Why praise a movie that panders, with a symbolic pat on the head, to the audience it is supposed to empower?

Why praise a movie that panders, with a symbolic pat on the head, to the audience it is supposed to empower?
I’ve never been a fan of Spider-Man and this film failed to win me over.
LOUISA: MATT: LOUISA SAYS: Let’s just get right down to it: the disappointing “X-Men: Apocalypse” is far from unwatchable but it’s the first X-Men movie