Captain Marvel (2019)

Giggidy....

Aside from the Blockbuster opening which I loved, the trailer doesn't really indicate the quality of the film. It could be great or rubbish - it is difficult to judge from that trailer.

Either way, I really looking forward to it.

GavRedKing wrote: »

I reckon that they're going to have her ridiculously over powered here and in Avengers 4 but they've gone well down that path already with Black Widow and Captain America before her so I'll be reluctantly giving them a pass on that.

I don't think "overpowered" is the right term, AFAIK she's always been one of the most powerful Marvel heroes. And if 100% of the Avengers couldn't take out Thanos, and now there are only 50% of the Avengers + Captain Marvel, then she's going to have to make up more than 50% of the remainder.

Or maybe we find out she died in the Thanos snap too and this whole exercise was pointless :pac:

I'm not really sure on the trailer, I just felt it was quite boring to be honest

If one was to compare it to another recent female super hero trailer (you know who) it doesn't invoke a tenth of the excitement but it will probably still blow that movie out of the water cos they just know how to make em good here!

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Apart from the Avengers theme and Wakanda's theme there really isn't much good music in the MCU at all.

Don't forget the GotG. Fantastic soundtracks... that also bled into IW a little bit. Thor: Ragnorok also had a fun soundtrack.

As far as theme songs go though, yeah the MCU is largely forgettable. You can recognize as it's on the screen but honestly, I couldn't even hum the Avengers theme right now. Wakanda is about the most memorable theme.

Oh, and on the Captain Marvel trailer. It looks good. Definitely not an "OMG take my money" trailer with a huge action set-piece or quirky humour, but a solid trailer that sets up what the movie is about... which is fine by me.

she doesn't seem to have a lot of personality in the trailer? I counted 2 facial expressions

Bacchus wrote: »

Don't forget the GotG. Fantastic soundtracks... that also bled into IW a little bit. Thor: Ragnorok also had a fun soundtrack.

Yeah they have good soundtracks, it's the MCU's original scores that aren't great.

GavRedKing wrote: »

The real issue I have is its taken 3 Thor Films, 3 Avenger films, the deaths of Loki, Odin and half of Asgard for Thor to finally realise his power on screen.

Thor was one swing of Stormbreaker away from stopping Thanos so the rest of the Avengers were pretty redundant anyway.

Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah they have good soundtracks, it's the MCU's original scores that aren't great.



Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Well just because he can't solo Thanos without it doesn't mean he didn't uncover a new level of strength.

I don't think it really undermines him.

There's a message in a few of the films - Spiderman and Ironman 3 (ignoring the pointless and self-defeating finale) in particular - what are they without the suit?

They're still iron/spiderman.

But, with that said, having the suit helps when it comes to ass kicking.

Thor defeats Hela not with the hammer but by putting his people first and then being willing to sacrifice his home. That's what makes him King of Asgard. Going toe to toe with a god tier being like Thanos with the infinity gauntlet is another matter entirely.

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Thor 1 was good. Thor 2 just didn't know what to do with the character so it ended up just ok... bordering on poor.

RE. Stormbreaker and the whole "the hammer wasn't his power" thing, it still all fits. Odin explained in Ragnorok that the hammer merely focused his power but he was still the one with the power. So Stormbreaker is much in the same vein. It focuses or channels HIS power. He's still now post-Ragnorok super powerful but that doesn't mean Stormbreaker can't push his power a little further. That's how I view it any way. Giant Tyrion also said that it could channel the bifrost so it has some power of its own that Thor can use (and did use when he threw it at Thanos).