PantherProud
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The Marvels: 5.5/8
My daughter and I had a lot of fun with this one. I really don’t understand why it’s getting so much hate from critics (currently 62% on Rotten Tomatoes). I mean I do, which is why I don’t put too much stock in critic scores. Film critics are there because it’s their job, which means they are watching a movie because they have to, not because they want to. They are watching movies they wouldn’t normally watch if it weren’t their job. That inherently leads to a bias. Audiences are giving it a much more respectable 86% rating. It’s not too 10 MCU ( which IMO is a high bar), but it’s not bottom 10 either IMO.
One of the main criticisms has been a messy plot. We both felt it was pretty straightforward and easy to follow. Also, while it helps to have seen the first Captain Marvel movie, Wandavision and Ms Marvel, I think they do a good enough job that you don’t have to have seen them.
That said, I’ve said for years that Marvel needs to start putting “Previously On” recaps before their movies and tv shows now. After all, this is movie #33., and there’s been close to 10 shows as well.
As for the flow of the movie, it’s got a pretty non stop pace. I checked my watch ( I had somewhere to be shortly after the movie) at one point thinking it was the halfway point of the movie and it was only 35 minutes in.
It does follow the “Marvel Formula” to an extent, but it also had 2-3 scenes done in a way that have never been done in a Marvel movie before.
The villain serves her purpose, but certainly may be the weakest MCU villain to date as far as development goes. Her motives were solid, just not a very developed character overall. I’d bet some of that hit the cutting room floor.
The final scene and mid-credits scenes both have major ramifications for the future of the MCU.
My daughter and I had a lot of fun with this one. I really don’t understand why it’s getting so much hate from critics (currently 62% on Rotten Tomatoes). I mean I do, which is why I don’t put too much stock in critic scores. Film critics are there because it’s their job, which means they are watching a movie because they have to, not because they want to. They are watching movies they wouldn’t normally watch if it weren’t their job. That inherently leads to a bias. Audiences are giving it a much more respectable 86% rating. It’s not too 10 MCU ( which IMO is a high bar), but it’s not bottom 10 either IMO.
One of the main criticisms has been a messy plot. We both felt it was pretty straightforward and easy to follow. Also, while it helps to have seen the first Captain Marvel movie, Wandavision and Ms Marvel, I think they do a good enough job that you don’t have to have seen them.
That said, I’ve said for years that Marvel needs to start putting “Previously On” recaps before their movies and tv shows now. After all, this is movie #33., and there’s been close to 10 shows as well.
As for the flow of the movie, it’s got a pretty non stop pace. I checked my watch ( I had somewhere to be shortly after the movie) at one point thinking it was the halfway point of the movie and it was only 35 minutes in.
It does follow the “Marvel Formula” to an extent, but it also had 2-3 scenes done in a way that have never been done in a Marvel movie before.
The villain serves her purpose, but certainly may be the weakest MCU villain to date as far as development goes. Her motives were solid, just not a very developed character overall. I’d bet some of that hit the cutting room floor.
The final scene and mid-credits scenes both have major ramifications for the future of the MCU.
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