Brie larson was so dead.. how did she win an oscar!?.. I think her manager should win an oscar for negotiations. As for Captain Marvel the movie didnt at all feel like it was a product of MCU caliber, Thor The dark world felt like a better piece, felt like fan fiction or some else produced this movie.. it was so disjointed reminded me of green lantern.. In short captain Marvel feels like Disney has officially taken control of the next phase.

It seems like its DCEU time to shine.

Why are people still saying this? I've watched the movie twice and one of the stand-out elements of the film is how joyous and fun she seems. Sure, there are scenes where she's reserved, but she's a Kree warrior and a human military fighter pilot...she HAS to be reserved at times. 

Sorry, man, you're just wrong about her being 'dead'. She was up there with Samuel L Jackson in terms of charisma and wit and charm. Stop pushing this falsehood. 

I'm surprised to see this thread back from the dead! :)

I'm not terribly interested in Captain Marvel, but I'm going to have to see it in the theater if I want to catch End Game opening weekend. Disney, you sly mouse.

P.S. I'm planning on doing a thread for a James Bond rewatch ahead of 25, so stay tuned for that ;)

Have you even seen the movie? I haven't seen a superhero enjoying themselves this much since Guardians of the Galaxy or Iron Man. Maaaaybe Thor but only in Ragnarok. she smiles, she laughs, she's clearing having a blast, she's funny, she's smart, she's witty...Honestly, I'm baffled that people think she's wooden. She's just not. Literally nothing about her performance - even the parts where she realistically SHOULD have been stoic, she was having fun with the role. 

Seeing Captain Marvel in about an hour. Nice to see people back and jumping into the fray. I actually scheduled a mini-rewatch for myself leading into Endgame. Just the films that weren’t in this one as a “rewatch”: Black Panther, Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Helps that all 3 are on Netflix.

Hope everyone is doing well! And yes, Bond rewatch coming up sometime later this year!

saw Captain Marvel and it's not what you would expect from a marvel movie these days as it was bad for what they have put out the last decade. I didn't even watch the third act.

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I did however see the end credit on youtube which made me mad at how dry she looked compared to the other actors.

Saying 'her acting was wooden' was not an opinion. She either was acting wooden or she wasn't, your interpretation of it is irrelevant. Just like "Evolution is a myth and that's my opinion" or "The world is flat and that's my opinion." 

you say say she didn't act WELL, since quality of performance is subjective, but to imply her performance was 'wooden' is factually incorrect. Why? because she carried plenty of expression and showed a lot of emotion. You know who's acting was wooden? Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. It was appropriate for the role and he still did well, but it was a stiff, wooden performance. 'wooden' is not how her performance could be described. 

You could argue it's inconsistent or juvenile or inappropriate, you could argue many things, but 'wooden' is not one of them and anyone who says otherwise - yes even professional critics - are wrong. 

Don't have time for a long reply, but here are my thoughts on Antman and The Wasp and Captain Marvel

Ant Man and the Wasp
It's been about a year since I've seen it, but I remember it being a lot of fun.  This movie is also something of a palette cleanser after Infinity War.  It's just fun and funny and doesn't advance the MCU plot very much.  Totally a side story.  Overall I liked it a just a little bit better than the first one.  I liked all of the new characters (like Ghost and Goliath) and the microverse stuff.  I felt like they messed with the Ant Man character though.  I thought he was an engineer that could break into high tech security systems?  In this movie he comes across as something of a dumbass.

Overall 6/10


Captain Marvel
This is another really fun and enjoyable movie.  It has some very interesting plot twists which I liked (and won't share here).  My favorite part of this movie was easily Samuel L. Jackson as young Nick Fury.  In a lot of ways this movie seemed like a Nick Fury origin story as much as a Captain Marvel origin story.  The beginning was kind of heavy on exposition, but the Kree homeworld was so cool to look at, that I kind of didn't care.

I have seen a lot of criticisms over this movie, and I'm going to go a slightly different route and say that the movie has its issues, but I think the directors are at fault.  They didn't do a terrible job, but my understanding is that they usually do small budget films, so this Marvel sized budget may have been too much for them.  I say this because the movie seemed to have a lot of little problems instead of one huge glaring problem.  Poor editing in some spots, occassionally poor music choice, etc....  Also, I feel like they didn't give the audience a chance to really connect with Captain Marvel.  Ironically I think Brie Larson did a good job acting.  When I watch her, I get the feeling, "hey this is how a woman in the US Air Force would act".  That part comes across.  But we don't get a chance a really in depth look at her childhood struggles, or her past relationship with her best friend, or any current vulnerabilities she has.  We get that from dialogue or snap shots of the past, but we don't really get to see it play out on screen.  To me that is a story telling problem and not an acting problem, and that means the blame goes to the directors and not Brie Larson herself.  I have a feeling she will come across better in Avengers: Endgame, which is directed by the Russo brothers.  I guess I'll have to wait until April 27 to find out.

Anyway, in spite of those criticisms, I very much enjoyed the movie.  I was basically grinning from ear to ear the whole time, but there were a few jarring moments which took me out of being immersed in the film because of poor directing/editing choices.

Overall 7/10

EDIT: Guess this reply turned out kind of long after all.  Hey, I gotta be me.

Just to be clear, Disney is not the mouse. 😄