The Marvels - MCU

Agent Coulson

The trailer is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuk77TjvfmE&ab_channel=MarvelEntertainment

Penn

That looks fun. I think the power entanglement and place swapping is a fun idea.

Mitch Connor

A cat army.

silverharp

looks horrific, I saw somewhere that the budget is 200m, yikes! , they aint getting that back

pixelburp

Said in the general thread, but I enjoyed that trailer. Looks like the kind of knockabout, goofball fun sorely missing from much of the recent MCU. The premise alone turned my head and hopefully the movie really makes imaginative use of it.

First time in a while I've said "yeah, go on, you have my attention" to a MCU trailer.

Agent Coulson

Iman Vellani just oozes charisma and I think will steal every scene she is in just like she did in the Ms Marvel series.

Disney have found a real star in her.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120465116#Comment_120465116

Wouldn't be too sure, Released right in time for the Thanksgiving to Christmas holiday season. I reckon it'll be great craic altogether.

Theboinkmaster

Disney just love losing money don't they.

Looks terrible, not sure who target market is.

silverharp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120465548#Comment_120465548

they have reduced their audience going by that trailer to pre teen girls, you cant do that for a 200m movie.

Acosta

It looks a bit too silly. But sure we'll see.

CWMMC

This doesn't look like a Marvel movie ill be watching. It seems like they forgot what audience range they normally aim for.

AMKC

Oh that looks like fun.

BruteStock

Looks just like the last Marvel product and the one before that and the one before that...

November release? lol Dune 2 and Hunger Games Songbird Snake have the same window of release. . Its going to flop!

~Rebel~

Looks fun.. most interested i've been in catching a Marvel movie in theatres for quite a while.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120465784#Comment_120465784

Ms Marvel has been a very popular new character, and not like adults are immediately allergic to anything starring a teenager; if this reviews as being as fun as the trailer suggests, more likely it becomes a hit that arrests the slump.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120465008#Comment_120465008

Or are they....

Spoiler Warning

Flerkens!!! Lol

flazio

It's aimed squarely at the Tom Holland Spider-Man fans with Kamala stepping into Peter Parkers shoes. Now I doubt it will reach Spider-Man numbers (be interesting to compare it with "Across the Spider-Verse" though.) but it should do OK.

johnny_ultimate

Nia DaCosta was on Blank Check this week chatting about Trance, but she was very candid speaking about her issues with the way a lot of modern blockbusters are filmed. She also said she’s openly spoken to Marvel bosses about some of the stuff she hasn’t liked in the MCU films, and went to town on Endgame’s infamous ‘female heroes assemble’ sequence. She’s an interesting choice for a film like this and a director I like, so I’m intrigued to see how she fares here. The MCU has defeated many directors before, of course, but hopefully she’ll find a particular groove like James Gunn or Taika Waititi (first time around… let’s ignore the second) did.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466435#Comment_120466435

I literally just finished that episode and was quite surprised how candidly she spoke of the MCU, to the extent I stopped what I was doing to make sure I heard her right. Not often you have someone do that before their film is even out!

Brave move cos if this fails she'll be thrown under the bus quick enough, but it's a sign of her confidence in herself she basically criticised her employers' prior work without pause or diplomacy. By all accounts the trailer doesn't suggest something half àssed or without confidence, insofar as one can read into those things from a trailer.

BruteStock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466429#Comment_120466429

Why isn't it aimed at Captain Marvel fans 🤨

silverharp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466387#Comment_120466387

The show was Disney's lowest viewed show in 2022, it doesnt scream high demand for a big budget movie?, though liked the opening lines of the Beastie Boys song "Well now, dont you tell me to smile"

https://www.nme.com/news/tv/ms-marvel-earns-lowest-viewership-of-any-marvel-disney-show-3251555

Ms. Marvel is the least-watched Marvel series on Disney+, according to reports.

The show, which has the highest score of any Marvel Studios series so far on Rotten Tomatoes at 95 per cent, has recorded the lowest viewership in its opening five days.

• READ MORE: Ms. Marvel first look review: Muslim superhero makes MCU magic

According to Samba TV, 775,000 US households watched the premiere of Ms. Marvel in the first five days following its release on June 8.

In comparison, Loki earned the biggest opening numbers with 2.5million. This is followed by Moon Knight and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier at 1.8million, WandaVision at 1.6million and Hawkeye with 1.5million.

Slydice

Looks fun!

Also, @Agent Coulson, you're back from Tahiti! 😁

Agent Coulson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466710#Comment_120466710

It's a magical place.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466669#Comment_120466669

The low viewership was put down to being brought out on the same day and time as the business end of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which had a 3 week head start. Disney+ made adjustments and brought out She-Hulk on Thursdays instead of a Wednesdays so that the same wouldn't happen between She-Hulk and Andor. In my opinion Ms Marvel was one of the better Phase 4 projects, very Shang Chi in tone.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466669#Comment_120466669

"in it's opening five days" is a pretty important qualifier there. Which makes sense as a new character few people knew anything about, and with other shows up against it in those opening couple of days too. But the reviews and word of mouth have been great, so I'd imagine by this stage it's picked up plenty of fans.

CastorTroy

People were critical of Ms. Marvel before it was even released. Some not liking the teen side of it, some not liking the change in powers and even some not liking it due to the race and culture portrayed.

I really enjoyed it and going by this trailer it seems Ms Marvel's upbeat personality is intact. I believe the word is adorkable?

Now if they manage to give Captain Marvel a personality she didn't have for the 5 seconds she appeared in the previous ensemble movies, they'll be doing well.

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/wS_qbDztgVY

____

pixelburp

Still looks like an eminently fun premise; let's hope they actually have some goofy, exciting set pieces using the idea of body swapping and it isn't just abandoned halfway in for generic hand lasers.

alexander113

Anyone liked Ms.Marvel? I don't have any expectations for this team[marvels]. There is some connection with Secret invasion, Right?

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120881216#Comment_120881216

Haven't seen Secret Invasion yet, but I thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Marvel. One of the better shows for me, good coming-of-age superhero fun.

Agent Coulson

It just looks so fun and fun is always a good thing.

CastorTroy

As usual the trailer shows too much. Guess I won't be watching another one.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120881678#Comment_120881678

Why watch the full trailer if you feel the trailers show too much? Like, I totally agree (for all trailers - especially 2nd ones - not just mcu), but if you just stop it early you get a sense of the film without spoilers..

alexander113

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120881575#Comment_120881575

Me neither. They are airing the last episode this week. Not liking phase 5. 

CastorTroy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882366#Comment_120882366

I don't usually watch more than a teaser trailer so not sure why I watched this full one.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888750#Comment_120888750

It's so frustrating though isn't it? Like, I want to be able to watch trailers for stuff I'm excited about, but they throw so much information in there that can ruin all the anticipation for a movie in about 3 minutes. I find when I go to the cinema now I end up having to look at my feet and try not to take in the audio after about a minute of each trailer!

Slutmonkey57b

I'm inclined to go and see this twice just to spite all the man babies who seem hell bent on complaining that something might not be directed entirely at their personal wishes. I've still no idea why Brie Larson gets so much aggro. Samuel L Jackson likes her so I doubt she's got these massive (but entirely non-explained) personality flaws the neckbeards are continually telling us she has.

flazio

I held off watching the Marvels trailer until after episode 6 of Secret Invasion, and while episode 6 of Ms Marvel lifted my spirits after the disappointing Love & Thunder, this trailer didn't have the same effect, the first teaser was better. I'm still hyped for the film though, I reckon Iman Vellani is going to steal the show.

Agent Coulson

So i just found out today that the actress that plays the big bad in this Zawe Aston is Tom Hiddleston fiance.

Small world this MCU.

Paterson Jerins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120905202#Comment_120905202

Are you okay?

Where are these man babies? I haven't heard anything negative about this movie in real life, and the trailers seem to be flying now. The comments are very positive. This movie will do very well.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120976046#Comment_120976046

The key words there are "real life". But if you spend enough time online you'll find that there is a disportioncate amount of anger, vitriol and hysteria over all things "woke" that tends to drown out the discourse; the hate campaign against Captain Marvel #1 - before it even came out - was so strong that sites like Rotten Tomatoes had to change their code to stop "review bombing" by the aforementioned Perpetually Angry. It's debatable there's a positive trend this time around as a direct response to the prior film's hate campaign.

But yes, I almost never come across anyone in real life who actually get terribly upset about "woke" (insert definition here).

Slutmonkey57b

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120977116#Comment_120977116

Even today, there are plenty of men in forums, YouTube, and elsewhere who take pot shots at Larson and Captain Marvel either claiming that the film was the worst of that phase, a failure, that she's hated by the rest of the marvel cast, that she's a horrible individual etc etc. They're not coming out of the woodwork yet, but they will.

gmisk

Reviews seem pretty mixed...52% and seems to be dropping...

But decent reviews in empire, the Hollywood reporter etc.

I will check it out myself this weekend seen all the other MCU films and the short running time is a plus in my books!

Sigh, I see they are still obsessed with the pink/purple sparkly rubbish

gmisk

Crept up to 61% on rotten tomatoes now

santana75

To be fair captain marvel was awful so whatever potshots it took were well merited. Its easy to dismiss the criticism as mysogyny, i just think it was simply a bad movie. Bre larson can act, anyone who's seen "Room" can testify to that but she was ill suited to the role. Emily blunt would've been perfect for it but if it was offered to her at some stage I can understand why she passed.

I'll watch this new movie but my expectations are low considering its predecessor.

silverharp

A non spoiler review, the take is that they have made a kids movie, a good movie for 5-7 year olds ....ooof!

https://youtu.be/AamXGUMqrk4?si=0h_VDVOp3JSN2Iay

Banjaxed82

It's a plodding hodge podge of a film. Would agree on the kids movie aspect mentioned.

Bottom line: it's a poorly made movie.

ancapailldorcha

I'm not sure if I want to see this.

https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1722626952362971528

I find Ian to be often spot on with a lot of stuff like this. I felt the same with the second Dr. Strange film, like I was missing something and that said something wasn't worth the price of a Disney+ subscription.

Foxtrol

Light and fun movie - I'd rate it a good bit higher than the original and probably around middle of the post Endgame group.

Can't go into too much of the positives without spoilering. The three characters work well together and Iman Vellani is fantastic, which will be unsurprising to anyone who saw Ms Marvel. She should be one of the stars of the MCU going forward. Felt the fight scenes were great, given their uniqueness and were a smart way to depower Captain Marvel. Comedy was good, though a few did fall flat.

There will be complaints from the usual 'man babies', as described earlier in the thread, who will moan that this is an attack on them simply for a film existing that stars women, especially ones of different races. Having said that, there are plenty of actual flaws. Standard Marvel forgettable villain. The tight run time makes it feel rushed at times, but likely were the right decision. Special effects were hit and miss, mostly hit for me though the giant IMAX screen I saw it in always makes it better than smaller screens.

Feel it is a film that should and deserves to do a lot better that it will, but totally understand why it is tanking, some due to their choices and also elements beyond their control. Believe when people get to watch it on Disney+ later it will be pretty well received, presuming the effects hold up.

For those going to see it, the 'post credit' scenes are a bit strange. There is a scene before the credits which looks like it would have been perfect to slot into the credits yet they have it in the main film and then have only one mid credit scene and none at the end. Makes me think one scene might have been pulled very late given the current reshuffle going on within the MCU. The mid-credit scene is however a big one

Spoiler Warning

though with some incredibly bad CGI. Again, with the look of being thrown together at the last minute

brianregan09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121351775#Comment_121351775

I'm just out of it and I reckon this fella was writing his review as he was watching it Ms Marvel and Maria's stories from the Disney Plus Shows are well covered so even though I saw them I don't feel that'd have been lost if I hadn't , think it was a fun movie some things could have been added and taken away that would have made it an even better film , really enjoyed it , look forward to where the characters go next