Just got back from Captain Marvel

[RandySF]

It's a solid MCU movie if not necessarily up there with Black Panther or Infinity War. Larson has tremendous potential going toward and I can't wait to see go mano a mano against Thanos. And yes, I can see why she makes Maga Nation heads explode.

[Lotusflower70]

1. I was wondering

Haven't seen it yet but those magats are freaking out about it of course they freak out about any time a woman is front and center.

[exboyfil]

2. Not as sold on it as you are

My daughter liked it even less than me. I put it above Thor: Dark World, and she put it below.

SPOILERS AHEAD






Complaints:

1. The film lighting was too dark. In what could have been a very good scene, you see Captain Marvel changing the color of her uniform under the suggestion of Monica. You can't see the variations because of the lighting. Fail.
2. Same issue with lighting in the critical spaceship fight. What is happening. I can't tell. What I could see of the fight scenes seemed uninspired.
3. I don't think the score worked for parts of the movie.
4. Captain Marvel is ridiculously overpowered. Maybe they will make correct use of that in Endgame, and as it stands now they have a Kal-El problem (see Justice League).
5. I admit I didn't catch the Skrull hook (growing up reading Fantastic Four and what the Skrulls are like is my excuse). My daughter saw it coming a mile away.
6. Here is were I am going to get bashed, but my daughter agrees with me on this point. The bad ass woman angle was played too much. You think about Princess Leia, Ripley, Sarah Connor, and Wonder Woman; the character flows more organically. Also she again has a Kal-El problem. The character is not that interesting. Where Kal-El finally succeeds is when he is Clark Kent. Bill (from Kill Bill) actually had it right - that is how Kal-El sees us. The alter ego gives Kal-El depth.
7. I feel ripped off I didn't get to see the head in a bottle Supreme Intelligence (just joking).
8. My daughter was very angry how Fury lost his eye. I didn't have as big a problem with it.
9. Samuel L. Jackson explained in an interview on why the pager wasn't used for New York (or for Dark World or Ultron), but I am still questioning that.

At this point I am looking forward to when Rogue takes off her gloves. My daughter feels the same.

[captain queeg]

3. I just saw it too

It was pretty good. Not my favorite Marvel movie but I’d never read Captain Marvel comics. I was a little concerned it was going to be a social commentary. I didn’t get that feeling and enjoyed the plot twist. I still don’t get the feeling Captain Marvel could go toe to toe physically with Thanos or the Hulk. Not to say she doesn’t have to power to take him out.