Fanboy has it right, there is only ONE TRUE "Captain Marvel" ..and isn't Carol Danvers!





I'm pretty much sick to death of anything superhero and/or space opera/serial related anymore, not only is the market seriously over saturated these days but because of the nature of the mainline MCU from Disney, along with LUCASFILM pushing an ultra anti-white anti-male uber feminist agenda and the general DISNEY IP universe with their poorly made lackluster live action remakes that absolutely nobody asked for being seemingly pumped out by the dozens literally every freaking year now! They have not only shown literally nothing of appeal for me but also have deeply angered and alienated me to beyond the point of ever again having any desire to watch anything of their newer offerings for at least the past year and a half now!


The X-Men and Deadpool 20th Century Fox movies are the only exceptional things from Marvel I still care about (besides Blade and The Punisher IP's, both of which "The Mouse Company" has shown absolutely no desire to continue or reboot in any respectable form) and seeing as how part of the prupose for the Fox buyout is for the purpose of further ruining those IPs in a half baked attempt to reboot/splice them into the increasingly irrelevant worthless and annoying MCU, so as far as I'm concerned it all ended with Logan and the remaining Deadpool movies.

What about the Captain America films and Guardians of the Galaxy films?

GOTG almost slipped my mind, it's the only MCU film that ever I actually bothered to see in theaters because I never had any interest in Iron Man or any of the multiple continuities attached to it, the first GOTG felt completely disconnected from the MCU and totally original to me, thus I enjoyed it greatly as a stand alone film, have yet to see the sequel though, I heard it was better but begins immersing itself into the mainline MCU to which I have an emotional disconnect from due to not caring about or bothering with the Cap Am or Iron Man movies. I've heard that the individual Captain America sequels are exceptional by the MCU standards, however I just don't like forcing myself to get invested in a series that I generally didn't care about to begin with all on account of one character
(This is a similar dilemma to part of my only problem with the Fox X-Men movie series is that they have the complete opposite reverse problem that I think the MCU has, by focusing around a single solitary character like Logan far too much, despite being the X-Men character that I have the most likeability and relatability toward, I still can tell that he is way too overexposed and is often given the more poignant story lines stolen from everybody else, but even with those problems I still consider the Logan and 2013 Wolverine movies to be some of the best in the series, it's just unfortunate that he was given too much top crediting and screen time when it wasn't called for, as was the case with nearly every other X-Men film)


I have to somewhat disagree with you on Apocalypse and First Class though, First Class was genuinely good as it appeared to be like the first genuine stand alone X-Men movie to me, though it could've been better, it was suffice as an interesting partial reboot of the series, leaving the door open for itself go in either direction as a reboot or a sequel, also being the first effort to keep Wolverine out of the story or at least to a minimum was plus for me. Apocalypse on the other hand I found to be mostly hit and miss, while visually it was spectacular and I think it stood up on it's own well as an X-Men movie sequel, at the very least I found it to be a guilty pleasure, there were A LOT of missed opportunities when I felt the movie could've easily been way better, it had potential to be even better than DOFP, but was such a squandered effort especially with the writing that seemed very lazy and what could've easily been something very special seems to have ultimately amounted to little more than a quick last cash in for Bryan Singer / Simon Kinberg and co.


I'll try checking out all the CapAm films (including The First Avenger) sometime, GOTG is ruined by what I understand being Gunn acting like a pervy idiot on Twitter, that has caused the (increasingly fascistic) Disney studios to decide against making anymore sequels.


It really pisses me off even more so now that what appears to be the two biggest named quality directors that have been involved with the MCU, or any part of Marvel IP that I've been emotionally invested in anyway, are now alleged sexual predators! (with Gunn apparently having been caught publicly condoning pedophiliac behavior and Singer now actually on trail for allegedly raping teenage boys! ) Why can't they at least try to keep it in their pants more easily easier than that dumb f***head Harvey Weinstein!

At this point I'm honestly beginning to think that Hollywood studios are doing this on purpose with premeditation, by deliberately knowingly hiring talent that they know have skeletons in their closets so they can use it against them later in order for the studio to have more creative control and/or to ultimately have an out to give them the boot in favor of more studio friendly paint by numbers 'plant' film makers who will be 100% compliant and in line with the big studios political agendas!

I know this sounds like quite a wild conspiracy theory, but then again what is Hollywood if not the most incestuous corrupt industry on the planet and a master of corruption and conspiracy, it most probably has always been this way but it just seems more insanely blatant than ever now, I honestly don't know why anybody bothers to go to see movies in theaters anymore, at least for the big studio releases anyway.





Sorry for the slow response.

Deadpool 1 and 2 were good and so was Logan but X-Men First Class and Apocalypse both sucked in my view as Bryan Singer must be away from the franchise at all costs plus X-Men Dark Phoenix and eventually on both DC and Marvel Studios the returns will diminish.

I'd love to see Disney do a new live-action adaptation series of the Prydain books that would distance themselves from the 1985 animated attempt The Black Cauldron (despite i enjoyed it and it's not as bad as it's reputation said) as it could be Disney's Lord of the Rings series and not some carbon copy direct remake of a classic like Beauty and the Beast or the upcoming Lion King which proves you can't strike lightning in a bottle twice and reheating cinematic leftovers from the 20th century instead of doing something new.

I have to say it. Too many people have lowered expectations or vague semblances of standards. Especially when it comes to films. The idea that any film is good if it entertained someone, and it provides jobs is to me personally a giant load of steaming bullshit.

First off, I have no issue if people are entertained by any film. Second, I also appreciate the hard work that gets put into making a film by multiple different people. But for me, the fact that a film was entertaining or that it provided work for someone is not enough of a reason for me to give a film a pass, or to lower my standards or to erase them completely.

Every film should not be a success. Just like every film should not be a failure. Whether it's financially or critically every film should have some kind of barometer for quality. If the barometer is nonexistent or is centered around vague concepts, then there are no heights for a film to climb to, no rewards, and nothing is ever at stake.

And film to me personally is more than just a source of entertainment. It's an art form. It's storytelling. And it is also a product. And as a form of storytelling and art, I want it to be able to continually evolve and to improve. And it will not be able to do that if people adopt the mindset that every film no matter how bad it is or how worthless its value is to cinema as a whole is good, let alone acceptable. Nothing ever gets better that way.

Constructive criticism is vital for improvement and sustained success. Patting every film on the back is not going to produce much improvement let alone success. It has to be held accountable sometimes for failure. Without that accountability, nothing will ever change. The quality of cinema will stay stagnant because the audience has placed their standards to such a low point that the quality never rises. It just stays mired in mediocrity or total shit.

And as a product, I expect the film to be of as high quality as it can be. If the film has a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, I expect great effects and production values. If it has a low budget I expect the filmmakers to use what little they have to great effect. I also expect the stories to be somewhat original and spins on old ideas. Not lazy retreads of popular stories, characters, and franchises that I already know about and have seen plenty of already.

And the fact that films create jobs is not enough of a reason for me to have lowered standards or none at all. It's great that they provide work opportunities for people. But do you think every pizza you order with delivery is good, let alone great just because it provided a job for the person who made it? I sincerely doubt that you feel that way. I know I don't.

It's the same with films. Just like the pizza, whether or not it provided work for people is completely irrelevant to the overall quality of the product. And if someone enjoys that slice of low effort burnt pizza that doesn't make that pizza worth being made and served to the masses. The same applies to films. If an incompetent, poorly written film gets made and is universally reviled it should not be considered a success just because it got made and one person on the internet kinda of liked it.

If you adopt the mindset that every film is worth being made because it provided work or entertainment? That's fine. But keep in mind that this mindset is devastating for the form of entertainment you enjoy and consume. It essentially gives every film no matter how critics or audiences perceive it a gold star. And if critics and audiences as a whole took that mindset? Studios would crank out low effort films that were mediocre at best until they ran out of money or till the end of time. If you want film studios and filmmakers to strive for above average let alone great? You have to have higher standards than this.

The biggest problem with film today if you ask me boils down to the audiences themselves.

I would argue it's not audiences getting dumber that's the problem. It's audiences lowering their expectations that is. So much of the mass audience nowadays that sees films have standards that are so low that all that matters is that the film was entertaining or had a few scenes they liked. And it's a good if not great movie.

They are also lacking respect for elder cinema (pre-2000s), and don't have the necessary knowledge of what makes a film good, great or even truly terrible. They lack appreciation for every aspect of filmmaking and don't really know what is truly good, bad or even mediocre because their standards are so low.

And Hollywood studios know this. This is why they pump out formulaic lazy half-assed sequels, remakes, prequels and reboots because they know the audiences eat it up and does not ask that much of them anymore.

Yes. There are exceptions. But they are clearly outnumbered by the mass amount of people who have lowered expectations and let their viewing habits and opinions on films be skewed by youtube videos and rotten tomatoes scores. Further spreading this cancerous disease of little to no standards for filmmaking or storytelling. And the death of the individual opinion amongst the hordes of audience members. The people who say "just watch a movie" or "don't judge it, it's just entertainment."

Need to shut the hell up when it comes to critiquing any review of a movie. Your standards are so low that no one should ever come to you for advice or recommendations of films or take you seriously.

I get pissed at watching a shitty movie, because I actually care. That's why. I care about the filmmaking process and films are more than just strictly entertainment to me. That's only part of it. A considerable part of the effectiveness of any film, but not the only part.

If a film wastes my time, is boring, and has next to no redeeming qualities, I should be upset and so should you. If you aren't that's another problem all together. We have ourselves to blame! eventually the returns are going to diminish and when they do? We have no one to blame but ourselves.

Or more importantly, do you? And if you don't want to see this? Then don't pay for it. Speak with your wallet. Wait to rent those films on blu ray or dvd. Don't just pay for a ticket just because of name recognition. That is exactly what leads to more remakes, prequels, reboots and sequels and the death of originality in mainstream cinema.

Also have you heard they have now officially axed X-force due to the Fox Merger!? This right here proves that Disney does not give a flying shit about the property nor what it has achieved when the first film came out. I've been on the hard edge against Disney in the past few months but im honestly at the point where im now officially throwing in the towel and kick the Mouse ciao and goodbye for good. They screwed up star wars (proof you can't strike lightning in a bottle of the original trilogy twice), they are greedy as fuck and power hungry, they wanna constantly silence fans and push agendas, their Marvel films needs a serious break and screw all those lazy piece of shit live action in name only rip off remakes plus Toy Story 4, the series ended on a good note with 3 and feels like a moneygrab that is not wanted but i will give Disney chance if it's something new like Zootopia or the Wreck it Ralph franchise or if Pixar stops with sequels/prequels (although Incredibles 2 was the only sequel since Toy Story 3 i find enjoyable while others are not wanted like Cars which i never liked that franchise). I've been feeling this for a long time but the recent X-force cancellation is the absolute final nail for me.

And like i said, eventually your gonna get diminishing returns and they will look at the bottom line and do something else. But slavishly praising the live action Beauty and the Beast and not realizing it for the shameless cash grab that it is?

Is the reason why we get so many half assed lazy reboots, sequels and remakes made and released in theaters.

I want the Disney that made the original and was a genuine trendsetter back. Not the current version which is just pumping out reheated left overs, bad Pirates sequels, an upcoming Pirates reboot (let this franchise die already), and failed adaptations of parts of their park like Tomorrowland.

The truth hurts.'

Check out this rant by Ocpcommunications on mainstream cinema:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgrRnj5Do8A

Wow! Didn't expect this kind of response and so soon! I kind of like it!