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    Hyperbolic Idiot ChamberJason Johnson
    3/08/19 11:59am

    This seems to be the general idea of the movie that it’s not a bad movie but it’s a real step back from both black panther and ragnarock in terms of solo films. That being said i’m going to see it because i’m going to see endgame, and it seems like she will be important there.

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      TheRealMarthaJones3.0Hyperbolic Idiot Chamber
      3/08/19 4:24pm

      Also people have to see the difference in Capt Marvel vs BP in that BP was clearly the singular vision of Ryan Coogler, where as Capt Marvel looks like it was written by committee, and while this is a winning formula for pop songs. I don’t think the same can always be said for film.

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      Disisme2017Hyperbolic Idiot Chamber
      3/08/19 6:39pm

      I think this film is being unfairly compared to Black Panther. Consider BP takes place almost entirely in Wakanda, away from Marvel’s events. Both Thor sequels take place mostly away from Earth entirely. Ant Man and its sequel takes place outside of the Avengers films.

      The problem with Captain Marvel is one none of these other films have: those are mostly self-contained films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain Marvel has to followup the entire MCU timeline to this point, and unfortunately, is hamstrung because of it. It’s not a self-contained story: it has to simultaneously tell her origin, her whereabouts in the absence of the Avengers events AND attempt to standalone. Wakanda so are isolated. Thor is on Asgard dealing with the fallout of Loki. Scott Lang is on house arrest/parole, trying to just be a good dad to his kid.

      I’m not saying there aren’t faults with Captain Marvel, but the film had to do A LOT that none of these other films did, in terms of playing catch up to Infinity War. So the movie’s single biggest issue is that it should have been introduced a long time ago, which wouldn’t have handicapped it with so many different constraints and directives to “fit in.”

      Also, to clarify something (SPOILER): while Captain Marvel takes place on Earth in 1995, Carol went missing in 1989 (Maria tells Carol she’s been gone for 6 years). Technically the filmmakers weren’t wrong about women being banned from being test pilots in the AF. Basically, Carol and Maria are fighting to become a test pilot, is THEN taken by the Kree and returns after the ban has been lifted.

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    Probably Redundant CommentJason Johnson
    3/08/19 12:01pm

    First, Brie Larson has absolutely no screen presence as Captain Marvel; her delivery is bland and forced, and her fight scenes were filmed with the kind of camera tricks directors use when three months of stage-fighting classes didn’t quite take.

    Brie Larson also runs like somebody who learned by having someone describe it to her. (In the same way Ted Cruz learned how to smile)

    It looks as unnatural as Fury’s hairline... Which... is natural, but looks like it shouldn’t be.

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      Thomas L. Cunningham IVProbably Redundant Comment
      3/08/19 2:18pm

      Your description of her running style is spot on. I kept thinking, “Did she just polish her toenails or something?” Her full-tilt pursuit gait was very odd. I thought things mostly came together in the third act. I liked the stuff with Marie and Monica... but it’s true. She looked like she was always asking, “Do I look like a badass?” instead of, “I am SUCH a f***ing badass!” There are TONS of women who have done a better job in convincingly managing hand to hand movie combat.

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      benri4761Probably Redundant Comment
      3/08/19 11:50pm

      My wife said the same exact thing.  It's so uncomfortable to watch. 

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    SadPanda2233Jason Johnson
    3/08/19 12:46pm

    I thought she had ZERO presence...and she’s won an academy award.

    Now this will piss some people off, but now could we debate the fact that just having a female director (for the sake of it being a female) sometimes doesn’t equate to super-empowered women stories? Yes, wonder woman was a success. This though, just felt boring and lame. So maybe we just go back to finding the best director’s for the material and not trying to make everyone happy. As in, James Cameron= a male, that writes and directs AMAZING female characters. There’s been such a push to hire female directors for the sake of it and I’m 1000000% neutral. As in, I dont give a F what gender you are, if you can do a good job and tell a good story and translate that to the big screen, you should get the job.

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      Prostate of Dorian GraySadPanda2233
      3/08/19 6:35pm

      “Look, we’ve let a couple women direct these things and they didn’t make the greatest movie ever, so do we have to keep letting them get chances?”

      That’s you.

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      FuzzyDunlopSadPanda2233
      3/08/19 7:16pm

      As in, I dont give a F what gender you are

      You sure about that? Cause it really seems like you do.

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    DarkwingChuckJason Johnson
    3/08/19 12:43pm

    Counterpoint: I prefer Monica having her own indentity as Photon/Pulsar/Sprectrum rather than being one of the half dozen people to carry a hand-me-down name. Especially since it wasn’t even her idea.

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      AndTrollingIsHalfTheBattleDarkwingChuck
      3/08/19 1:36pm

      Also the fact that Captain Marvel was just made so Marvel Comics could sit on the name after Fawcett Comics lost its case against D.C. Comics.

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    MikePenceNoneTheRicherNowVPJason Johnson
    3/09/19 6:36am

    “First, Brie Larson has absolutely no screen presence as Captain Marvel; her delivery is bland and forced, and her fight scenes were filmed with the kind of camera tricks directors use when three months of stage-fighting classes didn’t quite take.”

    I went to see this yesterday and I thought Brie Larson did well as far as the comedic aspects of the character but her badass side just isn’t there. She came across snootty when she was supposed to be tough. 100% agree on the fight scenes, she seemed stiff and stilted.

    “So maybe I’m not the right person for this review “

    This has a 65 on Metacritic so... It’s not just you.

    Have we reached this point in pop culture where we are scared of not liking something because we’re supposed to? Why qualify ths review like this? .

    My two cents, Captain Marvel was fine, Ant Man and the Wasp level. It just didn’t measure up to recent solo movies lile Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok and Spiderman Homecoming

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      Mud's Not Yer Buddy, PalMikePenceNoneTheRicherNowVP
      3/09/19 10:37am

      Have we reached this point in pop culture where we are scared of not liking something because we’re supposed to?

      Nazis ruin everything, including hating bad movies.

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    MwatuangiJason Johnson
    3/09/19 2:33am

    The problem is that it’s sandwiched right between both Infinity Wars so it’s more of a film that exists primarily to bridge those two films given her importance in the latter. She doesn’t really get a chance to simply exist for herself, which is its biggest flaw conceptually. However, aside from that I thought it was pretty solid. Much better than Ant-Man’s first debut, since that wasn’t remotely tied down by the Avengers and yet was still highly un-even tonally.

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      JackRabbitSlim323Mwatuangi
      3/09/19 12:34pm

      I thought Ant-Man was a better popcorn movie. I had bias going into Captain Marvel, I finally saw Into the Spider-Verse this week, and am now ruined for other hero movies. Into the Spider-Verse is animated, but that movie has more heart in its first 5 minutes than the whole run time of Captain Marvel.

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      Rogue-Jyn-TonicJackRabbitSlim323
      3/09/19 8:26pm

      ...that movie has more heart...

      Thank you. I’m no Spidey fan(atic), but I learned more about his ‘supposed’ heart in that one flick than I did in all the six prior non-animated films put together. Into the Spider-Verse honestly should be watched by a lot more people. Heart. Heart. And more heart from Miles.

      The fact that I found myself mouthing “I’m sorry” a split second before the uncle would end up saying it, man(!). Kudos to those film-makers.

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    IMHO...I'll just say stuffJason Johnson
    3/08/19 1:01pm

    Yes, sir. Let us not forget the first woman to take up the mantle didn’t look like Brie.

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-unfortunate-and-obscure-history-of-monica-rambeau-1726108988

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      THE DARK ONEIMHO...I'll just say stuff
      3/08/19 1:27pm

      im going to hazard a guess that you didnt even bother to read the article.

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      blerdlineTHE DARK ONE
      3/08/19 3:50pm

      Article? I’m not sure they bothered to read the headline much less article. It mentions her right there “Monica Rambeau”

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    BlockedpunchJason Johnson
    3/08/19 4:27pm

    (which was actually not true; Captain Marvel takes places in 1995, two years after the ban on women combat fighters was lifted and the first female combat pilot Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) flew a mission in ’95)

    Point of clarification, she was a test pilot in 1989. The movie takes place in 1995 after she’d been lost for 6 years.

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      AshBlackBlockedpunch
      3/11/19 4:50pm

      Thank you.

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    AndTrollingIsHalfTheBattleJason Johnson
    3/08/19 11:50am

    Or maybe, despite my love of comic book movies and the genre, am I just not the right guy to write a review for Captain Marvel?

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    and while other minor heroes like Thor and Dr. Strange benefited from the lead star power of Chris Hemsworth and Benedict Cumberbatch,

    Yes, maybe you are not the best person to be reviewing a comic book hero movie.

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      THE DARK ONEAndTrollingIsHalfTheBattle
      3/08/19 1:37pm

      actually, they are pretty minor in the grand scheme of the comics. both were very niche standing alone, and even with the avengers thor was second or third string at best.

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      AndTrollingIsHalfTheBattleTHE DARK ONE
      3/08/19 1:49pm

      Shang-Chi is minor. Squirrel Girl is minor. You could even go up the list and say Luke Cage and Iron Fist are minor. I’ll even listen to your arguments on how Dr. Strange is a second stringer. But once you say that Thor is a minor character in the universe, I’ll just start laughing at you appropriately.

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    Prostate of Dorian GrayJason Johnson
    3/08/19 3:47pm

    The (not so) little guy and I are going to see Captain Marvel this weekend or next, but for almost a year, we’ve been waiting for Thanos to get the comeuppance he deserves. I almost feel like any Marvel movie coming out now is going to be overshadowed by everyone’s desire to to see the next Avenger’s. It’s like eating a frozen pizza when you really wanted delivery from your favorite place; it gets the job done, but not quite what you wanted.

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