None unless Ghost in the shell 1995 anime counts
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Barb Wire (1996)
Birds of Prey (2020)
Black Widow (2021)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Catwoman (2004)
Elektra (2005)
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Red Sonja (1985)
Sheena (1984)
Supergirl (1984)
Tank Girl (1995)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
I think it's really stretching it to say some of those are super-hero movies. Female led comic book movies, sure, but I hate seeing other genres all being reduced to the super-hero category. However, I've only seen two or three, possibly four, of these movies so I don't have an informed opinion.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec is based on a comic book. But not, of course, a super hero.
Alita is my favourite. Then Wonder Woman, then Black Widow.
I voted for Captain Marvel and WW84. While I liked the first WW, I think it was playing it too safe, as if they were doing their best to not accidentally insult any men watching it, to the detriment of the movie. The second one was better and if it didn't include the scene with questionable consent, I would consider it my favorite female-led movie.
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You are right, I did stretch the term. The problem is, if I were calling it female-led comic book movies I would have had to include movies like Ghost World or Blue Is The Warmest Colour, but those are not the types of movies I wanted to make a poll about. I could have come up with female-led action movies based on a comic book or manga but honestly I didn't think the phrasing would bother anyone.
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Exactly my thoughts. It really bugged me that they gave Steve Trevor that much focus. In male superhero movies the female love interests rarely get that much agency as he did.
As if they were thinking, yeah we're making the overdue big budget female hero blockbuster but let's still give a man plenty of screentime, otherwise male moviegoers might not want to see the movie.
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Voted for Wonder Woman. Didn't realize you could vote for more than one though.
If I was to rank these movies from best to worst, my list would go like this:
- Wonder Woman
- Black Widow
- Captain Marvel
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Atomic Blonde
- Alita: Battle Angel
- Tank Girl
- Birds of Prey
- Red Sonja
- Ghost in the Shell
- Elektra
- Barb Wire
- Sheena
- Catwoman
I don't think it ruined the movie over all, but I definitely think that's what was going on...they totally skirted the idea that the amazons separated themselves because they wanted to avoid "man's world". And underplayed that the whole point of the character is female empowerment.
Last edited by ed2962; 05-14-2022 at 02:38 PM.
I don't know if you've seen it, but the 2009 animated WW movie is even worse in this regard. It's full of Steve Trevor looking cool and "mansplaining"...there's even a point where he says, "Hey, we don't pull out chairs and open doors for you because we want to oppress you!" Gah!