The Marvels

[Pauln6a]

I really enjoyed the movie. It was fun. Lots of Nick Fury, the interplay between the female characters benefitted all three, and Iman Vellani is adorable.

 

[jye4ever]

Wait there were men in this movie!

Disgusting!

 

[The Buffinator]

How does if feel to singlehandedly account for 60% of the box office of a major Marvel release, lol.

I think you’re confusing me with Zurdo lol.

 

[Pauln6a]

Wait there were men in this movie!

Disgusting!

Weirdly, the main cast has 5 men and 5 women. This doesn't look like Smurf syndrome at all. Actually, now that I think about it, it's 6 men and 5 women. They needed more women.

 

[jye4ever]

Weirdly, the main cast has 5 men and 5 women. This doesn't look like Smurf syndrome at all. Actually, now that I think about it, it's 6 men and 5 women. They needed more women.

Shame Ezra Miller wasn’t available.

 

[jye4ever]

In its 2nd weekend it came 3rd behind a TROLLS cartoon sequel wow lol

 

[Kebron]

In its 2nd weekend it came 3rd behind TROLLS wow lol

Don't underestimate Universal's animated movies. They been killing it recently, picking up the ball that Disney/Pixar dropped.

 

[The Buffinator]

I'm glad these type of movies are tanking so badly. It's time for Marvel, Disney, DCEU and everyone else to start considering a new way to do old tricks.

Loki Season 2 apparently proves this.

I think the formulaic nature of the comic book genre has a lot to do with the current malaise. After 30+ movies (many being origin stories with similar themes) the MCU fascination was bound to wear off. And while I think these studios should spread the money around to other genres as well I don’t want these movies to be complete failures. I know some people refuse to support these “C-List” superheroes and say they’ll wait for the X-Men and Fantastic Four but guess what - if Disney continues to bleed money with these films we could be waiting a LONG time.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Rock ****** bottom for marvel…. This was so bad, at one point I was sure they were all going to sing a whole new world

 

[Wor-Gar]

I think the formulaic nature of the comic book genre has a lot to do with the current malaise. After 30+ movies (many being origin stories with similar themes) the MCU fascination was bound to wear off. And while I think these studios should spread the money around to other genres as well I don’t want these movies to be complete failures. I know some people refuse to support these “C-List” superheroes and say they’ll wait for the X-Men and Fantastic Four but guess what - if Disney continues to bleed money with these films we could be waiting a LONG time.

Don't you get sick of the 20 minute set-up of the "nice kid" who then comes in contact with some mystical magic thing from space that converts him into a CGI graphite-vinyl superhero that has colorful shields and punch-powers and immediately comes in contact with an equally CGI'd villain that's just bigger and meaner looking (in an opposing color) and who, with a regular-looking big named star as a side-villain, plots to take over this little blue planet for whatever reason until they have a Big Battle at the end...?

Every origin story is the same story.

Maybe this is fine once every three years. Like a Bond movie. But three every year is just choke-thrust painful.

 

[Pauln6a]

Shame Ezra Miller wasn’t available.

I think they probably were... Actually, I enjoyed the Flash movie as well! Hey... are people with some kind of grudge ruining encouraging studios to make even worse movies than the ones they are churning out now? I lived through the eighties - they could be a LOT worse. There seems to be this habit of boycotting movies where one of the actors does something controversial after the movie has been made as a sort of punishment for not canning the entire movie along with all the hard work of everyone else involved. It's a free universe, I suppose, but only because Captain Marvel saved you all. Don't be ungrateful.

In this movie I think people want to boycott it because Brie Larson was born a woman and stayed one, although the alternative would have been even less popular, I'm guessing. I'm not sure. I can't fathom what some people's problem is with Iman Villani though. Her powers are interesting, her character is refreshingly not grim and moody, and the interplay with her family is very reminiscent of the Whitwicky family in Transformers. She's great.

 

[jye4ever]

I think they probably were... Actually, I enjoyed the Flash movie as well! Hey... are people with some kind of grudge ruining encouraging studios to make even worse movies than the ones they are churning out now? I lived through the eighties - they could be a LOT worse. There seems to be this habit of boycotting movies where one of the actors does something controversial after the movie has been made as a sort of punishment for not canning the entire movie along with all the hard work of everyone else involved. It's a free universe, I suppose, but only because Captain Marvel saved you all. Don't be ungrateful.

In this movie I think people want to boycott it because Brie Larson was born a woman and stayed one, although the alternative would have been even less popular, I'm guessing. I'm not sure. I can't fathom what some people's problem is with Iman Villani though. Her powers are interesting, her character is refreshingly not grim and moody, and the interplay with her family is very reminiscent of the Whitwicky family in Transformers. She's great.

Nothing to do with any of that.

Infinity Saga made sense there was a narrative line to follow.

Multiverse Saga is an unmitigated narrative disaster of franchise ending proportions!

Everyone and their grandmother opened a damn portal lol

Kitchen sink much.

 

[The Buffinator]

Don't you get sick of the 20 minute set-up of the "nice kid" who then comes in contact with some mystical magic thing from space that converts him into a CGI graphite-vinyl superhero that has colorful shields and punch-powers and immediately comes in contact with an equally CGI'd villain that's just bigger and meaner looking (in an opposing color) and who, with a regular-looking big named star as a side-villain, plots to take over this little blue planet for whatever reason until they have a Big Battle at the end...?

Every origin story is the same story.

Maybe this is fine once every three years. Like a Bond movie. But three every year is just choke-thrust painful.

Hey, I called the genre formulaic where all the origin stories were similar, used the word malaise and said they should spend money on other stuff as well - clearly I agree that less is more at this point lol. I just don’t want them to completely abandon comic book fare, which could happen if their balance sheet continues to bleed red. The funny part of this is that The Marvels isn’t an origin story & it’s plot is pretty unique and it’s still tanking.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The Marvels isn’t an origin story & it’s plot is pretty unique and it’s still tanking.

I have Blue Beetle fatigue.... it's made me sick and angry.

 

[The Buffinator]

I have Blue Beetle fatigue.... it's made me sick and angry.

I was unfamiliar with that character prior to seeing the trailer and it looked so derivative I decided to stay that way lol.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I was unfamiliar with that character prior to seeing the trailer and it looked so derivative I decided to stay that way lol.

Stay away. Stay far away.

 

[jye4ever]

Stay away. Stay far away.

How about his gold friend

 

[Khev]

I think you’re confusing me with Zurdo lol.

But didn't you say you saw it twice? There's the 60% right there, lol.

Actually remember that one guy that posted that he saw EG a hundred times and showed all the ticket stubs that went viral to the point that even the Russos caught wind of it? You could be even more famous than that guy, lol.

"I paid to see The Marvels. TWICE."

*news crews from all over the world arrive, helicopters, Iman posts a reaction video, documentaries are greenlit, etc.*

 

[jye4ever]

But didn't you say you saw it twice? There's the 60% right there, lol.

Actually remember that one guy that posted that he saw EG a hundred times and showed all the ticket stubs that went viral to the point that even the Russos caught wind of it? You could be even more famous than that guy, lol.

"I paid to see The Marvels. TWICE."

*news crews from all over the world arrive, helicopters, Iman posts a reaction video, documentaries are greenlit, etc.*

lol

Holy crap lulz

 

[The Buffinator]

But didn't you say you saw it twice? There's the 60% right there, lol.

Actually remember that one guy that posted that he saw EG a hundred times and showed all the ticket stubs that went viral to the point that even the Russos caught wind of it? You could be even more famous than that guy, lol.

"I paid to see The Marvels. TWICE."

*news crews from all over the world arrive, helicopters, Iman posts a reaction video, documentaries are greenlit, etc.*

I went twice but only paid the first time - and that was on the opening Thursday afternoon for $7 lol. My daughter treated me to viewing #2 that Saturday night. I may have neglected to mention I’d seen it already…