Ruined by feminist show boating


Sure the woman is a main lead in the film. That is not enough for the writers. They have to have the male lead pathetic and grovelling over the woman, who is damn right rude and dismissive. The woman is asked to stay behind and she takes it as an attack on her ability, typical feminist bullshit.

It could have been a great film if the woman lead was not always acting like she is fighting for woman rights in the 1920s. Yet in a sci fi film in the future and she is meant to be still struggling with woman rights and for woman to be taken seriously? I mean realy? how stupid.

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Hear thst, everyone? Giving a male hero a female sidekick is just too damn feminist!!

All sidekicks MUST be male, particularly if they're screwing the hero. Udn4916 demands it!

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That is not what I said at all.

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Yeah..goo dpint. I loved the film, AND the sidekick, Laureline (the whopping Cara Delevigne)..

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Aloof pretty woman who is won over by her average looking male partner's heroics is standard fare even in old movies. Yes she is capable but still she needs rescued, however they do make him bumbling and in need of her rescuing too. If she was your daughter and got propositioned non stop at work by her male colleague, would you really think that was ok?

Time alone does not yield progress. Look at the human chain of command, how many females did you see in positions of power? She was pretty much an exception. So I'd say that just as we struggle now, they'll likely still struggle in the future. In addition to the treatment she received from him, I'd say they weren't really that advanced in this area.

The really embarassing thing was Kris Wu's token scenes. He was so un-necessary and tacked on as an afterthought.

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Apparently they did the same thing to the latest Star Wars installments.
Don't get me wrong, when it's done right it rocks. Just look at the Aliens series. But when it's done to pander to a "progressive" agenda it just comes across as disingenuous.

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He was a Major and she a Sergeant. The only reason she got away with being so sassy is that he wanted inside her space suit, but she knew it and took full advantage. I see that less as feminism and more just her using what G_d gave her to get her way.

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I don't see the "feminism" boogey man in this film. I do see some stage-one leftist thinking in the writing and a generally bad movie. A few cool Besson-ish scenes saved it from being a complete waste. 3/10

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Typical dribble from millennial asshole, who has no idea that Luc Besson has always based his movies around gutsy female characters. What next? Watching a Martin Scorsese film to complain about all the Italian-Americans in it? Watching a Woody Allen movie to complain it's too New York and Jewish? Watvhing a Spike Lee film to complain that it's too black? Why do you assholes do this? Watch films by people who have a long history of having certain themes so that you can cry about them? If you hate feminist movies, then don't watch movies made by a guy who built his entire career around gutsy female characters. Life will go much easier for you.

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Luc Besson? Strong women characters?! The hell you say! The Professional?! The Transorter!? (And, NO, Shu Qi is not transgender ANYTHING, neckbeard incel birdbrain.) The Fifth Element?! Arthur and the Invisibles?! Next, you’ll be telling us that Luc casts legends like . . . Oh, I dunno, David Bowie in his for films! Oh, the humanity!

Dig you, atomicgirl.

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Tru Dat!

I love strong women characters in lead roles for pseudo military adventures on screen. It brings the public that much closer to accepting women as eligible for Selective Service and front line active combat. They're going to be very useful when things go hot between Iran or China in the coming decade.

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