. Pepper Potts takes to the field in one of the Iron Man suits, to help protect her family. Wasp is largely defined by her sexual tension-filled relationship with Ant-Man The powerful female characters of Wakanda are ultimately subordinate to their King.....T'challa Valkyrie...until the end of Endgame...is subordinate to a Thor that is hiding from life and his grief. Freia....his mother...appears to nurture his grief a way and try to strengthen him to return to the fight. The Ancient One subordinates herself to Dr. Strange "Or perhaps I've made a mistake. Steven Strange is supposed to be the best of us. " Ultimately deferring to HIS judgement to relinquish the Time Stone she was sworn to protect. Nebula is defined by her futile efforts to please a distant and uncaring father...and her rivalry with a sister who has his favor. Gamora is defined by her love-hate relationship with that father figure...and her developing love relationship with Star Lord. The traditional expressions of feminity are not intrinsically bad....but they are...traditional. Therefore non-threatening to those attached to patriarchy. Captain Marvel is the only female character in the movie that stands OUTSIDE of these traditional female roles and "acceptable" expressions of female power. She stand OUTSIDE of any web of close relationships in the movie. More a Force of Nature than a person....and that clearly bothers some of you. Otherwise you wouldn't be pushing back at it so hard, and claiming its "bad acting" and "bad writing"...even though I've tried to clearly explain the vital function her character serves. WITHOUT HER, doing what she's doing. You lose perspective on the story being told. You risk becoming tunnel-visioned and seeing the story as a fight over the fate of Earth....and family therapy for Thanos' crew. Captain Marvel is there to be a constant reminder of the full extent of Thanos' power.....the full depth of his narcissism and evil....and that scope of what is being fought over is TRULY universal. She literally is there to say, "What is going on here on Earth is going on everywhere....but not everywhere has The Avengers. (So I'm here to try to quell the chaos in places where you can't be...I can support you, but I have my own agenda that is bigger than Earth's problems.)" Bigger than YOUR problems.

1. I also like Rey, and enjoy what they've done with both her character and with The Last Jedi. I got a big shit-eating grin on my face the moment she handed Luke that lightsaber, and he casually tossed it over his shoulder. That was my cue that it was NOT going to be a movie that was going to cater to fan expectations...and that we were going to go somewhere different. Pushback against Rey being a powerful female is only part of the issue with her character. She's also at the center of a decades long schism within the Star Wars fanbase between those who see the franchise as a modern myth (which is how The Last Jedi treats it)....and a modern fairy-tale (which is who Rogue One treats it). The Mythic faction can enjoy the fairy tale movies....but the Fairy Tale faction always lose their shit whenever the series turns to myth. ("They ruined my childhood!!") 2. Because that is not her role. She is supposed to be not-quite-human. Like Dark Phoenix, she is someone who has become so powerful that she's transcended her humanity to a certain extent. She is SUPPOSED to be somewhat cold, distant...and not-very-likeable. That moment between her and Thor when they meet for the first time and he calls Stormbreaker to his hand right past her ear to test her mettle..... ...and she not only fails to flnch in any sort of surprise, but looks at Thor with an attitude of "Don't -blam!- with me, Asgardian." Is everything you needed to know about her. She is a pure warrior. She is more of a Force of Nature than she is a person at this point. There IS NO 'warm and fuzzy" underbelly to her like we eventually come to find in Black Widow...or The Scarlet Witch. It isn't developed...because it isn't THERE to BE developed. She's a female equivalent of the character Clint Eastwood played in "Pale Rider" (a metaphorical reference to the pale mount that Death will ride upon during The End of Days.")

[quote]I'm not against powerful woman. But when it ruins other movies just for the sake of getting that message across, i have a problem.[/quote] [spoiler]baited[/spoiler]

They made Thor fat for jokes

People cry about everything