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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 7690348">This really didn't bother me for a few reasons. Personally I am not a big fan of judging movies on whether they pass a diversity test or "do better". I don't really care about that stuff when I evaluate a film. But Rey's development seemed to make a lot sense internally. The movie is called The Force Awakens and Kylo Ren says "there has been an Awakening" so clearly something is going on with her that normally doesn't. This is some special case in all likelihood just like Anakin was a special case. More importantly though, I enjoyed watching her realize she had that power and use it to do some cool things. It was fun and entertaining and made her more compelling. I would liken it to how characters behave in wuxia films (which is basically what Jedi are, they are pretty much a western version of the kinds of heroes you see in wuxia). The other reason that last scene didn't bother me is Kylo Ren had just done something that visibly affected him and he was hit by a blaster that they had made a point of saying was hugely powerful. He was still bleeding and punching himself near the wound to psyche himself up to fight. So it isn't like they were taking on a fully rested and healed Kylo Ren. There is also the obvious fact that Kylo wasn't trying to kill her. He was trying to turn her to the dark side. The most important reason though is Rey was a character I really enjoyed following. The actress did a great job and was right up there with Harrison Ford and Carrie Fischer from the first series. I was interested in her story. If it had felt to me like that was all done just to have a powerful female, I don't think it would have been enjoyable. But this was a quality powerful female character, played well and presented well. If she had been male, I'd have been just as engaged.</blockquote>

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