Captain America: Brave New World - Official Trailer (2025)

Ryujin said:

Finally watched it last night. I enjoyed it, but it felt like something was missing. Can't really put my finger on it.

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The fleet encounter at the Celestial island was a good example of a successful de-escalation from an in-universe perspective, but from an audience perspective it does feel like we were denied the spectacle of a Red Hulk leaping between aircraft carriers and smashing up guns and planes.

MarkB said:

The fleet encounter at the Celestial island was a good example of a successful de-escalation from an in-universe perspective, but from an audience perspective it does feel like we were denied the spectacle of a Red Hulk leaping between aircraft carriers and smashing up guns and planes.

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I didn't expect that to happen, but I did have the basics of at least one of the second act "twists", from just the trailer. Certain things must come, along with Red Hulk.

Honestly, most problems with the movie from a broad perspective (as compared to "just didn't like some parts") come down to what happens when you change direction part way through filming; its almost always visible to some degree.

Paul Farquhar said:

I liked Solo better than this.

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I liked Solo, but I liked this better than Solo. Solo meandered a lot in the beginning.

MarkB said:

The fleet encounter at the Celestial island was a good example of a successful de-escalation from an in-universe perspective, but from an audience perspective it does feel like we were denied the spectacle of a Red Hulk leaping between aircraft carriers and smashing up guns and planes.

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Not to mention flattening the White House! We was robbed!

But for a chessmaster type villain, the plot was remarkably stupid. Shouldn't he have been smart enough to work out that revenge is dumb? Not to mention escape years earlier if freedom was what he wanted? And to face that kind of villain, you either need a protagonist who is similarly smart (Holmes vs Moriarty) or exceptionally dumb - which is why this guy is a Hulk villain.

chuckdee said:

I liked Solo, but I liked this better than Solo. Solo meandered a lot in the beginning.

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Tried to cover too much "backstory" before getting to the frontstory. Should have been a TV series.

Kaodi said:

I too watched the Throne Speech live, and I too just saw this movie now that it is on Disney+ .

I concur with those who have said it is just okay. I liked that we got to actually see Betty again. I wonder whether this means we will see you know who in the future some day as well.

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Given how little screen time she had, I feel like they really had to twist Liv's arm to get her to appear at all. It they were thinking of using her later in a major role they would have recast.

Watched it last night with my brother, and overall was disappointed.

I enjoyed Falcon and Winter Soldier, though I felt like it made a couple of significant missteps, and with the CA2: Winter Soldier spy vibes this one gave off a bit of, I had hopes it would follow in that one's footsteps, as one of the best MCU movies.

Unfortunately I felt like the writing on this one REALLY let it down. Substantially more plot holes than normal. A bad supergenius villain (who could have been a good change of pace if it was well-written). All of these characters deserved better, and I can see some elements of a genuinely good movie in here, but this wasn't it. Mackie and Ramirez have good charisma and chemistry as heroes, but Esposito, Ford and Lumbly were really wasted. Isaiah in particular was one of the high points of F&WS, and while Lumbly's characterization remained solid and at times moving, so much better could have been done with Isaiah as a moral anchor and embodiment of the central conflict with a black CA. Ford was also distractingly aged and fragile; Hurt (RIP) would definitely have been better in the role. Even Tim Blake Nelson, who I usually love, was struggling under the bad material. The Celestial Island/dogfighting sequence was some pretty good action cinema, but there wasn't enough spectacle to overcome the writing.

pukunui said:

What is it that Stern is referring to in the credits scene? Avengers: Doomsday? Something else?

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Yes, and no doubt the upcoming Fantastic Four movie, which also involves people travelling from alternate universes.

Paul Farquhar said:

I liked Solo better than this.

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Me too.

Paul Farquhar said:

Tried to cover too much "backstory" before getting to the frontstory. Should have been a TV series.

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Also too much wink wink nod nod fanservice in explaining a lot. Some stuff doesn't need to be explained. His blaster, for instance, could have been left at a preference.

chuckdee said:

Also too much wink wink nod nod fanservice in explaining a lot. Some stuff doesn't need to be explained. His blaster, for instance, could have been left at a preference.

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It could have, but I see no reason not to throw some more worldbuilding out there. If you prefer a mystery, just pretend they never explained it.