Brie Larson the frontrunner for Captain Marvel

[Andrew NDB]

Shesus. They're gonna f**k around and make this movie toxic to half the world, just like Ghostbusters 2016.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Shesus. They're gonna f**k around and make this movie toxic to half the world, just like Ghostbusters 2016.

agreed guess I will be a good white man and stay in my garage banging my tools like a neanderthal

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Shesus. They're gonna f**k around and make this movie toxic to half the world, just like Ghostbusters 2016.

Yeah, except the Ghostbusters movie was trash, from script to characterization to being an actual Ghostbusters movie.

Captain Marvel should be fine. Script will be fine, most of the acting should be fine (we'll see regarding Brie herself). Skrulls will be fun, Fury will be fun, looking forward to my main man Ronan...

Should be fine at worst, and can only go up from there.

[AquaParade]

There is so much pettiness surrounding the film from all sides. It's completely sad, lame, and quite frustrating. No matter what happened with today's reviews, it was bound to be a ****-show online.

It looks like what we have is less-than-stellar (yet still generally good) reviews. Since the hype was so large, this means the most vocal "Anti-SJW's" will be obnoxiously gloating like children. They'll be relieved to do it after all the oppression both sides have been pushing on each other.

On the other side, we have plenty of biased-folk ready to make the saddest, most lame, and pathetic excuses you could hope for. They'll be taking the idea that some movies "aren't for everyone" and twisting it to unrecognizable, and probably sexist degrees, while pretending to be perfectly polite and civil about it.

Then there is stuff that just sounds really stupid...I saw a tweet today that reads "A thoughtful feminist male critic who I really like and admire truly disliked Captain Marvel. And that's okay. And I respect him. And it's not that his opinion is invalid, but also this is a movie that has experiential womanhood baked into it".
I can respect the fact that she is being civil with her words, but this essentially boils down to "YOU DON't GET IT."
Which feels more like "gate-keeping" and trying to say others reviews aren't as valid as yours.

Sad state of affairs regarding this movie. Makes me not want to see it.

[Leo656]

So far, all the reviews I'm seeing are "Meh."

Apparently there's a fight scene set to "Just A Girl", and now I wish this movie had a physical form so I could punch it into a coma.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Apparently there's a fight scene set to "Just A Girl", and now I wish this movie had a physical form so I could punch it into a coma.

if that's true oh brother

[Leo656]

If anyone I knew in real life used phrases like "Experiential Womanhood" unironically, I'd constantly walk my dog on their lawn.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Apparently there's a fight scene set to "Just A Girl", and now I wish this movie had a physical form so I could punch it into a coma.

Jesus christ, seriously? That’s so goddamn tacky.

[ZariusTwo]

Van Scyver!

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

There is so much pettiness surrounding the film from all sides. It's completely sad, lame, and quite frustrating. No matter what happened with today's reviews, it was bound to be a ****-show online.

It looks like what we have is less-than-stellar (yet still generally good) reviews. Since the hype was so large, this means the most vocal "Anti-SJW's" will be obnoxiously gloating like children. They'll be relieved to do it after all the oppression both sides have been pushing on each other.

On the other side, we have plenty of biased-folk ready to make the saddest, most lame, and pathetic excuses you could hope for. They'll be taking the idea that some movies "aren't for everyone" and twisting it to unrecognizable, and probably sexist degrees, while pretending to be perfectly polite and civil about it.

Then there is stuff that just sounds really stupid...I saw a tweet today that reads "A thoughtful feminist male critic who I really like and admire truly disliked Captain Marvel. And that's okay. And I respect him. And it's not that his opinion is invalid, but also this is a movie that has experiential womanhood baked into it".
I can respect the fact that she is being civil with her words, but this essentially boils down to "YOU DON't GET IT."
Which feels more like "gate-keeping" and trying to say others reviews aren't as valid as yours.

Sad state of affairs regarding this movie. Makes me not want to see it.

There is nothing worse than when people bring their political zealotry into the art.

This is perfect illustration on why modern versions of left and right are idiotic and has become parodies of real ideologies rather than anything resembling serious thing.

[Redeemer]

When I first read this thread today about the reviews coming in and being a bomb. I checked out rotten tomatoes which gives it a score of 85% at the moment. But when I looked at the positive reviews I see comments like
"More of a solid-building block for the future, than a must see solo adventure"


I guess I was correct in my earlier thinking about this may not be the best movie, but is a must watch for current(Avengers infinity war.) and future movies (Assuming more captain marvels.) I think this will be one of those 5$ movie day specials

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Redeemer

When I first read this thread today about the reviews coming in and being a bomb. I checked out rotten tomatoes which gives it a score of 85% at the moment. But when I looked at the positive reviews I see comments like
"More of a solid-building block for the future, than a must see solo adventure"


I guess I was correct in my earlier thinking about this may not be the best movie, but is a must watch for current(Avengers infinity war.) and future movies (Assuming more captain marvels.) I think this will be one of those 5$ movie day specials

I know I'm only seeing it because she's in Avengers 4 and all the other MCU connective tissue (Skrulls, Ronan, Kree, Nick Fury, SHIELD).

As for Brie and the main character, well... I'm open to being impressed, but my opinion's a shrug and a "meh?"

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by snake

Jesus christ, seriously? That’s so goddamn tacky.

That's a giant ball of corn held together with generous gobs of cheese, that's what it is.

[Autbot_Benz]

Once again The Mary Sue a Super Feminist SJW site is trying to claim all negative reviews of Captain Marvel are all men.

https://twitter.com/themarysue/statu...82518142320640

Turns out that too is a lie

[sdp]

Now that Disney has X-Men, do you think there's any chance of Rogue getting her powers from Captain Marvel happening? I guess if this movie is a hit that won't happen but maybe if it underperforms and they don't have much of a role for her, it could be a cool way to bring in an iconic x-men character like Rogue in a new way that wasn't in the originals. Any chance Pietro and Wanda can become Magneto's kids again? I guess that's for another thread though.

[Leo656]

A lot of men loved Wonder Woman. And just to account for all variables, Brie Larson is most often considered "hotter" than Gal Gadot by conventional beauty standards, so I'm pretty sure that the men who liked Wonder Woman did so sincerely, and not because Gal gave them a bigger boner. The criticism OF the criticism seems ridiculous.

Every "meh" review that I've seen comes off as sincere, with several people saying that they had hoped to like it more than they did. On the other hand, the reviews that glow, like in Rolling Stone, STARTS the review by claiming anyone who isn't excited is an "Incel Virgin", THEN repeats every flaw the other reviews pointed out, before dismissing it all because "Jokes about Blockbuster Video, beepers, and Chick Power." It's ludicrous.

Sounds like they just hit a foul tip. The word "generic" is getting thrown around a lot. Oh well.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by sdp

Now that Disney has X-Men, do you think there's any chance of Rogue getting her powers from Captain Marvel happening?

100% odds. It may not go down exactly like in the comics, but you can bet the new Rogue will bump into Captain Marvel and there will be a power absorption.

Also, if they weren't already going to do so, I bet Quicksilver comes back to life and his origin somewhat gets retconned (or is it "un"-retconned?) to better usher in Daddy.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by sdp

Now that Disney has X-Men, do you think there's any chance of Rogue getting her powers from Captain Marvel happening?

That one episode of X-Men: The Animated Series is the hero we deserve these days.

[AquaParade]

I'm a little salty that I won't be able to watch this movie at home before Endgame.

With all the speculation that it will have at least subtle ties to Endgame, and with how invested I am in the MCU, I feel like I have little choice but to go see this in theaters.

Don't get me wrong, I do want to see the movie, but not that bad.

[neatoman]

Alright I've just seen it and It's not good. It did not make me angry and it's not confusing but it is very unengaging.

The story is not very interesting and nobody gives a good performance, even Samuel L. Jackson is bad in this and that man normally oozes charisma. The action seems like it would have been cool in any other movie but kind of comes across like the action in a Michael Bay movie. It isn't abused like in a Michael Bay movie but it has that same overedited quality to it, as well as the lack of investment in the characters that would make it mean something. Then there's the obligatory Marvel humor/quips and none of them were funny, the closest this movie got to making me laugh was when Fury curiously took a look at a dead Skrull's genitals (which was more weird than funny).

Go see the movie if you want, I can imagine someone liking it because it's not really that bad. But I would be lying if I said this movie wasn't one of the weaker entries in the MCU, if not the weakest.

Originally Posted by newfan

I was told by someone 'but you have to see it', because of endgame but I didn't think it was going to be massively tied to it. Easy to find out when you guys watch it (or I read the reviews), if I don't have to then I might skip it.

You probably don't. The only new things that might be relevant are the Skrulls and the cat. Even Carol's backstory can be explained away in a single line, so I doubt you'll be all that lost.