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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Well I just saw Cappn Mobble. So first off, the theater we saw it in had some problems. The lights never completely shut off and the screen was kinda blurry. So I didn't quite enjoy some bits as much as I wanted to. Not the movie's fault, to be fair.
Anyway. I liked it. I really really liked it. I think this is gonna rank rather high on my MCU rankings after more evaluation. Carol was obviously awesome but I also loved Maria, Monica and Talos. They provided some of the best moments in the movie.
Oh, and yes, I currently like it more than Infinity War. That is all for now!
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)I didn't care that much for Carol in the comics, I mean, I liked her fine, but I wasn't super enthusiastic about her, to the point that the main reason I was looking forward to her movie was for the possibility of Kamala later, because I love Kamala. But the movie made me a lot more invested in Carol than I thought I would be, which is neat!
When we're done, there won't be anything left.![]()
I rather dislike comics-Carol.
Poor woman has an awful tendency of being written as a total asshat so it’s good that the movie actually made me like her for once.
Technically yes considering she’s already out & about.
Edited by slimcoder on Mar 10th 2019 at 12:50:45 PM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."What I meant is Jessica Jones was created because originally BMB wanted to use Jessica Drew AKA Spider-Woman, for the Alias comic but the higher-ups didn't want anything related to Spider-Man on such a dark storyline, so he created Ms. Jones, who's pretty much a carbon copy of Drew.
I haven't seen Captain Marvel, and I can't say anything about the "controversy" (in quotes because as far as I can tell it's manufactured by people looking for something to vent their rage on" that hasn't already been said by people more eloquent than I am, but I wanted to state that I agree with Hail Muffins on the Winter Soldier theme being my personal favorite.
Oh, btw, Captain Marvel destroyed Rotten Tomatoes and turned Youtube into a censorship now.
(RT because of them tackling the trolls, Youtube because apparently some of the premium subscribers complained to youtube about their feed being floated with the Captain Marvel hate stuff, which lead to Youtube tweaking the algorithm in favour of the established outlets.
This is a spoiler-heavy interview with Kevin Feige
, but the spoiler-free part at the end was interesting:
OK.
The four things I really want are: Kamala Khan in the MCU, a Nova movie, an LGBT superhero or Taika Waititi announcing his next Marvel project.
Or? Or "and"? Can't we have all of them?
I would love all of them.
OK, "and!"
But which is closest to reality?
I think all of those are percolating and— Let's put it this way: They're all percolating. I do want to keep the focus on this one and on the immediate future, but everything you just named are percolating, some closer than others.
I've been going over CM in my head since yesterday, and now that I've had more time to think, I don't have any problem at all with Carol's character arc. People keep saying that her emotional level isn't high enough, that she's static, that she doesn't grow. At the very worst that puts her on par with most other Marvel heroes. Where is Steve Rogers' character growth? He goes from being super-patriotic, honest, and wimpy to... super-patriotic, honest, and buff. Even in his best film, Winter Soldier, he goes from being super loyal to Bucky to... being super loyal to Bucky.
I absolutely feel that this complaint is part of the double standard that is applied to female actors in action films, even to the point where people who are not sexist subconsciously apply it.
What is Carol's personality? Well, she's fun-loving, has a dry sense of humor, is brash and reckless, and her most important trait is that she never stops. She never gives up no matter what, but she also has a somewhat poor sense of her personal limits. That puts her at least on par with the other heroes, and I foresee some nice personality clashes with the rest of the Avengers team in Endgame.
The strongest "feminist" message in the film is that women keep getting told by men to "control their emotions, use their heads". This is patronizing in a very literal sense, and her rejection of it is her major point of character growth.
I also really want to watch it a second time, but we'll see if there's room in my schedule (and budget) for that.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 10th 2019 at 6:43:27 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
There is a Character Development for Steve, but it is more prevalent between films: in the first movie he's bright and spunky and full of youthful optimism, in Winter Soldier he's...well, he's not. The trauma of losing his entire life has sucked out whatever joy of living he ever had, and through all subsequent movies he's clearly hanging on by a straw.
I do agree though, that in each movie by themselves there's very little in the way of change.
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Well, he clearly took issue with that philosophy.
And the Kree's indoctrination of Carol turned her into an emotionless combat machine ... or tried to. Recovering/rediscovering her old self is part of her arc. By the end of the film, she's noticeably kinder, looser, more "natural".
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 10th 2019 at 6:55:48 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Well, with 455 Million worldwide on the first weekend, it is safe to say that Captain Marvel already made the budget back and can be considered a success. My prediction is still at 800 Million, but, as I said, I wouldn't be surprised if it makes even more, even if the reviews are slightly mixed.