Hopefully they work on making her character not painfully boring.
There was so much focus on those people hating the character for being a strong woman, it kinda overshadowed the fact that marvel did such a crap job with the character.
I was hyped for captain marvel at one point, then saw the movie and thought “wow, this is ass”.
While the sequel is definitely not the best Marvel film, her character was a lot better than in the first one. I hope they continue to write her like that.
They wrote as a male character with a female skin rather than a woman, so she can't pull off the arrogant jock without coming across as unlikeable as its not a widely socially accepted archtype for women. It's hard enough for charismatic male actors to do that successfully, yet alone Larsson who is not the most charismatic of actresses and starting further behind.
Think about how brash sports women are received (Serena Williams, for example) vs. brash sports men (say any number of them). It's sexist but it is what it is
Counterpoint: Thor.
He blasted lightning out of his hammer, flew, didn’t require oxygen, and had godly strength. He was placed alongside:
A guy who can fly in a metal suit.
A guy without a jetpack who throws a shield
A guy who gets big and angry
A regular guy with a bow and arrow
A regular chick with a gun
At the time of this team up, Thor was still a cocky jock who had about as much character development as Captain Marvel has had to this point. But no one was concerned about Thor ruining the MCU.
Yes people hate Brie bc she's a women or she appears to be a bitch. Will I say she is my favorite actor, no. Better then Joe McHale or Aziz Ansari. However, she does a great job with Captain Marvel.
DC had the same issue that the MCU is running into. The lead shouldn't be your god killer. Maybe they do a "with all this power I failed bc I didn't play to everyone's strengths," story.
If Hulk or Thor lead, it would be the same issue. The eternals failed for the same reason. "We have a fast girl, a guy that has finger guns, and someone that kills a literal god." It felt empty and pointless from the other members view point. Imagine Hawkeye getting killed by a bullet with the Hulk, Sentry, and Dr. Strange standing next to him. You would question why he's there.
Neat. I think Brie can carry an avengers film, given a decent script.
"The Marvels" was a big improvement from "Captain Marvel".
The uphill battle here is that it doesn't feel like Marvel has ever really settled on what the Marvels are all about. Kamala Khan has been the first Captain Marvel that really resonated, but it still feels (both in comics and movies) like they're figuring it out as they go.
And I can't express how glad I am not to have seen "Mar-Vell" in the MCU, and how much I hope we never will. Each story I have read with a "Mar-Vell" appearance was weaker due to their presence.
Though that one time that
Thunderbolts Spoiler for Atlas
Atlas just up and kills Mar-Vell was actually pretty satisfying.
She's one of my favorite Marvel superheroes, next to Nova, and since I'm apparently never gonna get Nova, I hope they start to use Carol a little more.
I wish this obsession with superhero movies would finally end. It's been going on for what, more than ten years now? And it's always the same, some bad guy wants to destroy the world (or the universe or the multiverse), then an excessive amount of cgi action happens and finally the good guys win.
Why not make some original movies with new stories, instead of rehashing the same old slop over and over again?
I don't think hate is warranted, but the movie presented a back story about as interesting as Tom Holland's spider man movie did.
That, in combination with them being rather smug feel a bit like they were just an insert of the sake of some marketing department. Similar to the science department in black panther being just one person
Is it me or does Brie Larson have this constant look on here face where she feels she's better than everyone and is constantly judging everyone for that?
I mean, I've been told I have a constant RBF, and I'm also a 220 lbs bearded combat vet that uses the "1000 yard stare" so people will get out of my way. I've been told I terrify people sometimes. I can't judge her too harshly on her facial expressions, but in a lot of the things I've seen that she's in, there's this gnawing feeling that she's pissed off because she's above whatever she's doing. Her early career with things like Community and Scott Pilgrim, I didn't feel that way, but since Captain Marvel, there was a shift. Does that make sense?
Yeah, I get that vibe a bit. In any case, Captain Marvel is utterly uninteresting to me. Like you, I'm not 100% sure why, but I don't care about her problems or adventures.