you're pretty on the money cil
a lot of it feels like a phase 1 movie and not in a good way
-Vader
a lot of it feels like a phase 1 movie and not in a good way
-Vader
Captain Marvel (2019)
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Thanks for that, those pages were entertaining. Can someone post something controversial? We need a rematch for this argument.
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Decided to skip this and go straight to End Game. Don’t have two hours to waste these days.
I'll see this on blu-ray. I figure my introduction to Carol in Endgame is going to be just fine and will work on it's own. I guess there won't be any supporting characters from her solo film, because I did not follow Black Panthers supporting characters in IW lol
Honestly I wouldn't blame ya'll.
I mainly saw this film in preparation for Endgame, but honestly I don't see what it added to the story other than Cap Marvel's origin story.
The only "important" things I can think of are:
- the origin of the tesseract (but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things)
- how Fury lost his eye, but even then you don't see how Fury becomes the cynical badass we see in Ultron/Winter Soldier; his character doesn't really develop here
- what Marvel's powers are (but we'll see them in Endgame anyway)
so IDK what this film accomplished exactly
I mainly saw this film in preparation for Endgame, but honestly I don't see what it added to the story other than Cap Marvel's origin story.
The only "important" things I can think of are:
- the origin of the tesseract (but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things)
- how Fury lost his eye, but even then you don't see how Fury becomes the cynical badass we see in Ultron/Winter Soldier; his character doesn't really develop here
- what Marvel's powers are (but we'll see them in Endgame anyway)
so IDK what this film accomplished exactly
Yeah I couldnt get behind Captain Marvel because of how Larson was acting like nothing mattered for the whole filmCilogy wrote: ↑March 16th, 2019, 2:38 amCaptain Marvel
This was some fun, but man, I just did not engage with the character until like the third act.
A big part of this film is Carol figuring who the fuck she is, and it just seems like she just ... doesn't care? Like, typically the audience is supposed to be alongside the character in the discovery of that information, but you don't really get the time to meditate on that. The film doesn't seem to take a breather until the Skrull stuff, which was honestly far more touching than Carol's background. Ben Mendolsohn was a highlight.
Otherwise the film fails to have any distinctive style in the pantheon of Marvel flicks. It's jarring especially because we've seen improvements in unique styles in the last few years (Panther, GOTG2, Ragnarok). It's just standard CGI effects and the usual "pause here for laughter" dialogue.
This isn't something I wanna watch again.
Tribute to Stan Lee was very sweet.
Saw this yesterday.
BTW, those hexagonal portals, if that technology has been around for at least 20 Earth years, why is it not prevalent everywhere in universe? We've only seen those in GOTG2 and Captain Marvel so far. Those were not in Thor movies or Infinity War. Or Why would Loki need to open a portal above New York when there's a perfectly usable one available already above C-53? Am I missing something here?
Edit: added not before prevalent.
Edit: added not before prevalent.
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Oh man I really didn't want to watch this because I didn't care, then I thought why not watch it before Endgame? It ties in... right? But now I read your reviews and I really, really don't care for this movie anymore 
But I've got my tickets, so... I guess I'll have to see for myself.
But I've got my tickets, so... I guess I'll have to see for myself.
Very solid second weekend hold. Already at 760M after 10 days. Seems like it's heading for somewhere between 1 and 1.1 billion.£
