But it does have to do with this film. Rey was written the way she was by people who want to advance the feminist agenda. She was written specifically TO advance the feminist agenda. But in fact, her creators unwittingly set back their cause by making her a Mary Sue, who is not believable and not relatable. If she was a flawed, sometimes naive, sometimes ignorant character, like Luke, then we could relate to Rey's struggle, and revel in her journey towards becoming the baddest-ass heroine in the galaxy.
It could've been a fantastic film--even ripping off George's original story. But they blew it.
The Wook
Two honest questions for you:
1. How many times have you watched the film at this point? Just the once, or more than once?
2. If the subsequent films show Rey's limitations, explain the source of Rey's power, and show her doubts, fears, and growth, would you still consider her a "Mary Sue"?
I ask the first question because it may simply be that you missed the attempts to show Rey's own surprise at her abilities or her confusion that not everyone has those abilities. As I've said, the best examples I can think of are where she and Finn are jubilant after flying away on the Falcon, and her reaction to figuring out how to do the mind trick.
There's also the scene where (if memory serves) she acts surprised that Finn
can't speak droid, implying that she doesn't realize her own abilities are special.
Lastly, there's the final fight with Kylo Ren to consider. At the opening of the fight, Rey
does get her ass handed to her. (Or, rather, she gets Force-blasted into a tree and knocked the f--- out.) Also, technically, it took four people to even
neutralize -- not kill, neutralize -- Kylo Ren. It took his own internal conflict at killing his father, it took Chewie's already-demonstrated-to-be-super-powerful bowcaster shot to the gut to stagger him, it took Finn wearing him down at the start of the fight, and then finally it took Rey fighting, losing, and then somehow calling on the Force (in a way the film suggests she doesn't understand) to beat him. Not exactly a "gimme" of a win. More like a "by the skin of her teeth" to me.
However, I absolutely concede that this stuff happens
so quickly that it's easily missed. In the Falcon scene, Rey and Finn just seem happy and are kind of talking over each other. In the "you don't speak droid?" scene, it goes by in an instant. In the "and leave your gun!" scene, again, it goes by quickly. And with Kylo Ren, it's all intercut with the X-wing shots and happening really rapid-fire. I think that, in this sense, the
pacing of this stuff may not have allowed these moments to register for a lot of viewers, and that's certainly one of the film's big flaws (albeit and understandable one, from my perspective, if you want an under-3-hrs film).