A mediocre movie that pretends to be an empowering female lead movie but ends up just being kind of dumb. Anything I was actually interested in was glazed over, there is no clear villain or even a satisfying climax, and I honestly found Jude Law to be more interesting than the main character. The problem with Brie Larson's character is that she doesn't have a lot of personality traits other than she's "strong" and sarcastic. She is uninteresting, and her awesome helmet is barely used. She doesn't even appear to need it. Since I can't spoil anything else, I'll end this review here, but yeah. It's a movie that is being praised for its mediocrity simply because the title character is a woman. Anyone who dislikes it is suspected to be a hater or a toxic white male, and the point of the movie is that the world is holding women back. That might not seem bad until you remember that there are two genders - male and female. If the oppressed people are women in general, then that makes everyone else (aka men) the metaphorical enemy. It's uncomfortable to be a guy watching the movie, even though I've wanted a good female lead Marvel movie just as much as everyone else. Not all men are sexist. Perhaps if they had taken a page from Wonder Woman's book and created a character that both men and women could genuinely look up to, we'd have a better movie. But alas, I found myself praying that Jude Law would make it to the end of the movie. Carol just isn't that interesting, funny or even likable.
Review by LucaBlockedParent2019-03-12T03:07:41Z
A mediocre movie that pretends to be an empowering female lead movie but ends up just being kind of dumb. Anything I was actually interested in was glazed over, there is no clear villain or even a satisfying climax, and I honestly found Jude Law to be more interesting than the main character. The problem with Brie Larson's character is that she doesn't have a lot of personality traits other than she's "strong" and sarcastic. She is uninteresting, and her awesome helmet is barely used. She doesn't even appear to need it. Since I can't spoil anything else, I'll end this review here, but yeah. It's a movie that is being praised for its mediocrity simply because the title character is a woman. Anyone who dislikes it is suspected to be a hater or a toxic white male, and the point of the movie is that the world is holding women back. That might not seem bad until you remember that there are two genders - male and female. If the oppressed people are women in general, then that makes everyone else (aka men) the metaphorical enemy. It's uncomfortable to be a guy watching the movie, even though I've wanted a good female lead Marvel movie just as much as everyone else. Not all men are sexist. Perhaps if they had taken a page from Wonder Woman's book and created a character that both men and women could genuinely look up to, we'd have a better movie. But alas, I found myself praying that Jude Law would make it to the end of the movie. Carol just isn't that interesting, funny or even likable.