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Hopefully they work on making her character not painfully boring.
There was so much focus on those people hating the character for being a strong woman, it kinda overshadowed the fact that marvel did such a crap job with the character.
I was hyped for captain marvel at one point, then saw the movie and thought “wow, this is ass”.
I agree. When I watched Captain Marvel all I could think was "well, this green lantern movie sucks, too.".
Make her have more fun or something.
While the sequel is definitely not the best Marvel film, her character was a lot better than in the first one. I hope they continue to write her like that.
I haven't seen that one, it's Marvels, right? Maybe we'll check it out tonight. I thought America was a fun character in Dr Strange.
We keep meaning to watch Blue Beetle, too. Those movies are like the B tier in my mind.
Edit. Watching it. I forgot about Khan, and thought she was America. My bad.
It's... better than Capt Marvel I guess.
They somehow found an actor for the villain that has even less facial expressions than Capt Marvel. I'm impressed by that.
Fury is reduced to comic relief. That's annoying to watch.
There was so much focus on those people hating the character for being a strong woman
Not to mention that any genuine criticism was attributed to being "sexist"...
Creating some bigoted reason why people dislike stuff rather than admitting the stuff wasn't well made is the new deal.
Hey people, claim down. Captain Marvel (able to blast energy from hands, fly, doesn't need oxygen, godly strength) will lead
What do you mean uneven?
A girl that can fly in a metal suit, A guy that can fly in a metal suit.
Which ones are those?
Iron heart and war machine
Thanks
Counterpoint: Thor. He blasted lightning out of his hammer, flew, didn’t require oxygen, and had godly strength. He was placed alongside: A guy who can fly in a metal suit. A guy without a jetpack who throws a shield A guy who gets big and angry A regular guy with a bow and arrow A regular chick with a gun
At the time of this team up, Thor was still a cocky jock who had about as much character development as Captain Marvel has had to this point. But no one was concerned about Thor ruining the MCU.
Why is Captain Marvel different?
Yes people hate Brie bc she's a women or she appears to be a bitch. Will I say she is my favorite actor, no. Better then Joe McHale or Aziz Ansari. However, she does a great job with Captain Marvel.
DC had the same issue that the MCU is running into. The lead shouldn't be your god killer. Maybe they do a "with all this power I failed bc I didn't play to everyone's strengths," story.
If Hulk or Thor lead, it would be the same issue. The eternals failed for the same reason. "We have a fast girl, a guy that has finger guns, and someone that kills a literal god." It felt empty and pointless from the other members view point. Imagine Hawkeye getting killed by a bullet with the Hulk, Sentry, and Dr. Strange standing next to him. You would question why he's there.
I hope they get decent weiters and good villains.
Neat. I think Brie can carry an avengers film, given a decent script.
"The Marvels" was a big improvement from "Captain Marvel".
The uphill battle here is that it doesn't feel like Marvel has ever really settled on what the Marvels are all about. Kamala Khan has been the first Captain Marvel that really resonated, but it still feels (both in comics and movies) like they're figuring it out as they go.
And I can't express how glad I am not to have seen "Mar-Vell" in the MCU, and how much I hope we never will. Each story I have read with a "Mar-Vell" appearance was weaker due to their presence.
Though that one time that
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Atlas just up and kills Mar-Vell was actually pretty satisfying.
She's one of my favorite Marvel superheroes, next to Nova, and since I'm apparently never gonna get Nova, I hope they start to use Carol a little more.
I wish this obsession with superhero movies would finally end. It's been going on for what, more than ten years now? And it's always the same, some bad guy wants to destroy the world (or the universe or the multiverse), then an excessive amount of cgi action happens and finally the good guys win.
Why not make some original movies with new stories, instead of rehashing the same old slop over and over again?
More than ten years? Well... Yeah, technically we could say that I guess...
The first Ironman was released in 2008...
I don't even mind the concept, but the execution is painful.
I don’t care for Brie Larson.
And I think Captain Marvel is a boring concept, wish they wouldn’t use that character as a focus.
I don’t understand the hate. I like her & Nova & Ms Marvel.
I don't think hate is warranted, but the movie presented a back story about as interesting as Tom Holland's spider man movie did.
That, in combination with them being rather smug feel a bit like they were just an insert of the sake of some marketing department. Similar to the science department in black panther being just one person
...but why?