# Captain Marvel Movie (The Marvel one) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533 "2018-09-18T13:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/101 "2019-02-13T22:44:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It has? In a recent movie? Which one? > I wouldn’t count\* Wonder Woman\* in the DC movies, she doesn’t really have the same flight+blasting powerset. _Supergirl_, sure, but that’s TV. You could maybe make a case for the Scarlet Witch. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/102 "2019-02-13T23:07:17Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I wouldn’t count\* Wonder Woman\* in the DC movies, she doesn’t really have the same flight+blasting powerset. Well, she kinda did in the big CGI blur that served as the third act climax. (Still can’t believe they missed a chance for a Zeppelin fight there. How do you make a movie set during WWI and not have a Zeppelin fight?) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/103 "2019-02-13T23:11:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, she kinda did in the big CGI blur that served as the third act climax. > > (Still can’t believe they missed a chance for a Zeppelin fight there. How do you make a movie set during WWI and not have a Zeppelin fight?) Why have a fight in a Zeppelin when you can have it in a **parking lot**? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/104 "2019-02-14T09:15:20Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You could maybe make a case for the Scarlet Witch. Naah, she’s the same psi powerset as, say, Jean Grey in X-Men, not what I’d call “multi-superpowered” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/105 "2019-02-14T09:21:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, she kinda did in the big CGI blur that served as the third act climax. That wasn’t fighting “ugly aliens”, though. AFAIR, when fighting ugly aliens (whether parademons or Doomsday) she’s just using super strength (I’m including her bracelet blasts in that), not actual flying and blasting. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/106 "2019-03-05T15:13:00Z")
Reviews are coming in, Io9 likes it: [Captain Marvel Review: Brie Larson Stands Tall as a Superhero](https://io9.gizmodo.com/captain-marvel-stands-tall-in-her-nostalgic-cinematic-d-1833050958) A French website did not: [First Captain Marvel Review: Cold, Disappointment, Unworthy | Cosmic Book News](https://cosmicbook.news/captain-marvel-review-cold-disappointment-unworthy) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/107 "2019-03-05T15:30:44Z")
Meh. What do the French know about cinema? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/108 "2019-03-05T15:39:52Z")
91% with 68 reviews in at Rotten Tomatoes. Excited to see it on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/109 "2019-03-05T15:42:10Z")
Even the spousal unit, who generally hates super-hero movies, is semi-stoked to see this one. Mainly for Goose, but that will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/110 "2019-03-05T15:46:52Z")
86% sounds about right to me. Just based on the trailers, the movie doesn’t look all that particularly good, but, of course, even Marvel’s misses are better than most movies. When this current iteration of the MCU is all said and done I feel it’s going to live in the middle. It’s not Iron Man 2 or Thor 2, but it’s no Winter Soldier either. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/111 "2019-03-05T17:00:27Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > … schlockmeister Myron Fass’ short-lived MF Publications noticed that no one seemed to care about the Captain Marvel name and launched an unrelated Captain Marvel title in the mid-60s. This CM got his powers from a magic amulet and his magic word was Split!, and he could split off and animate his separate body parts. It’s considered one of the worst comics of all time. Curiously enough, this was the first Captain Marvel title I ever read. Appalling nonsense. To be honest, the early Billy Bateson stuff (and the 1968 green-and-white Marr-Vell) were pretty poor as well. The first good iteration was the revamp by Roy Thomas, imho. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/112 "2019-03-05T17:07:04Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > 86% sounds about right to me. > > Just based on the trailers, the movie doesn’t look all that particularly good, but, of course, even Marvel’s misses are better than most movies. > > When this current iteration of the MCU is all said and done I feel it’s going to live in the middle. It’s not Iron Man 2 or Thor 2, but it’s no Winter Soldier either. I guess it says a lot about the quality of the MCU when being around 90% on RT is considered “Medium.” Also, I recently rewatched Iron Man 2 and I really liked it. There were some definite missteps, but it was a lot of fun. Thor 2 is still pretty boring. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/113 "2019-03-07T03:37:55Z")
Just watched _Captain Marvel_. It’s good, and fun, but it didn’t hit me in the right places. It’s like if you take the lesser scenes from _Guardians of the Galaxy_ and combine them with the lesser scenes of _Captain America_. There’s something in there, almost peeking out, but they never quite find it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/114 "2019-03-07T04:01:51Z")
I got a ticket to a fan premiere event tomorrow at my local AMC theater. I’ve never been to anything like that—I rarely see movies on opening weekend. I hope I can get out of work early enough to make it on time. I have no idea what they will do. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/115 "2019-03-07T04:10:19Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Just watched _Captain Marvel_. It’s good, and fun, but it didn’t hit me in the right places. It’s like if you take the lesser scenes from _Guardians of the Galaxy_ and combine them with the lesser scenes of _Captain America_. There’s something in there, almost peeking out, but they never quite find it. So they didn’t do [this](https://www.geekinsider.com/on-the-rape-of-ms-marvel/) story from the comics? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/116 "2019-03-08T03:31:30Z")
I just got back from seeing this on the giant IMAX and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Honestly I hadn’t really been \*that \*psyched for it (I’m not really a big Marvel fan) but I had a great time! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/117 "2019-03-08T03:40:51Z")
It was a pretty good movie. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay past the credits. Was there something I missed? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/118 "2019-03-08T03:48:10Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It was a pretty good movie. Unfortunately I couldn’t stay past the credits. Was there something I missed? Heh. In our sold out theater of 500 people I think \*maybe \*less than 5 people left before the end of the credits. The mid-credits scene took place after the end of Infinity War and showed Captain Marvel returning from the distress call Fury sent out at the end of that film. The after-credits scene was Goose the cat horking up the Tessaract on Fury’s empty desk, in what looked to also be post-Infinity War. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/119 "2019-03-08T05:14:57Z")
**Eyebrows 0f Doom** said: The after-credits scene was Goose the cat horking up the Tessaract on Fury’s empty desk, in what looked to also be post-Infinity War. Yeah, that was totally unbelievable, because… …any self-respecting cat would have located _absolutely vital paperwork_ to puke on. Or priceless artwork, a Persian rug, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/120 "2019-03-08T07:02:43Z")
lol spoiler 2 is soooo true… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533.md?page=7)