I saw it, I liked it well enough. It exceeded my expectations, and, as it goes, was probably one of the better "Introduction" movies, better than Dr. Strange or Thor. I thought Brie was just fine. Don't know why people gave her so much crap. I'm not sure she really gave it her all - I thought Lashauna (sp?) Lynch really did wonders with the Rambeau role and beat her in acting chops.
More spoilery things:
More spoilery things:
- As much as I'm a sucker for the 90s (it being my childhood and all), I thought they did a bit too much with the musical callbacks. Makes complete sense to have period music playing in the background, but once you get to music when she's visiting Central Intelligence and then the prerequisite "I'm Just a Girl," it just felt a bit too much. It just didn't feel as perfectly tied in as the Guardians stuff.
- Also: The "I'm Just a Girl" fight scene not only is a bit of an obvious choice, the choreography just wasn't good enough to justify it. Hit-Girl's hallway scene in "Kick-Ass" is iconic for a reason, and it's not just because it's set to Joan Jett.
- I don't mind flipping the script on the Skrulls, I just wish they would've been played a bit more menacing and less comic relief. The scene where the science officer is a moron is funny. The scenes where the tiny Skrulls are inept as Cap Marvel busts out of captivity are just dumb.
- The movie raises some interesting questions about the Kree and their place in the galaxy. Hopefully in her inevitable follow-up film, we see what she's been up to and what drove both Korath and Ronan off the deep end.
- Also there's a story not being told about how Mar-Vell got in with SHIELD to gain access to the Tesseract in the first place. Did she steal it? Is she working with them? Does that mean someone high up in SHIELD at this point knows that aliens exist?
- Also: The "I'm Just a Girl" fight scene not only is a bit of an obvious choice, the choreography just wasn't good enough to justify it. Hit-Girl's hallway scene in "Kick-Ass" is iconic for a reason, and it's not just because it's set to Joan Jett.
- I don't mind flipping the script on the Skrulls, I just wish they would've been played a bit more menacing and less comic relief. The scene where the science officer is a moron is funny. The scenes where the tiny Skrulls are inept as Cap Marvel busts out of captivity are just dumb.
- The movie raises some interesting questions about the Kree and their place in the galaxy. Hopefully in her inevitable follow-up film, we see what she's been up to and what drove both Korath and Ronan off the deep end.
- Also there's a story not being told about how Mar-Vell got in with SHIELD to gain access to the Tesseract in the first place. Did she steal it? Is she working with them? Does that mean someone high up in SHIELD at this point knows that aliens exist?
rigin story. I thought it did a great job and was a great movie.
to deal with a comic mask that would have been stuck on a real person - how?
(CM to me looks like CM - it's not like they trotted her out looking like some other movie character).
and guess that lets me roll with a film more. Like I don't think JL is that bad. It could've been a lot better, and there's some stuff I actually laugh at, and the stache-gate thing
. Sony had the good sense to go hat in hand to Marvel re Spidey. If a business wants to be stupid and throw away license rights to 3 of the most iconic characters ever created (Batman, Superman, WW) - when there's a ready-made, global fan base - by not slowing down and INVESTING in the work and characters - then I think the fan base has spoken. I think DC is tired of being a joke tho - hope so! Funny thing about Aquaman - IMO there were some good bones there, underneath the spectacle and romp. Maybe that's what people responded to.
