The John Wick vs Ballerina shitshow is such a perfect case study of how men make movies depending on the sex of the main protagonist. The two movies are set in the same universe with many crossovers and yet...
John Wick is male. Therefore, he gets to be an assassin in his 50s, well known by everybody, respected and considered the best of the best.
Eve is female, (yeah that's her name lol). Therefore, she's barely 18. What's her last name? Doesn't matter. She's a nobody, a literal noob who needs to learn everything.
The actress was clearly chosen for her looks and not her acting; her face barely moves.
The reason for this is that the actress is 37. It's obvious throughout the movie that our "18 years old" has done cosmetic surgery and most of her face can't move. You'd be lucky to get even a frown. Her eyebrows are stuck. The lip fillers are also distracting. It's hard to believe in a character that looks so out of place.
John Wick spends most of the movies injured in some ways and with lots of scratches on his face. He's always in pain. That's almost the point of the movies. Grunting, grimacing, bleeding, sweating, but still fighting.
Meanwhile, Eve looks like an instagram model with the stereotypical neoteny (baby face) and with filters on. She has no credibility.
She's always wearing lots of mascara and lip gloss and her face looks "perfect" (uncanny) no matter how many people she fights! Not a scratch until the very end of the movie! Lip gloss still on! Hair perfect! Magic! Again, no credibility.
For her first fight, she's wearing a sexy dress and heels. We even see her underwear. Imagine John Wick fighting dressed like that. Suddenly it'd be comedic. She wears heels for the entire movie.
The main character is not named Ballerina as we've seen, that's just the name of the movie because it's girly tee-hee.
John Wick and the actor portraying him are considered impactful enough to carry the movie, and therefore, the movie posters only show John Wick/Keanu Reeves. Even the names of the movies are simply "John Wick."
For Ballerina the movie poster is pink (girl girl girl get it? tee-hee) and she's either wearing the sexy dress or figures in the middle of a multitude of characters with the word "John Wick" because the directors didn't feel like her character could carry the movie. Indeed it can't. Because they can't make a female character.
Misogyny really impairs men's creativity. What's a female character, if not a "barely legal" doll?