I didn't catch that. Maybe on the next viewing. :-) Any reasoning for how she lost her power? Also, she (and Carol Danvers) aren't always glowing. I don't think that they become vulnerable if they aren't glowing. I get that we are trying to be shown the awesome power of the Scarlet Witch, but what a waste of some cool potential fights. Reid Richards and Black Bolt didn't even get a punch in.Captain Positivity said:
She lost her power before the statue came down on her. At least I think. She wasn't glowing anymore.
TCTTS said:
I honestly don't understand what some people expected from this movie…
- It's Doctor Strange. He's a strange character who does strange things in a bunch of strange universe. He lives in kind of a creepy mansion, he's theatrical, wears a cape, etc. To me, this movie felt *exactly* like something built on/around all those elements. It didn't feel at all out of place in that regard.
- Similarly, it's Sam Raimi. And he gave us a Sam Raimi movie. Which, to me, didn't feel nearly as horror-ish as some people made it out to be. Still, though, again… that's the character. The horror thing "fits" him. Same goes for Wanda, especially. Tonally, it just felt like the *perfect* mesh those two characters.
- Every character acted on every motivation that's been established/set up for years now. Same goes for the plot lines. IMO, it all felt like a perfectly natural progression of everything that's come before.
If it wasn't for you, it wasn't for you. That's fine, and I get it. What I don't understand is why it failed to meet expeditions? Or, rather, what were those expectations were in the first place? Because it's just not a bad movie. Again, you might not have *liked* it, but it's structurally sound, made complete sense motivationally/plot-wise, and again, was natural progression of everything that's come before, etc.
That, and it was just a lot fun.
TCTTS said:
Honestly, I half expected that too. But the second I realized we weren't getting that kind of movie, it was pretty easy to re-acclimate and enjoy it for what it was. That said, we still got Krasinski as Reed Richards - which is massive - and a ton of other cool things like it too.
johncAG said:
Every thing I would have said about this movie has been said already
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would after seeing reviews. Wanda and America Chavez were both great and hopefully involved more. Horror aspect was different in a good way.
The only negative thing I have about the movie is that it confirms what I was worried about (TCTTS has mentioned it before but I was still holding out hope until this movie). What is the end goal? We know that the end of Loki will be important but how are the remaining Avengers getting back together? How are the future teams ups coming? I think we have to realize that the Feige Brain Trust is not as far along on the next step as a lot would have thought post Endgame. I think CoVid probably messed up schedules but the only announced project in the new future that has any hope at moving the grand plot along is Ant Man. I really hoped we would have gotten some groundwork on how the X-Men/F4 would be coming. But is that really Disneys fault? Or are we the audience expecting too much now. It's a similar way I feel about the Disney Plus shows. I have enjoyed everyone in different ways but so far, only Loki and Wandavision (in this movie) has felt like it was required watching for the big picture.
veryfuller said:
I do have a theory on how this story plays into the greater MCU arc.
The book of Ashanti or whatever is supposed to give you what you need to fight your enemy. It's destroyed but the page we see has a star on it. I think Chavez was created by someone using that book and she will be the key to fighting whoever the big bad ends up being.
