From the looks of the way internet is receiving this movie, it'll probably fall into the "love it or hate it" pile, with the outliers who were either "eh" about it, didn't like it but didn't hate it, or liked it but didn't love it. I think I fall into that group.
Looking at the reviews, one of the more prominent criticisms that there's nothing that grand or new that this movie brings to the table. I won't deny that, yeah, compared to some of the other Marvel movies, this seems a little more subdued. The best action sequence, in my opinion, was the train chase, and even that was only just "OK". The other action, while not terrible, just doesn't seem that big in scale, which is a shame because the powers Captain Marvel has should lend themselves to some really good action. Maybe because the film is a prequel, the writers didn't they'd be able to get away with a large scale action sequence (bare in mind, this is before superhumans and aliens were accepted parts of reality on Earth), but I figure that there could've been a little bit more they could've done with Marvel's powers.
The story is alright. Its an amnesia storyline framed around dealing with an alien infiltration, which would be hard to pull off in any movie, but I think they handled it the best they could. There are a few twists which I'll admit I kind of saw coming, but I still liked them. Some say that there was very little if any comedy in the movie, but in my theater, there were more than few moments where I heard the audience audibly laughing.
The best part, in my opinion, are the characters, especially Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. She has a well defined arc in the story which I won't spoil, and real, believable bonds with her co-stars. Nick Fury is fun to watch in this storyline, with some pretty damn good de-aging effects, and the cameos are fun, especially seeing Stan Lee's (RIP). The villains are sadly still the run of the mill villains, but they aren't Marvel's worst, so I could look past them. At times the "girl power" thing can be a little too on the nose, to the point where there are some scenes were I expected a commercial logo to pop up. But its something worth saying, so again, I won't complain.
In all, I found more to like than dislike personally, especially in the characters. If you're an MCU fan, then give this a chance.
(on a final note, I give them credit for portraying the Skrull through prosthetics, when simply doing more CG was probably really tempting).
Not as bad as everyone's making it out to be
From the looks of the way internet is receiving this movie, it'll probably fall into the "love it or hate it" pile, with the outliers who were either "eh" about it, didn't like it but didn't hate it, or liked it but didn't love it. I think I fall into that group.
Looking at the reviews, one of the more prominent criticisms that there's nothing that grand or new that this movie brings to the table. I won't deny that, yeah, compared to some of the other Marvel movies, this seems a little more subdued. The best action sequence, in my opinion, was the train chase, and even that was only just "OK". The other action, while not terrible, just doesn't seem that big in scale, which is a shame because the powers Captain Marvel has should lend themselves to some really good action. Maybe because the film is a prequel, the writers didn't they'd be able to get away with a large scale action sequence (bare in mind, this is before superhumans and aliens were accepted parts of reality on Earth), but I figure that there could've been a little bit more they could've done with Marvel's powers.
The story is alright. Its an amnesia storyline framed around dealing with an alien infiltration, which would be hard to pull off in any movie, but I think they handled it the best they could. There are a few twists which I'll admit I kind of saw coming, but I still liked them. Some say that there was very little if any comedy in the movie, but in my theater, there were more than few moments where I heard the audience audibly laughing.
The best part, in my opinion, are the characters, especially Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. She has a well defined arc in the story which I won't spoil, and real, believable bonds with her co-stars. Nick Fury is fun to watch in this storyline, with some pretty damn good de-aging effects, and the cameos are fun, especially seeing Stan Lee's (RIP). The villains are sadly still the run of the mill villains, but they aren't Marvel's worst, so I could look past them. At times the "girl power" thing can be a little too on the nose, to the point where there are some scenes were I expected a commercial logo to pop up. But its something worth saying, so again, I won't complain.
In all, I found more to like than dislike personally, especially in the characters. If you're an MCU fan, then give this a chance.
(on a final note, I give them credit for portraying the Skrull through prosthetics, when simply doing more CG was probably really tempting).