I am not spending movie theater prices to give a movie a chance. That’s why I only go once or twice a year for something that is guaranteed to be good.
The title is pretty clickbaity, she’s really commenting on people sharing opinions online about the movie without seeing it.
That makes sense.
The Marvels is on my watch list, so I’ll be giving it a try eventually. The slowness is more about Marvel stuff not being as entertaining for me as they used to be.
Same. I actually just watched it recently and didn’t think it was bad. It may not have been great but I was entertained. I did also enjoy Ms. Marvel but I also think that actress just did a great job. Gave me early awkward Spider-Man discovering his powers coming of age vibes.
I watched it, I liked it. You don’t need to have watched all the various shows beforehand, but you need to have a rough idea of who all 3 marvels are going into it.
But it was a good movie that dealt with some difficult topics and handled them pretty well. Iman Vellani is excellent in it.
I watched it on Disney plus and it was fine but I’d be pissed if I spent the £50-60 it would have cost at the cinema.
There’s no way I’m spending money on something just to give it a chance if I’m already indifferent about it
While I enjoyed it just fine that’s also one of the problems they’re facing:
I already have Disney+. Why would I go see it in a theater when I can wait to see it at home on a service I’m already paying for?
My own snacks, beer, and ability to pause will almost always beat having to leave the house and spend more money.
You can bring snacks and beer into theaters if you’re crafty enough. The real killer feature is pausing.
It’s definitely easier in the winter, when nobody will look twice at a big coat.
I don’t know how theaters in the UK work, but here, for two people? $50 easy.
Imax tickets locally are $22, x2 = $44 and that’s before popcorn and drinks.
Are you forced to watch it in IMAX or is it possible in simple screening rooms as well?
Odeon sells “all you can watch” tickets for £14 a month. £17 for the “all you can watch” with premium seats updates.
£8.50 for a single film. That’s everything as we include all taxes.
Why are you comparing to IMAX? That’s already accepting that you are going to be paying over the odds.
I really enjoyed The Marvels! I don’t know why people are hating on it so much… It’s much better than the last few stinkers Marvel put out lol
I think it was two things. First, there were a lot of people who were predisposed to hate it because they thought it was “woke” like the first Captain Marvel. You can’t ignore the insidious undertones of a lot of critics, but that doesn’t invalidate all of the criticisms.
It wasn’t a great movie. None of the recent movies were great, but none were as bad as people made them out to be. Critics are just tired of Marvel movies. They have seen a lot of really bad superhero movies, and casual viewers don’t know differentiate between Aquaman, Madam Web, and Love and Thunder. So when the latter isn’t as good as Ragnarok, it’s “just another bad comic book movie” adding to the fatigue.
So there exists a built-in set of anti-fans who feel validation when any of these movies is less than perfect. Deadpool will be fun, and then gird your loins for Captain America because that’s going to be a chew toy for all of the worst people.
I liked the first marvel film but thought this one was awful. just from memory, the singing planet made me want to jam pencils in my ears. The antagonist was inexplicably as powerful as all 3 marvels (come on, carol alone went toe-to-toe with thanos). And then she just… blew herself up. So good job, I guess? And the whole b-plot on the SWORD station with Fury and Ms Marvel’s family could have just been cut with nothing of value lost.
Thats just it. Im fucking over Marvel.
It could be the best thing they have done since Thanos snapped his fingers and I still wouldnt give a fuck. Its just done for so many people at this point.
I stopped going to nearly all movies at the cinema. I have a good-enough 5.2.1 sound system and large television with appropriate cinema seating distance, so why should I go out if all I need to do is wait 8-12 weeks and see it on a streaming subscription? For me, the movie would need to be compelling enough to warrant a drive of about 120 miles to see it in a Dolby Cinema theater, of which only Oppenheimer met in the past year.
I thought it was about average for a Marvel film - which is good, because “about average” for many other franchises isn’t positive at all. Definitely doesn’t deserve the negativity.