A few reviews

[TM2YC]

^ But surely the male gaze is the point? The only reason Lawrence's character is part of the story is because Pratt's finds her ogle-worthy enough to awaken in the first place, and the film, like it or not, is very much told from his perspective. It's a story-appropriate use of the male gaze, unlike Zack Snyder's gratuitous ogling of Diana's rear end in Justice League, which served no narrative or thematic purpose.

That is sometimes true and perhaps sometimes the intention when the camera is positioned from Pratt's perspective (e.g. when he is watching her swimming) but often it's from the voyeuristic angle of nobody else but the Director and the audience. See this clip:



e.g the first bit. Lawrence is stripping? Well obviously we need to cover that in a wide from behind her. Now it's Pratt's turn to strip? Well, we can just move in for a tight closeup for that because nobody in the audience is gonna want to see his chest muscles . Or her climbing on the table in the other bit. Was positioning the camera so her bum fills 50% of the frame the best way to shoot that scene?   That's just the vibe I got.