On a movie
Currently re-watching a weird fantasy action movie from a few years back called Sucker Punch by the director Zack Snyder (I like some of his other films, even though many critics don’t seem to like his work; I thought Justice League was pretty good).
Apparently the plot of this movie is about a young woman put into a mental institution by a physically abusive parent who starts imagining doing heroic things with other inmates she likes. It is a pretty brutal film, and Snyder seems to tilt toward the dark side in his visual imagery. The main character is Australian but does an American accent well.
The title of the movie bespeaks the violence of its content. The movie begins with a cover version of “Sweet Dreams” by The Eurythmics while the main character is fighting with her father figure.
I think this film might fit into what they call “grrl power” comics and other art, the idea of women being very strong, sometimes stronger than men.