Ramona Flowers was best described as a MacGuffin With Boobs. (Which sounds like someone you'd get at McDonalds.)
Also, I've had the thought, and read a number of people who agree, that the movie is actually supposed to be from Scott's perspective, which both makes him an unreliable narrator, and also makes more sense as far as Ramona is concerned. After all, Scott doesn't really seem to have much of a grasp on empathy.
Still, the story would have been better if we understood her a little more.
It also neatly explains Ramona's mystical powers over reality (see also: melting snow while she rollerblades... IN THE SNOW).
Really, between Michael Cena and the cardboard handling of Ramona I found every other character in the film more interesting (except Gideon who also received cardboard handling).
I don't disagree, but it still pisses me off when movie executives look at a comic book and say "Y'know what's entirely unnecessary? The leading lady's story arc and personality. As long as the actress who plays her is hot, no one will care that we completely neutered her character."
I'd be less irritated if I couldn't have made this same comic for the movie versions of Storm and the Silk Spectre too.
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Also, I've had the thought, and read a number of people who agree, that the movie is actually supposed to be from Scott's perspective, which both makes him an unreliable narrator, and also makes more sense as far as Ramona is concerned. After all, Scott doesn't really seem to have much of a grasp on empathy.
Still, the story would have been better if we understood her a little more.
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Really, between Michael Cena and the cardboard handling of Ramona I found every other character in the film more interesting (except Gideon who also received cardboard handling).
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I'd be less irritated if I couldn't have made this same comic for the movie versions of Storm and the Silk Spectre too.
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