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    Captain Marvel (2019)



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    Looks good, cant wait to see more.

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    I'm sure the movie's going to be as entertaining as any other MCU flick, but a couple of fanboy bits notwithstanding (young Coulson, Captain Marvel's mask), that trailer's not doing it any favors. A bit on the bland side, IMO.

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    I'm excited, but seeing a lot of complaints from the comic fans. Hope this is good because I'll definitely be in the theater for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon of the Dead View Post
    A bit on the bland side, IMO.
    Agreed, of course I know nothing of the character, so I don't really know what to expect.

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    Well, Feige's hyping her as the most powerful hero in the MCU, but in the comics, historically she's always been more of a mid-level character, with a brief stint in the '80s as a cosmic-level character called Binary. But by far her most popular and longest-running iteration was as Ms. Marvel, particularly her Warbird costume (google it, I'm too lazy to go looking for a pic right this second lol). In her most popular version she's roughly a 5/10 on the Marvel strength scale (1 being normal human, 10 being Hulk-level), can absorb energy for a variety of effects (to enhance her other abilities, to use offensively by firing energy blasts), is bulletproof and can fly at a few times the speed of sound. Again, this is her most popular version; she's fluctuated wildly above and below that over the years. I don't know what she's like now as I've slacked off reading comics the past ten years (I can't stand most of today's writers -- no respect at all for canon) but considering the MCU seems to base most of their characterizations on modern versions, it wouldn't surprise me if she's back up to cosmic-level again these days.

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    I’m down. I find it very amusing that both this Captain Marvel and Shazam (aka Captain Marvel) are both getting their first ever movies in the same year.

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    There are actually a couple different Captain Marvels in Marvel Comics, as well. There's the Carol Danvers Captain Marvel (which is the one in this movie); she took the title from the original Captain Marvel, whose name was Mar-Vell (I think this is who Jude Law is playing in the movie). And then there's my favorite, Monica Rambeau Captain Marvel, though the only thing she had in common with the other Captain Marvels was the name. Carol Danvers was going by the name Ms. Marvel when they created Monica Rambeu; why they gave her the Captain Marvel name, I have no idea, but she was a great character. I hope to see her in the MCU some day as well.

    As for DC's Captain Marvel, that's his actual superhero name -- "Captain Marvel." "Shazam" is just the word he speaks to transform from Billy Batson into Captain Marvel. It's an acronym representing the names of the gods whose powers he's granted when he speaks it (Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, Mercury). But since that show back in the '70s was called "Shazam!" and not "Captain Marvel," most folks think "Shazam" is the character's name. But that's okay, because there are always obnoxious, know-it-all comic book jerks like me ready to correct them.

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    I don’t think we’ll hear the M word in Shazam.

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    Looks good and I love Brie Larsen since first seeing her in 21 Jump Street.

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    Saw this last night. It was bad, big disappointment. The plot was nonsense, the acting bad (except CGI Sam Jackson he was awesome), despite having lots of time on other planets and spaceships the visuals were boring as hell, and Danvers herself had almost no characterization.

    This is towards the bottom of the MCU with Thor 2 the Dark Thor and Ed Norton's Hulk. If you're not an MCU fanboy you can pass on this.

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    I already said what I thought in the non-horror movie thread, but I'll expound a bit more. I agree the characterizations were nil, the story was uninspired, etc. but what irritated me were the way too on-the-nose political statements. That I agree with what's being said is neither here nor there; I miss the days when a movie could just be a fucking movie, and not a political statement. Black Panther, while an only average comic book movie in my opinion, at least delivered its social and political messages in an organic and more subtle way. In this flick, the message is about as subtle as a mule kick to the cranium. It should have spent more time building the lead character and fine-tuning the scattershot story, and less time preaching.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon of the Dead View Post
    Black Panther, while an only average comic book movie in my opinion, at least delivered its social and political messages in an organic and more subtle way. In this flick, the message is about as subtle as a mule kick to the cranium. It should have spent more time building the lead character and fine-tuning the scattershot story, and less time preaching.
    I agree

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    I have no plans to go out and see this.

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    I'm debating on seeing it.

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    Friend offered to pay for my ticket, so we caught it earlier. Went in with low expectations and came out neither disappointed or overly pleased. I'd give it a low 7/10 rating. I liked it and it's entertaining for the most part, especially being set in the 90's and loving that nostalgia, but aside from that the story was kinda MEH and the villains weren't very interesting (or powerful at all). I'd say it's kinda on par with the Ant-Man movies, where they're entertaining and it was good to get a little backstory, but aside from that didn't seem very important or strong enough to warrant more than one watch.

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