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Box Office: ‘The Marvels’ Gets Grounded With MCU’s Second-Lowest Opening Day Ever (variety.com)

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[+] TheShadowKnows@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] zib@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I saw the movie a few days ago and while I didn't think it was bad, I'll admit the script is a mess. Some parts are a little hard to follow or poorly explained. Someone either got a bit lazy with the writing or did a poor job cutting it all together.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It feels like an editing issue. The film was fast paced and a lot of scenes just ask you to assume that they make sense. In truth they probably do, but they need a little bit of explanation.

Let's talk Flerkins for example. Early in the film Goose eats some bad guys, teleports to Kamala's living room, then spits them out. No one really comments on it. No one found it weird. We just defeat the bad guys and move on.

Next Goose spits up some science equipment. We learn that they've been missing for a while. They look fine but no one mentions that they still work, or we're otherwise still preserved.

Finally we have the musical Memory scene. Ignore for a moment the eggs that hatched. Ignoring for a moment it happens when they've run out escape pods. We have "kittens", we've established that Flerkins can eat people and they can hold what they've eaten for a while. So while the solution makes sense, and on paper they've earned the moment, it takes a moment to really put it all together. As a result it feels rushed and instead of just enjoying the scene you're left wondering if it makes sense.

We're only talking about cutting a few minutes here and a few minutes there, but it adds up.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

It's the lowest adjusted for inflation, not sure why they aren't doing that that. They mention it in the article body.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I haven't gone to see any movies for a while now. The effort to go to a theatre and all that just feels not worth it. I'd rather wait for the films to be available on something I can watch at home.

[-] meter_kilo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Watched it. It is a pretty OK. Typical forgettable marvel movie. There is a villain and heroes do something, and the day is saved. That is all I expect from these movies t.b.h. Mild entertainment.

I don't understand the hatred received for it though. Most of them either seem to be on either their expectations not being met or they are tired of these superhero movies.

Well if it didn't meet your expectations, don't keep it so high for these movies. And if you don't like superhero movies, don't watch them. Solved.

[-] joenforcer@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have to think of the general public and their patience for subpar serialized moviegoing experiences. Marvel hasn't had a standout movie since Endgame and the final movie of the Spiderman Home series. The last one I saw in theaters was Doctor Strange 2, but that was only because it was the "ending" for Wandavision. The last four movies since then have not been great, and Captain Marvel doesn't exactly get crowds excited. I'm not even going to bother because I've learned from the Marvel movie experience that is so serialized and there are so many references that I'll probably need to slog through the ones I missed to fully enjoy it without being confused. I have mild interest but not enough to change the position I'm in.

The MCU Golden Age is over. We'll have to get past Phase 5 and see where we end up, because Phase 4 only had a few enjoyable films, and Phase 5 so far has been pretty bad.

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[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like Disney already knew and was expecting this. The original Captain Marvel wasn't very well received, and they seem to understand now that not everyone wants to consume every piece of MCU media all the time with the new "Spotlight" tag. I expect it'll get a fast turnaround onto streaming.

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