Siskel & Ebert: Two thumbs WAY UP!
Former ISU rating scale: 5.8/6
Grade: A

AH! BOTHER THAT RATING FROM ROTTEN TOMATOES SAYING THAT IT'S 48% FROM THOSE CRITICS!! :
( https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ca.....rave_new_world )

No, it would not be anything like that book by Aldous Huxley about the control of life after Henry Ford had died, but it does have such relation to some of the characters in the book having to be so calm that they take a pill called "soma". That is what happened to one character in the movie. If it were that Huxley was alive and managed to see this, he could have a little bit of liking to it as the belief of having such a society being clamed down to such control with a pill can be applicable to one person, however there is the idea of mind control, and for many people affected by it, it is a profound consequence-if you are going to have something to learn from this, yes, hypnosis in some way DOES work-be careful in falling victim to it!

Overall, as I can admit that I'm late to following the Marvel-verse, I can admit that with MANY crossovers happening, especially with The Avengers, it would be entertaining to keep in the know so that one would follow all the adventures the heroes will go through, and that they will have to relate to the overall story that they will all share. In this movie, LOOK AND LISTEN SHARP for references about Black Panther, Ant-Man, and especially The Incredible Hulk-and if you have not seen what the most recent Hulk had, do look at Wikipedia for how the character became a DIFFERENT Hulk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capta.....rave_New_World . NO!!! I WILL NOT SPOIL THE STORY!!

WITH THAT IN MIND, to also see in a good way having to for the first time follow Capt. America and see that now it is a black being him and taking the reins of the original of his duties, it is evident that we see now there would be multiculturality in some of the heroes that we consider white traditionally, it is not just Black Panther. It is clear to show that in this time in RL, the movies when there is heightened racism going on, they do want to subtly show that ANYBODY can represent a traditional hero or heroine in comics. In here, the cast of the new actors meets some of the old, and it is also of good age inclusion.

What would be fine here is that one will want to piece the puzzle on how the problem was caused, and it can be complicated, but it is doable, and it can put you at the edge of your seats. For one like me just entering the Cap'n America-verse, this is a lot of action, and it starts to coalece when we continue on watching the 2 hour movie. Although for me beginning this hero's adventures, I, like many others will wonder who the villain is, and it will go and cause us all to go connect the dots and go back to other movies in the Marvel-verse to know how this Hulk came to be. We have to see one Hulk movie in the past to know. It was a surprise to me at a point when the character was getting the characteristics of Hulk when getting in a serious rage, but was able to control himself, but later got to be this uncontrollable, and more "bad guy" Hulk than the green one we know by now. It did have Cap'n America and his colleagues to do a lot of investigating and processing to get the eventual problem to solve and to stop it, to have and maintain peace, and to handle the antagonist. Too, as there can be a moral to pick up from this movie- if you see really one is innocent, don't give up on proving it-it is the saying, "All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law." Help your friends to the fullest if they are innocent and you DO have a strong gut feeling that they are telling the truth and are not guilty. And I like the lighthearted ending-it did make me laugh!

Truthfully, I did not get bored, and I was in great entertainment through and through. It was that since this was the newest movie in the Marvel-verse for me in the Cap'n America series and that I have a lot to catch up on, and also that there are so many names of heroes that interrelate, especially when Cap'n America gets help from the Wakandans, we do have to make a flowchart and grid to see how the Marvel-verse is, and we can predict what could happen next for all! So, for me after seeing to date all the movies offered from Guardians of the Galaxy, I can go to other Marvel heroes- it was all thanks to ABC airing the GotG cast that was in the movie they showed, Thor: Love and Thunder. (Sorry, did not rate this one!) Now I have to see Thor more in action! And I will say that before Disney bought out Marvel in ALL media, I did see Fantastic Four (2015-though bad) and Howard the Duck. With the plan that now Disney/Marvel is intercalating the heroes, they are doing VERY well in getting me tuned to see them all in action and relate when they will all be united to be The Avengers again. Let's see what happens!

For me after seeing "Brave New World", ALTHOUGH AMERICA NOW IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, TREAT THIS ONE AS JUST ENTERTAINMENT-THERE IS NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT THIS MOVIE, AND IF CURRENT EVENTS RELATE, IT IS COINCIDENTAL AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT THE USA IS FACING NOW--IT IS FICTIONAL. DON'T LET POLITICS AND THE IMAGE OF THE USA HINDER YOU FROM ENJOYING IT! Plus it was a very good movie to my eyes- it is up to YOU to decide if it is worthy of your money and having you end up with smiles; SO, to go back to Rotten Tomatoes, I agree with the 79% of the audience that say that they like it-forget the critics! I hope to see more of Cap'n America-after this movie, I will go back to the ones before and look forward for more!

ONE NOTE:

If you are watching the unmodified, original version in theatres/DVD/Blu-Ray, STOP!! DO NOT LEAVE WHEN THE CREDITS ROLL! PLEASE STAY FOR THE POST CREDITS (or warm close) TO SEE A CLIFFHANGER TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND MAY INVOLVE CAP'N AMERICA AND EVEN OTHER MARVEL CHARACTERS!
(I will not say- you have to see it for yourself!)