Usually if this dude does not like something then I really like the film so now I will definitely see it this weekend.
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Just saw it. Definitely part of the better MCU movies. Will watch again.
Straight-up enjoyable comic book movie. Laughs and leads who seem to enjoy each others' company and have great chemistry.
So, I wonder if Monica will be in Deadpool 3? 
Really fun movie, if you liked the Ms. Marvel series, you'll like this. Kamala is awesome.
I was laughing out loud quite a bit during a lot of it. What more can one ask for after a crappy week of real life stuff?
Don't trust the all the negative hoopla around this movie.
I was laughing out loud quite a bit during a lot of it. What more can one ask for after a crappy week of real life stuff?
Don't trust the all the negative hoopla around this movie.
Brie Larson haters just got served a huge steaming plate of crow. 
This film went a long way toward humanizing Carol Danvers and answering the critiques of her earlier MCU appearances.
It also brilliantly followed up on Ms. Marvel (hopefully now people will go back and rediscover that series) and Monica's arc in Wandavision.
This film went a long way toward humanizing Carol Danvers and answering the critiques of her earlier MCU appearances.
I was not expecting the married 'Disney Princess'/alien Bollywood segment at all, and wished we could have had a little more of that. 
Thanks to everyone for the non-spoilery opinions on the movie. We won't be going to see it until next weekend and having actual people whose tastes I'm already familiar with posting positive things is really getting me amped up for it.
"We have our heading!"
63% of the people going on opening day were men. How badly have you screwed up when you can't get women to go to your female-led movie?
https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
Because people shouldn't judge and rank by gender....???
My guess is that's more female-leaning than the average MCU film, isn't it?
Man, people won't even give this one a full weekend before drawing blood.
I thought it was good. Definitely better than most of the post-Endgame Marvel stuff, that's for sure, and a solid MCU entry by pre-Endgame standards (though I could see the seams from the reshoots and reedits, this is probably argument against the standard Marvel process of leaving everything up in the air until the last minute and more towards a traditional, higher-commitment style of filmmaking). Didn't have the slightest bit to do with "Secret Invasion," which I don't mind, though I did continue to play my decade-long game of "How easy would it be to slip an inconspicuous call-out to Agents of SHILED into this movie?" which, in this case, would have been "very." Certainly would've been less obtrusive than the story clearly realizing that explaining Monica's whole deal in "Wandavision" was too much trouble than it was worth, even though they also had no choice to do it.
It was a surprisingly empty house, though. I usually do weekday matinees for Marvel movies right after opening weekend, and it was less crowded than that. And it's a holiday, you'd expect more people would be off from work or school. Hopefully the charm of it defies the projection of a word-of-mouth drop-off.
At the end of the movie, Kamala uses her powers even after losing her bangle. I don't remember "Ms. Marvel" well enough, was that already a thing? I remember the bit about there being a "mutation" (da da da, da da) that helped her activate it, but I thought it and her powers were pretty solidly linked. Also, did I just not catch what happened to the second one, or they not show us? I did clock that Kamala was only wearing one of them at the very end.
It was a surprisingly empty house, though. I usually do weekday matinees for Marvel movies right after opening weekend, and it was less crowded than that. And it's a holiday, you'd expect more people would be off from work or school. Hopefully the charm of it defies the projection of a word-of-mouth drop-off.
I watched it. It was a good movie by MCU standards, not rock-solid, but then very very few Marvel Studios productions are (part of the reason I don't want them anywhere near Agents of SHIELD anything. Ever.).
Most of all, though, it was fun in a way that wasn't utterly obnoxious like Ragnarök 2.0 with it's screaming goats and such.
Most of all, though, it was fun in a way that wasn't utterly obnoxious like Ragnarök 2.0 with it's screaming goats and such.
Indeed.
The film should be judged on its merit as a film, not as a comic book, not as a female led whatever, but as a film. That's it.
Negativity sells.
53% male, 47% women was the most recent study. So worse with women than it should have. However we don't know if there is a gender difference in who goes to see things opening weekend.
I was not expecting the married 'Disney Princess'/alien Bollywood segment at all, and wished we could have had a little more of that.
I kind of want a Star Trek-ish MCU show just exploring alien worlds if they can all be as fun and interesting as Aladna.
My mom and I saw it we both enjoyed it. I loved it, it was fun, and the whole cast was absolutely fantastic.
I really enjoyed Ms. Marvel, and this did a great job of bringing her into the wider MCU. Her and her family's interactions with the other characters was a highlight of the movie.
One of the things I was most curious about was what it was going to do with Carol and Monica's relationship, and I liked how it handled it.
It was also nice to get a few hints of what Carol's been up since her first movie.
Dar-Benn was an OK villain, she was another one with a fairly sympathetic backstory and motivation, who just went about things in the worst way possible.
It was kind of nice that so much of the plot was a result of the end of the first movie.
The action scenes were a lot of fun, but I can't imagine how hard it must have been to keep track of who was where with Carol, Monica and Kamala constantly switching places.
While I may not be a bit fan of Kelsey Grammer's politics, it was still pretty cool to see him as Beast again. It will be very interesting to see what this means for the MCU X-Men, since so far we've seen two actors reprise their roles from pre-MCU movies, and we'll be getting a third next year. Will all of the characters we've seen before be played by returning actors, or could we end up with a combination of returning and new and returning actors? And will the returning actors be playing the same versions of the characters or new one who look the same? I can't remember if they've said it outright, I've been under the impression Patrick Stewart's Xavier was not actually meant to be the one from his earlier movies.
I really enjoyed Ms. Marvel, and this did a great job of bringing her into the wider MCU. Her and her family's interactions with the other characters was a highlight of the movie.
One of the things I was most curious about was what it was going to do with Carol and Monica's relationship, and I liked how it handled it.
It was also nice to get a few hints of what Carol's been up since her first movie.
Dar-Benn was an OK villain, she was another one with a fairly sympathetic backstory and motivation, who just went about things in the worst way possible.
It was kind of nice that so much of the plot was a result of the end of the first movie.
The action scenes were a lot of fun, but I can't imagine how hard it must have been to keep track of who was where with Carol, Monica and Kamala constantly switching places.
While I may not be a bit fan of Kelsey Grammer's politics, it was still pretty cool to see him as Beast again. It will be very interesting to see what this means for the MCU X-Men, since so far we've seen two actors reprise their roles from pre-MCU movies, and we'll be getting a third next year. Will all of the characters we've seen before be played by returning actors, or could we end up with a combination of returning and new and returning actors? And will the returning actors be playing the same versions of the characters or new one who look the same? I can't remember if they've said it outright, I've been under the impression Patrick Stewart's Xavier was not actually meant to be the one from his earlier movies.
Apparently we’re getting the returning actors (with maybe some new ones sprinkled in) until Secret Wars forces a hard reboot of the X-Men into the MCU with an all-new cast (based mainly on the animated X-Men ‘97 cast so we don’t have to start over completely from scratch)
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