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ScepterOfLove posted...

Guess I'll chime in and say me ranking Captain Marvel second to last had nothing to do with Brie Larson or her comments about critics. She's a great actress, and anyone who disagrees can watch her performance in Room to be proven wrong.

As someone else said, I think the terrible amnesia plot held her and this entire movie back. It was the first time I left a Marvel movie without being excited to learn more about the main character and the section of the interconnected universe they inhabit. The script was one of the MCU's most bland, the 90s references tacked on with no payoff, and Carol's journey was boringly predictable. It was just a forgettable movie for me.

I'm excited for CM2 though, mostly because it has a new director. And I love Monica Rambeau from what we've seen in WandaVision so far.

Yeah, I don't care about Brie Larson one way or another. I don't think she's great, but I also don't think she's terrible. My biggest problem with Captain Marvel is that it felt like the kind of bland, origin story plot we saw a bunch of in Phase 1 (hence two such movies already being eliminated), but it didn't even have a proper origin story. Carol Danvers is already super powerful when we meet her, and the only struggle she really faces is that she can't beat Jude Law when artificially restricting herself to play by his rules. As a result, there's like, NO suspense in the entire film. Genuinely, it's like watching The Incredible Hulk with a slightly more interesting and witty lead.

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