I stated what the movie contains, what anybody not involved in the process of making it (any of us) can objectively see in the movie. Meanwhile, you are talking about the intent of those involved in the movie. Thanks for recognizing it; that is exactly the point, the sole point of contention I sought to press. That is, the intent of the team, their mindspaces and opinions, do not constitute "the whole point" of the movie. Quite to the contrary, in my opinion, it has at most a minor effect in the audience's reception of the final product.
Well, I don't know about that, I don't think anyone here is saying that if one enjoyed the movie one is somehow bad, it's ok to enjoy something, any work of entertainment is designed to be enjoyed. But it is also ok to say that the people involved in a specific project created it with a rather transparent agenda that is visible in their work EVEN IF it's not explicitly stated.
An example comes to mind, Batwoman, was a recent tv series.. that was about Batwoman, a character in the Batman universe of comics, so one could say that the story is about bat woman, nothing else, right? well there's also a lot of ideological and political agendas that the creators implicitly placed on their narratives, and seeing both of those elements is crucial to understand the work being presented to an audience. Think the recent remake of Charlie's Angels for another example, the movie was about whatever it was about, but the agendas of the creators are transparently visible
Another example that comes to mind is history, when one is reading history, it's imperative to keep in mind the intentions, political aspirations and stance of the writers of history, that way one can see the work being presented for what it is, but ALSO understand it within the context of the author.
And a lot of work happens this way, the artists respond to their environment and as such their work reflects their context, there's nothing wrong with recognizing that.
What I think the trouble is, with a lot of recent productions coming out of hollywood, is that their agendas are so desperately plugged into their product, in such a rush and with such little creativity that it suspends the disbelief that one allowed oneself to enter when watching a movie, so one can't help but feel like one is in a lecture about fiction and PC culture, instead of watching a compelling story.
It's like if they served you a blueberry pancake and instead of it being served as a single pancake with blueberries, they just gave you a pancake with a lot of blueberries on top and they told you it was a blueberry pancake.
But I am digressing too much, what I was driving at is that, it's ok to enjoy any work of entertainment, even if one is aware of the agendas behind it, there's nothing wrong with that, but it is also ok to point out that the agenda is transparently present in such work.