Captain Marvel (2019)
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Wow that boycott by internet man-babies really affected the movie....
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4493&p=.htm
So much for their "Get woke, go broke" rubbish.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4493&p=.htm
So much for their "Get woke, go broke" rubbish.
I watch it last night, really enjoyed it. A nice handling of the backstory, feeds everything in seamlessly to the MCU and found the humour to be very well placed too.
A lot better than I expected after being rather underwhelmed by the trailers.
A lot better than I expected after being rather underwhelmed by the trailers.
I really enjoyed it as did my Son. Some nice laughs, a nice tribute to Stan Lee as well and that end credit scene. Brie was good as well and nowhere near as wooden as people were worried about. Overall a good Marvel film but it's no Winter Soldier.
Also a real shame they couldn't give Melinda May a cameo. There was one scene in the stairwell where they could have easily put her in just for a second but they fluffed it.
Also a real shame they couldn't give Melinda May a cameo. There was one scene in the stairwell where they could have easily put her in just for a second but they fluffed it.
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Most of the people who hate it hasn't seen it.
Apparently Rotten Tomatoes deleted almost 50% of the early reviews (which was mostly negative) because they were submitted before the film was even out. Go figure. As Vincent pointed out their boycott did absolutely nothing to it.
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audience can't leave a review before a film is released
The truth doesn't matter to some when it comes to "fighting trolls". It also means folks feel like they are ONLY allowed to like the film just so that you don't get smeared with with "angry white man" label, regardless or you actual sex, skin colour or age.
It is surprising however to see so many positive reviews all using extremely similar wording to the effect of "I don't know what the fuss was about". Just look at the number of reviews using that sentance (or similar) across review sites everywhere.
For my own review - 5/10 - better than Thor 2 or Captain America 1 and an OK marvel film which neither shines nor dulls the MCU with its presence. The story was weak but the cast did well with what they had, the humour was OK but there were quite a few "what, why'd they do that?" plot moments due to the story not being the best. Brie Larson was passable but her character has virtually no charisma on screen so if the MCU is going to use her as the "the lead" for post End-Game they need to find someone who can write for her better, like Whedon etc. The effects were up to the usual MCU quality for the 3rd act CGI-fest and the 90's music was cool but I found a lot of the 90's stuff "cooler" than it actually was in the film.
So overall, it's OK, not great but not bad.
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Watched it tonight. Thought it was another great MCU film. Looking forward to the next Avengers movie.
Can't see what all the negativity was about. From seeing the trailers. It was way better than I was expecting.
Can't see what all the negativity was about. From seeing the trailers. It was way better than I was expecting.
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My wife and I both loved it a very solid 8.5/10
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They probably open reviews from users as soon as it's released somewhere in the World, which in a significant amount of countries was March 6th:
I guess they can pretty easily use some code to find any "review" that says "I won't watch this because XYZ" and delete. Maybe they even delete reviews that just give a score and don't leave any criticism.
Saw this yesterday, another decent mid ranking Marvel movie. Probably 6.5/10. Was mostly entertained throughout. Can't say I felt there was any 'feminist agenda' being pushed in the movie either. Danvers definitely seemed OP by the end though 
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.Didn't like how the timeline broke though and had SHIELD called SHIELD already in 1995. That was a running joke all through Iron Man 1 that they were working on the name as it was a mouth full and only came up with the acronym later.
Flerkin cat was the best bit though, my wife wants one now haha
Flerkin cat was the best bit though, my wife wants one now haha
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Good point, that hadn't occurred to me at all.
Edit - Just re-reading about it on Wikipedia:
Maybe other agents did use the acronym but Coulson just had a stick up his ass about saying the full title?
That didn't need to be spoiler tags really.
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And realistically, at least in the comic canon, SHIELD has existed for many decades, with variations as to what the letters mean.
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No, go and watch it
I mean, you could literally google that if you were that bothered, but it would massively spoil some of the best laughs I had watching it.
I mean, you could literally google that if you were that bothered, but it would massively spoil some of the best laughs I had watching it.
Which Avenger do we think is a Skrull????
The Cat
My wild guess would be that Thalos' daughter is now Black Widow - Green eye colour (skrull eye colour "don't change your eye colour"), right age, knows/trusts Fury etc but in Age of Ultron we saw her back story so maybe that was a lie, maybe not, who knows.
Can someone spoilerise me with regards to why everyone is loving the cat for some reason?
The Cat
It's not a cat, it's a very lethal alien which Fury coos and ahhhh's over until he finds out when it eats people/things - not as "show stealing" as it sounds but a nice chuckle