*spoilers* Let me guess that you all groaned...
...when all the MCU women lined up in a row to display their specially coordinated 'Girl Power' during the war with Thanos.
shareI liked it but also shook my head at it at the same time. I like strong female characters and liked seeing them all together in one shot and fight together. At the same time though, I thought it was just for the SJW crowd and to please them. All I do is just picture all the women dropping what they were doing and raced over to help out. When I actually thought about it more after the movie ended, I was thinking something like "wasn't Wasp with Ant-Man and fighting next to him?" (Yeah, I know they were trying to get the van, but I thought they went back to fighting all of Thanos' "minions" and side-by-side after that fail.) And I'm pretty sure ALL the women were scattered throughout the battlefield with some being at the other end of where Captain Marvel and Spider-Man were. So you are telling me they dropped what they were doing and raced/teleported over to Captain Marvel to assist her? Come on. Yeah. It was pretty cool seeing them all in the same shot, but once you stop and think about it, it just seems off since they were probably all scattered throughout the battlefield and too focused on fighting. All I can do is just picture someone like Shuri trying to save a kid (yeah, I know this wasn't happening on the battlefield, just thinking whenever/on a normal basis) and then saying (not literally) screw you to the kid because another female hero is nearby and may need help, although the kid is 2 seconds from being saved. Then do that x amount of times for every female character that joined Captain Marvel and swap out the kid with something else. Like saving a bus full of people or preventing a hostage situation. Also, I'm pretty sure there were other male heroes around. Why didn't they drop what they were doing to assist Captain Marvel or why couldn't they? They could've even used some of the heroes that weren't really onscreen much during the battle to assist Captain Marvel. Like Drax or Groot. But I really am in the middle on this scene/part.
shareThis is what I'm saying Reaperscout. It was such a contrived moment. It almost felt like a parody.
It was clearly done to (1) satisfy the actors in the cast like Tessa Thompson, who talked about a spin-off film featuring an all-female superhero cast of characters, and (2) to demonstrate how woke Disney is. But it didn't feel natural or organic and it stuck out like a sore thumb.
Like you say, it made no sense for all the women to be assembled in a line at that moment. It was a very self-conscious moment that took the audience out of the film. Rather than being about women gathering together to take on sexism within the film, it was more of a massive wink to the audience "Hey look at us! Aren't we so pro-women!"
I preferred the "She's not alone" line when it was used in the last movie by Black Widow when she defended Scarlett Witch. It made contextual sense, showed girl power, and was a very poignant moment in my opinion. This time around, though... not so much.
shareYeah, I like that moment too. I watched Infinity War again yesterday night knowing I'd be watching the sequel today, and that moment gave me a slight lump in my throat. It's probably going to feel more poignant now knowing what happens to a certain character (as discussed in Clint and Wanda's final scene here).
shareYeah, all if the characters were in different parts of the battlefield which made it seem even more forced. On top if that, Spider-Man apparently disappeared as he was next to Captain Marvel at the time.
It was one of the few nitpicks I had.