I love the balance of the MCU. After Infinity War, we get Ant-Man & the Wasp. After Engame, we get Nick Fury saying "***** please, you've been to space."
TexasAggie_02 said:
or what if mysterio is full of crap. isn't that his thing, lying, making illusions?
Farmer1906 said:
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/972/607/589/
Petition to replace Larson with a gay woman of color. Who's in?
Its gonna be huge overseasFarmer1906 said:
Detective Pikachu is projecting 75M the first weekend. It just might knock off Endgame.
Nah dude. I refuse to be Letty & Dom aren't a thing in real lifeBrian Earl Spilner said:
Get Michelle Rodriguez in there. She checks all the boxes - Latina, of color, and gay. Plus, she actually has a personality and is much more believable as an ass-kicking chick.
i think that's an entirely fair criticism of her performance and/or the character portrayal thus far.swimmerbabe11 said:
Okay first of all, I don't care about her personality. Or her haircut. I do hate that her character's signatures fight move seems to be barring through a spaceship without getting a headache.
What i dislike about her is that she plays the character in a very wooden and unemotional way...which just seems to be her style. I just watched "unicom store" on Netflix and it felt very similar..when she is playing a manic pixie artist who is shopping for a whole unicorn.
Beforehand that, I thought, maybe that's the character. But I think it is her acting.
Captain marvel is overpowered, ok, but her character itself is bothersome. She has all the arrogance of Thor and none of the humor. Self righteousness of Cap, no humility or heart. The rage of Hulk but not the intelligence. The damage of Black Widow but not the vulnerability. I don't understand what is driving her except...her need to be a badass?
That is actually a very solid way to explain it. Nicely done.Quote:
Captain marvel is overpowered, ok, but her character itself is bothersome. She has all the arrogance of Thor and none of the humor. Self righteousness of Cap, no humility or heart. The rage of Hulk but not the intelligence. The damage of Black Widow but not the vulnerability. I don't understand what is driving her except...her need to be a badass?
Brian Earl Spilner said:That is actually a very solid way to explain it. Nicely done.Quote:
Captain marvel is overpowered, ok, but her character itself is bothersome. She has all the arrogance of Thor and none of the humor. Self righteousness of Cap, no humility or heart. The rage of Hulk but not the intelligence. The damage of Black Widow but not the vulnerability. I don't understand what is driving her except...her need to be a badass?
FL_Ag1998 said:
She also basically had amnesia for 90% of her solo movie, forgetting who she really was and where she came from, and was operating as simply a super soldier who was trained to control her emotions and just kick ass.
That explains away quite a bit of the complaints about her character traits in the one movie where we really get to see her. And the Capt Marvel character, from what little I know of her in the comics, is in fact a hard-ass, cocky soldier.
Now, if they don't start giving the audience some sort of way to connect with her in the forthcoming movies, then I'll be disappointed and shame on Marvel. But a big, BIG part of the dislike for her character in the Twittersphere is driven by people's interpretation of her real life stances, IMO.
Ulrich said:FL_Ag1998 said:
She also basically had amnesia for 90% of her solo movie, forgetting who she really was and where she came from, and was operating as simply a super soldier who was trained to control her emotions and just kick ass.
That explains away quite a bit of the complaints about her character traits in the one movie where we really get to see her. And the Capt Marvel character, from what little I know of her in the comics, is in fact a hard-ass, cocky soldier.
Now, if they don't start giving the audience some sort of way to connect with her in the forthcoming movies, then I'll be disappointed and shame on Marvel. But a big, BIG part of the dislike for her character in the Twittersphere is driven by people's interpretation of her real life stances, IMO.
You make it sound like they accurately portrayed a pretty unlikable character, which doesn't really invalidate people who say they don't like the character.
Absolutely agree, especially with the bolded part. I would expect the second Captain Marvel movie to find its footing and for her to end up being a character that people enjoy. Hope it takes a similar arc to Thor.DVC2010 said:
I left Captain Marvel thinking they had horribly mid-cast the role. Then a friend invited me to go back the next week (let it never be said that I won't sacrifice for my friends), and I actually enjoyed the movie a lot more the second time. I decided that the acting was pretty good, but the character was written poorly. There's time to fix that. Though I have seen literally nothing else featuring Larson, so I could be wrong.
Then, in Endgame, she was more a plot device than a character (I'm allowed to say that here, right?). Having filmed Endgame before finishing Captain Marvel explains that, but it's hard not to call it a mistake in a movie that really nailed all he other details.
Captain Marvel was fun because of excellent supporting performances. Endgame was brilliant, even with supergirl head-butting alien flagships. We have had boring character introductions before. The MCU writers have gotten far more right than wrong. I'm optimistic for now.
FL_Ag1998 said:
She also basically had amnesia for 90% of her solo movie, forgetting who she really was and where she came from, and was operating as simply a super soldier who was trained to control her emotions and just kick ass.
That explains away quite a bit of the complaints about her character traits in the one movie where we really get to see her. And the Capt Marvel character, from what little I know of her in the comics, is in fact a hard-ass, cocky soldier.
Now, if they don't start giving the audience some sort of way to connect with her in the forthcoming movies, then I'll be disappointed and shame on Marvel. But a big, BIG part of the dislike for her character in the Twittersphere is driven by people's interpretation of her real life stances, IMO.
Doesn't she do that in the first fight against Thanos? She smashes him into the ground and puts him into a choke-hold, essentially.DVC2010 said:
Also, if she can fly through a ship why couldn't she do the same thing to Thanos? Just fly into him really fast?
TexasAggie_02 said:
her appearances in Endgame felt contrived.
I really had hoped that Tony would save himself in space. he escaped the cave in IM1 with a box of scraps and his intelligence, I had hoped he would figure something out on the Benatar as well. Why couldn't he power the ship with his arc reactor?
then i felt like they tried to recreate Thor arriving in Wakanda, but it worked with Thor b/c he had a character arc and struggle throughout the movie, he earned that moment. Marvel was just MIA the whole movie and happened to show up out of the blue. Perhaps she was off world and saw that people were unsnapping, and high tailed it to Earth
The teamup of all the females was silly b/c Marvel is basically invincible, she didn't need their help. The scene would've worked great if Hope or Pepper were carrying the gauntlet there b/c they are perishable and need help. Would've been like the end of Independence Day, Ladies, Let's plow the road! then they all clear a lane to the van for Pepper/Hope. Then you have Thanos get a hold of Pepper/Hope, they don't have the strength to fight him off, so then Marvel comes in for hand to hand combat with him. He still pulls the power stone out of the gauntlet and blasts Marvel like before
bearamedic99 said:
Solid statement that I fully agree with. Too many haters point at the actress not the material. Her movie even had scenes with her laughing and joking with her friend Marie and with Fury.