Ms. Spam Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Are we super heroed out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I'm not but a lot of people are. I don't think Marvel's bringing in any new fans anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 They've been hyping the movie on shows I watch before bed and in the morning and a lot of people seemed to be happy it's coming out and have high hopes. Marvels new direction just seems kinda disjointed. We will see what happens when it opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 This phase is about establishing a new baseline before getting into all the crossovers again, like in Phase 1. It definitely feels different, with so many new characters and what feels like a lack of direction, but I don't doubt it'll come back together in the next couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I'm wary of the mega-hype on this film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Not sure about the hype but I really want to see it after the great trailers they've put out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 IMO Black Panther was one of the stand alone Marvel movies that didn't hold up with repeat viewings. Other than Spiderman this phase hasn't gotten me interested in the next film. I am interested to see if they make the Sub Mariner interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue 3 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Yeah - Spidey has been the only one I have gone to the cinema - wasn’t going to miss that one. Have watched all the others on Disney+, so I would agree on an element of burnout with the sheer volume of releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Finally saw this— it wasn’t aggressively awful like Eternals but I was bored to tears. Not sure how I feel about them trading the movie’s heart on the actual death of Chadwick Boseman. Granted it had to be addressed, and I’m sure everyone involved had true grief for the guy, but it felt like a cheat to me. I don’t think Leticia Wright was the right choice to center the movie on. She just wasn’t compelling and I don’t think she was a good enough actor to really give us what they wanted. I’ve wanted Angela Basset to be Storm for half my life so making her Black Panther would have been great. They used her to put over Wright, when they should have let her carry the whole thing. Or for that matter, Okoye would have been better. She at least had the passion. Namor was wasted and anticlimactic. I kept waiting for the bigger turn— we think it’s about Vibranium when really it’s about colonialism and multiculturalism… but no, it was really about vibranium and planning for war as opposed to showing us a war. I know it had to basically be scrapped after Boseman died, and Leticia Wright was a problem on set— I just can’t help but think they should have let this one go and not make it until they could build up to a new Black Panther like they did the first one with Civil War. THAT said, this is all very keeping with whatever Marvel phase this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I agree, I felt mostly let down with this movie. I didn't hate it but Shuri is not leading character material. Maybe a different actress could pull it off (like Bassett!) but definitely not Wright. I do feel like Okoye would have been a good choice, too, and thought it might be heading that way when she was demoted. Namor seemed less hotheaded than he is in the comics but he was okay. Power-wise he was portrayed accurately, I think. And he acknowledges he is a mutant! I'm feeling more and more that mutants are going to be revealed to have always been around but have stayed secretive for the most part. Don't know where they will go for the next one, hopefully Shuri Panther becomes a stronger character by then but I'm doubtful. Recasting would have been the better choice for this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I thought Namor was great but otherwise I agree. Riri was pretty neat too, but I can easily move on from Iron Man legacy characters. This phase is over, which is a good thing. I think with Ant-Man introducing Kang as the next big bad, things are gonna start coming together again. I'm still not a big multiverse story fan though. I'm worried Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars are gonna turn into cameo fests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Agree that Namor was great in terms of portrayal and the actor— just felt like he was wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Having the finale set on a big boat wasn’t really helped by Jimmy Cameron doing it better a week later. I enjoyed it overall but I was also hoping they’d end up doing more with Angela Basset, or even Lupita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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