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impyMums and I ventured out into the world yesterday to see Captain Marvel. I have some thoughts but if you're just needing the "but was it good? Should I spend my cash to see it?" questions answered, let me make it easy for you: YES. Go see it and make some obnoxious dudes cry because wah, it's not a movie made explicitly for them. And because Goose is clearly the new star of the MCU.
We'll get a bit more spoilery in a minute, but I need to vent for a second about two theater issues. We went to the mall theater because it's closer and we saw Infinity War there last year and the seats were pretty comfy. I also saw Incredibles 2 there last year and again, pretty comfy.
Another plus? There were showings every ten minutes from 12:30-1:10. So when we bought our tickets at 12:41 and got our popcorn and drinks, I didn't think to look beyond which theater we were in. Imagine how pissed I was when I realized we weren't walking into trailers, but the goddamn movie already in progress. In retrospect, we should've gone back out to the concession stand and been like dude, wtf or just hopped to another showing but it took me a minute or three to realize we hadn't landed in one of those weird TV-trailer spots before a movie and then Mom was worried that in the time it would take us to sort things out, we'd still miss the same amount from any other showing.
So we've missed at least the first five minutes and CM isn't one of those characters I know a TON about so we're both lost and it doesn't help that the movie I think (again, didn't see the start) wants you to be lost. And then Mom asks me about getting her seat to move and I look for the button on mine, hit it, and for the rest of the movie I struggle with getting it to not leave me lying down. Pressing that stupid button should give you the option to either recline more or less, not automatically go to more until there's nothing left and then let you hit less.
Also, maybe thirty minutes in, as I'm struggling with my chair but before I hit full on lounge, some dude who went to the bathroom or something five minutes before appears on our row and hops over my chair. My dude, the chair you're sitting in is not the one you paid for. Which is fine, it's the 12:35 showing and it's not full, but maybe use the stairs on the other side instead of assuming I want your ass to hop over my chair? I inadvertently got my revenge at the end when I tried to finish reverting my chair to the upright position as he came back by and instead it decided "full lounge it is!" so it hit him.
GOOSE. Needs more Goose. And Fury's fawning all over Goose was so adorable that I would happily watch a compilation of their scenes.
Maria's obvious heartbreak over losing her best friend (or more, you decide) and then getting her back, even if it's a version that doesn't fully remember much of anything. Monica was adorable and we love.
But mostly I love that Carol/Vers/Captain Marvel got to be the Marvel hero without it being completely shifted because ohnoes, she's a woman. But the whole "smile more" thing? I cheered when she stole his bike because I fucking hate being told to smile more by strangers. When Carol's being goaded into fighting sans powers because only then will she know she's fully capable of besting Kree!Jude Law and she just blasts him into the nearest wall because she doesn't owe him shit? YES. Double yes because normally your hero would be at least a little bit suckered into holding themselves back for some stupid reason (pride? I dunno) but Carol just scared away a Kree warship on her fucking own, so no. She doesn't see the need to hold herself back just because some dude says she should in order for the fight, and her winning said fight, to mean anything. She kicked your ass and you're still alive because she still pulled her punch.
Which brings me to something I read after the movie. And it was from one of the higher ups about how obviously Endgame won't just be Carol thrashing Thanos because where's the fun in that and how she's got an Achilles heel and blah, blah, blah. You know what? I would actually enjoy the ever loving fuck out of Carol just absolutely destroying Thanos. I don't need you to nerf her like you nerfed Scarlet Witch. I got my lead up in Infinity War. Dude, man, I'm good with her sending him back to space dust and you padding out the rest of the film with ways to bring people back either before, during or after said fight since we know Marvel loves their cut to pieces fight scenes.
Speaking of the fight scenes, an issue I had with the movie itself was that I dislike No Doubt and their Just A Girl is one of those 90's songs that makes me full body recoil in memory, so it being used as a big fight scene song didn't work all that well for me. Also, while I love Hole's Celebrity Skin, it's not from '95 :P Otherwise, musical happiness to be found if you want to trip and fall down the 90's rabbit hole.
Other goodies? Talos was a delight. The twist? Was also pretty nice, though I've gotta say that it wasn't a complete surprise considering Jude Law basically spent the movie broadcasting "I am a definitely not a villain, no, do not suspect me at all, nope, totally innocent, can you see my halo that is definitely not perched precariously on my horns?"
We'll get a bit more spoilery in a minute, but I need to vent for a second about two theater issues. We went to the mall theater because it's closer and we saw Infinity War there last year and the seats were pretty comfy. I also saw Incredibles 2 there last year and again, pretty comfy.
Another plus? There were showings every ten minutes from 12:30-1:10. So when we bought our tickets at 12:41 and got our popcorn and drinks, I didn't think to look beyond which theater we were in. Imagine how pissed I was when I realized we weren't walking into trailers, but the goddamn movie already in progress. In retrospect, we should've gone back out to the concession stand and been like dude, wtf or just hopped to another showing but it took me a minute or three to realize we hadn't landed in one of those weird TV-trailer spots before a movie and then Mom was worried that in the time it would take us to sort things out, we'd still miss the same amount from any other showing.
So we've missed at least the first five minutes and CM isn't one of those characters I know a TON about so we're both lost and it doesn't help that the movie I think (again, didn't see the start) wants you to be lost. And then Mom asks me about getting her seat to move and I look for the button on mine, hit it, and for the rest of the movie I struggle with getting it to not leave me lying down. Pressing that stupid button should give you the option to either recline more or less, not automatically go to more until there's nothing left and then let you hit less.
Also, maybe thirty minutes in, as I'm struggling with my chair but before I hit full on lounge, some dude who went to the bathroom or something five minutes before appears on our row and hops over my chair. My dude, the chair you're sitting in is not the one you paid for. Which is fine, it's the 12:35 showing and it's not full, but maybe use the stairs on the other side instead of assuming I want your ass to hop over my chair? I inadvertently got my revenge at the end when I tried to finish reverting my chair to the upright position as he came back by and instead it decided "full lounge it is!" so it hit him.
GOOSE. Needs more Goose. And Fury's fawning all over Goose was so adorable that I would happily watch a compilation of their scenes.
Maria's obvious heartbreak over losing her best friend (or more, you decide) and then getting her back, even if it's a version that doesn't fully remember much of anything. Monica was adorable and we love.
But mostly I love that Carol/Vers/Captain Marvel got to be the Marvel hero without it being completely shifted because ohnoes, she's a woman. But the whole "smile more" thing? I cheered when she stole his bike because I fucking hate being told to smile more by strangers. When Carol's being goaded into fighting sans powers because only then will she know she's fully capable of besting Kree!Jude Law and she just blasts him into the nearest wall because she doesn't owe him shit? YES. Double yes because normally your hero would be at least a little bit suckered into holding themselves back for some stupid reason (pride? I dunno) but Carol just scared away a Kree warship on her fucking own, so no. She doesn't see the need to hold herself back just because some dude says she should in order for the fight, and her winning said fight, to mean anything. She kicked your ass and you're still alive because she still pulled her punch.
Which brings me to something I read after the movie. And it was from one of the higher ups about how obviously Endgame won't just be Carol thrashing Thanos because where's the fun in that and how she's got an Achilles heel and blah, blah, blah. You know what? I would actually enjoy the ever loving fuck out of Carol just absolutely destroying Thanos. I don't need you to nerf her like you nerfed Scarlet Witch. I got my lead up in Infinity War. Dude, man, I'm good with her sending him back to space dust and you padding out the rest of the film with ways to bring people back either before, during or after said fight since we know Marvel loves their cut to pieces fight scenes.
Speaking of the fight scenes, an issue I had with the movie itself was that I dislike No Doubt and their Just A Girl is one of those 90's songs that makes me full body recoil in memory, so it being used as a big fight scene song didn't work all that well for me. Also, while I love Hole's Celebrity Skin, it's not from '95 :P Otherwise, musical happiness to be found if you want to trip and fall down the 90's rabbit hole.
Other goodies? Talos was a delight. The twist? Was also pretty nice, though I've gotta say that it wasn't a complete surprise considering Jude Law basically spent the movie broadcasting "I am a definitely not a villain, no, do not suspect me at all, nope, totally innocent, can you see my halo that is definitely not perched precariously on my horns?"