Movie Discussion: CAPTAIN MARVEL (Spoilers) UPDATE: Sequel MARVELS has New Black female director! Feb 2023 most-watched film on any streaming
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I don't know if Kat Dennings would have been perfect for the role but she damn sure would have been better to look at. Brie Larson is average at best. She ain't pretty, but she ain't ugly.
If that was Kat Dennings. I wouldn't have heard a word of the dialogue. It would have been like how the women watched Aquaman (which I thought was boring as fuck)
Guardians of the Galaxy(2014):
Ronan : I only ask that you take this matter seriously.
Thanos : The only matter I do not take seriously, boy, is you. Your politics bore me! Your demeanor is that of a pouting child. And apparently you alienated my favorite daughter, Gamora. I shall honor our agreement, Kree, if you bring me the Orb. But return to me again empty handed and I will bathe the star-ways with your blood.
Ronan : I only ask that you take this matter seriously.
Thanos : The only matter I do not take seriously, boy, is you. Your politics bore me! Your demeanor is that of a pouting child. And apparently you alienated my favorite daughter, Gamora. I shall honor our agreement, Kree, if you bring me the Orb. But return to me again empty handed and I will bathe the star-ways with your blood.
And Howard the Duck... Lol
back in the 1940s, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) crashed a plane into the ocean with the Tesseract on board. It takes years to find Rogers, but Tony’s dad, Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), found the Tesseract while on the hunt for Steve.
Stark and the other charter members of S.H.I.E.L.D. then started Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., where they studied the Tesseract in a top-secret subterranean research facility, in an unspecified location in the Mojave Desert. We saw that location blow up in The Avengers, but it was still in pristine condition when Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) went to visit it in Captain Marvel.
Dr. Wendy Lawson, a.k.a. Mar-Vell (Annette Bening), works on P.E.G.A.S.U.S. and uses the cube’s energy to build a superpowered engine that can gowson the Tesseract. When the engine she built blows up and blue fire goes everywhere, Carol Danvers takes the full force of the blast and becomes superpowered by the same blue light that drives the Tesseract.
Lawson had hidden the Tesseract in a cloaked ship; after the big showdown of the film, her cat/Flerken Goose swallows the cube.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywoo...vel-loki-end-of-credits-thanos-infinity-stone
IMHO it was better then all the movies you just named.
However you might not like Carol Danvers as much as you like Scott Lang or Stephen Strange. They have more distinct personalities. Part of why Carol doesnt have much of one is storyline based.
Oh and Aquaman sucked.
Brie Larson... I would say her performance was ok. Not a home run but passable. Yes she was believable as a hero.
I stand corrected
back in the 1940s, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) crashed a plane into the ocean with the Tesseract on board. It takes years to find Rogers, but Tony’s dad, Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), found the Tesseract while on the hunt for Steve.
Stark and the other charter members of S.H.I.E.L.D. then started Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., where they studied the Tesseract in a top-secret subterranean research facility, in an unspecified location in the Mojave Desert. We saw that location blow up in The Avengers, but it was still in pristine condition when Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) went to visit it in Captain Marvel.
Dr. Wendy Lawson, a.k.a. Mar-Vell (Annette Bening), works on P.E.G.A.S.U.S. and uses the cube’s energy to build a superpowered engine that can gowson the Tesseract. When the engine she built blows up and blue fire goes everywhere, Carol Danvers takes the full force of the blast and becomes superpowered by the same blue light that drives the Tesseract.
Lawson had hidden the Tesseract in a cloaked ship; after the big showdown of the film, her cat/Flerken Goose swallows the cube.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywoo...vel-loki-end-of-credits-thanos-infinity-stone
Stark found it in the ocean but never found cap. He started experiments on the tesseract after. Shield found cap years later after stark was killed
She was directly in front of the blast & the wave of energy that Carol absorbed wasn't omnidirectional. The explosion that happened after was
I deleted my comment after seeing I was wrong.
One thing I loved about that scene was the slight nod to Carol Danvers true origin. In the original 70s story she got her powers from an explosion that merged her DNA with mar-vel.
Danvers later became the first incarnation of Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel #1 (cover-dated January 1977) after her DNA was fused with Mar-Vell's during an explosion, giving her superhuman powers.
Really that's one thing I look for and love about the MCU they give proper attention to characters origins.
And that's why I'm hoping they use the decimation of Xandar by Thanos as a catalyst for Richard Ryder to step out and join the MCU stage just like when he stood out during the Annhilation storyline.
Saw it last night. It was a decent origin story. Kind of a slow build, but it picks up significantly in the 3rd act. I’d actually say that the 3rd act including credit scenes is darn near perfect.
They didn’t necessarily hit you over the head with the feminism, but it did come across as though The MCU was checking off an evidentiary list of women’s empowerment. The tag line for the movie could have been “Nevertheless, she persisted”. This is not to say that this was a bad thing, only that it was noticeable.
By comparison, I feel like Wonder Woman had a similar strand of feminine empowerment running through it, but it flowed more organically from the story. I believe I gave Wonder Woman between an 8.5 and a 9. I feel like this movie is in the same ball park.
Wonder Woman had a really strong 1st and 2nd act, and then fell off significantly in the 3rd act. Captain Marvel was sort of rumbling along at ground level through the first two acts, and then skyrocketed into the stratosphere with the 3rd act. Overall, it was an enjoyable film that I’ll definitly see again, and eventually add to the collection.
They didn’t necessarily hit you over the head with the feminism, but it did come across as though The MCU was checking off an evidentiary list of women’s empowerment. The tag line for the movie could have been “Nevertheless, she persisted”. This is not to say that this was a bad thing, only that it was noticeable.
By comparison, I feel like Wonder Woman had a similar strand of feminine empowerment running through it, but it flowed more organically from the story. I believe I gave Wonder Woman between an 8.5 and a 9. I feel like this movie is in the same ball park.
Wonder Woman had a really strong 1st and 2nd act, and then fell off significantly in the 3rd act. Captain Marvel was sort of rumbling along at ground level through the first two acts, and then skyrocketed into the stratosphere with the 3rd act. Overall, it was an enjoyable film that I’ll definitly see again, and eventually add to the collection.
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On the 3rd act of WW thing I completely agree. I had said in the other trailer thread that marvel has mastered selling sizzle in their trailers while giving no substance.
The majority of what we saw in the captain Marvel trailer took place in the first 15 minutes of the movie.
With both WW and aquaman DC ruined the ending and plot twist by showing too much in the trailer (aquaman) or revealing casting news that spoils the plot twist (WW with ares)
Marvel engaged in a wonderful misdirection of who Jude law was playing. People knew he was going to be Mar-vell and thought yon-rogg was the misdirection
I just want to know when do we get to see Rogue snatch that bitch out the sky, drain her powers and put her ass in a coma? 
Probably not gonna happen in the MCU.
Well, if this movie doesn't do the numbers they predicted, it might.
Probably not gonna happen in the MCU.
Well, if this movie doesn't do the numbers they predicted, it might.
I just want to know when do we get to see Rogue snatch that bitch out the sky, drain her powers and put her ass in a coma?
Probably not gonna happen in the MCU.
Well, if this movie doesn't do the numbers they predicted, it might.
maybe ...that was jus a knee jerk prediction ...lol
...i`ll get a better feel after the weekend numbers come out ...
just didnt move me....maybe i need to c it again
I'm going tonight and again this weekend. Pre ordered tix a few weeks back. Gonna be a bday party movie situation.
I'm VERY curious how the 2 week number gonna show.
nicca it's dinner. you never went to a dinner theater before? you never ate your meal watching a tv at home
Eyes Turn to 'Captain Marvel' to Give the 2019 Box Office a Boost
by Brad Brevet
March 7, 2019
FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Marvel Studios's Captain Marveldelivered a healthy $20.7 million from Thursday evening previews last night, ranking as the fifth largest preview gross for an MCU title. On average, preview grosses account for 30% of the opening day for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which would suggest Captain Marvelis headed toward a $70 million opening day while the last three films in the MCU saw preview grosses account for, on average, 35% of the opening day, which would suggest something close to a $60 million opening day. Should the film hold to those averages we'd be looking at a three-day debut ranging from $135-$175+ million based on past performances.
Internationally, Captain Marvel began playing two days ago and has already brought in $44 million, which does not include China where the film debuted today with early estimates suggesting an opening day of around $34 million, which would be the second highest MCU opening day there behind only Avengers: Infinity War.
Korea currently leads the way internationally where the film has already brought in nearly $6 million followed by Indonesia ($4.8m), Brazil ($3.0m), France ($2.9m), Australia ($2.5m), Russia ($2.1m), Thailand ($1.9m), Taiwan ($1.8m), Malaysia ($1.7m), Philippines ($1.7m), Hong Kong ($1.5m), Germany ($1.5m) and Italy ($1.5m).
We'll take a closer look at things tomorrow morning once Friday estimates come in. For now you can check out our weekend preview below.
We gonna owe him an apology for what? Being a complete numnuts and saying completely irrelevant shit about how it would flop
its marvel studios nothing they do flops......
She's not part of the cosmic beings.
There's basically 3 levels of super beings you have super humans/beings captain Marvel Thor hulk is in this group.
Than you have the sky fathers/demigods Odin, celestials, mephisto belong here
Than you have the cosmic entities this is were you find Galactus, lord chaos Master order and higher version of the celestials.
All parts that make up the whole of eternity.
So I don't think she could sense what thanos was doing. Even in the comics few figured out what thanos was doing and those who did were either fellow stone keepers (who thanos was picking off) or those who battled thanos and had a better understanding of his goal (surfer, warlock )
There is a plot hole there.
I thought we went into space to fight Ronan the Accuser?
Ronan was in Guardians of the Galaxy and died.
Where was Captain Marvel?
I thought we went into space to fight Ronan the Accuser?
Ronan was in Guardians of the Galaxy and died.
Where was Captain Marvel?
This takes place 20 years before the events of guardians (from a terrain perspective.)
Imo we see how her actions served to splinter the kree hierarchy cause in guardians the kree seemed more mercenary in their actions while the nova corp/Xander was trying to provide law and order to the region.
This movie did feminism properly imo. Rather than making all of the men stupid, weak, and helpless to make the women better by comparison, they sought out to simply have the women do the same things the guys were doing while establishing female characters that weren't just someone's girlfriend, but had value on their own.
As far as the mid credits scene, as I said in the other thread:
1. Tony isn't going to be rescued by Captain Marvel. Which makes sense since he would have to be on the straight line that creates the shortest distance in between her and earth. Due to the vastness of space, this is highly unlikely.
2. She was the character that was digitally removed in the last Endgame trailer.
3. Not sure about her aging or lack there of in the comics but the twin paradox would explain why she looks the same 24 years later.
Also in the scene, her hair is longer and her uniform is slightly different.
As far as the mid credits scene, as I said in the other thread:
1. Tony isn't going to be rescued by Captain Marvel. Which makes sense since he would have to be on the straight line that creates the shortest distance in between her and earth. Due to the vastness of space, this is highly unlikely.
2. She was the character that was digitally removed in the last Endgame trailer.
3. Not sure about her aging or lack there of in the comics but the twin paradox would explain why she looks the same 24 years later.
Also in the scene, her hair is longer and her uniform is slightly different.
I enjoyed it a lot .
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