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I don't think its messaging had to be overt for it to benefit from opening day coinciding with International Women's Day. And I absolutely believe they intentionally released it on International Women's Day to capitalize on the tie-in. (I myself hadn't heard about International Women's Day until Tuesday of that week - then was given quite the history lesson about it by a few friends. It's a much bigger in Europe. Here in the U.S. this year it seemed to be mostly a social media thing, with a few major brands choosing to do tie-ins -- including Google with their Google Doodle. I learned it's a big deal in Russia, Italy, Bulgaria and the other former Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe; here I think it's about on the level of "Secretary's Day," I'm sorry - "Administrative Assistant's Day.")

Well played, sir!

I'm excited for this, but FYI: It's Jumanji 3.

Maybe a post-credits stinger can feature Galactus played by Woody Harrelson in a goofy helmet. He can say something ominous like, "You'll meet my HERALD shortly."

Nah. They should feature Galactus, but as a cloud.

So...in its first four days of release, Captain Marvel's topped the (inflation-adjusted) entire domestic runs of films like: X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: First Class Unbreakable #FrontloadedForTheWin

So...you didn't like it?

And I loved it for Shane's Black writing. Not just the dialogue, but also the twists. Curious why folks here seem to be okay with but not okay with the Mandarin in IM3. My biggest problem with IM3 was that That's what Black has said he had in his original -script -- a double-fake-out, and Disney shot him down, supposedly because of fears re. related toy sales.

But y'all TLJ haters are fine with Leia's demonstrated telepathy powers from Empire?

Or astral projection. Ditto with Princess Leia's relationship to the Force: We see her with the empathetic / mind-reading tie to Luke in Empire. Then again with the breathe-in-space & flying bit in TLJ. I'm good with all of the above. Just because we didn't *see* a power displayed in the original trilogy doesn't mean it's not there and/or can't be canon.

To be fair, I still don't know what the full extent of Vision's powers are. From the films, I gather he can: - change density - shoot beams from his head - calculate like a supercomputer - talk to other computers - fly For instance, an obvious one would be invisibility (if he can change density, why not simply become invisible too?) The point? I presume there are other powers not yet shown. Doesn't make him any less compelling a character.

It occurred to me this morning how amazing it would be if Disney trolled everyone: Step one: Have Carol Danvers die while fighting Thanos during Endgame. Step two: Have the now-adult Monica Rambeau take up the mantle of the new Captain Marvel and leader of the Avengers going into Phase 4. Step three: Reveal that Brie Larson had only signed a two-film contract and that this was the plan all the way along.

This. Imagine the film was 90% the same, but about a character named Warlock instead of Captain Marvel. Like it or not, there are folks (not necessarily on this board, but out there in the world) who are more annoyed that it's about a new *female* character stepping in at the late stage with cosmic powers than a new male one who stepped in during the original storyline. And yeah - as a teenage collector of the X-Men titles, Batman, ASM and the Avengers, I had _no_ idea who Adam Warlock was prior to Silver Surfer # 50. He just appeared as a suddenly-major character who was the key to winning the Infinity Gauntlet (aka, my generation's Secret Wars).

Exactly - this was my assessment from last week well before its release. And I stand by it -- change just a few things around and this could have worked as a Green Lantern film. And fun fact: given so many other similarities, the producer and primary screenwriter went on record last year about how they specifically changed Danvers' origin from the comic to make it less like Green Lantern's.

All those films you mention have two words in common: Hans Zimmer. I think he's the legit successor to John Williams, but with far more musical orchestral range.

Sorry, Bosco. Jay's actually right here. The 3x worldwide first weekend is incredibly misleading/irrelevant because it basically opened _everywhere_ at once, vs. nearly every other release that was incredibly staggered. Can't compare apples to watermelons.

There's no need for me to white knight this "lame" film. I enjoyed it, and more than I thought I would. But my opinion doesn't matter a whit for a film that: - has an 80% RT; - has a 64 on Metacritic; - received an A rating on Cinemascore; and - made $150+ million domestic its opening weekend.

You're right. This movie is no more must-see viewing for Endgame than Captain America: First Avenger was prior to the first Avengers film. They follow the same template: - A disconnected origin story - In a different time period - Concerning the Tesseract - That connects directly to the next Avengers movie only in the post-credits stinger. Oh…and both characters were/are positioned to lead the full team.

Umm... 1) *Every* studio tries to frontload their films. Not the least of which because the percentage take in weeks 1-2 is far higher than in weeks 3-16. 2) It did >$150 million domestic. Even if it drops like BvS (which didn't even double its opening weekend domestically by the end of its run), it still hits $300m domestic. Which is better than: Captain America Winter Soldier Thor Thor 2 Batman Begins Doctor Strange Man of Steel Every X-Men film Oh...and Venom.

Fun facts: 1) Per the Captain Marvel Twitter feed, based on Marvel Super-heroes # 13's release date, today is Carol Danvers' 51st birthday! 2) On the day the first Avengers film was released in 2012, the going rate for Marvel Superheroes # 13 in CGC 9.2 was ~$225. Today, with her positioned to play a major role in the fourth Avengers film, a similar copy costs $5,000.

I agree with much of Chuck's post. Mainly, that the backlash would be more muted, frankly, if Brie Larson were hotter, sexier. (Even though James Cameron attacked the Wonder Woman film for having her be both a strong female protagonist _and_ sexy, as if our heroines couldn't / shouldn't be both.) But mostly I still think there's still some underlying resentment from some middle-aged comic book geeks who didn't grow up collecting Ms. Marvel appearances and/or considering her a main character. I'm not saying you can't criticize the film - there are plenty of places it could have been better. But for a middle-aged comic geek, it's one thing when FF #52s began costing more than FF # 48s -- But quite another when Marvel Superheroes # 13 start costing $5,000 in CGC 9.2. There used to be an in-crowd aura among comic nerds -- we read and collected the source material before it was cool or mainstream. But now Hollywood dictates who the characters are in the public domain, not the original comics. For all intents and purposes: - Nick Fury is now black - Black Panther is now an A-list character on par with Captain America and Thor - Iron Man is as big as Spider-Man - In the space of a weekend, Carol Danvers' Captain Marvel is well on her way to being a superhero as big/bigger than Doctor Strange. (at least among the general public.)

Fair. It was a bit of an exaggeration - but all of those films received the scores I listed. And I stand by the overall sentiment. It's rare that I've liked a movie w/ a rating below A-. The actual number? Nearly a third of films get a rating of A- or higher. (Actual number? 31%.) Source: https://www.cinemascore.com/press/article/id/16 More importantly, the graph shows a direct link between the box office results of films, which decrease every step of the overall audience grades.

I'll go one further. I've only been in a movie theater once where the audience literally booed at the end. That movie? The Ninth Gate (2000) - Starring Johnny Depp and Roman Polanksi's third wife. Directed by Polanski - who, of course, is no stranger to supernatural devil films, having done Rosemary's Baby 25 years earlier. The last five minutes were beyond ridiculous. I've never seen an audience actually angry at a film, before or since. The film's Cinemascore rating? D-

I actually take the opposite view on this. Few people seem to understand that 80%+ of movies receive an A- or higher grade from Cinemascore. So to me what it really means is that a movie that receives a B+, let alone a B, actually _really_ sucks. Examples: B+: Spider-Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Suicide Squad, Blade Trinity, Justice League, John Carter B: BvS, Ghost Rider, Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull B-: Punisher War Zone, The Hulk, Police Academy 6 C+: Batman & Robin, Jonah Hex, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Predator, Spawn C: Saw V, Aliens v Predator: Requiem C-: Jaws The Revenge

Something I found ironic about Captain Marvel: