I had been avoiding this movie because of the whitewashing of the Asian characters, and because I just didn't see how magic would work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but as I'm catching up on S4 of Agents of SHIELD, I'm seeing a more super-natural bent (Ghostrider, mostly).
As I began watching it, I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh, another white asshole that must learn empathy or compassion or sacrifice or something to truly become powerful. Great. It's not like I haven't seen this a couple of times already (Tony Stark, Thor, etc.)."
I did like that there was some racial diversity, although not enough Asians for a movie set mostly in Hong Kong. It was a little awkward, though, that Chiwetel Ejiofor's character was very, very similar to his character in Serenity.
It totally didn't pass the Bechdel Test, of course. At least the love interest had skills!
Basically, if this wasn't a Marvel movie, I wouldn't have watched it. I'm totally not a Cumberbatch fan, either. I mean, I was mostly "meh" until Star Trek: Into Darkness. Then I HATED him.
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