Captain Marvel (2019)

Osmosis Jones

Bacchus wrote: »

Don't forget the GotG. Fantastic soundtracks... that also bled into IW a little bit. Thor: Ragnorok also had a fun soundtrack.

Yeah they have good soundtracks, it's the MCU's original scores that aren't great.

GavRedKing wrote: »

The real issue I have is its taken 3 Thor Films, 3 Avenger films, the deaths of Loki, Odin and half of Asgard for Thor to finally realise his power on screen.

Thor was one swing of Stormbreaker away from stopping Thanos so the rest of the Avengers were pretty redundant anyway.

Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Kiith

Sleepy wrote: »

I dunno, I got a distinctly Green Lantern feel from it...

Glad i'm not the only one. I've no doubt it won't be as bad (cause to be fair, that's probably not possible :pac:), but there was definitely a Green Lantern vibe from the trailer.

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad

What? The first Thor movie was great.

Gbear

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah they have good soundtracks, it's the MCU's original scores that aren't great.



Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Well just because he can't solo Thanos without it doesn't mean he didn't uncover a new level of strength.

I don't think it really undermines him.

There's a message in a few of the films - Spiderman and Ironman 3 (ignoring the pointless and self-defeating finale) in particular - what are they without the suit?

They're still iron/spiderman.

But, with that said, having the suit helps when it comes to ass kicking.

Thor defeats Hela not with the hammer but by putting his people first and then being willing to sacrifice his home. That's what makes him King of Asgard. Going toe to toe with a god tier being like Thanos with the infinity gauntlet is another matter entirely.

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I don't think "overpowered" is the right term, AFAIK she's always been one of the most powerful Marvel heroes. And if 100% of the Avengers couldn't take out Thanos, and now there are only 50% of the Avengers + Captain Marvel, then she's going to have to make up more than 50% of the remainder.

Or maybe we find out she died in the Thanos snap too and this whole exercise was pointless :pac:

Thanos was beaten twice physically in that film.
First on Titan until Starlord lost it, allowing him to get the hand back in the glove

Thor had him beaten but just aimed at the wrong target (as Thanos admits)

Bacchus

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Yeah I think that's largely due to the first two Thor movies being really bad and Marvel not knowing what to do with him until Taika came along (I mean he does nothing in AoU and isn't even in Civil War), and idk how to feel about the Stormbreaker thing, like he just spent a whole movie discovering that he doesn't need a weapon to channel his powers only to then need a new weapon to beat Thanos

Thor 1 was good. Thor 2 just didn't know what to do with the character so it ended up just ok... bordering on poor.

RE. Stormbreaker and the whole "the hammer wasn't his power" thing, it still all fits. Odin explained in Ragnorok that the hammer merely focused his power but he was still the one with the power. So Stormbreaker is much in the same vein. It focuses or channels HIS power. He's still now post-Ragnorok super powerful but that doesn't mean Stormbreaker can't push his power a little further. That's how I view it any way. Giant Tyrion also said that it could channel the bifrost so it has some power of its own that Thor can use (and did use when he threw it at Thanos).

FunLover18

Stormbreaker also allows Thor to use the bifrost, which is something he can't do on his own.

spacecoyote

spacecoyote wrote: »

I'm not really sure on the trailer, I just felt it was quite boring to be honest

I'd rather this and a subsequent brilliant film than the other way round. Remember Suicide Squad and that trailer with the Queen track......?

Arcsurvivor

Want to see how the post credit scene ties in to the movie more. At least Nick Fury is back.

Slydice

Trailer later. Poster now.

Maybe a bigger powerup shot in the trailer?


https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1069395805839155201

p to the e

Holy soft filter! If I hadn't already known Brie Larson was in this I'd have never had recognised her from the poster.

FunLover18

It's a great poster, I'm so excited for this film.

pixelburp

Yeah, they have over-airbrushed her face a tad; it's a pretty epic, heroic pose going on & I like it, but as usual a Hollywood poster has softened the actor's face into mush!

Slydice

The trailer.. I .. I've been waiting.. for the trailer .. for so long

EoinMcLovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHxvxdRnYc

Honestly... Meh

Mr Crispy

I liked it.

KyCoo

Waiting for that script.

EPAndlee

From the trailer it looked very unexciting

ArthurG

Agree the trailer was pretty tame, but then again, in these days of trailers revealing pretty much every surprise, i'm hopeful they're keeping all the good stuff back.

pixelburp

Most astonishing thing is definitely the de-ageing tech used on Jackson; some of it just simply looks like the actor in the mid-90s. As to the trailer itself, it looks pretty OK: the content itself is not particularly exciting but I suspect it's trading on the excitement of MCU fans who know Captain Marvel is the key to Avengers 4 & defeating Thanos.

Baggly

Looks good.

Sad Professor

I liked the last trailer but this is awfully generic.

Baggly

Sad Professor wrote:

I liked the last trailer but this is awfully generic.

I'm hoping it's just that they won't give away what's going to make it different before it premieres.

There are flashes of Ryan Reynolds GL about the origin story and training etc it I squint really hard while watching it. There are parallels anyway. I'm hoping it's AT LEAST an improvement on that POS.

w/s/p/c/

Not excited about this at all, trailers not doing it for me.

Saying that I will still go to see it, hopefully will be surprised.

Rumour Avengers trailer is coming out very soon too

youngblood

That second trailer is very underwhelming, like I presumed the first trailer was deliberately underwhelming but the over all feel of Captain marvel is very disappointing so far and I'm not sure what exactly is not working here but there's definitely something a miss

ArthurG

I wonder if they specifically included

that bit with the granny on the train after all the backlash about her slapping an OAP

lol

Mitch Connor

Loved the Super Sayan bit!

Acosta

ArthurG wrote: »

I wonder if they specifically included

that bit with the granny on the train after all the backlash about her slapping an OAP

lol

You can be sure of it they did.

PhiloCypher

I've liked Brie Larsen in everything she's done but I gotta say she just looks like she's phoning it in here. There's none of the personality you normally see from a Marvel film in these trailers. Really hope it's just bad editing and they're saving the good stuff, because it would be a real shame if the first marvel female superhero movie tanked.

Baggly

Think thats par for the course for '1st' movies. Did personality shine through in trailers for Iron Man 1? For Thor 1?

Best trailer Marvel have done imo is GOTG, admittedly, but un-introduced characters.....think the whole movie is supposed to establish the personality rather than the trailer.

Loughc

I really have to say the trailer was the most disappointing marvel one yet.

Maybe that’s a good thing as it doesn’t reveal much.

Sad Professor

PhiloCypher wrote: »

I've liked Brie Larsen in everything she's done but I gotta say she just looks like she's phoning it in here. There's none of the personality you normally see from a Marvel film in these trailers. Really hope it's just bad editing and they're saving the good stuff, because it would be a real shame if the first marvel female superhero movie tanked.

We'll see but I suspect she might be miscast. Larson is great in the right role, but she's had a few films where she was totally wooden. Free Fire and Skull Island for example.

I wish that they made this film a few years ago and cast Olivia Wilde in the titular role.

I'll hold out hope, as I have been hoping for this film for years, but that trailer just did nothing for me.
I am glad that they gave nothing away but it's still supposed to entice.

what the hell!

I'm thinking the reason that Larson looks like she has no personality is maybe because that's the way her character is supposed to be in the beginning. Her mind has been wiped and she's now some super soldier with no back story. I would imagine as the film goes on and as she finds out more about her past she will get more into it. Having said that the trailer does look a bit meh.

ipodrocker

not much in trailer, gets us closer though!

pixelburp

Suppose it depends on how they intend playing the character; the arc seems to be playing up the whole amnesiac trope, rediscovering her humanity having been a hitherto emotionless soldier etc., which would make it hard for any actor to project much charisma. Wonder too if for no other reason than their similar names & statuses, if Captain Marvel will takeover from American's role as the straight-laced leader type post Avengers 4.

ipodrocker

its clever not to reveal all

ArthurG

Someone mentioned SLJs de-ageing above. Having taken another look I’d concur, the quality of those fx are awesome. I think we’ve moved past uncanny valley in terms of depicting real humans.

Mickeroo

ArthurG wrote: »

Someone mentioned SLJs de-ageing above. Having taken another look I’d concur, the quality of those fx are awesome. I think we’ve moved past uncanny valley in terms of depicting real humans.

I remember thinking Michael Douglas in the first Ant man was very good from what I remember and the young RDJ in Civil War too. This looks on a whole other level going by the trailer.

pixelburp

ArthurG wrote: »

Someone mentioned SLJs de-ageing above. Having taken another look I’d concur, the quality of those fx are awesome. I think we’ve moved past uncanny valley in terms of depicting real humans.

I think the method is similar to Ant-Man & the Wasp, in that the actor (Michael Douglas, Sam L Jackson) performs on set as normal, albeit with little black reference dots across their facec to help the FX debt. later de-wrinkle.

Looks like it's more airbrushing on steroids, as opposed to something like Rogue One, that attempted to recreate Peter Cushing in CGI (or Tron: Legacy's own attempt at de-ageing Jeff Daniels via a 100% CGI head).

Mickeroo

I remember the de-aging of Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellan being the only thing that got plaudits in X-Men 3 too.

flazio

pixelburp wrote: »

I think the method is similar to Ant-Man & the Wasp, in that the actor (Michael Douglas, Sam L Jackson) performs on set as normal, albeit with little black reference dots across their facec to help the FX debt. later de-wrinkle.

Looks like it's more airbrushing on steroids, as opposed to something like Rogue One, that attempted to recreate Peter Cushing in CGI (or Tron: Legacy's own attempt at de-ageing Jeff Daniels via a 100% CGI head).

Bridges

Slydice

eh... trailer felt a bit too .. soft? .. non-superhero filmy?

and then the money shots came began at the end and I was like... aha, here it comes! but then they somehow took the thunder out of it.

Like there's enough money shots there to do something good with. This trailer just used em kinda crappy.

Agent Coulson

Bree is very very pretty.


I'm going to be honest that's all I took from that trailer.

Agent Coulson

The Avengers trailer due tomorrow has been postponed due to the funeral of George W.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The Avengers trailer due tomorrow has been postponed due to the funeral of George W.

George H

Gbear

I'd like to think that Marvel are so secure in their position now that they don't have to sell the film as much and can hold more back for actually watching it.

Presumably everyone and their dog is still going to go see this unless it has terrible word of mouth.

Baggly

My goldfish is coming too. The three of us are going to make a day of it.

pixelburp

1. It's the first MCU film with a female superhero lead
2. It's the first 'proper' tie-in with Infinity Wars, insofar as it may address the biggest cliffhanger the MCU has yet produced (and became a cultural phenomenon in its own right)
3. It features the return of fan favourites Nick Fury & Agent Coulson (the character, not the Boards user)

I suspect the trailers could be a static 30 seconds of the title card and it'd still generate the same hype.

ArthurG

*trailer reveals loads of key plot points and exciting info*

Fans: "ZOMG why didn't you keep stuff back to surprise us when we go see it everyting is SPOILED!!!!111111"

*trailer is sombre and only teases exciting action and story*

Fans: "ZOMG this is the worst, who is this actress she sucks, movie going to FLOP!!!!!!!1111111"

Sometimes you just can't win lol.