Imme-van-Gorp

This was really quite a strong commentary on the romanticization of purity culture and the masking of (religious) abuse under the guise of keeping women innocent.

The movie might feel like "superficial" storytelling to some, but that's the whole point: What we saw of the sisters and their life is all that those teenage boys thought of them, as their understanding and interest in them did not go beyond the idea of loving this perfect innocent girl.

Soooo... They have THE Anya Taylor Joy playing the (by far) most interesting character in the movie, yet they still decide to make some other random, insanely bland girl play the main character. Okaaaay. Sounds like a big missed opportunity to me... I mean, they could have definitely done so much more with Illyana, but literally any of the other Mutants would have even been a better option than Dani as the main; she just gave us nothing, and that brought the emotional depth and power of the movie down a lot.

I mean, the vibes are certainly cutesy and feelgood, but I just couldn't really deal with how ridiculously "nice" the heroine was. She was unbelievable and borderline annoying with how forgiving and understanding and self-reproachful she was in situations where she should be anything but. The guy put her out of business, lied to her, manipulated her, and she literally responds to all of that with a happy smile and a kiss?? Be so freakin for real. Not to mention, why is everyone ignoring the fact that both of the leads were basically cheating on their partners the whole time?? That's not cute. Other than that, though, I did enjoy their dynamic and they often had good chemistry. The way Joe looked at Kathleen was pretty swoony, too.