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Captain Marvel (2019)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    I got what expected. Nothing spectacular or new. Would of enjoyed it more had I watched it at home on tv for free. 5/10, not terrible but very little to get excited about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    Saw it last night , went in without reading reviews or caring about the hullabaloo social media stuff that always surrounds these films these days

    Thought it started pretty slowly but I think that's more you didn't know what was happening in , thought it picked up alot once she was on earth , the de-aging was fantastic I didn't even notice it once on SLJ , there was one very bad CGI part and it didn't involve the deaging stuff

    Really enjoyed her story and I felt it got better the longer it went on
    The whole Mar-vell bit was a surprise it didn't annoy me as it has some comic fans , as the MCU has not stuck to the comics to the letter at all, also the Skrulls turning out to be refugees really took me by pleasant surprise, but I reckon it won't be the final say there , there's more Skrulls in the canon that are very bad so I think there's still some wiggle room with them, wasn't surprised that Judd Law was the villain he just has this natural arrogance about him , The Kree will be a massive force if they do a sequel and they probably will with 20 odd years to fill in. Was cool to see her power up so much towards the end aswell and that credits scene was perfect

    also had no problem with Bree's acting at all thought she did a great job , SLJ was great too , you can really tell he loves doing these films he always looks like he's having tonnes of fun in them, Mandelson was great too as the main Skrull


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    One of Marvel's more blatant interstitials, spinning its wheels for the larger Infinity War event, but boxed up within a so-so origin story containing arguably the first legitimate casting dud within the MCU (with the possible exception of Benedict Cumberbatch's accent). Usually, I can give the 'lesser' MCU films a pass, as by and large even their poorer output is leaps ahead of rival fare. Here though, nothing clicked; not the action scenes, characters, arcs, dialogue - anything - it all felt terribly half-baked, but the poor choices led from the front. Brie Larson was dreadful, her bland styling almost tipping into obnoxiousness - the flatlining sass dialogue & Larson's delivery only made her come off like a jerk - but I think the script was partially at fault here, the writing never actually structuring a proper emotional arc to gel the pieces together. Hell the audience were given the answers to her mysterious past before Danvers, making her discoveries feel completely redundant.

    It felt like Marvel Studios were in such a rush to get this piece on the chessboard for Avengers: Endgame, the script wasn't a factor in at least giving Carol Danvers some semblance of characterisation. Maybe it's the Superman problem; that in making Danvers the walking McGuffin strong enough to defeat Thanos, she wasn't allowed any personality or flaws to hang onto some kind of arc. As for the rest of the cast? Sam Jackson was great - as he usually is - in fact it was Agent Fury that got the proper development; ditto Ben Mendelsohn's Skrull antagonist. Annette Bening was completely wasted however, even if her few scenes showed a lot more spark and charisma than Larson.

    And once again, like with Black Panther, there was a director (directors) quite competent in the quieter, character based moments but utterly at sea once the action kicked off; like that former film, the actions scenes were a disorienting mess, with no sense of geography of coordination.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭Uncharted


    pixelburp wrote: »
    One of Marvel's more blatant interstitials, spinning its wheels for the larger Infinity War event, but boxed up within a so-so origin story containing arguably the first legitimate casting dud within the MCU (with the possible exception of Benedict Cumberbatch's accent). Usually, I can give the 'lesser' MCU films a pass, as by and large even their poorer output is leaps ahead of rival fare. Here though, nothing clicked; not the action scenes, characters, arcs, dialogue - anything - it all felt terribly half-baked, but the poor choices led from the front. Brie Larson was dreadful, her bland styling almost tipping into obnoxiousness - the flatlining sass dialogue & Larson's delivery only made her come off like a jerk - but I think the script was partially at fault here, the writing never actually structuring a proper emotional arc to gel the pieces together. Hell the audience were given the answers to her mysterious past before Danvers, making her discoveries feel completely redundant.

    It felt like Marvel Studios were in such a rush to get this piece on the chessboard for Avengers: Endgame, the script wasn't a factor in at least giving Carol Danvers some semblance of characterisation. Maybe it's the Superman problem; that in making Danvers the walking McGuffin strong enough to defeat Thanos, she wasn't allowed any personality or flaws to hang onto some kind of arc. As for the rest of the cast? Sam Jackson was great - as he usually is - in fact it was Agent Fury that got the proper development; ditto Ben Mendelsohn's Skrull antagonist. Annette Bening was completely wasted however, even if her few scenes showed a lot more spark and charisma than Larson.

    And once again, like with Black Panther, there was a director (directors) quite competent in the quieter, character based moments but utterly at sea once the action kicked off; like that former film, the actions scenes were a disorienting mess, with no sense of geography of coordination.

    Excellent synopsis. Couldn't agree more.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Maybe it's the Superman problem; that in making Danvers the walking McGuffin strong enough to defeat Thanos,

    I'd be very surprised if they went that way. More likely she gives them an early advantage, then Thanos fights back (and maybe depowers her since he has the stone which gave her power), then is defeated by the noble self-sacrifice of Tony Stark.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    RayCun wrote: »
    I'd be very surprised if they went that way. More likely she gives them an early advantage, then Thanos fights back (and maybe depowers her since he has the stone which gave her power), then is defeated by the noble self-sacrifice of Tony Stark.

    Indeed if she is setup as the big bad that can do more than the team of avengers alone its going to create some problems for them down the line.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    I have a theory im almost sure is going to come true;
    Carol finds out what happens, rushes off to fight Thanos (this happens early in the movie). She gets in a good few licks before Thanos reabsorbs her Space stone imbued powers (most of them anyway), thereby reducing her power levels (temporarily).

    'What was given can be taken away' kept getting said in CA - id imagine thats an easter egg.

    I thought something like the above would happen before i saw CM; the content of the movie and how powerful CM is makes me think it will happen even more.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    RayCun wrote: »
    I'd be very surprised if they went that way. More likely she gives them an early advantage, then Thanos fights back (and maybe depowers her since he has the stone which gave her power), then is defeated by the noble self-sacrifice of Tony Stark.

    Someone posited that Marvel were trying to force Danvers into being the 'Wonder Woman' of the MCU, and on the basis of watching Captain Marvel I think that's true - with the caveat of also trying to make her the MCU's Superman. Not totally invincible but definitely something of a "I win" button.

    No, she probably won't be the panacea to the Avengers' Thanos problem, but I'd feel a little less sore about her sudden, convenient arrival to help save the day if her character wasn't such a jerk and bore. At least Superman was the unapologetic boy scout. The Avengers can sellotape Danvers to a stick for all I care about her presence in the franchise at this minute.

    And that's kinda the problem; Captain Marvel wasn't about Carol Danvers or trying to make me be at least interested in her journey. Feck, even giving her a journey. No. It was about moving a chess piece onto the MCU board.

    I truly admire Marvel Studios' ability to bring long-form storytelling to cinema, but even serialised TV takes a break now & again and just tells a good, self-contained story. I'm getting a little sick of what's beginning to feel like I'm being "nickle and dimed" as the Americans say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Calhoun wrote: »
    Indeed if she is setup as the big bad that can do more than the team of avengers alone its going to create some problems for them down the line.

    'Most powerful Avenger' depends on who is writing it and what they want to do with the plot.

    Captain Marvel is super-powerful!
    But Thor is the God of Thunder!
    But Captain America has the power of righteousness!
    But Doctor Strange can control reality!
    But Iron Man can build technology to do anything!
    But Hulk gets stronger the angrier he gets!
    But Hawkeye has arrows!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    anyway, everyone knows the most powerful being in the universe eats nuts and kicks butts


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Saw it at the weekend and really enjoyed it, was discussing with a few of the lads, and I mentioned that it actually makes the first Avengers movie a better film, as you get to see Fury's motivation for putting the team together.

    The one thing I do feel however, is that this character out of all the others introduced, could have benefited from appearing earlier, with an appearance in a second movie inbetween to explain her absence (even an appearance in Guardians 2 for example), if only to remove the deus ex element that surrounds her at the moment.

    Still, marvel have shown that they can do ensembles well, without resorting to the trope of having one key team member save the day, I'd be hopeful that they can stick the landing on this one. We don't have long to wait at least.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    RayCun wrote: »
    'Most powerful Avenger' depends on who is writing it and what they want to do with the plot.

    Captain Marvel is super-powerful!
    But Thor is the God of Thunder!
    But Captain America has the power of righteousness!
    But Doctor Strange can control reality!
    But Iron Man can build technology to do anything!
    But Hulk gets stronger the angrier he gets!
    But Hawkeye has arrows!

    I meant more from the perspective of inflation of the bad guy, maybe its my lack of knowledge on the whole universe but right now i just wonder what could be bigger and badder than Thanos.

    If Captain Marvel is the MVP that can singlehandedly sort out Thanos then it would mean everything after would be quite boring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Calhoun wrote: »
    I meant more from the perspective of inflation of the bad guy, maybe its my lack of knowledge on the whole universe but right now i just wonder what could be bigger and badder than Thanos.

    If Captain Marvel is the MVP that can singlehandedly sort out Thanos then it would mean everything after would be quite boring.
    Something must have destroyed Titan :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    Pter wrote: »
    Something must have destroyed Titan :)

    I completely forgot about that, also
    Peter Quills father was a mad bastard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Ive called it before, whatever destroyed Titan (because they were all big strong bastards like Thanos) is the next big bad.

    Im not sure if Thanos is like Titan's Superman or something, but he took out Hulk with a few judo chops and a kick to the stomach. So whatever floors a planet under his watch (whether other Titans are as strong as him or not) is a worthy baddie, imo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    Its crazy i love how much space and growth the MCU has and really like the long term thinking and connections they put into each film.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Pter wrote: »
    Ive called it before, whatever destroyed Titan (because they were all big strong bastards like Thanos) is the next big bad.

    Im not sure if Thanos is like Titan's Superman or something, but he took out Hulk with a few judo chops and a kick to the stomach. So whatever floors a planet under his watch (whether other Titans are as strong as him or not) is a worthy baddie, imo.
    I thought Titan was destroyed because of growth and possible over use of resources? Not because of some baddy?
    . Wasn’t that Thanos motivation to halve the universe in the first place?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Drumpot wrote: »
    I thought Titan was destroyed because of growth and possible over use of resources? Not because of some baddy?
    . Wasn’t that Thanos motivation to halve the universe in the first place?
    Look at how the planet was in IW.....i dont think its as straightforward as fighting over resources, so they nuked themselves.

    If anything i could see it being the overpopulation caused Galactus (or equivalent) to rise and consume the planet, leaving the husk that we saw.....And that Thanos wants to make sure that doesn't happen again. In the comics Thanos ends up being a bit of a tragic villain, and they set him up as reluctantly carrying out his burden in IW - it would not surprise me one bit that this is where the MCU is going after another few phases.

    There are a lot of things that Thanos said in IW that have been overlooked because everyone wants to find out what happens next after the snap.

    But we know they set things up long in advance, so if there aren't strands from IW that are going to be followed (the above is one example, because there are a load of open ends) then that would actually be a big change for Marvel Studios and Feige. For gods sake, Stark was warning us of the 'Endgame' in AoU, so i literally cant see them leaving out why or how Thanos' planet got trashed and who was responsible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    That may have been a little more snarky than intended Drummer. You know i love you.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Pter wrote: »
    That may have been a little more snarky than intended Drummer. You know i love you.

    Not at all Pter, I always feel the love even if you are being snarky .. :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭ThePott


    Enjoyed this film quite a bit, definitely better than I expected. Think it worked well off the other MCU movies, maybe a bit overpowered but I liked this film overall.

    Went into more detail in a video review if anyone is interested
    https://youtu.be/dZzvmbpxVcI

    Also went over some spoilery stuff and speculated a little on other aspects
    https://youtu.be/i2AL3sdUMe0


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,253 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Pter wrote: »
    Ive called it before, whatever destroyed Titan (because they were all big strong bastards like Thanos) is the next big bad.

    Im not sure if Thanos is like Titan's Superman or something, but he took out Hulk with a few judo chops and a kick to the stomach. So whatever floors a planet under his watch (whether other Titans are as strong as him or not) is a worthy baddie, imo.

    Not spoiler tagging this, as it's not really a spoiler but can help some people understand why he was able to just pound Hulk so easily. Cannon wise Thanos is essentially a Mutant of his own species. His people aren't naturally that big, strong or even purple.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Sonics2k wrote:
    Not spoiler tagging this, as it's not really a spoiler but can help some people understand why he was able to just pound Hulk so easily. Cannon wise Thanos is essentially a Mutant of his own species. His people aren't naturally that big, strong or even purple.


    Did not know that. Thank you.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Sonics2k wrote: »
    Not spoiler tagging this, as it's not really a spoiler but can help some people understand why he was able to just pound Hulk so easily. Cannon wise Thanos is essentially a Mutant of his own species. His people aren't naturally that big, strong or even purple.

    To establish stakes.

    The films have made plenty of tweaks to established canon, so wouldn't read too much into that element


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    I would not put the low score all down to review bombing, even though I said it was fun I think it is understandable that many people would not enjoy it especially for a Marvel film which we expect to be top notch and this film was certainly not to the usual Marvel films standard, It is a watch once experience for sure, somewhere between Ironman 2, Thor the Dark world and Antman 2.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,253 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    pixelburp wrote: »
    To establish stakes.

    The films have made plenty of tweaks to established canon, so wouldn't read too much into that element

    Oh I know, but as the movie hasn't addressed it directly it's safe to assume that's the case.

    They also don't mention that his home planet Titan is actually in reference to the moon 'Titan' orbiting Saturn because by modern context its not exactly far away.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    Thanos isn't a mutant he's an eternal , a deviant strain and they are all super powered


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,067 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Saw it at the weekend and really enjoyed it, was discussing with a few of the lads, and I mentioned that it actually makes the first Avengers movie a better film, as you get to see Fury's motivation for putting the team together.

    The one thing I do feel however, is that this character out of all the others introduced, could have benefited from appearing earlier, with an appearance in a second movie inbetween to explain her absence (even an appearance in Guardians 2 for example), if only to remove the deus ex element that surrounds her at the moment.

    Still, marvel have shown that they can do ensembles well, without resorting to the trope of having one key team member save the day, I'd be hopeful that they can stick the landing on this one. We don't have long to wait at least.

    I agree with this maybe even a cameo in the 2nd Guardians movie or a mention. I believe 1 of 2 things will happen to Captain Marvel either Thanos will depower her a bit to be less OP or her movies will be set in like the guardians in space where they can have bigger and stronger foes. Even with the 2nd one I could see her losing some of her power.

    Giving that
    Ironman at least
    will die in Endgame it won't be Marvel who will defeat Thanos


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭youngblood


    The movie is a grand popcorn flick
    Not as many Easter eggs as I thought
    There was a nice Stan Lee nod as expected
    the opening marvel credits but CM's salute while reading the Mallrats screenplay was a nice if a little overextended scene
    The deaging effects were very well done and apart from some Coulson scenes, not noticeable
    Jude Law's hairline is intriguing in general
    The cat interesting
    but a little overused

    The starting 20 odd minutes seemed very dark visually and at times hard to decipher what was going on but that could've been the screen I attended.
    Film is not boring and moves along at a steady pace, couldnt really pick out a memorable action scene aside from what was already shown in the trailers

    Compared to other female Superhero films, there's really only one and I'm not sure it captured that unique woman power WW did in fact the
    I'm just a girl scene was cringeworthy-surely they could've found another more apt song, that seemed a little rushed to me

    Brie L does a good job with what she's given, I wanted it either to be more bizarre like GOTG or more unique in some way given that it was the first Marvel, all powerful female superhero but it never created the awe/ooh/wow factor I thought it was going for.

    Wanted more but satisfied with what I got


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,606 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Just got back from this. It's a decent popcorn flick which reminds me of the South Park episode which comes between the Cartman's father two-parter.

    Feels a bit like a lesser version of Wonder Woman. It's less subtle and frankly should have been made years ago. That said, I enjoyed it. Larson is a good fit for the lead role and the supporting cast are good. I particularly liked
    the twist about the Skrulls.
    This could have been elaborated on but it wasn't something I was expecting.

    Watching Samuel L Jackson fawn over a cat was awesome as well. More cats in the future please.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    i enjoyed it, as close to a nick fury movie as we are going to get . sagged a bit in the middle but the pay off was good


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Here’s Why Nick Fury Didn’t Page Captain Marvel Sooner, According to Kevin Feige
    https://io9.gizmodo.com/here-s-why-nick-fury-didn-t-page-captain-marvel-sooner-1833187897
    Peter: I have my nitpicky question I gotta ask you.

    Kevin Feige: I’m ready.

    Peter: And I know you probably have an answer for this. Why didn’t Nick Fury not use the pager until Infinity War? Because this big hole opened up in the sky and aliens attacked New York City.

    Kevin Feige: Well, I’d say two things. One, she does say it’s gotta be a real emergency, right? Yeah.

    Peter: Because that was just a city. I guess that’s not the world.

    Kevin Feige: The other thing I’d say is how do you know he never hit it? How do we know he never pushed it before? We’ve never seen him push it before. That doesn’t mean he never did.

    Peter: Good answer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Enjoyed it. Breezy kind of stuff that lacked the gravitas of Infinity War, but that's not a problem in my book. We're getting that in a few weeks.

    A lot of these films are just a good way to spend a couple of hours. I got to turn my brain off and just follow her about her adventures for a spell, and I enjoyed them.

    I disagree with suggestions about the action being poor. The blowy uppy stuff got a bit less interesting as it got less grounded, but I think hand beams are a bit old hat at this point. The Cutting Edge suit from Infinity War shined so much because of how much versatility they showed with its powers.
    I thought the choreography was streets ahead of the likes of Black Panther, for example. It's not really a strong point of Marvel films in general, other than the Captain Americas. Most of the rest don't need to resort to punching things in the face.
    In particular, I enjoyed her breakout scene. I don't think it was tooooo jump-cutty, had a good bit of weight and enough physical comedy to make it work, and then the final combat against her former crew, with Gwen Stefani on in the background.

    Didn't have any issue with Brie Larson. There wasn't a load of on the nose stuff about girl power and I enjoyed her sparring, physically and verbally with the other cast.

    It had strengths and weaknesses, like most of these films, but I'd probably put it just outside the top 10 of the series.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,067 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    So went to see the movie tonight I enjoyed it 7/8 out of 10.

    Like any origins movie it went a little boring at times the start was slow
    up until her capture
    . The fight scenes were good the one with the grandma was okay and her smile to Stan (was that an actor, him or cut from another film). The nods to him were good and I could see in some cinema some shouting out THANK YOU STAN at the start.

    I do think the fight with
    Ronan
    could have been cut with just the mention but I do see why it was in it was rushed and it rushed the end as
    I would have like a longer fight with her and Yonn Rogg
    . I feel this movie is more setting things up for after Endgame then that movie and her part in the Avengers movie while a bit will not be the climax. Does anyone thing the
    daughter of her best friend will have some role going forward

    Of course MVP is
    Goose
    . Larson & Jackson had a good chemistry and while I know she has some questionable comments in real life and did not mind her as Captain Marvel (did they actually ever use it) I know Fury does say Marvel

    Good movie could see it again


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Mokuba


    I expected it to be terrible so in that sense I was surprised, in the sense that it was fine. Middle of the road, average and bland fare that many people are either calling the best thing in the world or the worst depending on your political stance/views toward Brie Larson.

    It's not unique in any way. The opening 15 minutes is quite bad. The last 15 equally so - especially with the bashing-you-over-the-head choices of music. It reminded me of suicide squad in a way when it started accompanying crucial scenes with pandering music.

    In between there is some decent fare, which would probably have been better if the audience didn't know about the characters backstory, or at least weren't shown it. It removes a lot of the tension.

    5.5 or 6 out of 10.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Mokuba wrote: »
    I expected it to be terrible so in that sense I was surprised, in the sense that it was fine. Middle of the road, average and bland fare that many people are either calling the best thing in the world or the worst depending on your political stance/views toward Brie Larson.

    It's not unique in any way. The opening 15 minutes is quite bad. The last 15 equally so - especially with the bashing-you-over-the-head choices of music. It reminded me of suicide squad in a way when it started accompanying crucial scenes with pandering music.

    In between there is some decent fare, which would probably have been better if the audience didn't know about the characters backstory, or at least weren't shown it. It removes a lot of the tension.

    5.5 or 6 out of 10.

    I think I am totally disconnected to some popular comicbook movies that make mega bucks. WW, Aquaman and captain marvel offered very little IMO and yet they are all rated north of 7/10 and cleaned up in the box office. Even Black Panther was a slightly better but ok inclusion and it broke records! WW was a carbon copy of Captain America’s Origin movie. Aquaman was just the exact opposite to Snyder’s movies with a sprinkling of Marvels cookie cutter brand. BP was as generic an origin story as you can get and Marvel was quite boring and clearly just a way of shoe horning the character into EG.

    These movies are nowhere near as good as Ragnorak, TWS, CW or even IM3 (that I was watching last night) and yet they still get very positive receptions. It’s nothing to do with the political agenda behind them (I think people make This a thing to avoid actually critically discussing the movies) , they are just objectively safe, unremarkable additions to their franchises.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,269 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    She's ridiculously over-powered by the end and I felt Nick Fury was a little short-changed
    the manner in which he lost an eye was a let-down and his general tomfoolery with the "cat"
    before that seemed wildly out of character from the badass we've seen to-date in the MCU.

    Talos was really the stand-out character for me, really nicely portrayed.

    Overall, it was a decent popcorn movie but if, as I suspect
    we only see Danvers called "Captain" Marvel when she steps up to replace Steve Rogers in Endgame, I'll be gutted. She's fine as a super-powerful second-string member of the Avengers (akin to Vision) but she doesn't have the charisma or charm of Cap.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I saw it a couple of days ago with my niece and enjoyed it more than expected (partly because most MCU films bore the arse off me these days so I usually skip them).

    I really liked the bits with Fury and the cat - partly because I'm the kind of idiot who'll always fawn over cats like that, but partly because it gave him some bit of personality that wasn't just "he's a badass all the way down". I could've done without some of the "connective tissue" stuff (having it be Ronan turning up as the Kree enforcer felt a bit unnecessary, for example) but at least it wasn't too glaring or burdensome.

    Having said all that, I stuck around for the midcredits scene and all I got from it was a reminder that I don't care about the wider MCU or universe-threatening stakes of the teamup films. Different strokes, etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    Sleepy wrote: »
    She's ridiculously over-powered by the end and I felt Nick Fury ... seemed wildly out of character from the badass we've seen to-date in the MCU..
    By the end, she's about as powerful as Thor has become. Likely necessary for the battle with Thanos, but no guarantee that she'll still be as powerful when it's all over.

    As for Fury, he wasn't the badass we've seen to date, because this was well before he became so. This was as much his origin story as Captain Marvel's. He was obviously a badass even then, but not to quite the same extent as he would become by 15 years later when we'd meet him first.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Really disappointed with this, everything about the film is completely unremarkable with a generic plot, weak scripting and barely passable action direction.

    There's nothing memorable at all aside from the comic
    cat
    , it's more like an extended episode of something like Star Trek or The Orville than a €150m blockbuster.

    Performances are fine, Sam Jackson is pretty good even, but it's not enough to save a painfully average film, which is to me all the more unacceptable given the high bar generally set by Marvel.

    I would say it's a 4/10, maybe a 5, but I definitely wouldn't rate it any higher. I'm genuinely baffled at some of the strong critical reception.

    This is not remotely in the same league as the likes of Infinity War, Ragnarok, Iron Man, Winter Soldier/Civil War, etc in all possible aspects.

    Just about passable entertainment and the weakest of all the Marvel films by far, not quite Aquaman or Suicide Squad levels, but an unexpected low for Marvel all the same.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,605 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Was I the only person who thought maybe Lawson/Marvelle was Goose :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,607 ✭✭✭pah


    Went with the family yesterday, we love our MCU in general. The kids enjoyed it, I thought it was good, enjoyable for the most part. Definitely felt it was lacking something special to get it up from a 6/10 movie towards an 8.

    Very disappointed with
    How Fury lost his eye

    I recall
    "The last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye" line from TWS
    this was a big let down for me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Went yesterday with herself. We both love Avengers etc but tbh this film was a disappointment to both of us.
    Wonder woman (to do the whole female reference) was a great film with a great script and cast.
    Too bad this fell flat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,930 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Such a small thing but this is annoying me a bit

    In this universe REMS 'man on the moon ' would not make sense and would never if been written

    Anyway kick ass soundtrack


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Such a small thing but this is annoying me a bit

    In this universe REMS 'man on the moon ' would not make sense and would never if been written

    Anyway kick ass soundtrack
    ???
    Why? Do you know what the song is about?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭kerplun k


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Such a small thing but this is annoying me a bit

    In this universe REMS 'man on the moon ' would not make sense and would never if been written

    Anyway kick ass soundtrack

    I think Feige came out recently and said REM doesn’t exist In the MCU, however, he said Michael Stipe DID exist but sang in a different band and he WAS killed in the snap.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,442 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Saw it today and thought it was fairly decent. I'm big into sci-fi/space stuff so I appreciate any movie that takes us into space, especially with the marvel universe.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 Mongoose_Bike


    Riddle101 wrote: »
    Saw it today and thought it was fairly decent. I'm big into sci-fi/space stuff so I appreciate any movie that takes us into space, especially with the marvel universe.

    I agree, and so do I.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    I haven't seen all these MCU movies because I got bored quickly by the seemingly never-ending nature of it. I watch occasional ones now, I saw this today and was bored for most of it. Brie Larson is exceedingly pretty though so it wasn't all bad.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,605 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    It needed more Ben Mendelsohn

    I thought Brie did well as Danvers, worked well with Sam


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