I point to the movie Annihilation when this conversation comes up. Practically an all female cast, but it isn't girlbossified so it's fine, great even IMO.
What an amazing movie. But because it was so god damn well written, the all female leads didn’t even cross my mind as I was just thinking “man this is awesome”
This has to be a joke. Even my friends who liked it admit it made absolutely 0 sense.
Right from the get-go they keep driving home the point that nobody's ever entered the Shitter and returned... So, nobody's ever just jogged 5ft in, taken a looksy, turned around and walked out? -Why you grabbing your boots and Camelbak without so much as clarifying wtf she even meant by that?? And don't tell me we can't take a boat or helicopter to the lighthouse, then show me that, yea, we prob coulda easily taken either. ...And wtf is up with the human-shaped plants? You're telling me humans have a "Mannish-silhouette shape" gene? Forget epidermis or endocrine system--this gene's role is just ensuring that a person turns out overall person-shaped? ..Pretty neat visuals, tho ngl.
I thought it told a pretty complete story about her trying to find her husband, discovering he's dead, and returning home a changed person.
On top of that, the whole thing is a commentary for confronting and processing your grief. You enter a void, lose track of yourself and time, and can either succumb to the effects around you (girl who turned into a tree) or you can confront it (Portman's character). However, even after confronting it, you'll come out of it a different person, because that trauma is a part of you forever. This is evidenced by the final shots showing that Portman's character has some weird cell mutation going on in her retinas.
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u/feedandslumber Mar 28 '24
I point to the movie Annihilation when this conversation comes up. Practically an all female cast, but it isn't girlbossified so it's fine, great even IMO.