I thought it was about average for a Marvel film - which is good, because “about average” for many other franchises isn’t positive at all. Definitely doesn’t deserve the negativity.
I really enjoyed The Marvels! I don’t know why people are hating on it so much… It’s much better than the last few stinkers Marvel put out lol
I think it was two things. First, there were a lot of people who were predisposed to hate it because they thought it was “woke” like the first Captain Marvel. You can’t ignore the insidious undertones of a lot of critics, but that doesn’t invalidate all of the criticisms.
It wasn’t a great movie. None of the recent movies were great, but none were as bad as people made them out to be. Critics are just tired of Marvel movies. They have seen a lot of really bad superhero movies, and casual viewers don’t know differentiate between Aquaman, Madam Web, and Love and Thunder. So when the latter isn’t as good as Ragnarok, it’s “just another bad comic book movie” adding to the fatigue.
So there exists a built-in set of anti-fans who feel validation when any of these movies is less than perfect. Deadpool will be fun, and then gird your loins for Captain America because that’s going to be a chew toy for all of the worst people.
I am not spending movie theater prices to give a movie a chance. That’s why I only go once or twice a year for something that is guaranteed to be good.
The title is pretty clickbaity, she’s really commenting on people sharing opinions online about the movie without seeing it.
That makes sense.
The Marvels is on my watch list, so I’ll be giving it a try eventually. The slowness is more about Marvel stuff not being as entertaining for me as they used to be.
I watched it, I liked it. You don’t need to have watched all the various shows beforehand, but you need to have a rough idea of who all 3 marvels are going into it.
But it was a good movie that dealt with some difficult topics and handled them pretty well. Iman Vellani is excellent in it.
Same. I actually just watched it recently and didn’t think it was bad. It may not have been great but I was entertained. I did also enjoy Ms. Marvel but I also think that actress just did a great job. Gave me early awkward Spider-Man discovering his powers coming of age vibes.
