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I watched it and I loved it. I liked it a lot more than Wonder Woman because it didn't hit my trigger point of someone needing important information and the people who are supposed to help don't give enough information. Also people trusted that she would know what she was doing. There was also no romance which was nice and a change.
So other thoughts
Fury and Goose were awesome. I want to see more Fury and Goose just to see Samuel L Jackson sweet talk a cat. Fury obviously had cats before, maybe even had one at home or more than one. The music was awesome.
Jude Law's character was an asshole. His whole thing. And at the end when Carol had destroyed the nuclear warheads and the ship and she came back down and he pulled out his weapons like he had a chance to fight her I felt like "of course he thinks he has a chance". Matthew made a comment about how it was stupid and I said it was mediocre white male entitlement. Then acting like he made her and she had something to prove to him.
askye,
I think that was my favourite moment in the movie.
Hands up: who wanted Talos
to turn into a file cabinet?
I sure did.
Also, no
Secret Invasion no no no.
We watched Venom tonight too. We hadn't seen it before although I have read fanfic.
I had a hard time rooting for Eddie. I came around but that was a lot of entitled male behavior to get through. Not just closing this fiancee her job but he got the scientist killed.
I also really wanted Drake to die horribly. More like what Venom described to the monster at the end.
Captain Marvel: archive scene!
Feminism-shminism, I feel connected to the MCU in ways I never had before.
It's good to know that
I likely never have to fear being eaten by a tentacle-faced space cat, since Fury's initial reaction to Goose is pretty much mine to any cat upon first meeting.
My current MCU rankings, which are not so much rankings these days as they are groupings:
Really great, approaching perfection, transcendent:
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Great, solid filmmaking, very few flaws:
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Good, highly rewatchable, despite weak parts:
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
Only OK, still better than most other superhero films:
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Thor (2011)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
My current MCU rankings
That reminds me of a coworker's 77-year-old mother. They were going to see Captain Marvel, and the mother said, "I sure hope this is better than that Justice Friends movie we saw." Said coworker's response was, "They all are, Mom. They all are."
Poor sad Justice Friends. Speedy Guy, Robot Man, and Fish Dude deserved so much better.
I haven't seen Captain Marvel yet but your rankings are reasonable. I would move GotG 2 up into the second group, Dr. Strange up into the third, Civil War down into the second.
