oh please let mark make a DC movie!! he would enrich that movie with character Dev and real emotional scenes....hell since he was instrumental in the creation of miles morales, I would pay money to see a sequel to spiderverse written, even in part, by Marc Benardin. if only I was a billionaire with connections at Sony lol
Didn't the MCU just bust the 18 billion mark for combined box office? I think Marvel has things well in hand. The DCU on the other hand... Marc could max that bad boy out.
I recognize his talent but Marvel will do just fine as it always did. The Captain Marvel movie was awesome and after seeing the trailer of End Game it will be epic.
Carol Danvers was a kick ass fighter jet pilot in Marvel long before she was Captain Marvel. It would be too big of an origin change even at the sake of a better story
@@robertm3951 yeah that was my thought too, and as much "The woman who never got to fly, finally gets to fly", is a good emotional connection, I found her flying again as her reconnecting with who she was, taking back what the Kree stole from her, also it links in to her connection with Mar-vell, as both times she was the one who gave her the ability to fly
That is a terrible movie idea. The movie isn't set in the 20's where women aren't allowed to fly. Her past would have been in the 80's when women can fly. Breaking the sound barrier hasn't been special since the 60's.
Hey Marc, So I don't know if you read the comments, but I actually have an unique insight on the her being on Earth and not recognizing things. So my family immigrated to the US when I was little. I moved back to my birth country just recently. It's true. There are parts of this country I have no familiarity with. No recollection. Nothing triggers any of my memories. But when I'm at the old neighborhood, things will trigger memories if there are memories to be triggered. It sounds odd, but at one point, I was walking along a park with my wife (who's purely American), it wouldn't be until she's said something or made an observation that it triggers something in my head. I literally looked around at that moment and the the thing that she said made me see my surroundings differently. And it was only then that I recognized where I was and that I had been there before. So, her not recognizing where she was is actually pretty real and spot on. Memories are tricky things.
Totally agree. I was just noting that maybe it's a bit emotionally cold, but it is also realistic. It might be something people feel is artificial until they have had it happen to them.
I agree but I need my Kevin Smith also! But he seems to be a little busy not taking care of his fans.. I mean WTF IS HE THINKING? LOL too wrapped in his own head i guess haha
As much as I love Kev I never take him seriously with movie talk because likes literally everything. I don't trust people that never have any criticism and just love everything they see.
@@1974lionsfan Wrapped in his own head?!? Not taking care of his fans?!? What are you talking about?!? He's down in New Orleans filming fucking Jay & Silent Bob!!!
It is a shame Marc will never be the one handing down the studio notes. I would rather see every story live to its full potential rather than be burdened by poorly thought out execution.
Nope...he doesn't get it. I would have HATED it if Carol needed to get superpowers in order to fly. The point of her character is that she ALWAYS had agency, that she DID manage to stand up again and again and become a pilot before the Kree came in and stole her agency from her, stifling her by telling her she should obey THEIR culture.
@@Axolotl_MischiefI'm glad my community doesn't see it the same way, but happy that you haven't had to go through the things we have to be so emotionally moved by it.
I don’t know Marc... I think that we do get moments of Vers’ connection with Earth. Remember when she enters the bar? I don’t know man... I think the bar is unrealistically high here. It’s an origin film. They honestly are never that great. I dug it personally.
Exactly. We're having to compare this movie (whether we realize it or not) against Infinity War, Civil War, and Winter Soldier. As an origin film, I thought it hit the spot.
@@deanmeanmachine85 Worldwide, at least, it's made more money at this point in its run that *any* other origin story in the MCU, so it's doing something right
I agree. I think some of his criticisms are about him wanting a greater degree of main character personal quest, and I feel like there's more of that in the actual movie than this review gives it credit for.
Higher further faster! To me Captain Marvel is one of the best. When we get into who Carol used to be it felt like the best of Tony’s character development, the humor is on par with Guardians, and soundtrack was all smiles.
One thing I pulled from this video - I didn't know htat I needed my own rotating comic book rack until now. How have I lived without this in my life? Also, amazing commentary and insight, as usual. Thank you.
I thought Nick Fury being more fun and light hearted was appropriate because of the differences in time. He was a lot younger and had not seen all of the things he has seen in the current time set movies. I'm not even the same person I was ten years ago. This movie was set in 89. That is a very big time difference.
The only origin movies I liked more were First Avenger and Iron Man. I can't compare solo origin films to culmination films like Avengers, Civil War, etc. Those films have so many advantages by comparison. I loved how Carol's memories showed her being more emotional and livelier than "Vers" in order to create a contrast between the two. Thus, Vers, who was suppressed emotionally and physically, was essentially a different person. As Carol started to piece her life together, her personality started to return, including her emotions, which turned out to be the key to unlocking her full potential and power, post-accident. Really strong character work. Above-average story. Wonderful ensemble. I just wish the photography, lighting and fight choreography were more breathtaking.
I agree! And I think the thematical strength of the movie is something one shouldn't dismiss. Because "Vers" story is very familiar for woman entering the workplace, especially in a male dominated field. "Don't show emotion", "Blend in", "Try to adjust to the male way of tackling problems instead of playing to your strength". I was screaming "Yes!!!!" when Carol reclaimed her agency and said that she didn't have to proof ANYTHING.
I liked all the other MCU movies better except maybe the the first two Thor movies. Antman doctor strange guardians of the galaxy iron man first avenger and black panther I think were better in my opinion.
Agreed, I said the same thing, that it was a mid-tier 7/10 movie. Enjoyable but nothing "HOLY CRAP!". If anything, I want a Nick Fury/SHIELD movie to happen one day. But those after credits.... I was geeking out.
Out of 21 movies a solid 7 is actually a good thing.. But won't shine when the mcu has hit so many home runs... And people's expectations are through the roof for this franchise and people expect 10's...
My reaction to the movie: "Eeeeeh." followed by a "Meeeeh." followed by an "Oh well, endgame comes out in a month." then when I was walking out of the mall, with a soft sight "So much wasted potential."
It was good. Just as he described, my only beef (1 of 3) with it was concerned more with her attitude to the situation (Character not Brie). Mark described it better when he said, "Cop Mentality". Cause that's what she was generally doing about a quater way in.. when she was "Marooned". But yeah, her attitude towards her situation was more like, "I'm above your species." Which was annoying but, I understood it was just her characteristic persona.. she eventually came around to being likable. (XD) 2nd was ki-nda resolved at The End with her "Supposedly" love intrest and Commander (My 1st Assumption), Jude Law. He was The EMBODIMENT of ALL The Males That she has encountered throughout her life. Like Mark said, telling her that she wasn't good enough.. and her overcoming him at The End with That Quote, "I have nothing to Prove to you." was perfectly placed. My only beef with it was that, **inhales-deeply** it was ALL/JUST white males. From her earliest memory, Older Brother, Father, Drill Sargeant, Some Douche in THE Bar (who Ironically walks right into a gay joke without realizing it) and then her Commander/Mentor. All of the ones that "Held" her back. I'm not a White male, but that still kinda irked me. Should've mixed it up a little bit, you know. Asians, Blacks, Cubans.. play Wheel of Fortune with the alphabet. And at The End, show them cross paths with her.. showing them evolved. Respecting her in some, genuine way. But they went with The Jude Law, which is ok-ay I guess. But I still love that fucking line though. Last beef was the music choices really. I like the songs chosen but they didn't feel very fitting.. some were "Appropriate" I guess, but some felt forced. That Final (Credits) Song (Celebrity Skin by Hole) was definitely forced.. ugh, yuck. But yeah, that song by Hole and No Doubt's Just a Girl leaves no illusion about who they were trying to cater this movie for.. which is sad, in a way. Cause they kinda preach on about it too much reallly (subtly?). But All in all, I still liked it. It's a Great Super Hero Movie with a Practically OP Character that Kicks Ass. Honestly, ignore the noise.. the only Critic whose opinion that REALLY MATTERS IS NOT Rotten Tomatoes. It's You. Go see it for yourself. Make up your own mind.
Hahahah, That's The "Appropriate" Song (A personal favourite). Come as You ARE. Very Nice. All in all though, I expected a better - battle? with IT. IT felt very Last Level Boss. Wouldn't surprise me if they brought it back.
Marc I totally respect where you are coming from a film insider but I believe you still don't get the first half. Its a story of brainwashing and Stockholm syndrome. The Kree were doing everything they could do to keep her from her memories because they knew she wasn't truly what they tried to turn her into. They knew if she got her memories she would be the liability to them she became. I'm a veteran who has struggled with PTSD for most of my adult life. I've been told I can't always trust what my brain tells me is happening. I understand why you couldn't feel the connection in the first half to her, but I felt it much stronger because of the choices they made. The moment when she can fly is huge not because she can fly but she learns she can trust herself and her memories. Its a redemption story. I know the vast majority of people can't make that connection but for those of us who can it is extremely inspiring and their choices give those of us who have gone through those types of experiences hope that one day we too can be redeemed. I feel the movie gave me the gift of hope. Just a different take due to a different perspective.
Good review, but I was surprised Marc mentioned and gave a lot of importance to the flying scene, but didn't mention another scene I thought was at the heart of the story, Carol's final fight with Yon-Rogg, when he tried to convince her to fight him on HIS terms and she responded by shooting him with an energy beam and saying that she was done letting him set the rules (and standards) for her. That's a sentiment at the heart of every story of someone rising up against their oppressors - I'm done letting you decide the rules. To me, it was one of the most importance scenes in the movie.
I'd have to disagree with the importance of that scene. I felt that the scene in which Captain Marvel stood against the energy of the Supreme Intelligence, having the flashbacks of being oppressed as a child, and utilizing her energy to destroy the "construct" around her is the most impactful scene. Yonn Rogg was a tool used to help oppress her by her true oppressor, which would be the Supreme Intelligence. The final scene with Yonn Rogg is just a demonstration that she was stronger than the tools of oppression, but to get there, she had to overcome the one truly holding her back.....the Supreme Intelligence. The last fight against Yonn Rogg is just a gag really.
Exactly! It is like he didn't really got what the story was about on a meta level! It's not about her flying, it is about her no longer allowing anyone to bound one of her arms to her back to adhere to a standard set by someone else for her.
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When I saw Captain Marvel, I was so happy to live in a world where a movie like this can (IMO), at worst, considered average in quality. We've come a long way from Batman Forever, Elektra and Catwoman. This wasn't my favorite Marvel film, but I bet it is a lot of people's. The little touches of 90stalgia did hit me hard, however. Especially waiting for stuff to load from a slow CD-ROM drive.
I was looking forward to the soundtrack as I was a teen through the mid-late 90s but man, that soundtrack was straight garbage. Sooo hamfisted and on the nose I kept rolling my eyes. They didn't put much thought into any apsect of this flick, it's really shallow and generic feeling.
That voice clip realistically would have taken hours to download on what I think was Windows 3.1 I mean it would take 5-10 minutes sometimes just to load a decent sized photo
Thank you for giving CM a very fair review. I can see where you're coming from. You explained all of your issues really clearly and they made sense. I personally rated CM a little bit higher than mid tier marvel. Also thank you for blatently rejecting the contrarians who didn't even watch the movie. There's a huge difference between having issues with a film and hating a film no reason.
I started watching this and around 3 minutes in what you were saying suddenly made me realize that this movie reminds me of the Terminator plot , as the character arc, lol.
Saw the movie. Personally it wasn't for me and my biggest problems were the changes they made to Skrulls and other characters (won't go much more due to spoilers) but I did enjoy seeing a Flerken, I didn't think they'd actually do it. Hopefully Marc doesn't roast it too much.
I was never a comic book person growing up, so the back story of the Flerken was a surprise to me. I thought it was good for a few small laughs, though!
The skrulls, Fury eye's loss, wtf happened to Ronan in this movie did they recast him or something? He didn't sound or looked anything alike GOTG.the music wasn't anything great either, GOTG does it better. the highs of the movie, stan lee s tribute, Fury, Coulson ,Ben Mendelson s performance and the cat (and I don't like cats) even the black chick (Maria Rambeau) and her kid. The movie was over hyped and still is. People saying YOU MUST watch it before endgame are all a bunch of fuckin liars. It's in my top 5 worse MCU movies and it s worth a 4/10 .
Hi Marc! Really enjoy your reviews, but have to disagree on this one: I think the first half of the movie was all from Vers' perspective, all for setting up the reveal that the Skrulls aren't the bogey-men that the Kree have made them out to be. It's all the hunt, with her running as an investigator like you mentioned, with the scene on the train showing just how insidious the Skrulls can be with their shapechanging-powered infiltration. Then, it all comes crashing down when we see that Talos is just trying to find his family (although, during the earlier mental interrogation scene, I felt that Talos' drive wasn't nefarious, when they were looking for the scientist). Also, as a former almost-pilot (I was a Silver State Helicopters student before the company filed for bankruptcy and hosed us all), going from flight in a crazy contraption that has no business being in the air, to being able to fly on my own is a MASSIVE difference. I think a lot of people have dreams of flight. For a pilot, you are yourself in the sky... but, to shed that contraption, to have total control of yourself near the end of a potentially-fatal fall and to pick yourself up and fly on your own.... I LOVED seeing that. I feel she used her knowledge flying jets, all of that experience, subconsciously , to recover and take off. But, I think that's mostly a factor of how ones own life experience colors their viewpoint, and I wonder if either of the directors have flight experience. I agree with how Fury was so much different from what we've seen. Kept thinking about K from MenInBlack3, "Man, K, what the hell happened to you." // "Dunno, Slick, it hadn't happened yet". I've only seen it once so far, and am looking forward to a second viewing.
I think I remember them saying the reason they needed the lightspeed drive was so they could leave the galaxy. It doesn't seem like the Skrulls have capability to leave the galaxy
Thank you for the insight. I agree with 90% of what you have said. Thanks for being honest and pointing out what is wrong or could have been done better. Always a pleasure.
I agree, it was alright. Not terrible but not amazing. It was alot funnier than i expected. SPOILERS My main issue was that Danvers was never in any danger. She was losing her sparring session so she blasted him, she escapes and beats up the skrull with ease, she saves fury from talos with one blast, she takes on her old star force team with no real challenge, she defeats the supreme intelligence, she goes Binary and takes out Ronans warfleet easily. For a film about being knocked down but finding the strength to get back up, it seemed at odds that (outside of flashbacks) she was never knocked down. There's no tension when there's no threat.
@monokhem she is captured at the beginning, true, but escapes easily. She takes on all the skrull (mostly with her hands covered), easily kicking every ones butt. Talos even mentions this to her later. Also I never said there wasn't danger, it's just it's not her that's in trouble. Fury is at risk from Talos, the skrull are at risk from the Kree, the planet is at risk from Ronan, but never her. As for the nukes, she takes them all out so quickly they are never even established as a genuine threat to anyone. There was no real "hero" moment for me. The part where she risks her life to save others because she is presented as pretty much unstoppable throughout.
@monokhem I get that and you are obviously entitled to your opinion but for me, I prefer my heroes to have those moments of struggle. Those scenes where they risk their own lives for the sake of others, a depowered Thor standing up to the Destroyer, Antman going subatomic, Starlord giving Gamora his mask in space and so on. Those are the defining moments of heroism to me. The blowing shit up stuff is great eye candy, and I need that too, but it's those sacrificial moments that add character to these "godly beings".
Love the review and respect your opinion, but for me this was my number one. Even above Thor 3. As a life long capn marvel fan who has a full appearance run of capn marvel and thor, i have been waiting for this, and even though i see weak points i cant help but love it. Saw it 4 times so far. :p
Marc nails another review. He perfectly captures what doesn't work about Captain Marvel -- although I'm surprised he didn't talk more about individual performances.
Thanks Marc. I enjoyed it and understood the build from the beginning so it did not diminish the film for me in any way. Yet, I did hear from a number of people who said it was boring....🤗
Great job as always marc,your reviews are the only ones worth listening to,you review with your heart and soul and you can feel the passion you have for the movies you see and the movies you would have liked to have seen
So far as the lightspeed story goes i thought it was kinda obvious, it's the space stone capable of instantaneous travel anywhere if harnessed the right way then it becomes a game changer for interstellar travel
Za Za sure, just pointing out that whilst it may be big news for the Skrulls it’s not a game changer for space travel as a whole seeing as the Kree (not to mention the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Nova Corps, the Asgardians, the Dark Elves, the Ravagers, The Sovereign, Thanos and so on) have been flying ships quite happily between quite a number of planets more than adequately to set up Empires even without this technology.
@@lordzaboem I think they knew the majority of viewers wouldnt really know that the space stone could move them anywhere and never allow them to be caught but say 'light speed drive' which is a term well known in pop culture and more people understand it's a miguffan
Good review, Marc makes a lot of fair points and his opinions are backed up by legitimate screenwriting expertise. I just think it's funny how critics always call out the Lightspeed Engine, but haven't noticed that since all the way back in GOTG Vol. 1, intersystem travel is handled by jump points. The Lightspeed Engine would allow the Skrulls to pick any direction and just go, outside the range of the jump network and beyond Kree grasp. But I guess that needed to be stated plainly for some people to understand.
I think for the most part Marc and a lot of people can't relate to the character because the character herself doesn't know who she is. I for one was that way for most of the film. We're experiencing that distance, that disconnect that she is experiencing as her story progresses. We only get to see her in a different light once she connects all the pieces in her life.
Said it before, but it bears repeating; I would pay real money to sit and listen to Marc lecture on storytelling. Just an absolute beast of a writer with such a great understanding of character and how to execute an arc. These reviews are a treat. Appreciate it so much.
I think he maybe didn't see how "Vers" was brain washed and it took a certain amount of time for the character needing to be immersed in the Earth culture to find it again. I think it was an adequate amount of movie time.
Would it have worked better if we had gotten to know Captain Marvel from the point of view from the two characters we already know? Slowly move the focus to CM? your thoughts?
I felt that if we saw those flash backs chronologically like her through a kid too boot camp then being a test pilot I feel that it would have been better
This film is a mess. Multiple timelines, flashbacks, no characters get more than 4 scenes. You can't do an amnesia film where the audience knows everything. The skulls can become anything but Vers is never fooled. Tons of plot holes. I totally understand people giving this a 4/10.
I don't think the story was about finding power, it was about learning to rise above the internalized repression she felt from authority figures both physical (mentor) and societal (grand intelligence). It was about allowing herself rise above a system designed to use her feelings of needing to belong and expectations against her. It is too bad that there was a lot of unnecessary action and plot that could have been cut to allow the parts that could have been better used to explore that.
I completely agree, she had a power arc but no character arc. Its like the writers didn't understand human reaction or emotion, lose your memory, who cares? Lose an eye? Best do the dishes 🤨
When I was watching all I could keep seeing and thinking was how much it reminded of Robocop(1987) but not as tight. Cop goes down doing their job, wakes with incredible powers but no memory of their past life, but through various stressors memories come flooding back and in the end throws off the yolk of their oppressor to become a great hero instead of puppet. If they had more closely followed that it would have been better, had Rambeau as Nick's second in command instead of Colson who wasn't even used very well anyways, it would have been more interesting. Could have had that awesome "Murphy...it's you." type of moment between Carol and Maria would have been a way better introduction to Maria and eventually Monica. Too much tell not enough show.
The thing I loved most about the movie was that I never knew who I could trust throughout the movie. other than that I enjoyed the movie, not the best but good.
I’m not sure how she would connect with earth when her memory has been wiped. I liked that as she doesn’t attempt to recognise any of it as she doesn’t feel she should so she won’t be taking any of it in... it’s just another planet. When realising then she’ll stop to think, I feel the rest of us had an expectation because we knew she was from Earth. As for the flying - totally agree. She closes her eyes for a brief moment, but that’s all we get to connect with it. Still, I loved the film!
What I love about this man is he never compromises his truth for any career advances or to please friends. I thought this was a flawed movie and it left me disappointed, happy someone had the guts to say it!
I agree with pretty much every single point you make - except that it only has the stakes of Ant-Man. She was literally ending a war and trying to protect the last remnants of a race from total extinction. To me, that's way higher stakes than Ant-Man.
yeah that confused me on what exactly the light speed engine would allow, i wasn't sure if it allowed them to move from one galaxy to another? or just to not need jump points?
Saw it tonight. I rank it just above The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World with 6/10 My Son hit it on the head that this felt like the "Solo" movie in a Star Wars universe. PROS: The cat (comedy moments) Samuel L. Jackson (comedy moments) Samuel L. Jackson's relationship with the cat De-aging technology Skrulls being sympathetic for a change Mendelsohn's performance as head Skrull Kinda cool the Tesserect was the power source Mar-Vell was working with Stan Lee opening Stan Lee cameo reading script to Mallrats CONS: Brie Larson's performance: Wooden for the most part 90's nostalgia needless changing of Mar-Vell's character completely out of place soundtrack How Fury loses his eye Carol's emotional relationship with friend was forced too much panning of the camera and cuts during fight scenes Less focused than other movies in the universe Carol's past wasn't defined enough apart from she gets up when knocked down
The de-aging technology for me was a pro and con. It was really good but its kind of distracting because I kept staring at Sam Jackson every time he was on screen.
I agree, I watched this and felt the same way when I watched Solo. Oh Han and Chewie are in trouble, hope they'll make it?... surprise! They did... You knew certain characters were going to be alright, it was just a matter of, "oh ok, that's what happened, or why it happened..." It also had a Rogue One element to A New Hope feel. Except it was for The Avengers, as it helped "explain" how things got to where they are now. Which personally, is a good reminder since the first Avengers movie was quite some time ago. Overall, I liked it... didn't love it, didn't hate it. I took it for a nice action flick and a good primer for Endgame. And seriously, Fury didn't need a response team, he just need to throw catnip at whoever was causing trouble and set Goose loose on them.
Probably the biggest weakness of the film is presenting the Skurll-Kree conflict, even in fabricated terms, as an ongoing power struggle, rather than a battle between the lawful Kree Empire and the chaotic Skrull Insurgency. I think this would have helped the conflict feel a little less urgent, thus giving Carol more leeway to actually pursue her memories and emotions when away from her squad, rather than making her pursuit of memories and pursuit of the light speed engine one and the same.
All that makes sense about flying helicopters but how does that make her a cool effective military recruitment machine? Ace pilots are sexy, now Yvan Eht Nioj Didn’t hate or like the movie. It was just meh. They couldn’t get me to have a reaction to it and that sucks. It feel like what it is, a “bottle episode”, an attempt to preempt calling a deus ex a deus ex
I love how Marc has Walden Books shelves and Comic Book turnstiles. Im ashamed of not remembering the actual name of that mag holder. But we had them at Waldenbooks.
I didn't hate Captain Marvel. But I hated this version of Nick Fury. To steal from Kevin, "I hated Nick Fury LIKE I HATE CANCER!" This is a Marvel movie at the level of Thor the dark world. It's better than Iron Fist....
Yea after all the hype I was like wow ok its just a meh movie not great not awful but it felt bland and idk if its Larson or the writing but I think she could do better and I dont think those directors where right for the film
@@CynicallyObnoxious I wasn't hyped by the movie and I'm not a huge brie larsen fan because ive never seen her do anything oscar worthy but I was expecting Disney to wow me considering she's gonna be the biggest challenger against Thanos. Wonder Woman was more entertaining and I expected nothing from that.
8:32 I understand Mr Bernardin is suggesting that they could be relegated to flying something less advanced or sophisticated, but Helicopters are actually fairly complicated compared to flying a fixed wing aircraft. Also, Carol Danvers is a member of the Air Force, which doesn't have armed attack helicopters, you're thinking of the Army or Marine helicopters. Women may have been prohibited from being involved in direct combat with the enemy, women did serve in Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the early 90s, with several women being killed while serving in theater. That part of the film, where supposedly she isn't being treated fairly and denied the chance to fly, just simply was nonsense.
Brie Larson's a good actress but she was miscast as Captain Marvel. She's not likable or charismatic enough to pull off the snarky Marvel witty humor, it comes across flat with her.
I kinda saw that as the point of the character though. I don't think she is supposed to be the smooth talking, quip firing, charismatic character like a Tony Stark. I saw it more that she can be funny, like anyone else could, but she is supposed to inspire more by her actions and moral compass than anything. Definitely more of a Steve Rogers type.
Hey Mark, what if Fury's eye patch story point is the fact he's aware of alien races with various abilities like shapechanging so the backstory is constantly changing as a means to prove his identy when the time is right.
Brie Larson ruined the movie for me. Where’s Rogue when you need her? I got no interest in a Mary Sue coming out of nowhere and “saving” everyone from Thanos. Hard pass.
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Marc again proves he can write better movies. I Hope DC and Warner bros picks up on this.
Hes probably helping kev with howard the duck.
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oh please let mark make a DC movie!! he would enrich that movie with character Dev and real emotional scenes....hell since he was instrumental in the creation of miles morales, I would pay money to see a sequel to spiderverse written, even in part, by Marc Benardin. if only I was a billionaire with connections at Sony lol
Sadly, that's a studio's kryptonite.
Always writing a better movie 😂
Put this man on the MCU payroll.
He will save your assess and your money.
He is the Mr. Wolf of cinema.
Didn't the MCU just bust the 18 billion mark for combined box office? I think Marvel has things well in hand. The DCU on the other hand... Marc could max that bad boy out.
Pretty sure he works more often on DC stuff, as it is, which is good for them, but they need to move him into the movie side of the business.
"save" the MCU lol. Yes, please save that struggling little studio.
I recognize his talent but Marvel will do just fine as it always did. The Captain Marvel movie was awesome and after seeing the trailer of End Game it will be epic.
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"The girl who could never fly can finally fly" Stop writing a better movie! Loved your thoughts on the film, thanks!
Haven't even heard the review, but reading this and piecing together what that should mean for the character made me emotional
Carol Danvers was a kick ass fighter jet pilot in Marvel long before she was Captain Marvel. It would be too big of an origin change even at the sake of a better story
@@robertm3951 yeah that was my thought too, and as much "The woman who never got to fly, finally gets to fly", is a good emotional connection, I found her flying again as her reconnecting with who she was, taking back what the Kree stole from her, also it links in to her connection with Mar-vell, as both times she was the one who gave her the ability to fly
That is a terrible movie idea. The movie isn't set in the 20's where women aren't allowed to fly. Her past would have been in the 80's when women can fly. Breaking the sound barrier hasn't been special since the 60's.
It is a good emotional piece but inaccurate women have been allowed to fly in the Air Force just not in combat until more recent.
Jesus, Marc just wrote a better movie. God damn you! Lol
Benny Tucker amen!
Shock horror. Hes a good writer lol
Benny Tucker he usually does. Lol
Sooo....Marc writing Captain Marvel and Black Panther 2?!?!
he always does...
Hey Marc,
So I don't know if you read the comments, but I actually have an unique insight on the her being on Earth and not recognizing things. So my family immigrated to the US when I was little. I moved back to my birth country just recently. It's true. There are parts of this country I have no familiarity with. No recollection. Nothing triggers any of my memories. But when I'm at the old neighborhood, things will trigger memories if there are memories to be triggered. It sounds odd, but at one point, I was walking along a park with my wife (who's purely American), it wouldn't be until she's said something or made an observation that it triggers something in my head. I literally looked around at that moment and the the thing that she said made me see my surroundings differently. And it was only then that I recognized where I was and that I had been there before.
So, her not recognizing where she was is actually pretty real and spot on. Memories are tricky things.
Totally agree. I was just noting that maybe it's a bit emotionally cold, but it is also realistic. It might be something people feel is artificial until they have had it happen to them.
@GyvonJ I don't know how you get more emotionally heavy than emotional torture and Stockholm Syndrome.
It’s also implied that the Kree fucked with her memories
You Say Rotten Tomatoes, I Say Fungal Toes
Planetary, DMZ, Mister Miracle, The Fade Out, and Powers all in frame. Marc's taste is immaculate.
He has good taste buds for sure 😝
And Alias!
GEMENON
As much as I love having Kevin around the solo episodes with Marc are always a treat!
I agree but I need my Kevin Smith also! But he seems to be a little busy not taking care of his fans.. I mean WTF IS HE THINKING? LOL too wrapped in his own head i guess haha
Andrea coat tail? You’re a troll
Dale M ha ha
As much as I love Kev I never take him seriously with movie talk because likes literally everything. I don't trust people that never have any criticism and just love everything they see.
@@1974lionsfan Wrapped in his own head?!? Not taking care of his fans?!?
What are you talking about?!?
He's down in New Orleans filming fucking Jay & Silent Bob!!!
It is a shame Marc will never be the one handing down the studio notes. I would rather see every story live to its full potential rather than be burdened by poorly thought out execution.
Totally agree Marc. I just felt the movie lacked heart. It felt hollow to me. I still enjoyed it for what it was but ultimately was disappointed.
Nope...he doesn't get it. I would have HATED it if Carol needed to get superpowers in order to fly. The point of her character is that she ALWAYS had agency, that she DID manage to stand up again and again and become a pilot before the Kree came in and stole her agency from her, stifling her by telling her she should obey THEIR culture.
It was a very shallow film.
@@Axolotl_MischiefI'm glad my community doesn't see it the same way, but happy that you haven't had to go through the things we have to be so emotionally moved by it.
@@swanpride spoken like a true social justice warrior. You can have strong women without trying to make them special snowflakes
@@patrossi3826You really think a veteran with PTSD is a snowflake?
Old school comic book rack!!!! I can dig it Marc.....
I was pricing those online about two years ago. Man, they are not cheap...and I'm sure they're even more now.
@@Jamie.Laszlo Same here.....I want one BAD....but DAMN
Yeah! I am running out of room on my shelf, that'd be a cool way to store them and I won't need to buy another shelf.
I don’t know Marc... I think that we do get moments of Vers’ connection with Earth. Remember when she enters the bar? I don’t know man... I think the bar is unrealistically high here. It’s an origin film. They honestly are never that great. I dug it personally.
Exactly. We're having to compare this movie (whether we realize it or not) against Infinity War, Civil War, and Winter Soldier. As an origin film, I thought it hit the spot.
@@deanmeanmachine85 Worldwide, at least, it's made more money at this point in its run that *any* other origin story in the MCU, so it's doing something right
You mean how she knew Nick Fury somehow and never explained? Shit was cringe
@@MalcomTyler She met him at the Blockbuster
I agree. I think some of his criticisms are about him wanting a greater degree of main character personal quest, and I feel like there's more of that in the actual movie than this review gives it credit for.
Higher further faster! To me Captain Marvel is one of the best. When we get into who Carol used to be it felt like the best of Tony’s character development, the humor is on par with Guardians, and soundtrack was all smiles.
As much as I love Kevin Smith and his movies, Marc Bernardin is reason why I watch Fatman Beyond/Blackman Beyond.
I think he/s articulate
Came for Kevin, stayed for Marc
One thing I pulled from this video - I didn't know htat I needed my own rotating comic book rack until now. How have I lived without this in my life? Also, amazing commentary and insight, as usual. Thank you.
The title of this video should be: ANOTHER REASON WHY MARC BERNARDIN DESERVES HIS OWN DAMN COMIC BOOK MOVIE
He seems happy writing his tv series, but yeah a genuine Mark B movie script would be nice at least once.
I thought Nick Fury being more fun and light hearted was appropriate because of the differences in time. He was a lot younger and had not seen all of the things he has seen in the current time set movies. I'm not even the same person I was ten years ago. This movie was set in 89. That is a very big time difference.
The only origin movies I liked more were First Avenger and Iron Man. I can't compare solo origin films to culmination films like Avengers, Civil War, etc. Those films have so many advantages by comparison. I loved how Carol's memories showed her being more emotional and livelier than "Vers" in order to create a contrast between the two. Thus, Vers, who was suppressed emotionally and physically, was essentially a different person. As Carol started to piece her life together, her personality started to return, including her emotions, which turned out to be the key to unlocking her full potential and power, post-accident. Really strong character work. Above-average story. Wonderful ensemble. I just wish the photography, lighting and fight choreography were more breathtaking.
I agree! And I think the thematical strength of the movie is something one shouldn't dismiss. Because "Vers" story is very familiar for woman entering the workplace, especially in a male dominated field. "Don't show emotion", "Blend in", "Try to adjust to the male way of tackling problems instead of playing to your strength". I was screaming "Yes!!!!" when Carol reclaimed her agency and said that she didn't have to proof ANYTHING.
I liked all the other MCU movies better except maybe the the first two Thor movies. Antman doctor strange guardians of the galaxy iron man first avenger and black panther I think were better in my opinion.
If only Marc was one of the writers. That “finally being able to fly” part was genius.
Agreed, I said the same thing, that it was a mid-tier 7/10 movie. Enjoyable but nothing "HOLY CRAP!". If anything, I want a Nick Fury/SHIELD movie to happen one day. But those after credits.... I was geeking out.
I'm totally with you on that Nick Fury/SHIELD movie. Would love to see them explain more about how he becomes the Fury we see in Iron Man 2 and later.
Out of 21 movies a solid 7 is actually a good thing.. But won't shine when the mcu has hit so many home runs... And people's expectations are through the roof for this franchise and people expect 10's...
@Louvre DeWitt Bukater Neuilly EnLay Stan Lee is awesome in every cameo, though.
I mean it took the third solo film for Thor to really get good. @@c.a.t4607
It's your opinion but consensus says otherwise. @Dan S
Hey Marc, can you review Alita? Really want to hear your thoughts on it.
Yo Markie B can you do a tour of your room, or your comic stand PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I second this!
Some good stuff in there
not going to happen
My reaction to the movie:
"Eeeeeh." followed by a "Meeeeh." followed by an "Oh well, endgame comes out in a month." then when I was walking out of the mall, with a soft sight "So much wasted potential."
@Louvre He's just one of those people who like throwing their money away. **smh**
It was good. Just as he described, my only beef (1 of 3) with it was concerned more with her attitude to the situation (Character not Brie). Mark described it better when he said, "Cop Mentality". Cause that's what she was generally doing about a quater way in.. when she was "Marooned". But yeah, her attitude towards her situation was more like, "I'm above your species." Which was annoying but, I understood it was just her characteristic persona.. she eventually came around to being likable. (XD)
2nd was ki-nda resolved at The End with her "Supposedly" love intrest and Commander (My 1st Assumption), Jude Law. He was The EMBODIMENT of ALL The Males That she has encountered throughout her life. Like Mark said, telling her that she wasn't good enough.. and her overcoming him at The End with That Quote, "I have nothing to Prove to you." was perfectly placed. My only beef with it was that, **inhales-deeply** it was ALL/JUST white males. From her earliest memory, Older Brother, Father, Drill Sargeant, Some Douche in THE Bar (who Ironically walks right into a gay joke without realizing it) and then her Commander/Mentor. All of the ones that "Held" her back. I'm not a White male, but that still kinda irked me. Should've mixed it up a little bit, you know. Asians, Blacks, Cubans.. play Wheel of Fortune with the alphabet. And at The End, show them cross paths with her.. showing them evolved. Respecting her in some, genuine way. But they went with The Jude Law, which is ok-ay I guess. But I still love that fucking line though.
Last beef was the music choices really. I like the songs chosen but they didn't feel very fitting.. some were "Appropriate" I guess, but some felt forced. That Final (Credits) Song (Celebrity Skin by Hole) was definitely forced.. ugh, yuck.
But yeah, that song by Hole and No Doubt's Just a Girl leaves no illusion about who they were trying to cater this movie for.. which is sad, in a way. Cause they kinda preach on about it too much reallly (subtly?). But All in all, I still liked it. It's a Great Super Hero Movie with a Practically OP Character that Kicks Ass.
Honestly, ignore the noise.. the only Critic whose opinion that REALLY MATTERS IS NOT Rotten Tomatoes. It's You. Go see it for yourself. Make up your own mind.
Hahahah, That's The "Appropriate" Song (A personal favourite). Come as You ARE. Very Nice. All in all though, I expected a better - battle? with IT.
IT felt very Last Level Boss. Wouldn't surprise me if they brought it back.
Marc I totally respect where you are coming from a film insider but I believe you still don't get the first half. Its a story of brainwashing and Stockholm syndrome. The Kree were doing everything they could do to keep her from her memories because they knew she wasn't truly what they tried to turn her into. They knew if she got her memories she would be the liability to them she became. I'm a veteran who has struggled with PTSD for most of my adult life. I've been told I can't always trust what my brain tells me is happening. I understand why you couldn't feel the connection in the first half to her, but I felt it much stronger because of the choices they made. The moment when she can fly is huge not because she can fly but she learns she can trust herself and her memories. Its a redemption story. I know the vast majority of people can't make that connection but for those of us who can it is extremely inspiring and their choices give those of us who have gone through those types of experiences hope that one day we too can be redeemed. I feel the movie gave me the gift of hope.
Just a different take due to a different perspective.
I’m glad that Marc is still keeping it alive while Kevin is shooting. Dig ya Marc!
Higher, Further, Faster Marc. Always love to hear your opinions on movies.
.......More!
Good review, but I was surprised Marc mentioned and gave a lot of importance to the flying scene, but didn't mention another scene I thought was at the heart of the story, Carol's final fight with Yon-Rogg, when he tried to convince her to fight him on HIS terms and she responded by shooting him with an energy beam and saying that she was done letting him set the rules (and standards) for her. That's a sentiment at the heart of every story of someone rising up against their oppressors - I'm done letting you decide the rules. To me, it was one of the most importance scenes in the movie.
I'd have to disagree with the importance of that scene. I felt that the scene in which Captain Marvel stood against the energy of the Supreme Intelligence, having the flashbacks of being oppressed as a child, and utilizing her energy to destroy the "construct" around her is the most impactful scene. Yonn Rogg was a tool used to help oppress her by her true oppressor, which would be the Supreme Intelligence. The final scene with Yonn Rogg is just a demonstration that she was stronger than the tools of oppression, but to get there, she had to overcome the one truly holding her back.....the Supreme Intelligence. The last fight against Yonn Rogg is just a gag really.
Exactly! It is like he didn't really got what the story was about on a meta level! It's not about her flying, it is about her no longer allowing anyone to bound one of her arms to her back to adhere to a standard set by someone else for her.
I always love what Marc has to say, love to hear what he has to say future movies.
I love everything about Marc, his courage and his smarts∴
His nerve∴
Marc is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and Internauts look up to him and expect him to change dheir Rotten Tomatoes score∴
Marc is capable and free, and I am not∴
When I saw Captain Marvel, I was so happy to live in a world where a movie like this can (IMO), at worst, considered average in quality. We've come a long way from Batman Forever, Elektra and Catwoman. This wasn't my favorite Marvel film, but I bet it is a lot of people's. The little touches of 90stalgia did hit me hard, however. Especially waiting for stuff to load from a slow CD-ROM drive.
I was looking forward to the soundtrack as I was a teen through the mid-late 90s but man, that soundtrack was straight garbage. Sooo hamfisted and on the nose I kept rolling my eyes. They didn't put much thought into any apsect of this flick, it's really shallow and generic feeling.
That voice clip realistically would have taken hours to download on what I think was Windows 3.1 I mean it would take 5-10 minutes sometimes just to load a decent sized photo
I didn't like how they gave her powers. It felt like, "A piano falls on your head, now you have superpowers."
What if it were a RADIOACTIVE piano? Would that make it better?
Like, say, the Fantastic 4, Spiderman, Daredevil, and Hulk?
You do not read comics. CONFIRMED
Thank you for giving CM a very fair review. I can see where you're coming from. You explained all of your issues really clearly and they made sense. I personally rated CM a little bit higher than mid tier marvel. Also thank you for blatently rejecting the contrarians who didn't even watch the movie. There's a huge difference between having issues with a film and hating a film no reason.
Best review of CM. Unbiased. Perfect.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
I started watching this and around 3 minutes in what you were saying suddenly made me realize that this movie reminds me of the Terminator plot , as the character arc, lol.
Thank you for articulating my thoughts on this movie. It was hard to explain my feelings and you did so beautifully.
Saw the movie. Personally it wasn't for me and my biggest problems were the changes they made to Skrulls and other characters (won't go much more due to spoilers) but I did enjoy seeing a Flerken, I didn't think they'd actually do it. Hopefully Marc doesn't roast it too much.
I was never a comic book person growing up, so the back story of the Flerken was a surprise to me. I thought it was good for a few small laughs, though!
I feel the same way. I dont understand the reasoning behind that decision with the Skrulls. It was kind of a letdown.
@@ek9385 they needed an immigration metaphor. that's why they changed the skrulls.
@@idleeidolon it's not even an immigration or refugee issue though. They are trying to wipe them out. Genocide, plain and simple.
The skrulls, Fury eye's loss, wtf happened to Ronan in this movie did they recast him or something? He didn't sound or looked anything alike GOTG.the music wasn't anything great either, GOTG does it better. the highs of the movie, stan lee s tribute, Fury, Coulson ,Ben Mendelson s performance and the cat (and I don't like cats) even the black chick (Maria Rambeau) and her kid. The movie was over hyped and still is. People saying YOU MUST watch it before endgame are all a bunch of fuckin liars. It's in my top 5 worse MCU movies and it s worth a 4/10 .
Hi Marc! Really enjoy your reviews, but have to disagree on this one:
I think the first half of the movie was all from Vers' perspective, all for setting up the reveal that the Skrulls aren't the bogey-men that the Kree have made them out to be. It's all the hunt, with her running as an investigator like you mentioned, with the scene on the train showing just how insidious the Skrulls can be with their shapechanging-powered infiltration. Then, it all comes crashing down when we see that Talos is just trying to find his family (although, during the earlier mental interrogation scene, I felt that Talos' drive wasn't nefarious, when they were looking for the scientist).
Also, as a former almost-pilot (I was a Silver State Helicopters student before the company filed for bankruptcy and hosed us all), going from flight in a crazy contraption that has no business being in the air, to being able to fly on my own is a MASSIVE difference. I think a lot of people have dreams of flight. For a pilot, you are yourself in the sky... but, to shed that contraption, to have total control of yourself near the end of a potentially-fatal fall and to pick yourself up and fly on your own.... I LOVED seeing that. I feel she used her knowledge flying jets, all of that experience, subconsciously , to recover and take off.
But, I think that's mostly a factor of how ones own life experience colors their viewpoint, and I wonder if either of the directors have flight experience.
I agree with how Fury was so much different from what we've seen. Kept thinking about K from MenInBlack3, "Man, K, what the hell happened to you." // "Dunno, Slick, it hadn't happened yet".
I've only seen it once so far, and am looking forward to a second viewing.
"We're going to spoil it, because by now you've seen it. We know who we are"...
LOL
I think the train scene was more to show how the Skrulls operate and for Fury to get up to speed on the Skrulls.
I think I remember them saying the reason they needed the lightspeed drive was so they could leave the galaxy. It doesn't seem like the Skrulls have capability to leave the galaxy
Thank you for the insight. I agree with 90% of what you have said. Thanks for being honest and pointing out what is wrong or could have been done better. Always a pleasure.
I agree, it was alright. Not terrible but not amazing. It was alot funnier than i expected.
SPOILERS
My main issue was that Danvers was never in any danger. She was losing her sparring session so she blasted him, she escapes and beats up the skrull with ease, she saves fury from talos with one blast, she takes on her old star force team with no real challenge, she defeats the supreme intelligence, she goes Binary and takes out Ronans warfleet easily. For a film about being knocked down but finding the strength to get back up, it seemed at odds that (outside of flashbacks) she was never knocked down. There's no tension when there's no threat.
@monokhem she is captured at the beginning, true, but escapes easily. She takes on all the skrull (mostly with her hands covered), easily kicking every ones butt. Talos even mentions this to her later.
Also I never said there wasn't danger, it's just it's not her that's in trouble. Fury is at risk from Talos, the skrull are at risk from the Kree, the planet is at risk from Ronan, but never her. As for the nukes, she takes them all out so quickly they are never even established as a genuine threat to anyone. There was no real "hero" moment for me. The part where she risks her life to save others because she is presented as pretty much unstoppable throughout.
@monokhem I get that and you are obviously entitled to your opinion but for me, I prefer my heroes to have those moments of struggle. Those scenes where they risk their own lives for the sake of others, a depowered Thor standing up to the Destroyer, Antman going subatomic, Starlord giving Gamora his mask in space and so on. Those are the defining moments of heroism to me. The blowing shit up stuff is great eye candy, and I need that too, but it's those sacrificial moments that add character to these "godly beings".
@monokhem I respectfully disagree. Thats not what i got from the movie.
No worries 👍🏻
Love the review and respect your opinion, but for me this was my number one. Even above Thor 3. As a life long capn marvel fan who has a full appearance run of capn marvel and thor, i have been waiting for this, and even though i see weak points i cant help but love it. Saw it 4 times so far. :p
Marc nails another review. He perfectly captures what doesn't work about Captain Marvel -- although I'm surprised he didn't talk more about individual performances.
Thanks Marc. I enjoyed it and understood the build from the beginning so it did not diminish the film for me in any way. Yet, I did hear from a number of people who said it was boring....🤗
Great job as always marc,your reviews are the only ones worth listening to,you review with your heart and soul and you can feel the passion you have for the movies you see and the movies you would have liked to have seen
Always appreciate the opinion of the Blackman Beyond. Thank you Marc
@Louvre DeWitt Bukater Neuilly EnLay Is there something I can help you with??
@Louvre DeWitt Bukater Neuilly EnLay SJW alert
What an incredible collection of books in the background.
I hope to God I never make anything that has to be reviewed by Marc.
Yeah, that would be a bittersweet experience.
Kev isn't here so I'll fill in...
Damn it, Mark. Stop writing a better movie!
So far as the lightspeed story goes i thought it was kinda obvious, it's the space stone capable of instantaneous travel anywhere if harnessed the right way then it becomes a game changer for interstellar travel
Yankee Drummer but even without it Earth was only 22 hours away. 😁
Sure there are other galaxies far far away, but there you go.!
Cthulwho? The point is the skrulls wanted to get so far away that the knee couldn’t ever find them so they would be safe.
Za Za sure, just pointing out that whilst it may be big news for the Skrulls it’s not a game changer for space travel as a whole seeing as the Kree (not to mention the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Nova Corps, the Asgardians, the Dark Elves, the Ravagers, The Sovereign, Thanos and so on) have been flying ships quite happily between quite a number of planets more than adequately to set up Empires even without this technology.
Yeah, I think that "light speed drive" was just a very bad name for an otherwise fine and dandy miguffan.
@@lordzaboem I think they knew the majority of viewers wouldnt really know that the space stone could move them anywhere and never allow them to be caught but say 'light speed drive' which is a term well known in pop culture and more people understand it's a miguffan
Good review, Marc makes a lot of fair points and his opinions are backed up by legitimate screenwriting expertise. I just think it's funny how critics always call out the Lightspeed Engine, but haven't noticed that since all the way back in GOTG Vol. 1, intersystem travel is handled by jump points. The Lightspeed Engine would allow the Skrulls to pick any direction and just go, outside the range of the jump network and beyond Kree grasp. But I guess that needed to be stated plainly for some people to understand.
Thank you for an honest, insightful review.
#NotAllSkrulls
I can for sure hear the love you have, for the potential Captain Marvel has. Love the work you do sir and thank you for being rad.
Great Review, MB!
#FatmanBeyond That Stan Lee tribute and cameo was priceless! #Mallrats
This is the best review I've seen for this movie. Well said Marc.
I think for the most part Marc and a lot of people can't relate to the character because the character herself doesn't know who she is. I for one was that way for most of the film. We're experiencing that distance, that disconnect that she is experiencing as her story progresses. We only get to see her in a different light once she connects all the pieces in her life.
well said
I like this reasoning
I wish I could write as eloquently as Marc Bernardin talks.
I'm sure he wishes he could too.
Agree or disagree, I love the marc opinions. Keep up the amazing work sir.
What happened to your top 10 movies of 2018?
If they unsnap Fury I want to see how he interacts with Danvers...and if he jokes around with her how the rest of the Avengers handle Fury light.
Richard Brown there’s gonna be an embrace between the two infront of the other surviving avengers and they’re all like 😱 WTF.
Who’s that guy ???
@@ZaZa-kp9gt skrull kill it
Said it before, but it bears repeating; I would pay real money to sit and listen to Marc lecture on storytelling. Just an absolute beast of a writer with such a great understanding of character and how to execute an arc. These reviews are a treat. Appreciate it so much.
I think he maybe didn't see how "Vers" was brain washed and it took a certain amount of time for the character needing to be immersed in the Earth culture to find it again. I think it was an adequate amount of movie time.
Would it have worked better if we had gotten to know Captain Marvel from the point of view from the two characters we already know? Slowly move the focus to CM? your thoughts?
I felt that if we saw those flash backs chronologically like her through a kid too boot camp then being a test pilot I feel that it would have been better
Great review! No disrespect to Kevin Smith, but I could listen to Marc's solo measured tone and ideas all day.
I'm less critical of the movie, but it also sits in the middle of my list of Marvel movies.
You da man Mark.!
Love and respect from south africa.
finally saw castle rock..
So good.
Yeah it got really nuts over the last 3 or so episodes 🤯
I love everything about the movie - I especially loved the end when she kicks ass. Absolute chills.
This film is a mess. Multiple timelines, flashbacks, no characters get more than 4 scenes. You can't do an amnesia film where the audience knows everything. The skulls can become anything but Vers is never fooled. Tons of plot holes. I totally understand people giving this a 4/10.
I don't think the story was about finding power, it was about learning to rise above the internalized repression she felt from authority figures both physical (mentor) and societal (grand intelligence). It was about allowing herself rise above a system designed to use her feelings of needing to belong and expectations against her. It is too bad that there was a lot of unnecessary action and plot that could have been cut to allow the parts that could have been better used to explore that.
I completely agree, she had a power arc but no character arc. Its like the writers didn't understand human reaction or emotion, lose your memory, who cares? Lose an eye? Best do the dishes 🤨
The last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye was the story in Winter Soldier. I believe the grenade was the Comic Book story.
When I was watching all I could keep seeing and thinking was how much it reminded of Robocop(1987) but not as tight.
Cop goes down doing their job, wakes with incredible powers but no memory of their past life, but through various stressors memories come flooding back and in the end throws off the yolk of their oppressor to become a great hero instead of puppet. If they had more closely followed that it would have been better, had Rambeau as Nick's second in command instead of Colson who wasn't even used very well anyways, it would have been more interesting. Could have had that awesome "Murphy...it's you." type of moment between Carol and Maria would have been a way better introduction to Maria and eventually Monica.
Too much tell not enough show.
Nicely done. Not saying I totally agree, but you make a very compelling argument.
Wow. That was the best review I have heard on this film. Such thoughtful analysis. Thanks Marc.
Marc should work for marvel.
Unfortunately he and Kevin have a love for the story and current Marvel and Disney do not they have the love for agenda before story.
Captain Marvel was an inverted Wonder Woman; strong third act, weak first two acts.
The thing I loved most about the movie was that I never knew who I could trust throughout the movie. other than that I enjoyed the movie, not the best but good.
I’m not sure how she would connect with earth when her memory has been wiped. I liked that as she doesn’t attempt to recognise any of it as she doesn’t feel she should so she won’t be taking any of it in... it’s just another planet.
When realising then she’ll stop to think, I feel the rest of us had an expectation because we knew she was from Earth.
As for the flying - totally agree. She closes her eyes for a brief moment, but that’s all we get to connect with it.
Still, I loved the film!
Mark any updates on Treadstone? I saw it today, Capt.Marvel was terrible
What I love about this man is he never compromises his truth for any career advances or to please friends. I thought this was a flawed movie and it left me disappointed, happy someone had the guts to say it!
was he watching the same movie? The lady was lied to from the get go ....
I agree with pretty much every single point you make - except that it only has the stakes of Ant-Man. She was literally ending a war and trying to protect the last remnants of a race from total extinction. To me, that's way higher stakes than Ant-Man.
Marc I knew I can count on you to be honest about this film. This film was so sloppy and underdeveloped.
@monokhem here comes the positive trolls again!!!
yeah that confused me on what exactly the light speed engine would allow, i wasn't sure if it allowed them to move from one galaxy to another? or just to not need jump points?
About all this movie did was ruin the chance for a Secret Invasion movie. It was really the most boring Marvel movie I've ever seen. So far....
I agree, I was actually dozing off. I don't think that ever happened to me with a marvel film
@Pure Shooter Dude you do realize Secret Wars and Secret Invasion are two different things?
Saw it tonight. I rank it just above The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World with 6/10
My Son hit it on the head that this felt like the "Solo" movie in a Star Wars universe.
PROS:
The cat (comedy moments)
Samuel L. Jackson (comedy moments)
Samuel L. Jackson's relationship with the cat
De-aging technology
Skrulls being sympathetic for a change
Mendelsohn's performance as head Skrull
Kinda cool the Tesserect was the power source Mar-Vell was working with
Stan Lee opening
Stan Lee cameo reading script to Mallrats
CONS:
Brie Larson's performance: Wooden for the most part
90's nostalgia
needless changing of Mar-Vell's character
completely out of place soundtrack
How Fury loses his eye
Carol's emotional relationship with friend was forced
too much panning of the camera and cuts during fight scenes
Less focused than other movies in the universe
Carol's past wasn't defined enough apart from she gets up when knocked down
The de-aging technology for me was a pro and con. It was really good but its kind of distracting because I kept staring at Sam Jackson every time he was on screen.
I agree, I watched this and felt the same way when I watched Solo. Oh Han and Chewie are in trouble, hope they'll make it?... surprise! They did... You knew certain characters were going to be alright, it was just a matter of, "oh ok, that's what happened, or why it happened..."
It also had a Rogue One element to A New Hope feel. Except it was for The Avengers, as it helped "explain" how things got to where they are now. Which personally, is a good reminder since the first Avengers movie was quite some time ago.
Overall, I liked it... didn't love it, didn't hate it. I took it for a nice action flick and a good primer for Endgame.
And seriously, Fury didn't need a response team, he just need to throw catnip at whoever was causing trouble and set Goose loose on them.
Can't wait for the reboot
You do realise it's not actually a reboot right? It's just the name of the film...
Probably the biggest weakness of the film is presenting the Skurll-Kree conflict, even in fabricated terms, as an ongoing power struggle, rather than a battle between the lawful Kree Empire and the chaotic Skrull Insurgency. I think this would have helped the conflict feel a little less urgent, thus giving Carol more leeway to actually pursue her memories and emotions when away from her squad, rather than making her pursuit of memories and pursuit of the light speed engine one and the same.
All that makes sense about flying helicopters but how does that make her a cool effective military recruitment machine? Ace pilots are sexy, now Yvan Eht Nioj
Didn’t hate or like the movie. It was just meh. They couldn’t get me to have a reaction to it and that sucks. It feel like what it is, a “bottle episode”, an attempt to preempt calling a deus ex a deus ex
I love how Marc has Walden Books shelves and Comic Book turnstiles. Im ashamed of not remembering the actual name of that mag holder. But we had them at Waldenbooks.
So..... its Marvels Green Latern..... gotcha
Your learning to fly idea is THE BEST!!! Where were you???
I didn't hate Captain Marvel. But I hated this version of Nick Fury. To steal from Kevin, "I hated Nick Fury LIKE I HATE CANCER!"
This is a Marvel movie at the level of Thor the dark world. It's better than Iron Fist....
MCU movies are great, but imagine how much better they'd be if Marc was a part of the writing team. This man is brilliant
I liked the movie, it was a lot of fun to watch! :D
Yes, I am a woman.
I'm writing my own comic script anyone have any pointers? I really need an illistrator
My advice is finish it. That's always the hardest part. Finish it, then work on it until it soars.
@@georgeefta4409 thank you I got the first chapter written and I have the first twelve issues plotted out and I have a plan for volume 2 and 3
The movie was horribly boring.
Yea after all the hype I was like wow ok its just a meh movie not great not awful but it felt bland and idk if its Larson or the writing but I think she could do better and I dont think those directors where right for the film
@@CynicallyObnoxious I wasn't hyped by the movie and I'm not a huge brie larsen fan because ive never seen her do anything oscar worthy but I was expecting Disney to wow me considering she's gonna be the biggest challenger against Thanos. Wonder Woman was more entertaining and I expected nothing from that.
@Dan S get triggered its literally one of the more boring origin films I guess Capt. Marvel fans werent smart enough for Dr Strange
8:32 I understand Mr Bernardin is suggesting that they could be relegated to flying something less advanced or sophisticated, but Helicopters are actually fairly complicated compared to flying a fixed wing aircraft. Also, Carol Danvers is a member of the Air Force, which doesn't have armed attack helicopters, you're thinking of the Army or Marine helicopters. Women may have been prohibited from being involved in direct combat with the enemy, women did serve in Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the early 90s, with several women being killed while serving in theater. That part of the film, where supposedly she isn't being treated fairly and denied the chance to fly, just simply was nonsense.
Brie Larson's a good actress but she was miscast as Captain Marvel. She's not likable or charismatic enough to pull off the snarky Marvel witty humor, it comes across flat with her.
I kinda saw that as the point of the character though. I don't think she is supposed to be the smooth talking, quip firing, charismatic character like a Tony Stark.
I saw it more that she can be funny, like anyone else could, but she is supposed to inspire more by her actions and moral compass than anything. Definitely more of a Steve Rogers type.
And who would you cast?
Hey Mark, what if Fury's eye patch story point is the fact he's aware of alien races with various abilities like shapechanging so the backstory is constantly changing as a means to prove his identy when the time is right.
Brie Larson ruined the movie for me. Where’s Rogue when you need her? I got no interest in a Mary Sue coming out of nowhere and “saving” everyone from Thanos. Hard pass.
monokhem Typical stupid ass weigh-in from the outrage culture. The only sexist in this scenario is Brie Larson herself.
Marc, you pretty much summarized exactly how I felt about the movie. Fun, but could have been better.