Captain Marvel movie spoiler talk

[JKtheMac]

Yep.

If that was the thesis of the film, it was poorly illustrated.

It isn’t! I am dumbfounded by this. I honestly thought the movie was pretty simple but so many seem to have missed the premise. In order for anyone to meaningfully critique this film it is pretty important to understand what its message was. Only then can we actually decide if the movie got its message across.

The premise of the movie is identity and potential. The idea that in order to fulfil one’s own personal potential you need to be yourself and to be allowed to express oneself without other people defining you, stopping you expressing yourself, or lying to you about yourself. That’s why it’s a movie about Skrulls! That’s why the lead character spends all of the movie searching for herself and the things that actually drive her. Her relationships and her aspirations. Her mentor and her purpose.

For a large number of people this is probably a given. So obvious to be unstated. But to anyone who is not allowed to express themselves this is a vital message, and for the rest of us it’s pretty important to remember. That is an essentially feminist message right there. Many women are not allowed to be themselves, express themselves the way they would wish to, fulfil their own potential. It is also a universal message because, well, so is feminism.