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<blockquote data-quote="DeviousQuail" data-source="post: 9189161" data-attributes="member: 7025431"><p>Just saw this. Pardon the stream of consciousness. Should you see it in theaters? I think so. </p><p></p><p>The movie was fun. It had a silliness to it that would feel at home in a GotG movie. Unlike GotG 3, The Marvels doesn't have the same heart to balance that silliness. That's to be expected. This isn't the capstone to a trilogy after all. However, this movie feels like it blasts through some scenes in the second and third acts that needed a bit more time and weight. Amongst recent MCU movies it's not on GotG 3s level. I think it's better than Quantumania and Love & Thunder. Ymmv.</p><p></p><p>The best parts were anytime the three leads were hanging out together. I enjoyed their comedic chemistry. The action scenes early in the movie were darn near perfect. The switching loses some of it's fun later on. Not enough for me to dislike it though. The outlandish* parts including </p><p>[SPOILER="Spoilers"]the water planet singing and Goose having babies who save Saber by eating people[/SPOILER] were terrific. I will say that the hidden bits above probably won't be everyone's cup of tea. I cannot stress enough the silliness of this movie.</p><p></p><p>*pun intended</p><p></p><p>The fine/meh bits: the story isn't great. This is not going to sit alongside the high points of the MCU in that regard. It has enough to get people where they need to be and explain why they're there. You want better, but sometimes that's what you get. Nick Fury, Saber, and the Khans have their own little B-plot. It's okay for exposition, but not interesting on it's own. Also, a lot of apologizing that had a bit of a PSA on how to say sorry vibe to them. Not bad, but not as weighty as you'd hope.</p><p></p><p>The worst part is the villain. The actress was fine, but as a villain she'll be forgotten soon. Just a boring revenge story. Very little room to grow and she fails to be menacing enough when she's not using her powers. Also, the teeth thing was a choice I wouldn't make twice. Captain Marvel's power fluctuates a lot too. Sometimes the villain makes that happen but at other times it just doesn't feel like she's hitting as hard as we know she can.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="What's Next?"]</p><p>A lot as it turns out. Kamala is trying to be the new Fury, getting a young avengers squad together. Nice to see Kate Bishop again. We have a cameo with Valkyrie who seems closer with Danvers than I remember them being in their previous 5 seconds of screen time together. I think it makes sense, but it suggests more off screen growth and that's the most boring growth. Say hello again to Binary and welcome to the MCU Beast. That's a good mid credit scene.[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>Finally, it feels like things are moving again in the MCU. Watching the Loki S2 finale and this in two days was the shot in the arm they needed. For this movie particularly people across Earth and space are connecting with each other. This is what they've needed to do for a while so it's nice to see that happening. More of that and more from all three leads please.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeviousQuail, post: 9189161, member: 7025431"] Just saw this. Pardon the stream of consciousness. Should you see it in theaters? I think so. The movie was fun. It had a silliness to it that would feel at home in a GotG movie. Unlike GotG 3, The Marvels doesn't have the same heart to balance that silliness. That's to be expected. This isn't the capstone to a trilogy after all. However, this movie feels like it blasts through some scenes in the second and third acts that needed a bit more time and weight. Amongst recent MCU movies it's not on GotG 3s level. I think it's better than Quantumania and Love & Thunder. Ymmv. The best parts were anytime the three leads were hanging out together. I enjoyed their comedic chemistry. The action scenes early in the movie were darn near perfect. The switching loses some of it's fun later on. Not enough for me to dislike it though. The outlandish* parts including [SPOILER="Spoilers"]the water planet singing and Goose having babies who save Saber by eating people[/SPOILER] were terrific. I will say that the hidden bits above probably won't be everyone's cup of tea. I cannot stress enough the silliness of this movie. *pun intended The fine/meh bits: the story isn't great. This is not going to sit alongside the high points of the MCU in that regard. It has enough to get people where they need to be and explain why they're there. You want better, but sometimes that's what you get. Nick Fury, Saber, and the Khans have their own little B-plot. It's okay for exposition, but not interesting on it's own. Also, a lot of apologizing that had a bit of a PSA on how to say sorry vibe to them. Not bad, but not as weighty as you'd hope. The worst part is the villain. The actress was fine, but as a villain she'll be forgotten soon. Just a boring revenge story. Very little room to grow and she fails to be menacing enough when she's not using her powers. Also, the teeth thing was a choice I wouldn't make twice. Captain Marvel's power fluctuates a lot too. Sometimes the villain makes that happen but at other times it just doesn't feel like she's hitting as hard as we know she can. [SPOILER="What's Next?"] A lot as it turns out. Kamala is trying to be the new Fury, getting a young avengers squad together. Nice to see Kate Bishop again. We have a cameo with Valkyrie who seems closer with Danvers than I remember them being in their previous 5 seconds of screen time together. I think it makes sense, but it suggests more off screen growth and that's the most boring growth. Say hello again to Binary and welcome to the MCU Beast. That's a good mid credit scene.[/SPOILER] Finally, it feels like things are moving again in the MCU. Watching the Loki S2 finale and this in two days was the shot in the arm they needed. For this movie particularly people across Earth and space are connecting with each other. This is what they've needed to do for a while so it's nice to see that happening. More of that and more from all three leads please. [/QUOTE]
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