@lakedawg2462 I'm not certain but I believe I heard a report this director was actually partially locked out of the process by a committee. They had more control over the film than the director.
@@lakedawg2462 "I'll ruin your mythos in a minute, baby." - Taika Waititi to a Marvel fan after he had concerns about his plans for Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder.
The joke you made about "fictionalising a super fan of Captain Marvel, because it doesn't exist in real life", got me at the worst time while eating my cereal... savage burn!! 😀
I've listened to at least 7-8 reviews (I did not want to see this movie; I'm not a fan but was curious about how it was received) - and your review is by far the most well defined and insightful. Great job! And yes, it confirms that I still do not want to see this film. 😶
The guys at Film Threat said it best: Disney has taken “boy franchises” and turned them into “girl franchises”. The fact that they have gotten progressively worse is just the repercussions of the first statement. They never really cared about quality. Disney is overwhelmingly a girl/women brand. They assumed that the boys/men who made these franchises (Star Wars, Marvel, Indy, etc.) into the financial juggernauts that they are - would always show up no matter what. They assumed, incorrectly, that girls/women are just as passionate about these stories. They’re not and never were. So, ultimately, they’ve skewed all of their ip toward a fan base that doesn’t exist, while simultaneously shutting out (and even attacking) the actual fan base that built these ip.
I hate that this is true. ;) But it just so obviously is. DaCosta, Chloe Zhao, absolutely do not like Marvel Super Hero action genre. They don't. It's clear. They keep trying to turn it into something they might like.
Accurate analysis. My daughter is 22. She stopped having interest after endgame. She liked captain America and his story. She does not carry about a similar concept with a "woman inserted. " She has other entertainment for that.
Yep my 12yr old daughter doesn’t give a shit about Rey, can’t get her into Star Wars or Marvel - she likes Barbie and Sailor Moon lol Disney have just destroyed the two biggest franchises
Yes it’s abundantly clear that none of these hacks have ever read a sci-fi novel, or even a good comic! They’ve learned to barely read and write from Twitter.
For all the talk about "woke", this is really the problem. Disney only knows how to sell to girls and like the saying goes, when you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Allen, i felt the same. Lets be honest....we never fell for anything Marvel tried to shovel our way since Capt Marvel and on, thanks to Brie Larsen telling us the truth~~ "This movie was not made for white males..."
I watched She-Hulk and Ms Marvel TV shows and thought they were funny at their core if you overlooked the wokeness BUT trying to watch The Marvels was torture after having to listen to Nick Fury reduced to shouting 'BLACK GIRL MAGIC! One minute into the song and dance part I left the theatre. I just couldn't take it any longer and felt ashamed I'd given Disney my money.
You pointed out what something other review rarely mention. I find it annoying when these super heroes fail in the way you described... we came to save the people but we failed and they died...oh well"
@@jeremiahmorris1852 Would've been nice if they leaned into that as a character flaw of Carol's that creates conflict between her and Kamala. Instead they just act like she's completely justified in her pragmatic disregard of casualties and that it's a lesson Kamala needs to learn.
Thank you, Alachia . I am not going to see this movie, but I "liked" this video. You did a better breakdown and critique of this movie than any other I have watched today while waiting for yours. I was an adult before I even heard the word, "tween", so just hearing you say that the movie is for tweens and young children is enough. Then to find out Captain Marvel is a princess, with a spin and sparkles, I said, "No., out loud. I really liked your analysis of the villain's plan and motivations. You did great when you discussed the nonsensical nature of her plans, and your applying logic and science to challenge them,.(I wish more reviewers would do this.) You made me laugh and laugh.😁
All Marvel would have had to do was say, “Hey, DB, we killed this Dude named Thanos. May have heard of him. Kind of a big deal. Anywho, he had this GARDEN PLANET and it’s vacant now, so….. what say we grab a few U-Hauls……”
Thank you, Alachia. Amazing review. I loved your insights and analysis. Your presentation style and manner were really entertaining too. Not being a young girl, I will probably give this one a miss. It was really refreshing to hear another intelligent and eloquent woman making similar comments to the many male reviewers, so it's not just us sexists, racist, misogynist white, middle-aged men who are finding this stuff unattractive, and you did it in such a genuine, open and heart-felt way. I loved your comment about the oestrogen levels. That was superb. Your exasperation was palpable. I hadn't considered the whole Disneyfication process reducing all their content down to the Disney princess level, but now it totally makes sense. Thanks again. New sub.
That's what they did in Star Wars with Rey, Disney can't make anything but a Disney Princess movie noadays. But I remember when Disney make great films, like the Sword in the Stone or Hercules.
"why would you piss off Captain Marvel" _Because she is the destroyer! She destroyed my world! This is all that is left of us! So therefore we can get revenge by pissing her off more! And thereby save my peo....... oh wait!_
Hang on, the villain is vulnerable to debris? So, she'd defeated like Scarlet Witch, by falling rocks? FFS, let's call in Wile E. Coyote to defeat them. He's a genius.
Wile E. Coyote wasn't much of genius at Warner Brothers. Since WB decided to DOA the finish *Acme vs Coyote* movie for a tax write off for 30 million dollars.
She's back now though. But this is another - other - other reality where Wanda didn't Kill the Marvel Universe. So as you can see the stakes in the story are....uhm. They don't exist.
You can't have a woman defeated by a man. That's means the woman is weak. And how dare a man raise a hand to a woman. But... you also can't have women beating each other up because "girl power." So the terrible solution is to have physics and rocks defeat them.
This is the best review of The Marvels I have seen online. The way you explained it made perfect sense of Disney's seemingly senseless decisions about the characters and plots.
Alachia, they explained perfectly the purpose of the Negabands, or Megabands, whatever the proper names of them are. Captain Marvel clearly said the bands created every jump point in the universe. I can't remember if she said the Kree used the bands for this purpose or if someone else used it. Nevertheless, why is this important? Did we get a deep thesis on the infinity stones? Why were three infinity stones on Earth? Nobody asked these questions when the infinity saga came out, so why is it so important now?
"motivation that only a small child would accept" Yes this is why your review of No Way Home was so on point. _Dr. Strange me and my girlfriend can't get into MIT, so can you turn back time or brainwash the universe so no one knows my secret._ Oh - except for my girlfriend cuz she might not like me if she just thinks I'm nerd 19999 and not Spiderman. - Parker I mean, ok, yes, maybe...if you are seven years old.
Why is it so hard to understand that Disney only knows how to make Princess movies. Any property they buy, Marvel, Star Wars, etc is eventually going to be turned into a Princess movie. Once you understand that, the next question should be “why are they spending $300 million to make live action Princess movies that can barely bring in the cost of production? That’s the question. They need to make these cheaper
There’s a whole Disney+ origin show about Ms. Marvel. It’s actually one of the better Marvel shows on Disney+ but for some reason a lot of people refuse to give it a chance.
That show is for small children. It fits perfectly on Disney channel along with Suite Life and Kickin It. If that’s the bar for quality then no thanks. I’m not 6 years old. Kids shows and films get a pass. But not when marketed as an adult product. That’s the exact bait and switch that Disney did with the Ms. Marvel tv show. I watched the pilot with my daughter and we both agreed it’s for young kids only.
Disney forgot that comic book enthusiasts (formally known as comic book nerds) are first and foremost a nerd. You can't use half-assed logic without expecting to be torn apart by the inconsistencies / logical choices that could've been made.
I actually really liked Bri Larson in Scott Pilgrim. Her musical number in that actually made it to a playlist I made since it was so good. Sounds like they went full Disney kids movie with a musical number and all. I don’t think I can bring myself to watch this movie 😅
I asked my kids about it and they hadn't seemed to have heard of it. We had Disney + but they didn't see Ms. Marvel, or care about any of it, beyond Guardians of the Galaxy and such.
The only thing I know about Kamala Khan is that 6 or seven comic book runs of this character have been cancelled so far due to low sales. Don't really get why these characters have their own movies in the first place. At least comic book readers have shown they're really not interested.
The character is female and a Muslim! She ticks two boxes… maybe being young ticks a third box? The people who are pushing this character don’t care if she’s popular.
Marvel and DC both cancel good titles all the time. They have unrealistic expectations for comic book sales and really the only titles that sell consistently well are Batman, Spider-man, and the x-men.
@@adamoutrage6597 I respectfully disagree. This isn't an example of a "Good book being cancelled". They were poorly written and failed to capture even a moderate audience, the abysmal sales clearly are a reflection of this. They failed multiple times trying to sell this character to an audience that as you clearly mentioned are more interested in well established classic characters and most importantly, GOOD STORIES!
@@Mr.G00n I haven't seen a good story come out of Batman and X-Men in years and people still buy it. I haven't read the Ms. Marvel comics, I know they sold poorly with single issues but most of the sales came from digital sales and collected trades which were good.
@@adamoutrage6597 Not going to argue about the state of comic books today because it's indefensible. I agree with you 100%, I think the last book that I really enjoyed from Marvel was Planet Hulk TBH, and that was a while ago now. I try to stick to back issues mostly, unless I find an interesting indie comic nowadays. If digital sales of the first issues were OK by today's standards, cool! but what happened? Why did it receive so little support going forward? Because it's a bad book, simple as that. Read the first run I dare you 😐.
My conclusion from hearing this is that The Marvels is an adult version of what happens when your younger kid sister steals your Marvel action figures and plays tea party and slumber party with them, and make them live in her barbie house and ride my little ponies. :)
@@AzyxA Admittedly I have similar feelings when toymakers create and sell a spiderman mobile or motorcycle etc. FFS Hasbro that is NOT how spiderman works. Also he def don't ride my little ponies on the barbie ranch, he lives in the rough parts New York, Seriously Lily, I you want to play with my toys at least do it right.
I remember passing by this movie's banner in my local theater last week, and I told to my wife "I think this will be like Spy Kids". I guess I was right then.
You were right. People are complaining because they went to see an Avengers movie, and it was a superhero story for 12-year olds. The tagline for the movie should have been "do you like kitty cats?"
When you described how Captain Marvel is now a Disney Princess, it suddenly became clear to me why their attempts at feminism seem so lackluster: they approach it from a very specific place.
It's almost like the same concept with Thanos - he was so concerned about everyone in the universe, that he collected the rings and instead of generating an abundance for the people, his solution was to kill half the universe.
Im trying to figure out how kamala even knows who captain marvel is? Or any one? She left after her movie...came back during end game....and left again....WHEN had Captain Marvel had time to gain fans?
@Alachia nope i saw the series. Its very ummmm disney. It's a show for teens. It creates her as a fangirl for no reason and there's even a convention... they make it seem as if the news saw captain marvel destroy thanos...and um...she didnt
Captain Marvel was a part of Natasha's Avengers during the blip, she *might* have stayed at Earth a couple times. No way to confirm this, tho. Kamala is a fan of hers because she read Scott Lang's book about the events of Endgame (and also listened to his podcast). I think that's briefly (very briefly) said at the first episode of Ms. Marvel
"She could have taken air and water from a star" One thing about the MCU from Quantumania to Secret Invasion, and Loki and this film is that they can't do sci fi because they don't understand science at even a high school level. They think it's plausible that the Skrulls - an advanced alien race - should not be able to find another planet in all the Universe to live on - and should need "nick fury" [never been to space] to *find* a planet for them. What????? They think that when Emilia Clark turns Super Skrull from stolen dna - she can get things like Drax's tattoos and the learned abilities of heroes such as magic, or their weapons...which comes...from...dna??? They don't know what these things are. And Quantum Entanglement. Sure it causes random heroes to switch powers but not the villain cuz sure...plot, and who is watching this with their brains turned on anyway. Recommend FOR ALL MANKIND on Apple TV right now - for sci fi that won't rot your brain.
"All she had to do was ask" The idiot plot is a sitcom trope where no one asks or explains everyone makes false assumptions and does rash actions...for 1/2 hour, causing hilarity to ensue. MCU is now an absolute atrocity of sit com idiot plot in film after film, show after show. Two quick examples. Janet Van Dyne hangs out with Space Hitler Kang for 30 years and *forgets* to tell anyone. Wanda doesn't think to just ask America Chavez and DR. Strange to help her find her kids...no she has to 'kill' the girl to 'steal' her powers...... Can't ask, must kill, otherwise hilarity cannot ensue. I actually liked Marvel thru Endgame - but my God it's now such a shit show!!!
Last one, I promise. Hilarity ensues when Wanda, who is evil bitch God mode, steps on glass, cuts her feet and then starts limping towards the girl like a zombie [get it]. Cut to end of 3rd act. Wanda flies up in the air, and telekinetically snatches the girl out of the air like it's nothing. 2 - hours - of bullshix chasing around was for what? Oh, so time for idiot plot to come to an end huh? lol. MCU is embarrassing itself.
@Alachia, you young lady....are BRILLIANT( and earned a sub)!Thank you so much for being the 1st YT movie reviewer who said EXACTLY what this movie is about. It was *never* about a story of super-powered heroes fighting a danger that'll cause harm. It's really about 3 distinct female personalities learning to accept each other, faults and all, & they *just happen* to have powers😂 ...and there's a lil danger in the background *BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT* its the girls bonding ✌️😸♥️👍 ....AND we have a musical melody (for the kid audience to sing along😊)
I think you nailed it. Ms Marvel was a school pupil so kids can relate to her and she was acting like a school kid. Then you have the Cat scenes (Kids like Pets) and the weird musical scene. I enjoyed the film because I like Space and this film had a impressive Space theme. I wouldn't recommend it if your an adult and dont have money to waste or a free movie pass.
So the core timeline goes: - 1960s - Stan Lee and colleagues establish the foundations of all the key Marvel characters and franchises - 1985 - Alan Moore writes Watchmen, redefining what comics could be - 1986 - Frank Miller writes The Dark Knight Returns, bringing mainstream comics together with Watchmen's tone - 1989 - Batman is released in theatres, capitalising on the concept of a 'dark' Batman - 1989 - Meanwhile, Chris Claremont is instructed to adapt the character Wolverine into Marvel's answer to Batman's DKR portrayal. This new Wolverine amplifies X-Men's already burgeoning popularity by several orders of magnitude, catapulting the franchise to genuine mainstream popularity - 1992 - The X-Men animated series is released, building on ever-growing X-Men mania - 2000 - The first X-Men movie is released, building momentum even further. At this point, movie execs and comic CEOs alike realise that if the general public can 'get' something as insanely complex and niche as the X-Men franchise, then they can get anything. All comics properties are now up for grabs as movie adaptation fodder, and SFX is now at a level capable of doing them justice - 2002 - in an attempt to boil down decades of Marvel comics character history into something relatable to mainstream audiences, Marvel spins off 'The Ultimates' as a separate, parallel incarnation of its top characters. Everything in this series will eventually, in one way or another, feed into the MCU - 2002 - A little ahead of the curve, Marvel/Columbia and Sony release Spider-Man. At this point, Marvel Studios is lamenting the fact they sold off the rights to all their best characters/ideas, but resolve to double-down on whatever they have left - 2008 - Way behind the curve and plagued by production turmoil, Marvel Studios releases Iron Man, expecting a flop. It's a resounding hit - 2009 - Whilst Marvel sets out a plan for the MCU, Disney swoops in and purchases them - 2012 - The Avengers serves as a triumphant highlight for Disney, Marvel, and the MCU - 2018 - After a somewhat turbulant but ultimately very successful series of movies, the MCU is effectively capped off by Infinity War - 2019 - End Game is released, serving as a retrospective victory lap. the MCU now has no obvious path forward - all the building momentum has now been utilised. People begin to realise Disney is repeating the pattern it followed between the start of the Disney Renaissance (Little Mermaid, 1989) and its ultimate collapse (The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, 2008). In short - milking a success for all it is worth, no matter how awful the resulting products become What we now need is the MCU equivalent of Watchmen. We kind of got that with Logan, but it wasn't movie-centric enough in its decontructive elements. Perhaps Deadpool 3 will pleasantly surprise us. On balance, it's likely the entire comics industry is now essentially 'tapped out' for the foreseeable future. There needs to be something profoundly new and different. Territory that has a solid decades-old foundation, but hasn't been capitalised on yet. One excellent candidate would be the Warhammer 40k universe, with Henry Cavill leading the charge. But who knows. Maybe in a few years we'll all be creating personalised movies for ourselves using AI tools. Ever wondered What Aliens would be like if Darth Vader was Ripley? Or how many Gremlins it would take to defeat Superman? You might find out someday soon. :)
This is the first review I thought was honest. Other reviews do think its bad but they also seem to feel obliged to say a few good things about it. If a movie has nonsensical story, it ruins the movie for me. I don't care if a story is simple, but it must make sense. Other reviewers say yeah it was terrible but I liked this or that about it. A movie is the sum of its parts, you can't take it apart like a buffet and score it scene by scene and then average the results. All the elements have to be taken together.
Excellent analysis, I just came across your content and watched your two Marvels videos. You are spot on that this movie is about sisterhood and the other things (a villain, negabands, the Kree/Skrulls, Nick Fury are all plot devices used to propel the story forward and to distract the males.
The duality of modern marvel. On one hand Loki S2 showing there are still people capable of doing good enterteinment on par with its prime. The Marvels on the other hand. Showing all the prevalent issues with modern Marvel.
"Every time they use their powers, although it`s not consistent"? That is oxymoronic as f**k! If it happens EVERY TIME, then it is, by definition, CONSISTENT.
They switch places when two of them use their energy powers at the same time. So if one of them uses her energy powers again after they switch because they used their powers at the same time, then they still don't switch again unless both of them use them again at that time.
The most incredible part of this entire thing is the fact that dozens of adults sat in a board room and greenlit hundreds of millions of dollars to this nonsensical plot. Disney really hates making money wow
I don't know if it was all the hate being lobbed at it and my expectations were so low, but the movie just wasn't that bad to me. It was mid, but it wasn't bad. I never felt bored or like I wanted to leave like Thor 4. But it is by no means necessarily good neither. The plot reminded me of the first Chris Pine Star Trek film with the dying star. The Kree are the Romulans. Carol is Spock. Dar-Benn is random evil Romulan leader going after the worlds that are important to Spock.
@@StorytellingHeadshots Yeah, I don't understand how these scripts get greenlit. Spock didn't even do anything to the Romulans. In this movie Carols blows up a machine on Hala and somehow that directly kills the solar system's star??? What? And then you have the issue I saw coming a mile away after her first movie: She is too powerful. Every single fight in this movie could have been won if Carol just blew up all the Kree ships. On the water planet she could have just blown the ship up from right under Dar-Benn. Same for the Skrull colony. Yet she's landing on/in the ships and having fist fights with mere mortals. And these mortals can actually stand up against her; a woman who can fly into the core of a freaking star. Carols needs to be fighting cosmic threats, not some B-list Accuser. This should never have gotten past the first pitch meeting.
It is pretty funny that they over looked something as rudimentary as making water from hydrogen and oxygen that isn't even some cutting edge technology. Shows that this film was stupidly written for kids but even good kid films in the 90s had good writing.
You are now my official critic before I decide to see a movie or not (btw I first saw your Napoleon review and find very helpful your comments but needed to hear this one).
12:18 I think this is a problem with a lot of modern comics as well as films. Power, by definition is the ability to enact change. But it doesn't mean anything, in storytelling, without creativity to use said defined power. This is why people say 'so-and-so is overpowered' because the writers don't find creative ways for them to use their powers to be engrossing or entertaining.
If you keep ramping up the powers of your characters it becomes harder and harder to subject them to threats, and about all you can have them do is to save the universe three times a year. Which gets old.
I really really enjoyed the movie. I'm a huge Ms Marvel fan so getting to see my girl in action on the big screen was a real treat and they actually made Captain Marvel likable this time. Some really great action scenes too.
Sooo...Carol Danver's arc is coming to terms with being a mass-murderer and hopes others accept her despite her failings? Oh wait, no...that's not right - Captain Marvel doesn't have failings. Okay, how's this - Captain Marvel's arc is about coming to terms with her own greatness and being willing to accept adoration from others she's had little to no actual direct dealings with. What a movie! *Kerflush!*
This is the first time I've seen the spoiler review of a movie without actually watching the movie. They definitely should've marketed this in a different way in a form that appealed to children in the movie's current state. This is not the marvel we know and that we've always rooted for.
The problem isn't "The Marvels" itself. The problem is really that Marvel Studios has been putting out one sub-par film after another since "Endgame". It took a while, but fans have moved on. Even if "The Marvels" was good, few people are now willing to give Marvel Studios a chance any longer. They blew it.
This movie is for little girls who don't care that much about MCU movies. There is a one-sided overlap in gendered interests. When it comes to films that men have a particular interest in (action, scifi, thriller), women generally also have a significant interest in those films. But when you have something that particularly is of interest to women/girls (romance, princesses, musicals, etc.) men often have a low level of interest in those things. So, to capture the broadest audience in movies, it's usually better to lean slightly more toward things that generally appeal to the male audience, because those things also appeal to the female audience. And if you are a male-centered brand like Marvel, if you lose the men, you lose the women too. Because women like Marvel stuff, but not enough to go if their husband and/or sons have no interest... even if you try to make it extra girly for them.
You ask :What kind of superhero does that?", relating to them leaving people behind to die. You know who else did that, and it was portrayed quite well in The Boys, the evil, narcissistic, murderer, leader of The Seven, Homelander.
remember in Captain America, where normal Steve Rogers gets into a fight with a rude moviegoer, and gets his ass kicked, but keeps getting up... to the point where even the bully kicking his ass says he doesn't know when to give up, and Steve responds "I can do this all day"... which later becomes almost a mantra to him... when he's captured by Hydra, when he's fighting Iron Man... when he's fighting for what he believes in, he doesn't give up... no matter how out matched he was contrast that with either the apathy or quickness to give up powers don't make the super hero, the struggle does Captain Marvel is basically invincible on a level much much higher than Captain America, that's not what makes Captain Marvel a hero... though the MCU writers can't seem to figure it out the woke batch of writers and leadership at Marvel who've been steering the ship into the rocks, can't seem to figure out why people resonate with actual well written, flesh out heroes... but don't resonate with with these new breed of "heroes" where the heroes journey doesn't matter, where the character isn't more important than the powerset, where they try stuff it full of woke ideology instead of well written stories.. there's a lack of respect for the audience, for the source material, and for the primary audience they believe they are going to magically create a new demographic out of the blue that doesn't exist to replace the audience they despise, because they actually call them out on their lack of talent, cult-like adherence to their ideology and turning of the modern day mythology into nothing more that a cheap expendable product to be milked dry don't know if it's willful blindness that leads them to jump to excuses like "superhero fatigue" if something is enjoyable and has value, it usually doesn't lead to fatigue if it's rushed, poor quality, tiresome, and insulting.... then it leads to fatigue
What if Darbin had been included in the sister hood? And all of the marvels got to know what carrol Danvers did? But the story changes to that of the sisterhood making amends to Hala. I’d watch that movie if it meant we got a villain we could understand better and a deeper look into Capt Marvel.
Its always important that we teach our children to HATE people and things for "all the right reasons" and to get those reasons from monetized internet content.
For Some time now , Marvel has Been Consistently Flopping at the Boxoffice over Bad writing or Too many writers . It's like Their not Paying attention to the Fans, to each other or Just Plot Line.....We Have Lost Interest as Movie Goers😮 22:10 😢
This movie is gonna bomb so hard Oppenheimer would be proud.
lol.
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Seems like the MCU intentionally hires directors who get a kick out of giving the majority of fans the metaphorical middle finger.
@lakedawg2462 I'm not certain but I believe I heard a report this director was actually partially locked out of the process by a committee. They had more control over the film than the director.
@@lakedawg2462 "I'll ruin your mythos in a minute, baby." - Taika Waititi to a Marvel fan after he had concerns about his plans for Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder.
"They had to fictionalize a huge fan of Captain Marvel because one doesn't exist in real life." Hilarious.
The joke you made about "fictionalising a super fan of Captain Marvel, because it doesn't exist in real life", got me at the worst time while eating my cereal... savage burn!! 😀
That might just be the most implausible thing in the movie… no, I’m not going to bother to watch it to be certain of that.
I prefer captain marvel over America
@@toukie2705that's the definition of a hot take 🤣
@@JohnDavidSullivan it’s not it’s called preference
@@markiangooleyI mean that's comic accurate and if you haven't watched miss marvel it's hurts her character. Though I don't like her show either
I've listened to at least 7-8 reviews (I did not want to see this movie; I'm not a fan but was curious about how it was received) - and your review is by far the most well defined and insightful. Great job! And yes, it confirms that I still do not want to see this film. 😶
I agree, most of the other reviews were just its bad, its stupid, cgi is bad bla bla. Yours was insightful and interesting! Kudos!
The guys at Film Threat said it best: Disney has taken “boy franchises” and turned them into “girl franchises”.
The fact that they have gotten progressively worse is just the repercussions of the first statement. They never really cared about quality. Disney is overwhelmingly a girl/women brand. They assumed that the boys/men who made these franchises (Star Wars, Marvel, Indy, etc.) into the financial juggernauts that they are - would always show up no matter what. They assumed, incorrectly, that girls/women are just as passionate about these stories. They’re not and never were. So, ultimately, they’ve skewed all of their ip toward a fan base that doesn’t exist, while simultaneously shutting out (and even attacking) the actual fan base that built these ip.
I hate that this is true. ;)
But it just so obviously is. DaCosta, Chloe Zhao, absolutely do not like Marvel Super Hero action genre. They don't. It's clear. They keep trying to turn it into something they might like.
Accurate analysis. My daughter is 22. She stopped having interest after endgame. She liked captain America and his story. She does not carry about a similar concept with a "woman inserted. " She has other entertainment for that.
Yep my 12yr old daughter doesn’t give a shit about Rey, can’t get her into Star Wars or Marvel - she likes Barbie and Sailor Moon lol
Disney have just destroyed the two biggest franchises
Yes it’s abundantly clear that none of these hacks have ever read a sci-fi novel, or even a good comic! They’ve learned to barely read and write from Twitter.
For all the talk about "woke", this is really the problem. Disney only knows how to sell to girls and like the saying goes, when you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Good review, very insightful, Alachia. And this is among the reasons why I haven't given Disney any of my money since Spiderman No Way Home.
Feel better knowing that it's really a Sony Spider-Man movie.
Allen, i felt the same. Lets be honest....we never fell for anything Marvel tried to shovel our way since Capt
Marvel and on, thanks to Brie Larsen telling us the truth~~
"This movie was not made for white males..."
I watched She-Hulk and Ms Marvel TV shows and thought they were funny at their core if you overlooked the wokeness BUT trying to watch The Marvels was torture after having to listen to Nick Fury reduced to shouting 'BLACK GIRL MAGIC! One minute into the song and dance part I left the theatre. I just couldn't take it any longer and felt ashamed I'd given Disney my money.
You pointed out what something other review rarely mention. I find it annoying when these super heroes fail in the way you described... we came to save the people but we failed and they died...oh well"
Carol is like that because she spent x amount of years in the Kree military
@@jeremiahmorris1852 Would've been nice if they leaned into that as a character flaw of Carol's that creates conflict between her and Kamala. Instead they just act like she's completely justified in her pragmatic disregard of casualties and that it's a lesson Kamala needs to learn.
Thank you, Alachia . I am not going to see this movie, but I "liked" this video. You did a better breakdown and critique of this movie than any other I have watched today while waiting for yours. I was an adult before I even heard the word, "tween", so just hearing you say that the movie is for tweens and young children is enough. Then to find out Captain Marvel is a princess, with a spin and sparkles, I said, "No., out loud.
I really liked your analysis of the villain's plan and motivations. You did great when you discussed the nonsensical nature of her plans, and your applying logic and science to challenge them,.(I wish more reviewers would do this.) You made me laugh and laugh.😁
All Marvel would have had to do was say, “Hey, DB, we killed this Dude named Thanos. May have heard of him. Kind of a big deal. Anywho, he had this GARDEN PLANET and it’s vacant now, so….. what say we grab a few U-Hauls……”
Disney is creatively Bankrupt
Thank you, Alachia. Amazing review. I loved your insights and analysis. Your presentation style and manner were really entertaining too. Not being a young girl, I will probably give this one a miss. It was really refreshing to hear another intelligent and eloquent woman making similar comments to the many male reviewers, so it's not just us sexists, racist, misogynist white, middle-aged men who are finding this stuff unattractive, and you did it in such a genuine, open and heart-felt way. I loved your comment about the oestrogen levels. That was superb. Your exasperation was palpable. I hadn't considered the whole Disneyfication process reducing all their content down to the Disney princess level, but now it totally makes sense. Thanks again. New sub.
That's what they did in Star Wars with Rey, Disney can't make anything but a Disney Princess movie noadays. But I remember when Disney make great films, like the Sword in the Stone or Hercules.
"why would you piss off Captain Marvel"
_Because she is the destroyer! She destroyed my world! This is all that is left of us! So therefore we can get revenge by pissing her off more! And thereby save my peo....... oh wait!_
"Debris (DeBrie?) Larson." Classic!
Cheese Larceny.
Hang on, the villain is vulnerable to debris? So, she'd defeated like Scarlet Witch, by falling rocks?
FFS, let's call in Wile E. Coyote to defeat them. He's a genius.
Wile E. Coyote wasn't much of genius at Warner Brothers. Since WB decided to DOA the finish *Acme vs Coyote* movie for a tax write off for 30 million dollars.
Remember that in Dr. Strange MoM, Captain Marvel was killed by a statue falling on her. Somehow.
She wasn't defeated by the debris.
She's back now though. But this is another - other - other reality where Wanda didn't Kill the Marvel Universe.
So as you can see the stakes in the story are....uhm. They don't exist.
You can't have a woman defeated by a man. That's means the woman is weak. And how dare a man raise a hand to a woman. But... you also can't have women beating each other up because "girl power." So the terrible solution is to have physics and rocks defeat them.
So Darbenn has the same goal as did President Skroob and his Spaceballs. Greaaaat. 😒
Not even my daughters want to see this movie. And i still haven't seen the 1st one.
Alachia, do you want a job for Screen Rant Pitch Meeting?
Super easy, barely an inconvenience! 🤣
First video of yours I watched, was the previous video. Subscribed. One of the best reviewers I’ve seen on this platform!!
I honestly wished this was a Saturday cartoon show where Captain Planet shows up and defeats Paul Wall.
This is the best review of The Marvels I have seen online. The way you explained it made perfect sense of Disney's seemingly senseless decisions about the characters and plots.
Alachia, they explained perfectly the purpose of the Negabands, or Megabands, whatever the proper names of them are. Captain Marvel clearly said the bands created every jump point in the universe. I can't remember if she said the Kree used the bands for this purpose or if someone else used it. Nevertheless, why is this important? Did we get a deep thesis on the infinity stones? Why were three infinity stones on Earth? Nobody asked these questions when the infinity saga came out, so why is it so important now?
I appreciate getting a ladies' perspective on this movie as men can have a completely different approach to a movie.
The portals were introduced in guardians of the galaxy and is used in every appearance that the guardians have.
"motivation that only a small child would accept"
Yes this is why your review of No Way Home was so on point.
_Dr. Strange me and my girlfriend can't get into MIT, so can you turn back time or brainwash the universe so no one knows my secret._ Oh - except for my girlfriend cuz she might not like me if she just thinks I'm nerd 19999 and not Spiderman. - Parker
I mean, ok, yes, maybe...if you are seven years old.
Just realized your back from your hiatus. Love your intellectual takes on movies an shows glad your back. 🎉
Why is it so hard to understand that Disney only knows how to make Princess movies. Any property they buy, Marvel, Star Wars, etc is eventually going to be turned into a Princess movie. Once you understand that, the next question should be “why are they spending $300 million to make live action Princess movies that can barely bring in the cost of production? That’s the question. They need to make these cheaper
There’s a whole Disney+ origin show about Ms. Marvel. It’s actually one of the better Marvel shows on Disney+ but for some reason a lot of people refuse to give it a chance.
That show is for small children. It fits perfectly on Disney channel along with Suite Life and Kickin It. If that’s the bar for quality then no thanks. I’m not 6 years old. Kids shows and films get a pass. But not when marketed as an adult product. That’s the exact bait and switch that Disney did with the Ms. Marvel tv show. I watched the pilot with my daughter and we both agreed it’s for young kids only.
Disney forgot that comic book enthusiasts (formally known as comic book nerds) are first and foremost a nerd. You can't use half-assed logic without expecting to be torn apart by the inconsistencies / logical choices that could've been made.
I actually really liked Bri Larson in Scott Pilgrim. Her musical number in that actually made it to a playlist I made since it was so good.
Sounds like they went full Disney kids movie with a musical number and all. I don’t think I can bring myself to watch this movie 😅
Woah wtf I never knew that was Bri Larson lol.
Yup. I liked her song number in Scott Pilgrim
Pretty good for a California girl in such a Canadian setting! She should have stayed with something she can do well.
Its more aimed towards the Asian Market Bollywood fans I dunno why Americans hate musicals now it was funny to me loosen up folks
She was pretty good in 21 Jump Street too.
One thing that is consistent in all these reviews is everyone keeps forgetting the villain DarBenn and rightfully so
20:30 "Supremor" Stupid for you, lady! 🤣
Thanks alachia
Thanks shane for always being there! Champion of firsts!
@@Alachia 😆 thank you
I asked my kids about it and they hadn't seemed to have heard of it. We had Disney + but they didn't see Ms. Marvel, or care about any of it, beyond Guardians of the Galaxy and such.
The only thing I know about Kamala Khan is that 6 or seven comic book runs of this character have been cancelled so far due to low sales. Don't really get why these characters have their own movies in the first place. At least comic book readers have shown they're really not interested.
The character is female and a Muslim! She ticks two boxes… maybe being young ticks a third box? The people who are pushing this character don’t care if she’s popular.
Marvel and DC both cancel good titles all the time. They have unrealistic expectations for comic book sales and really the only titles that sell consistently well are Batman, Spider-man, and the x-men.
@@adamoutrage6597 I respectfully disagree. This isn't an example of a "Good book being cancelled". They were poorly written and failed to capture even a moderate audience, the abysmal sales clearly are a reflection of this. They failed multiple times trying to sell this character to an audience that as you clearly mentioned are more interested in well established classic characters and most importantly, GOOD STORIES!
@@Mr.G00n I haven't seen a good story come out of Batman and X-Men in years and people still buy it. I haven't read the Ms. Marvel comics, I know they sold poorly with single issues but most of the sales came from digital sales and collected trades which were good.
@@adamoutrage6597 Not going to argue about the state of comic books today because it's indefensible. I agree with you 100%, I think the last book that I really enjoyed from Marvel was Planet Hulk TBH, and that was a while ago now. I try to stick to back issues mostly, unless I find an interesting indie comic nowadays. If digital sales of the first issues were OK by today's standards, cool! but what happened? Why did it receive so little support going forward? Because it's a bad book, simple as that. Read the first run I dare you 😐.
This movie will be lucky to hit $40 million this weekend. This is what Disney wanted. Enjoy.
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Debris......Not like Da-Brie Larson 🤣 That cracked me up! Now subscribed.
My conclusion from hearing this is that The Marvels is an adult version of what happens when your younger kid sister steals your Marvel action figures and plays tea party and slumber party with them, and make them live in her barbie house and ride my little ponies. :)
This is actually not far off...
@@AzyxA Admittedly I have similar feelings when toymakers create and sell a spiderman mobile or motorcycle etc. FFS Hasbro that is NOT how spiderman works. Also he def don't ride my little ponies on the barbie ranch, he lives in the rough parts New York, Seriously Lily, I you want to play with my toys at least do it right.
I remember passing by this movie's banner in my local theater last week, and I told to my wife "I think this will be like Spy Kids". I guess I was right then.
You were right. People are complaining because they went to see an Avengers movie, and it was a superhero story for 12-year olds. The tagline for the movie should have been "do you like kitty cats?"
When you described how Captain Marvel is now a Disney Princess, it suddenly became clear to me why their attempts at feminism seem so lackluster: they approach it from a very specific place.
It's almost like the same concept with Thanos - he was so concerned about everyone in the universe, that he collected the rings and instead of generating an abundance for the people, his solution was to kill half the universe.
Im trying to figure out how kamala even knows who captain marvel is? Or any one? She left after her movie...came back during end game....and left again....WHEN had Captain Marvel had time to gain fans?
Good question. I wonder if that is explored in the TV series
@Alachia nope i saw the series. Its very ummmm disney. It's a show for teens. It creates her as a fangirl for no reason and there's even a convention... they make it seem as if the news saw captain marvel destroy thanos...and um...she didnt
Captain Marvel was a part of Natasha's Avengers during the blip, she *might* have stayed at Earth a couple times. No way to confirm this, tho.
Kamala is a fan of hers because she read Scott Lang's book about the events of Endgame (and also listened to his podcast). I think that's briefly (very briefly) said at the first episode of Ms. Marvel
@@Piplup799 i forgot about scotts podcast !
You're a really good articulator. I wouldn't be surprised if your day job was a project manager or an Agile/scrum lead. 👍🏾
I actually understand that reference!
@@Alachia I knew you would 🙂
In Jeremy Jahns spoilertalk he mentioned that apparently they only switch when they use their powers at the same time.
Yes, which was all the time...
This is the best review of this movie I’ve so far seen. Now I get what this movie is about and the intended audience.
Another reviewer said it's like a Marvel movie by someone who prefers Archie comics.
Stan Lee weeping in his grave.
"Break off a piece of the planet and save people."
That was hilarious 🤣
"Who is this (even) for?" is a question I see being asked of a lot of media now.
"She could have taken air and water from a star"
One thing about the MCU from Quantumania to Secret Invasion, and Loki and this film is that they can't do sci fi because they don't understand science at even a high school level.
They think it's plausible that the Skrulls - an advanced alien race - should not be able to find another planet in all the Universe to live on - and should need "nick fury" [never been to space] to *find* a planet for them.
What?????
They think that when Emilia Clark turns Super Skrull from stolen dna - she can get things like Drax's tattoos and the learned abilities of heroes such as magic, or their weapons...which comes...from...dna???
They don't know what these things are.
And Quantum Entanglement. Sure it causes random heroes to switch powers but not the villain cuz sure...plot, and who is watching this with their brains turned on anyway.
Recommend FOR ALL MANKIND on Apple TV right now - for sci fi that won't rot your brain.
"All she had to do was ask"
The idiot plot is a sitcom trope where no one asks or explains everyone makes false assumptions and does rash actions...for 1/2 hour, causing hilarity to ensue.
MCU is now an absolute atrocity of sit com idiot plot in film after film, show after show.
Two quick examples.
Janet Van Dyne hangs out with Space Hitler Kang for 30 years and *forgets* to tell anyone.
Wanda doesn't think to just ask America Chavez and DR. Strange to help her find her kids...no she has to 'kill' the girl to 'steal' her powers...... Can't ask, must kill, otherwise hilarity cannot ensue.
I actually liked Marvel thru Endgame - but my God it's now such a shit show!!!
Last one, I promise. Hilarity ensues when Wanda, who is evil bitch God mode, steps on glass, cuts her feet and then starts limping towards the girl like a zombie [get it].
Cut to end of 3rd act. Wanda flies up in the air, and telekinetically snatches the girl out of the air like it's nothing. 2 - hours - of bullshix chasing around was for what?
Oh, so time for idiot plot to come to an end huh? lol.
MCU is embarrassing itself.
Recommend FOR ALL PEOPLEKIND. I fixed it for ya. Let's get upped to speed ;)
Sounds like it belongs on the Saturday morning 'Super Heroes and Friends ', lol
@Alachia, you young lady....are BRILLIANT( and earned a sub)!Thank you so much for being the 1st YT movie reviewer who said EXACTLY what this movie is about.
It was *never* about a story of super-powered heroes fighting a danger that'll cause harm. It's really about 3 distinct female personalities learning to accept each other, faults and all, & they *just happen* to have powers😂
...and there's a lil danger in the background *BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT* its the girls bonding ✌️😸♥️👍
....AND we have a musical melody (for the kid audience to sing along😊)
Don't forget about the dress. I know a lot of girls will love that gown
I think you nailed it. Ms Marvel was a school pupil so kids can relate to her and she was acting like a school kid. Then you have the Cat scenes (Kids like Pets) and the weird musical scene. I enjoyed the film because I like Space and this film had a impressive Space theme. I wouldn't recommend it if your an adult and dont have money to waste or a free movie pass.
“The had to fictionalise the super fan of Captain marvel because it doesn’t exist in real life.” 💀
Well. That’s my only reaction to this. “Well”
Falling Dabrie was a better hero than flying The Brie Larson. Man I was not expecting that joke intentional/unintentional lol
"Put a chick in it, make it gay and lame"... the words Disney lives by 🤡🤡😎
So the core timeline goes:
- 1960s - Stan Lee and colleagues establish the foundations of all the key Marvel characters and franchises
- 1985 - Alan Moore writes Watchmen, redefining what comics could be
- 1986 - Frank Miller writes The Dark Knight Returns, bringing mainstream comics together with Watchmen's tone
- 1989 - Batman is released in theatres, capitalising on the concept of a 'dark' Batman
- 1989 - Meanwhile, Chris Claremont is instructed to adapt the character Wolverine into Marvel's answer to Batman's DKR portrayal. This new Wolverine amplifies X-Men's already burgeoning popularity by several orders of magnitude, catapulting the franchise to genuine mainstream popularity
- 1992 - The X-Men animated series is released, building on ever-growing X-Men mania
- 2000 - The first X-Men movie is released, building momentum even further. At this point, movie execs and comic CEOs alike realise that if the general public can 'get' something as insanely complex and niche as the X-Men franchise, then they can get anything. All comics properties are now up for grabs as movie adaptation fodder, and SFX is now at a level capable of doing them justice
- 2002 - in an attempt to boil down decades of Marvel comics character history into something relatable to mainstream audiences, Marvel spins off 'The Ultimates' as a separate, parallel incarnation of its top characters. Everything in this series will eventually, in one way or another, feed into the MCU
- 2002 - A little ahead of the curve, Marvel/Columbia and Sony release Spider-Man. At this point, Marvel Studios is lamenting the fact they sold off the rights to all their best characters/ideas, but resolve to double-down on whatever they have left
- 2008 - Way behind the curve and plagued by production turmoil, Marvel Studios releases Iron Man, expecting a flop. It's a resounding hit
- 2009 - Whilst Marvel sets out a plan for the MCU, Disney swoops in and purchases them
- 2012 - The Avengers serves as a triumphant highlight for Disney, Marvel, and the MCU
- 2018 - After a somewhat turbulant but ultimately very successful series of movies, the MCU is effectively capped off by Infinity War
- 2019 - End Game is released, serving as a retrospective victory lap. the MCU now has no obvious path forward - all the building momentum has now been utilised. People begin to realise Disney is repeating the pattern it followed between the start of the Disney Renaissance (Little Mermaid, 1989) and its ultimate collapse (The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, 2008). In short - milking a success for all it is worth, no matter how awful the resulting products become
What we now need is the MCU equivalent of Watchmen. We kind of got that with Logan, but it wasn't movie-centric enough in its decontructive elements. Perhaps Deadpool 3 will pleasantly surprise us. On balance, it's likely the entire comics industry is now essentially 'tapped out' for the foreseeable future. There needs to be something profoundly new and different. Territory that has a solid decades-old foundation, but hasn't been capitalised on yet. One excellent candidate would be the Warhammer 40k universe, with Henry Cavill leading the charge. But who knows. Maybe in a few years we'll all be creating personalised movies for ourselves using AI tools. Ever wondered What Aliens would be like if Darth Vader was Ripley? Or how many Gremlins it would take to defeat Superman? You might find out someday soon. :)
This has to be one of the best reviews 😊🙌🏾
I watched the Pitch Meeting about The Marvels just before watching this. As he pointed out, stealing the atmosphere is the evil plot in Spaceballs.
It is. I doubt the writers of this film saw it... Otherwise they would have bailed on this plot!
This is the first review I thought was honest. Other reviews do think its bad but they also seem to feel obliged to say a few good things about it. If a movie has nonsensical story, it ruins the movie for me. I don't care if a story is simple, but it must make sense. Other reviewers say yeah it was terrible but I liked this or that about it. A movie is the sum of its parts, you can't take it apart like a buffet and score it scene by scene and then average the results. All the elements have to be taken together.
Excellent analysis, I just came across your content and watched your two Marvels videos. You are spot on that this movie is about sisterhood and the other things (a villain, negabands, the Kree/Skrulls, Nick Fury are all plot devices used to propel the story forward and to distract the males.
The acting was awful. the movie sucks
monica in the comics is a fucking beast. idk wtf this is
The duality of modern marvel.
On one hand Loki S2 showing there are still people capable of doing good enterteinment on par with its prime.
The Marvels on the other hand.
Showing all the prevalent issues with modern Marvel.
$273.8 million budget movie for teens or preteens? Wow.
Ghostbusters 2016 + Spaceballs = The Marvels
They lost their adult fan base so they are going after the kids.
"Every time they use their powers, although it`s not consistent"? That is oxymoronic as f**k! If it happens EVERY TIME, then it is, by definition, CONSISTENT.
"It's a Frankenf*ck"
-Jeremy Jahns
(2023)
They switch places when two of them use their energy powers at the same time. So if one of them uses her energy powers again after they switch because they used their powers at the same time, then they still don't switch again unless both of them use them again at that time.
The most incredible part of this entire thing is the fact that dozens of adults sat in a board room and greenlit hundreds of millions of dollars to this nonsensical plot. Disney really hates making money wow
There was a time when made-up critics praised movies in the commercials. I can see the value in such tactics when the movie being promoted is suck.
Great review 👍🏾 love the little joke about Captain Marvel not having fans in the real world 😂
I don't know if it was all the hate being lobbed at it and my expectations were so low, but the movie just wasn't that bad to me. It was mid, but it wasn't bad. I never felt bored or like I wanted to leave like Thor 4. But it is by no means necessarily good neither. The plot reminded me of the first Chris Pine Star Trek film with the dying star. The Kree are the Romulans. Carol is Spock. Dar-Benn is random evil Romulan leader going after the worlds that are important to Spock.
You might be right, because I also found that Star Trek reboot pretty childish and nonsensical.
@@StorytellingHeadshots Yeah, I don't understand how these scripts get greenlit. Spock didn't even do anything to the Romulans. In this movie Carols blows up a machine on Hala and somehow that directly kills the solar system's star??? What? And then you have the issue I saw coming a mile away after her first movie: She is too powerful. Every single fight in this movie could have been won if Carol just blew up all the Kree ships. On the water planet she could have just blown the ship up from right under Dar-Benn. Same for the Skrull colony. Yet she's landing on/in the ships and having fist fights with mere mortals. And these mortals can actually stand up against her; a woman who can fly into the core of a freaking star. Carols needs to be fighting cosmic threats, not some B-list Accuser. This should never have gotten past the first pitch meeting.
If almost no plot points matter, then the movie does not matter.
So they ran with the plot from Spaceballs.
Now I'm Imagininging Thor, Hulk and Tony having a slumber party...
It is pretty funny that they over looked something as rudimentary as making water from hydrogen and oxygen that isn't even some cutting edge technology. Shows that this film was stupidly written for kids but even good kid films in the 90s had good writing.
This movie is historic for Disney and a turning point in Western Civilization... but for all negative reasons.
You are now my official critic before I decide to see a movie or not (btw I first saw your Napoleon review and find very helpful your comments but needed to hear this one).
I really enjoyed this spoiler review. I'm not paying theater price to see this. 😅
Guardians of the galaxy 3 is about the relationship of the characters too, BUT it’s a good movie 🍿
You're dead on about the 'sisterhood' plot. The director says that exact thing in a few interviews.
12:18 I think this is a problem with a lot of modern comics as well as films. Power, by definition is the ability to enact change. But it doesn't mean anything, in storytelling, without creativity to use said defined power. This is why people say 'so-and-so is overpowered' because the writers don't find creative ways for them to use their powers to be engrossing or entertaining.
If you keep ramping up the powers of your characters it becomes harder and harder to subject them to threats, and about all you can have them do is to save the universe three times a year. Which gets old.
I really really enjoyed the movie. I'm a huge Ms Marvel fan so getting to see my girl in action on the big screen was a real treat and they actually made Captain Marvel likable this time. Some really great action scenes too.
Sorry Disney Shill, no one's buying it here. Try to another channel. Disney is dead. The M She U killed it.
i think it was nice to hear your thoughts on this Spoiler Review , ALachia. 5 out 10 movir to me
The “fictionalized version of a super fan” wins best burn of 2023.
Disney should have been honest and marketed this to kids.
not swapping w/ villan because she just has the othe bangle? not "same" powers?
Sooo...Carol Danver's arc is coming to terms with being a mass-murderer and hopes others accept her despite her failings? Oh wait, no...that's not right - Captain Marvel doesn't have failings. Okay, how's this - Captain Marvel's arc is about coming to terms with her own greatness and being willing to accept adoration from others she's had little to no actual direct dealings with. What a movie! *Kerflush!*
Her being a super fan is from the comics
I know.. same thing applies to that. Lol
An X men teaser at the end of the film feels like something put in there last minute to get more attention on this film that no one cares about.
Perhaps they should have had the baddy watching 'Space Balls' and decide to copy the plot from that film and it would have been funnier
This is the first time I've seen the spoiler review of a movie without actually watching the movie. They definitely should've marketed this in a different way in a form that appealed to children in the movie's current state. This is not the marvel we know and that we've always rooted for.
The problem isn't "The Marvels" itself. The problem is really that Marvel Studios has been putting out one sub-par film after another since "Endgame". It took a while, but fans have moved on. Even if "The Marvels" was good, few people are now willing to give Marvel Studios a chance any longer. They blew it.
Ms. Marvel's powers aren't even like this in the comics. The light bending stuff I mean. She's supposed to have enlarging/stretchy powers.
The Kree aren't the only ones who call Captain Marvel 'The Annihilator'. :D
This movie is for little girls who don't care that much about MCU movies.
There is a one-sided overlap in gendered interests. When it comes to films that men have a particular interest in (action, scifi, thriller), women generally also have a significant interest in those films. But when you have something that particularly is of interest to women/girls (romance, princesses, musicals, etc.) men often have a low level of interest in those things.
So, to capture the broadest audience in movies, it's usually better to lean slightly more toward things that generally appeal to the male audience, because those things also appeal to the female audience.
And if you are a male-centered brand like Marvel, if you lose the men, you lose the women too. Because women like Marvel stuff, but not enough to go if their husband and/or sons have no interest... even if you try to make it extra girly for them.
Is it better or worse than Ghostbusters 2016?
You've hit the nail on the head with so many of my problems with the movie, thank you!!!
You ask :What kind of superhero does that?", relating to them leaving people behind to die. You know who else did that, and it was portrayed quite well in The Boys, the evil, narcissistic, murderer, leader of The Seven, Homelander.
remember in Captain America, where normal Steve Rogers gets into a fight with a rude moviegoer, and gets his ass kicked, but keeps getting up... to the point where even the bully kicking his ass says he doesn't know when to give up, and Steve responds "I can do this all day"... which later becomes almost a mantra to him... when he's captured by Hydra, when he's fighting Iron Man...
when he's fighting for what he believes in, he doesn't give up... no matter how out matched he was
contrast that with either the apathy or quickness to give up
powers don't make the super hero, the struggle does
Captain Marvel is basically invincible on a level much much higher than Captain America, that's not what makes Captain Marvel a hero... though the MCU writers can't seem to figure it out
the woke batch of writers and leadership at Marvel who've been steering the ship into the rocks, can't seem to figure out why people resonate with actual well written, flesh out heroes... but don't resonate with with these new breed of "heroes" where the heroes journey doesn't matter, where the character isn't more important than the powerset, where they try stuff it full of woke ideology instead of well written stories..
there's a lack of respect for the audience, for the source material, and for the primary audience
they believe they are going to magically create a new demographic out of the blue that doesn't exist to replace the audience they despise, because they actually call them out on their lack of talent, cult-like adherence to their ideology and turning of the modern day mythology into nothing more that a cheap expendable product to be milked dry
don't know if it's willful blindness that leads them to jump to excuses like "superhero fatigue"
if something is enjoyable and has value, it usually doesn't lead to fatigue
if it's rushed, poor quality, tiresome, and insulting.... then it leads to fatigue
What if Darbin had been included in the sister hood? And all of the marvels got to know what carrol Danvers did? But the story changes to that of the sisterhood making amends to Hala. I’d watch that movie if it meant we got a villain we could understand better and a deeper look into Capt Marvel.
I have 4 nieces of varying ages and knowing them they’ll hate this movie for all the correct reasons you’ve mentioned. Great content!
Its always important that we teach our children
to HATE people and things for "all the right reasons"
and to get those reasons from monetized internet content.
That was a very enjoyable, thorough critique!
For Some time now , Marvel has Been Consistently Flopping at the Boxoffice over Bad writing or Too many writers . It's like Their not Paying attention to the Fans, to each other or Just Plot Line.....We Have Lost Interest as Movie Goers😮 22:10 😢