[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

Ugh lucky you, I'm so jealous.

Just get 5 packs of Milky Way Magic Stars and enter the codes on sweet sundays

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Just get 5 packs of Milky Way Magic Stars and enter the codes on sweet sundays

Will do.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I rarely listen to the critics. Most of the time they're wrong. As long as I enjoy a film, that's all that matters.

They did the same with Godzilla. ****ing pricks!

Was Godzilla good?

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Barry.

Was Godzilla good?

I'm watching it this weekend, but it received mixed reviews and critics were ripping it to pieces.

It's got a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Tom4784]

I tend to pay attention to critics if they are ones I trust to have similar tastes to my own and most of those I listen to have said that it's bad while the more positive ones have said it's mediocre but watchable.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I'm watching it this weekend, but it received mixed reviews and critics were ripping it to pieces.

It's got a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ugh sucks. It does look good though.

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Barry.

Ugh sucks. It does look good though.

It really does.

[LukeB]

Suicide Squad had negative reviews but i actually enjoyed it

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Suicide Squad had negative reviews but i actually enjoyed it

I watched that at the cinema and enjoyed it too.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Suicide Squad had negative reviews but i actually enjoyed it

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I watched that at the cinema and enjoyed it too.

There's no accounting for taste.

[LukeB]

I read the reviews after the movie, i still see "so and so gets mixed reviews" but that doesn't really stop me from going to see it.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Suicide Squad had negative reviews but i actually enjoyed it

I liked it at the time but on reflection it had serious issues. It's very watchable but it's not great.

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by LukeB

I read the reviews after the movie, i still see "so and so gets mixed reviews" but that doesn't really stop me from going to see it.

I read the overwhelmingly negative reviews before watching and I still watched it.

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I liked it at the time but on reflection it had serious issues. It's very watchable but it's not great.

Yeah it's not great and probably wouldn't be in my top 20 films, it was messy looking back but i still enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the second one though (probably won't enjoy seeing loads of girls dressing up as Harley Quinn for halloween again after that movie comes out )

[Tony Montana]

I was disappointed with Leto's Joker tho. Although he did have massive shoes to fill.

[LukeB]

I don't know why i'm surprised with this getting bad reviews, if you remember Tony i predicted it would do well with the critics and box office.

Why can't they get the dark phoenix right? it's embarrassing ****ing up up twice now.

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by LukeB

I don't know why i'm surprised with this getting bad reviews, if you remember Tony i predicted it would do well with the critics and box office.

Why can't they get the dark phoenix right? it's embarrassing ****ing up up twice now.

I know, it's laughable and a ****ing travesty. The Dark Phoenix storyline is one of the greatest and most iconic comic book storylines. How can you **** it up twice?

I can't wait for the MCU to do it justice.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I know, it's laughable and a ****ing travesty. The Dark Phoenix storyline is one of the greatest and most iconic comic book storylines. How can you **** it up twice?

I can't wait for the MCU to do it justice.

I don't see Marvel doing the Phoenix storyline at all.

[Wizard.]

This was okay but we could have done without it. The pacing was quite off and some of the character development left a lot to be desired. Chastain’s alien thing just seemed a bit... meh? Jean Grey practically cries throughout. It definitely felt different in style but Days Of Future Past reigns supreme.

[JerseyWins]

Is this good?

I might be going to the theaters back to back weekends between this and Toy Story 4

[Tom4784]

I actually went to see this yesterday but I felt really ill so I left shortly after it started.

[Toy Soldier]

I just can't see it being relevant given the inevitable upcoming reboot . Feels like fan fiction or something.

[Oliver_W]

It's quuuiiiite good, a few shades over "just okay". It's a better movie than Captain Marvel, and didn't have the spergs going on about how it's female fronted, it simply is.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

It's quuuiiiite good, a few shades over "just okay". It's a better movie than Captain Marvel, and didn't have the spergs going on about how it's female fronted, it simply is.

I rewatched Capt. Marvel a few days ago and I still don't really understand the shade it gets. It's fun and still easily in the top 50% of MCU films .

My main gripe now though is that I'm also rewatching Agents of Shield and in S1 (when Hydra has revealed itself), Coulson states quite clearly that "Fury recruited him himself when he was just a kid, fresh out of high school".

...

And in Capt. Marvel, Fury refers to Coulson multiple times as being new to Shield...

Assuming Coulson is roughly the same age as the actor who plays him, he's currently 57. CM is set 24 years ago, making Coulson in his early 30's in that movie. Which you could argue is about how old the digitally de-aged character looks;



So it all fits except that AoS line about him meeting Fury fresh out of school . Why was he finishing high school aged 33?


Though to be fair... it didn't really make sense that someone would be snapped up by something like SHIELD at 18, and actually makes much more sense that he'd have been a new recruit in his 30's, coming from another agency like the FBI or summat.

So that's an AoS plot hole rather than a Capt. Marvel one.


Note: None of this has anything to do with Dark Phoenix. #Derail # 5yearAwardsPostWhereWeWant

[Tom4784]

I thought Captain Marvel was fine, one of the weaker MCU offerings mainly because it felt like a wannabe feminist film that was written by a man who didn't understand what feminism is.

Carole has no flaws and the only 'flaws' they give her in the script are said by characters telling her she's too emotional when she seems to be under control at all times.

I always compare Captain Marvel to Wonder Woman because that film had a way better understanding of feminism in a way that neither belittled the movement or the audience of the film. Diana is flawed but strong and she has to deal with sexism and attitudes that undermine her and she does so by simply excelling and proving the men who doubted her wrong, teaching them a lesson and extending a hand of friendship at the same time. Captain Marvel presents feminism as an 'us and them' situation but Wonder Woman's approach works better because it's emphatic and it makes a point of saying that neither gender can excel at the cost of the other as neither Wonder Woman or Steve can save the day alone.

Wonder Woman's just an excellent film tbh.