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**Baby Lee** · 03-19-2019, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

... where do you come up with this shit?

I saw it on the promotional poster

"If you haven't seen the much better original, this one seems . . . reasonable, yeah. . . . that's it. It's a reasonable movie!!" - BWillie, The Village Voice.

Fishpicker · 03-19-2019, 10:40 PM

why watch reasonable comedy?

Direckshun · 03-21-2019, 07:42 AM

Well, I've seen the flick, and everything I heard in advance was wrong.

Spoiler!

Good film, had a ton of fun watching it, I think Larson is a bit miscast in the role.

Sure-Oz · 03-21-2019, 09:05 AM

I think Larson will be better in end game with the russos. She also looks different, maybe more tone?

FAX · 03-21-2019, 11:24 AM

Hiddleston's "Is it?" scene in Thor 1 is freaking scary awesome.

I get chills just thinking about it. What. A. Performance.

I am so happy there is a group of young actors with his range and power that have entire careers before them.

FAX

Chiefspants · 03-21-2019, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Hiddleston's "Is it?" scene in Thor 1 is freaking scary awesome.

I get chills just thinking about it. What. A. Performance.

I am so happy there is a group of young actors with his range and power that have entire careers before them.

FAX

After the last re-watch of Thor 1 & 2, it occurred to me that Hiddleston may have had a much better understanding of Loki than the writers and directors did. Especially since his performance singlehandedly convinced the marvel bosses to not unceremounously kill him off via a D-level villain. He was the best part of Thor 2, and it’s amazing that he was barely in it in the first draft of the script, but became the center of the reshoots late in the production.

lawrenceRaider · 03-25-2019, 07:54 AM

Finally saw Captain Marvel. I'd slot it in the middle of the pack for the MCU. Not bad, not great. Some really good bits. Actually thought the girl power they rolled into it, aside from the "smile" think (which I guess I've not encountered and didn't realize it was even a thing), was really well done.

NewChief · 03-25-2019, 09:16 AM

I also finally got around to seeing this. I thought it was well done and enjoyed it. Definitely not my favorite MCU flick, but it's good. It's sort of a shame that it became such a source of outrage, as I think that really colored the experience for people.

Setsuna · 03-25-2019, 03:13 PM

My best friend wanted to see it so I saw it with him. Had low expectations for it. It was very good. But it wasn't a memorable movie. Thor comparisons are sound. I liked Thor 1 too and proceeded to forget everything about it an hour after I left the theater. But there was a little black girl and her parents sitting next to us and she seemed like she had a blast, so I think this movie did what Larson intended it to do. That's pretty cool.

Direckshun · 03-25-2019, 03:24 PM

Yeah the film has a lot more in it if you're a girl or a woman.

Spoiler!

**DaFace** · 03-25-2019, 03:31 PM

There was a little girl probably around age 8 wearing a Captain Marvel costume when I went. That was pretty cute.

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2019, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

There was a little girl probably around age 8 wearing a Captain Marvel costume when I went. That was pretty cute.

My 8 year old daughter is a big Captain Marvel fan now. And it's funny because she generally doesn't like any of the female superheros like Wonder Woman or Black Widow.

Her favorite characters before this movie were Starlord and Rocket.

Direckshun · 03-25-2019, 03:52 PM

Is it possible we just missed Brie Larson's performance because we don't have two X chromosomes?

I agree with the folks that called it wooden, but women and girls have generally adored it.

I don't know if that's because her gender makes her the easiest superhero for them to identify with, or because maybe there's a lot more womanhood to that performance than we as males can recognize.

**DaFace** · 03-25-2019, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Is it possible we just missed Brie Larson's performance because we don't have two X chromosomes?

I agree with the folks that called it wooden, but women and girls have generally adored it.

I don't know if that's because her gender makes her the easiest superhero for them to identify with, or because maybe there's a lot more womanhood to that performance than we as males can recognize.

My wife didn't like the movie at all, though that was more about the script and character development than about Larson's performance.

03-19-2019, 10:40 PM	#3
Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $3147111	why watch reasonable comedy? __________________ A person who has been [ideologically] demoralized cannot assess true information. the [demoralization] process is complete and irreversible. -Yuri Bezmenov on Soviet Subversion
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03-21-2019, 07:42 AM	#4
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4213447	Well, I've seen the flick, and everything I heard in advance was wrong. Spoiler! I thought it was a pretty good movie. I didn't think the plotting was "Standard Marvel." There was no other Marvel film that charted this plot. I was reasonably surprised at a couple of turns, and honestly I thought the writing was pretty solid. Building up Carol's backstory was rushed, but after she crash lands on earth, the film largely doesn't care about establishing her character as much and it gets better for it. I thought the film was well crafted: the flashbacks were handled well, and the flip with the Skrulls being refugees was really solid. The acting was just fantastic with one major exception. Samuel L. Jackson is just a phenomenal actor, as has been said a million times, and he runs circles around Brie Larson all film. Larson, I thought, was just not great. She's a phenomenal actor, and her performance in "Room" was one of the best I've ever seen. But maybe Larson is miscast here -- she looks like Danvers, but Larson's powerhouse acting comes from the neck up. There's a scene late in the movie where she figures out her true origins while talking to the Skrulls, and it's all emoting and realizing, and she kills that scene. Every other scene, however.... I don't know. I think Marvel asks a lot of whole-body physicality in their acting. The example I keep coming back to is Chris Pratt, who is a constant full-body ball of energy. Larson isn't that. She is an astounding actress from the neck up, but her acting below the neck is -- I'm totally comfortable saying it -- wooden. She was fine in the fight scenes, but I think Marvel needs their MCU heroes to jump off the screen a bit more than Larson did. Maybe she'll evolve as the MCU goes forward. I'd probably put this in the 3rd tier of MCU films, rating it as "pretty good." That tier includes Captain America 1 and Doctor Strange -- which, of course, were also character-introduction movies. Good film, had a ton of fun watching it, I think Larson is a bit miscast in the role.
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03-21-2019, 11:24 AM	#6
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	Hiddleston's "Is it?" scene in Thor 1 is freaking scary awesome. I get chills just thinking about it. What. A. Performance. I am so happy there is a group of young actors with his range and power that have entire careers before them. FAX
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03-25-2019, 07:54 AM	#8
lawrenceRaider Here We Go Again Join Date: May 2002 Casino cash: $2043544	Finally saw Captain Marvel. I'd slot it in the middle of the pack for the MCU. Not bad, not great. Some really good bits. Actually thought the girl power they rolled into it, aside from the "smile" think (which I guess I've not encountered and didn't realize it was even a thing), was really well done. __________________
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03-25-2019, 09:16 AM	#9
NewChief In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Fayetteville, AR Casino cash: $9630204	I also finally got around to seeing this. I thought it was well done and enjoyed it. Definitely not my favorite MCU flick, but it's good. It's sort of a shame that it became such a source of outrage, as I think that really colored the experience for people. __________________ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H. L. Mencken
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03-25-2019, 03:13 PM	#10
Setsuna Paladin Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Gator Country Casino cash: $10008487	My best friend wanted to see it so I saw it with him. Had low expectations for it. It was very good. But it wasn't a memorable movie. Thor comparisons are sound. I liked Thor 1 too and proceeded to forget everything about it an hour after I left the theater. But there was a little black girl and her parents sitting next to us and she seemed like she had a blast, so I think this movie did what Larson intended it to do. That's pretty cool.
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03-25-2019, 03:24 PM	#11
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4213447	Yeah the film has a lot more in it if you're a girl or a woman. Spoiler! There are some sly asides to having to smile, and the very end, with Jude Law's Kree demands she fight him without her powers so she could prove herself to him, she zaps him and tells him she doesn't have to prove shit to him... that's a big nod to modern feminism.
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03-25-2019, 03:31 PM	#12
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1806899	There was a little girl probably around age 8 wearing a Captain Marvel costume when I went. That was pretty cute.
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03-25-2019, 03:52 PM	#14
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4213447	Is it possible we just missed Brie Larson's performance because we don't have two X chromosomes? I agree with the folks that called it wooden, but women and girls have generally adored it. I don't know if that's because her gender makes her the easiest superhero for them to identify with, or because maybe there's a lot more womanhood to that performance than we as males can recognize.
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