Dark Phoenix was great!! pitch perfect characterization, great writing and effects, emotional and moral complexity without getting mired in overseriousness. and some interesting thoughts on trauma and female power.
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hmm for me it didn’t feel muddled, from “you’re not broken” to the line about emotions made sense i thought? i haven’t seen Capt Marvel so idk. it was dense with subtext (for a superhero movie). i read it as “working through trauma looks messy but makes you stronger”
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like the deal with repression and patriarchal norms, right, is always that showing emotion is a weakness and you’re supposed to just suck it up and soldier on, not let it get to you, all that. and she kinda buys that for awhile? “control” powers looks like “repress”..
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I was astounded to learn it was the same person who was behind the previous dark Phoenix movie. My general impression of that is that it’s too much story for one movie.
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