Posted on 03/07/2019 8:43:16 PM PST by Williams
Just saw Captain Marvel. There was no overt social justice content. Just that she's a resilient woman. Her back story is about as touching as you're going to get in a super hero origin film. In that regard, think of Captain America's first movie for a similar emotional impact.
This is more than Captain Marvel's origin story, it's also the back story for Nick Fury and Agent Coulson. You kind of can't go wrong with a movie that features Samuel L. Jackson. Anyone who's been following the MCU will be fascinated watching the revealed history, and then the 2 scenes during the credits, especially the first scene.
The opening credits are a visual tribute to Stan Lee, a nice touch.
Brie Larson is attractive and projects credible strength, along with sensitivity. She was believable in the part.
The story was different yet familiar to fans of Marvel movies. The film essentially is a prequel Avengers story and works way better than most prequel movies.
No reason to avoid this film whatsoever, and lots of rewards for fans of MCU. The trailer for the new Spiderman film also features Samuel L. Jackson and looked quite good.
Did you see Aquaman? If so what did you think? I almost went to see it.
I will gladly see a DC adaptation NOT set in that cinematic universe (as I generally prefer DC characters over Marvel character anyway), but apparently the latest project is a "Joker origin story", which tells me they desperately need to fire everyone working on superhero movies over at Warner Bros.
Not really. Carol Danvers (first introduced in 1968) became Ms. Marvel back in 1977, imbued with Kree DNA and powers. Other females took the title of Captain Marvel before she finally officially took it in 2012.
Her character has been feminist all along, far predating the modern SJW activism.
What was far more a direct result of the current SJW movement was making the original Kree Mar-Vell a woman, Wendy Lawson instead of Walter Lawson.
What was most Politically Correct of all was turning the ruthless, nasty Skrulls - who go back to Fantastic Four #2, years before the Kree were introduced - into utterly sympathetic illegal alien refugees. That was so heavy handed, I was floored.
She is not a Mary Sue. Those who say that either do not know the etymology of the term, do not know the history of Carol Danvers, or both.
A Mary Sue is an adolescent prodigy who excels all adults without training or experience. Carol Danvers is an adult with years of training with both the USAF and the Kree, and has gained Kree powers.
The movie definitely has overt PC/SJW angles, but the lead character is not a Mary Sue.
Wesley Crusher is a Marty Stu. Rey is a Mary Sue.
I just wait for Netflix on Marvel movies, so mediocre and worth the 25 cents I pay for them that way.
I watch most movies on Netflix, I only pay a calculated 25 cents on them that way. I am kind of interested in paying for an adaptation of Les Miserables if they would do that though when it comes to a theater trip. It’s like only mediocre sells nowadays, so mediocre will become your only option at the theater.
THere is such a thing as boringly overpowered, which she was executed as, but that alone doesn’t define the trope, there’s also the unexplained component of the trope, such as the unexplained powers. Rey’s powers and conveniently having every skill aren’t explained within the film itself and Rey is boringly overpowered at the same time, that’s what makes Rey a Mary Sue and Carol Danvers not a Mary Sue, because Carol has the explanation component to her and what she does. Not every boring mundane character is that trope though.
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