“Disney has displayed complete inertia in updating this franchise for modern audiences.”
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“The film is indifferent to inclusion, just as it’s indifferent to lengthy dialogue or complex characterizations.”
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“The stereotyping of Black and Indigenous men are made worse by the fact they never speak, nor do they have any backstories.”
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“It’s alarming that millions of young men are watching—and internalizing—this display of toxic masculinity.”
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“When an 83-year old novel is more feminist than its modern film adaptation, you know there’s something wrong.”
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“Women are aggressively objectified for the male gaze, while people of color are simply erased.”
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“People of color are picked off easily, like a retro horror film where the Black guy gets killed first.”
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“Dunkirk is a sensory feast with palpable nostalgia for an era before women’s liberation and civil rights movements.”
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“Women of color are either sexual objects or played off for laughs. For example, Mantis—found by Ego and raised as his servant and ‘pet’— seems to be written explicitly for the film to indulge in submissive Asian stereotypes.”
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“The Great Wall is about as literal to the white savior trope as you can get.”
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“The uncomfortable industry adulation that surrounded Casey Affleck—despite his confirmed abuse against women in reality—outweighs my ability to recommend this film.”
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“Middling film complete with nostalgic 1980’s throwback costume, music, and unfortunately, the racist and male-centric tropes of that decade as well.”
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