Captain Marvel Review Thread | 79% Rotten Tomatoes

Deleted member 249 · Mar 5, 2019

NPR said:
Marvel has been churning out million-dollar superhero blockbusters for over a decade now. They know how to do them - and you know how to watch them.

Seattle Times said:
Like its tough, smart heroine, "Captain Marvel" dances to its own beat; it's an origin story that isn't structured as an origin story but gets there all the same. 3/4

Associated Press said:
The first female-led movie of the MCU deserved more.

Los Angeles times said:
It's not only heroes who can have superpowers, movies can have them too, and you can add "Captain Marvel" to the small list of those that do.

AV Club said:
It's everything you might expect a sci-fi superhero movie to be, if you hadn't seen one in a long time. GRADE: C

Hollywood Reporter said:
The picture is not dull, exactly, just mundane, marked by unimaginative plotting, cut-rate villains, a bland visual style and a lack of elan in every department.

812FilmReviews said:
Brie Larson [as Captain Marvel] proves all the doubters wrong...while continuing her ascension as a cultural and feminist icon. 3/4

Screen Space said:
Captain Marvel is not the blunt-force challenge to the accepted norms that Ryan Coogler's Black Panther came to represent, but it's a potent statement of intent. 4/5

The Wrap said:
Absolutely grounds itself in the '90s, even evoking a riot grrrl-adjacent feeling, buoyed by a soundtrack that features almost exclusively rock fronted by female voices - a reminder of an era that showed so much promise for brash, loud women.

Chicago Tribune said:
How's Larson? She's more than good enough for this job. It's not her loosest work, but few, if any, good actors deliver their loosest work in a superhero movie. 3/4

Entertainment Weekly said:
The movie's treatment of its source material is clever. GRADE: B

New York Post said:
The character, even when kicking ass, is a total bore. 1.5/4

Den of Geek said:
This movie is no Black Panther or, if we're expanding the field of comparison, Wonder Woman... Luckily, Captain Marvel doesn't have to be better than all of the MCU's previous films to be something enjoyable. 3.5/5

Newsday said:
Only the most dedicated Marvel fans will follow this Captain. 2/4

The John Campea Show said:
An important Marvel movie that connects a lot of dots the MCU has generated over 20+ films. Not one of the TOP tier MCU films, but a solid and entertaining one nonetheless. 7/10

ComicBook Debate said:
While a solid film, Captain Marvel seems more intent on setting Carol Danvers up for future appearances than making her first film truly great. 3/5

Chicago Sun Times said:
It's a real treat to see Carol Danvers find her footing and her wings, so to speak, while at the same time Nick Fury is taking the first steps toward becoming NICK FURY. 3.5/4

Matt's Movie Reviews said:
Survives a bumpy ride of origin story tropes and sci-fi jibber-jabber to become a supernova of a superhero movie sure to shake up the MCU. 3.5/5

Attitude said:
Captain Marvel takes a while to find its pace, but when it does, it doesn't dissapoint. 4/5

ScreenRant said:
Captain Marvel has all the usual MCU humor and action (with a few surprises), and plenty of girl power moments in Larson's strong performance. 4/5

Movie Nation said:
Liberating. Cute. Forgettable. 2.5/4

Vox said:
The movie ultimately becomes an electric light show with Carol at the supernova center of it. 3/5

I'll continue to add more.

Halbrand · Mar 5, 2019

Now 91%

shaneo632 · Mar 5, 2019

Was hoping for a higher average score but seems like it's good at least.

MisterAnderson · Mar 5, 2019

I really wish a rule was made where rotten percentages for movies wasn't permissible in thread titles tbh. I make an effort to avoid rotten scores until after I see a movie.

Deleted member 249 · Mar 5, 2019

shaneo632 said:
Was hoping for a higher average score but seems like it's good at least.

Yup, got it updated (thanks mods for the quick fix!)

Deleted member 2254 · Mar 5, 2019

Sounds good, though Marvel movies usually rate rather high either way. Will probably see it next week or so.

Demon Lizardman · Mar 5, 2019

Exactly what I expected.

EightBitNate · Mar 5, 2019

Always a bad idea to put the score in the thread title, especially this early on.

Deleted member 249 · Mar 5, 2019

FairyEmpire said:
Sounds good, though Marvel movies usually rate rather higher either way. Will probably see it next week or so.

Isn't 91% right in the middle of what MCU movies usually do?

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

shaneo632 said:
Was hoping for a higher average score but seems like it's good at least.

Its a 7.02/10, per RT. Infinity War is a 7.59/10.

Much higher than where it is isnt really realistic for these movies.

Kaiser Swayze · Mar 5, 2019

Looking forward to seeing it myself, but my expectations have been tempered a little by the early feedback. Folks seem to be putting it on the level of First Avenger, which isn't bad. At least nobody is invoking The Dark World.

Strangelove_77 · Mar 5, 2019

These big companies care more about Rotten Tomato critic scores than anything else, don't they? It's what is usually flaunted when a movie scores high.

OfficerRaichu15 · Mar 5, 2019

So not end all be all movie but good nonetheless. Will still see

Puck Beaverton · Mar 5, 2019

These reviews sound about right. Middle of the pack and inoffensive.

Sasliquid · Mar 5, 2019

In for Goose

FTF · Mar 5, 2019

91% after 68 reviews, wooo!!

modestb · Mar 5, 2019

Seems like a lot of "Meh, leaning positive". At least there's a consensus that it is good rather than bad?

Personally if this movie came out a year ago I'd be pretty psyched but now? Endgame is all I'm here for.

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

Phantom Thief said:
Isn't 91% right in the middle of what MCU movies usually do?

..no? majority are lower than this.

GOTG1, Civil War (??!) tie it at 91, Homecoming, Ragnarok, and Avengers 1 are at 92, Iron Man is at 93, and BP is way up there at 97.

That said i expect this to drop a bit as more reviews come in. Mid 80s, probably.

SweetNicole · Mar 5, 2019

I'm hyped.

Deleted member 2254 · Mar 5, 2019

Phantom Thief said:
Isn't 91% right in the middle of what MCU movies usually do?

Typo, corrected now, I meant to say they rate rather high either way. The release date kinda forces me to watch it in the theatre as I have no way other way to watch it in time before the next Avengers drops. Was gonna wait on it otherwise, but there's that. At least it sounds like the movie's good, I wasn't 100% sold on the trailers alone (looked good but nothing special tbh).

Deleted member 51266 · Mar 5, 2019

I strongly doubt this is any worse than Wonder Woman.

Freedom = $1.05 · Mar 5, 2019

trailers weren't super promising and it seems like the reviews are coming in as expected. Maybe ill still check it out this weekend just to get out of the house

I Am Captain America · Mar 5, 2019

No offense all these quotes your pulling are what people are saying the worst about the movie.

shaneo632 · Mar 5, 2019

Manmademan said:
Its a 7.02/10, per RT. Infinity War is a 7.59/10.

Much higher than where it is isnt really realistic for these movies.

I mean that's absolutely not true. Black Panther has like an 8.3/10 average, even something as also-ran as Doctor Strange has a 7.3/10. Most of the recent films have 7.5+

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

FairyEmpire said:
Typo, corrected now, I meant to say they rate rather high either way. The release date kinda forces me to watch it in the theatre as I have no way other way to watch it in time before the next Avengers drops.

This is an interesting release strategy i hadn't considered until now

Deleted member 249 · Mar 5, 2019

Manmademan said:
..no? majority are lower than this.

GOTG1, Civil War (??!) tie it at 91, Homecoming, Ragnarok, and Avengers 1 are at 92, Iron Man is at 93, and BP is way up there at 97.

That said i expect this to drop a bit as more reviews come in. Mid 80s, probably.

My point was this isn't lower than they usually do :P

FairyEmpire said:
Typo, corrected now, I meant to say they rate rather high either way. The release date kinda forces me to watch it in the theatre as I have no way other way to watch it in time before the next Avengers drops. Was gonna wait on it otherwise, but there's that. At least it sounds like the movie's good, I wasn't 100% sold on the trailers alone (looked good but nothing special tbh).

"Good but not life changing" is usually how all MCU movies go lol. This one sounds great.

Deleted member 249 · Mar 5, 2019

Kest920 said:
No offense all these quotes your pulling are what people are saying the worst about the movie.

I'm just pulling the quotes from RT: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_marvel

Yautja_Warrior · Mar 5, 2019

So not the best MCU movie but still good, that's all I needed to know.

At this point most people know what to expect, if you love MCU movies, you will probably like this too, if not then it probably won't change your mind.

I'm looking forward to watching this in IMAX this weekend.

Deleted member 12352 · Mar 5, 2019

So mixed!

PeskyToaster · Mar 5, 2019

NPR said:
Marvel has been churning out million-dollar superhero blockbusters for over a decade now. They know how to do them - and you know how to watch them.

Not sure how to read this. Is it supposed to be kind of sad?

woman · Mar 5, 2019

These mixed reviews

kanuuna · Mar 5, 2019

IndieWire didn't seem too hot on this.
Then again I wasn't really looking forward to seeing this.

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

shaneo632 said:
I mean that's absolutely not true. Black Panther has like an 8.3/10 average, even something as also-ran as Doctor Strange has a 7.3/10. Most of the recent films have 7.5+

Black Panther was a cultural touchstone that exceeded EVERYONE'S expectations, just won three oscars and was nominated for best picture.

Using it as a measuring stick isn't reasonable. There haven't been ANY superhero films made on that level since Superman kicked off the genre in 1978.

As for the rest of your comment, i don't consider the difference between a 7.05, a 7.3, and a 7.5 to be significant, especially when film criticism revolves as much as it does around personal taste and individual resonance of themes, versus technical competence, frame rate, resolution etc as game scores do.

JK-Money · Mar 5, 2019

cant wait for all these hurt white boys and incels

FTF · Mar 5, 2019

Seeing it Thurs night, can't wait!

Deleted member 19844 · Mar 5, 2019

Kaiser Swayze said:
Looking forward to seeing it myself, but my expectations have been tempered a little by the early feedback. Folks seem to be putting it on the level of First Avenger, which isn't bad. At least nobody is invoking The Dark World.

The comparison with First Avenger seems about right in terms of the general quality of the movie. Unfortunately for me I found First Avenger to be a rather boring movie. :-(

Potterson · Mar 5, 2019

So many of these quotes sounds like 5/10, lol. I don't understand RT Score.

DevilMayGuy · Mar 5, 2019

I'm sure I'll enjoy it. There must be something wrong with me, because I also enjoyed Aquaman and Venom lol

shaneo632 · Mar 5, 2019

Manmademan said:
As for the rest of your comment, i don't consider the difference between a 7.05, a 7.3, and a 7.5 to be significant, especially when film criticism revolves as much as it does around personal taste and individual resonance of themes, versus technical competence, frame rate, resolution etc as game scores do.

I...I don't agree with any of this.

jon bones · Mar 5, 2019

can't wait!

Sgt. Demblant · Mar 5, 2019

Some of those blurbs don't sound too great, I expected better based on the % but that's just RT for you.
Doesn't sound like it will overcome the MCU curse for me since the ones I enjoy are few and far between and it looks like CM is middle of the pack but I have no doubt that it will be a crowd-pleaser regardless.

PeskyToaster said:
Not sure how to read this. Is it supposed to be kind of sad?

Yeah kind of a weirdly depressing quote tbh.

Brinbe · Mar 5, 2019

Seems like the feedback matches the feel from the trailers. I think the metacritic score will be more meaningful here. 91% of people rating it as a 7/10 doesn't mean much. It's rather misleading. In fact, it's sitting @ 68 on MC, which is probably more representative of the quality of the movie based on those blurbs.
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/captain-marvel

So not bad, but not too great or exciting either. Will give it a watch Thursday or Friday.

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

shaneo632 said:
I...I don't agree with any of this.

You're free to disagree if you want. Free country.

I give your comment a 6.89 out of 10 though. Just wasn't feeling it.

chezzymann · Mar 5, 2019

Potterson said:
So many of these quotes sounds like 5/10, lol. I don't understand RT Score.

That's how it goes for marvel movies on rotten tomatoes. Look at Metacritic for a more realistic lookin score.

Puck Beaverton · Mar 5, 2019

This is going to be Dr. Strange and Ant Man 2 levels of forgettable

Barrel Cannon · Mar 5, 2019

Crazy reception already gawdam 0_0. Can't wait to see it tomorrow

edit: wait nvm some of the reviews sound like it's just good and not fantastic. Still excited to see it

Brian McDoogle · Mar 5, 2019

I love the lede that Michael Phillips did at the Tribune: "Captain Marvel" pushes a rabid feminist agenda. Meaning: There's a female lead this time. So that's one more white male out of work.

(I should point out he's being sarcastic and poking fun at the nerds and incels upset and outraged at the movie)

entrydenied · Mar 5, 2019

Potterson said:
So many of these quotes sounds like 5/10, lol. I don't understand RT Score.

RT scores aggregate whether reviews look like they want people to go see it. If they're on a scale of 1 to 10, it means 91% of the reviewers thinks it's 6/10 or above and 9% thinks it's 5 and below. I don't really like it because it really doesn't tell you much if a movie gets like 60% or 70%. I don't really like RT nor MC either way. Just read reviewers that you're used to. Have a feel of what the reviewers li,ed previously and gauge thier views.

Before reviews on the internet I used to read a local magazine weekly and it's usually the same woman who reviewed every movie.She never gave horror movies more than 3 stars out of 5 ( usually 2 or 1 stars) so I concluded that she probably hate horror and I just ignore her opinions of horror movies.

Manmademan · Mar 5, 2019

Puck Beaverton said:
This is going to be Dr. Strange and Ant Man 2 levels of forgettable

Dr. Strange isnt a bad comparison...its an origin film and origin films often come saddled with a bunch of predictable scenes and "go through the motions" because Thats What You Do with those.

For all it's flaws though, Strange DID set up what is possibly the most interesting MCU character since RDJs Iron Man and Evans' Cap.

Benedryl Cabbagepatch's Dr Strange was a standout part of BOTH Ragnarok and Infinity War...but neither would have been possible without the setup of the origin film.

sensui-tomo · Mar 5, 2019

Looking forward to seeing the movie on Thursday, but man do the reviews not read like a 91%, then again how RT does scores is very odd and different compared to say metacritic and other sites.

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