Captain Marvel (2019)
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If Captain Marvel does set up certain elements of Avengers: Endgame, I would imagine that would probably also figure into Marvel's desire to keep a lot of early Captain Marvel info from widely spreading, for exactly that reason.
Non-disclosure agreements notwithstanding, some word has leaked out from test screenings, which were tightly controlled to family and close friends of Disney employees, and it seems largely positive. (The "whole best movie ever" thing is obviously hyperbole, but it points to positive reaction never the less). Of course, due to the nature of the screenings, there aren't any real specific critiques to be had yet.
The cat apparently steals the show.
https://www.screengeek.net/2019/01/31/captain-marvel-early-screening-reactions/
The cat apparently steals the show.
https://www.screengeek.net/2019/01/31/captain-marvel-early-screening-reactions/
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Of course the cat steals the show.
It's what they do.
It's what they do.
They were happy it was over and they could go home to begin the long recovery process.
Wow, the friends and family of people closely connected to studio liked a movie made by the studio. In other news, water is wet.
as usual. You pretend that people who work for the studio can't possibly have minds of their own because they like something that you have ridiculous preconceived notions about just because their opinion don't match up with the narrative that you've invented in your head.Meanwhile, in the real world, the review embargo has been lifted, and the first word non-studio critics is... Surprise! Almost uniformly positive.
Standing by for the anti-spin...
Mostly (if not entirely) positive reaction here too: https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/captain-marvel/63541/captain-marvel-first-reactions
There will always be some reason to hate, sadly
Um...I have never said that? I'm 90% sure this is the first time I've ever commented on advance screening type stuff, at least in regards to people connected to a studio liking a movie made by that studio.
But, pretending that people connected to a movie aren't more likely to praise it is ridiculous.
Uniformly, except for the review that calls the first half slow and uninspired
I guess "the real world" is cherry picking reviews that fit into your pre-conceived notions. Which, to be fair, that article pretty much did, too.As for me, we live in a world where people praised Spider-Man Homecoming and Ant-Man & The Wasp, the two worst non-Zach Snyder made superhero films in years. So, MCU films are obviously review proof. They'll get good reviews regardless of quality, and I say that as someone who likes to loves almost all the MCU films, with only three exceptions so far (those being SM: Homecoming, Ant-Man & The Wasp and "Captain Marvel").
You know, connected to all of this, as a huge MCU fan its weird to be treated like one of those weirdo Snyder fanatics who complain about Marvel. I'm one of the few people who will defend films like The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 & 3 and even Thor: The Dark World. It takes a lot for me to dislike a MCU film. I just happen to not stand for comic movies shitting on the source material, or just shitty comic movies in general. If I'm going to criticize people like Zach Snyder or Josh Trank for doing that kind of thing, I'm not going to hold back when the MCU does it.
I have finally figured out the difference for me and the films vs. the comics. I do not care about the source material. A film is going to change it so I am interested in that adaptation rather than how faithful they can be.
As usual, Kirk, you grasp at the flimsiest of straws to justify your preconceived notions.
You ignore all the praise and zero in on the one single review that calls the first-half uninspired, but then conveniently leave out the part that doesn't fit your preconceived notions, that the same reviewer thought the second half was much better.
And that was as close to a negative review that I saw in the bunch.
Next!
You ignore all the praise and zero in on the one single review that calls the first-half uninspired, but then conveniently leave out the part that doesn't fit your preconceived notions, that the same reviewer thought the second half was much better.
And that was as close to a negative review that I saw in the bunch.
Next!
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Where is your line drawn exactly? You say you don't stand for movies ignoring the source material immediately after saying you defend movies that never opened a page with the Abomination, Mandarin, Iron Patriot, or, really, Tony Stark before Robert Downey Jr changed him completely.
Also, Spider-Man Homecoming was infinitely more enjoyable than Incredible Hulk, which hurts me to say since the Hulk is my favourite Marvel character.
So far, Captain Marvel looks closer to the source material than any of those movies you listed were. Even though good movies shouldn't be measured by fidelity to comics.
I love it!
No adaption should be. They are to be stories in their own right and stand or fall on those merits, not on the quality of the source material.
The name adaptation means change, getting upset over that is delusional.
