Source: lylesmoviefiles.com
3. A Breath of Fresh Air
Having a good movie with the DCEU’s seriousness and one with a lady in charge to boot feels wholly new and original.
Like, if this is what modern-day non-white-dude superhero movies are gonna be like, sign me up for so many more. This really felt like a new, fresh voice breaking through a lot of same-y superhero movies, even the good ones.
I love Marvel movies (love love LOVE Marvel movies), but they do all strike similar tones. Not THE SAME tone, and I like them all, but it was nice to see a movie come along that wasn’t that.
Also nice to see a movie that had female leads without sexualizing them in any way. You can feel that a woman directed this and seeing ladies kick ass without it being a sex thing was kind of incredible. As someone versed in film theory and criticism (as well as some basic semiotics because I’m a nerd), I’m familiar with the “male gaze†theory, but I hadn’t realized its omnipresence until watching this movie.
