The Marvels - How Marvel Hurt Itself Today | Anatomy of a Failure

[@Filmento]

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[@marialopez-ql9ec]

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[@jessetorres8738]

I actually enjoyed The Marvels & felt it was a better film than Eternals, Thor 4, & Ant-Man 3 since the story while not long was fine, it had decent jokes, multiple good fight scenes, & the 3 actresses did a good job together.

[@neilhannan5112]

I would love a Video on The Boy and The Heron like how to do an Iskeai Right or Encanto video on how to write a movie without a villian

[@natsudb4810]

Unstoppable movie made by Tony Scott

[@Imikeh]

I can't get over how unintimidating that antagonist looks

[@PR-li3xm]

Lol😂

[@sadboijokes]

Yo same. Like I saw her just now and was like “she looks adorable wtf”

[@ptonpc]

@@sadboijokes Same here. I just want to make her some hot chocolate, get her a blankie and say "There there, the nasty Captain Marvel can't hurt you here"

[@7shinta7]

Oh thank God, I'm not the only one. She just looks like a sweet, soft person. And as she tries to be intimidating it just makes her look more adorable. 😅 For real, cast her as the nice big sister, aunt, mom or any other supportive side character. Leave the villain roles to people who can actually sell them.

[@arctic_haze]

Well she looks mean and has a lot of spaceships. Hitler also never looked very intimidating.

[@glitchgoblin1338]

What's hurting these movies is the lack of actual scripts. Not every actor can improv like RDJ and it really shows in The Marvels. The "fix it in post" mentality the studio has isn't helping either.

[@wafflingmean4477]

Yeah the multiverse of madness script wasn't even finished when they started shooting. The writer was having to come up with stuff on the fly just so the actors would have something to do on set that day. It's obvious Disney thinks flashy lights and spamming CGI is all anyone enjoys about movies. Writing has always been the strongest pillar of any movie, so if the writing is completely ignored, the movie has NOTHING. Doesn't matter how much money you spend, no actor and no CGI artist can save a script that's bad, or a script that doesn't even exist.

[@Bbyeli]

@Follow God:God loves you repent it will be worth it God bless you all💕💜♥️

[@midnightaurora9483]

​@InevitableOption-ic2vx wtf the "depressing ending" sounds much more interesting!😭 So much potential and they RUINED IT

[@TheTurbanator123]

This comment is everything to me. People blame so much random shit. But its all just lazy fucking writing.

[@WobblesandBean]

Disney buying Marvel was the worst thing for the franchise.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

After Multiverse of Madness and Quantumania it was revealed that they literally write the script as the movies are being filmed... And the focus is on making "memeable" scenes, as in: "Let's write this scene so that it may turn into a meme on the internets" It's both completely insane and completely expected. No wonder why recent movies end up like this. The solution is simple, really: *Start with a FINISHED SCRIPT.*

[@Pythagoras180]

That's by no means new information. Not even Iron Man 1 had a finished script before filming began.

[@jackinthebox301]

@@Pythagoras180 That may be true, but there's a difference between 2007 Marvel Studios making its first movie on a tight schedule with an even tighter budget and the bloated, lazy hacks from Disney Marvel Studios of 2022 (or whenever they filmed this stupid movie).

[@SageVallant]

Memeable scenes? So you mean that Morbius is everything that MCU aspires to create.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

It's incredibly stupid because Thanos is the most popular MCU meme and it's precisely because all his lines are solid.

[@clayongunzelle9555]

When that dude said "don't ask questions just consume product" i don't think he realized how right he was

[@spectre9340]

Imagine putting in the time, effort and money into giving background characters prosthetics and make-up but they left the main villain looking like some random PTA mom you could find at the grocery and just gave her some contact lenses and an outfit

[@amos_comedies742]

PTA mom! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was a roast

[@mikeyfrederick1232]

Hell yessssssss lol even my mom is more intimidating than her...oh and my sister is more intimidating than my mom lol... I would be terrified if my sister had those power ups...

[@prajyotkumar9644]

@@mikeyfrederick1232 😂😂

[@impax2634]

"I... Am villain"

[@Tinandel]

I remember years and years ago, in discussions about good writing, that there are eight words which - if your audience ever says - means your story is just flat out dead. "I don't care what happens to these people." The problem is we crossed that line with Marvel years ago, at this point.

[@thelittleoleme5323]

No that not always is the case. Take the avatar movies or even the Godzilla movies.

[@mattmodisette394]

You missed the most ridiculous part of the movie: The problem of the Kree sun dying was fixed when Prof. Marvel asks Cpt. Marvel "Have you tried using your powers to restart the sun?", and then Cpt. Marvel just casually does it in the dénouement of the movie. She fixes a star by "Turning it off and on again" and the movie treats it as an afterthought.

[@mattdamutt5681]

And just how long was their sun dying before the idea of just restarting it ever occurred to them??

[@suicunesrider]

See, that’s an actual valid criticism of the movie. Not all the nonsense you hear from weirdos in these comments, saying that she’s a “villain” who thinks she’s doing everything right, despite her whole arc in the movie revolving around the shame she feels for handling something the wrong way, and trying to undo the damage. Saying that arc could have been done better is valid. Villainizing the whole character? it reveals the real problem these creep chuds have with her.

[@arctic_haze]

When was science or even logic the strong side of superhero movies?

[@mattdamutt5681]

@@arctic_haze We don't ask for much; there has to be "just enough" logic for it to work. We know it's just a movie, but if there's a problem at a basic level, we will point it out, even in 'just a movie.'

[@arctic_haze]

@@mattdamutt5681 I find it really hilarious when fans of the superhero genre ignore the ridiculousness of their premise for decades but suddenly remember it when they dislike a movie, sometime even without watching it. Of course the sun thing was ridiculous in The Marvels but for me (a physicist) the energy source of almost everything the superheroes do is equally ridiculous. I watch the genre the way I watch fairy tales, that is without questioning the magic.

[@vjnt1star]

"how does a civil war turn off a sun?" That is a very valid question !

[@Ramsey276one]

13:55 XD

[@orangecat504]

Even a line saying the ai ran the Dyson sphere or the civil war made it so no one could maintain it would be enough.

[@None17555]

​@@orangecat504Exactly. Some of you need to be spoon-fed explanations. Like the video implies over and over, MORE exposition is needed for the adults watching a movie suitable for children. @vjnt1star Captain Marvel says she destroyed the Supreme Intelligence therefore she's the reason their sun is dying. The SI manipulated the environment of Hela such that without it, it became unstable. My 13 year old who suffers cognitive impairment understood this, by the way.

[@orangecat504]

@@None17555 there is such thing as to much showing like for example Event Horizon

[@alexsynthesis]

The answer is yes

[@noterobrine9921]

One thing I'll mention about most CGI Battles in the MCU (The huge ones with armies and whatnot) is that they honestly don't feel like battles at all. I know that this is nitpicking, but I feel like an army trying to conquer a planet should have more of a plan than to just "Fly around and shoot lasers into stuff"

[@glasletter3111]

I find more entertainment watching that battle Simulator game tbh.

[@oldcowbb]

two big cgi armies clashing together and the heroes just casually quiping with each other while fighting

[@blackosprey2219]

What's funny is our pop culture concept of "battle" is two army blobs smacking into eachother head-on, but infantry battles have always used strategies and tactics besides just "suicide charge with big numbers." That said, it's possible to justify the tactics-less battle nonsense in a story. Have it be a show of force from an arrogant leader who wants to shock-and-awe his prey. Or a vindictive bastard set on razing the place. Or a panicking villain on the back foot, hurling everything everywhere in hope something sticks.

[@Spooknight]

that's why it felt so empty to me when the chitari-whatever aliens invaded New York in the first Avengers

[@kevingame3198]

I would rather have practical armies like the canceled Napoleon movie

[@Solus5048]

Earlier MCU movies: make shit ton of money... Current MCU movies: loose shit ton of money... *perfectly balanced

[@NekoTrain.]

*X'D*

[@calebcold3]

When the only stand out successes of the Current MCU is a movie made by Sony (NWH) and a movie directed by the guy who’s now gonna run the competition (GOTG 3), you know the MCU is a shell of its former self.

[@rogereb09]

@@calebcold3this is absolutely ridiculous, they’re making a lot of money. The Marvels was the only movie that wasn’t profitable, but they still managed to have a profitable year. Phases 4 and 5 (Doctor Strange, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Phanter) all movies made more than 750 millions of dollars (and I’m no even including No Way Home). This franchise will still make millions a dollars. You can say the quality is not the same and that’s acceptable and understandable, but they’re still making lots of money

[@GatLaFlare]

As all things should be🤣🤣

[@everlastingflames13]

@@calebcold3 Dang I guess we forgot that Loki, Shang Chi, Hawkeye, WandaVision, FATWS, Moon Knight, and Wakanda Forever existed. All of them were critical and financial successes. Shang Chi came out in a time when movies theaters were shut down nearly worldwide due to the pandemic and it was released on D+ shortly after. Even doctor strange, despite me myself hating what they did to Wanda, nearly made a billion. The only reason it didn't was it being put on Disney plus less than 2 months following theatrical release If we take financial failures outside of the pandemic, when most theaters were doing terribly for obvious reasons, here are their list of 'failures' counting both revenue and critical reception *together:* -Eternals -She-Hulk -Quantumania -Secret Invasion -The Marvels 5 projects. Out of the 22 projects they have released starting in phase 4 and ending with Agatha, as that is the most recent release of phase 5. If you really want to throw Thor 4 in there despite it being a financial success, then fine - 6 projects. Still less than a quarter of the projects can be called failures. (In case you bring up Echo - the show got the second highest viewership on disney plus original releases this year, only beaten out by Percy Jackson. Pretty crazy since Percy Jackson was huge.) Marvel is far from being a shell of its former self. That's not to say that there hasn't been any decline at all, or improvements aren't needed, because they definitely are. It would be nice to focus on characters that feel relevant over new ones less people care about, and have endings of the projects actually have overarching consequences that aren't quickly resolved or still have yet to be addressed years later. But let's not try to claim that Marvel is doing terribly because it's had some bad ideas and made mistakes they absolutely still have time to bounce back from - Deapool and Wolverine proves that it isn't too late.

[@sianais]

That "Aim for the bushes" scene is one of my favorite movie moments. Its like the beginning of Kick-Ass when I genuinely thought that guy would fly. 😂 I'm going to rewatch The Other Guys again.

[@echsecutioner]

Some people on youtube have put it quite well: Marvel isn't making movies, they are creating content. That's what all their movies and shows feel like since Endgame. Formulaic content put out at a certain pace to keep people engaged.

[@AilmanF2P]

it's like a new iphone, someone will buy it. Instead of lets make something people will care about.

[@valentinkambushev4968]

In other words: to keep the mouse fed.

[@paulgibbon5991]

And increasingly dependent on you having watched all the previous stuff, to encourage brand loyalty.

[@razorback9999able]

Machiavellian monetization is hard to ignore. It affects many industries in many ways, from the planned obsolescence of phones and lightbulbs to deliberately creating software with less basic features than what came before, just to sell them back to you with a monthly subscription. But it’s not where we began today, and I’m not even sure that it’s the biggest issue with big-budget blockbusters.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@razorback9999able Capitalism is one half encouraging people to pursue profit above all else, and one half reacting in shock when people pursue profit above all else.

[@fish2759]

I really liked the idea of forcing Captain Marvel to face the consequences of her “I’m going to solve every problem by blowing it up with my nearly-unbeatable powers” schtick. Execution wasn’t great though, kind of a shame cause I really think that was the growth this character needed to become actually good and compelling instead of a faux feminism icon.

[@RorikH]

They didn't even figure out a different way to beat the villain, she just got stabbed by a falling object and then disintegrated herself. Not like Kamala was right there with the same artifact that she had a deeper connection to and more experience with, and had been hoping for a chance to prove her worth the whole movie.

[@mcruz4571]

She needs to be called what she is...the villain...she is a genocide who believes she is doing good, classic villain to believe that they are the saviors...plus this would leave everyone happy, if she is the "bad guy" they kill her In the end, Marvel gets rid of the PR Brie Larson nightmare, the fans who hate Brie are happy....and the fans who love her...well, those don't even go to the movies....so...happy ending.

[@spiff1]

thats real feminism

[@barachiel212]

Yeah, it doesn't work in this case, because what she DID was destroy the malevolent AI trying to commit genocide and manipulate her into being its pawn. There was fallout from that, but she didn't make them go to war. She didn't' make them wreck their planet. And quite frankly, what any of that has to do with their star is beyond me, so lets just mark that one down to shitty writing. What was she supposed to do? LET the S.I. keep trying to wipe out the Skrulls and bend her to its weill? Was she just supposed to send it a harshly worded email and hope it listens? JFC.

[@TheMindofagenius1]

what good is "character development" when it's at the cost of garbage, shitty writing? at that point it's as if it didn't even happen in my opinion... and that extends to all sorts of media, not just marvel.

[@BlackThreath1234]

Wait a minute.... A marvel villain opening some kind of portal in the sky? WOW, WE THAT WAS NEVER DONE BEFORE!

[@RorikH]

No, no, you see, normally stuff comes out of the portal, this time, stuff goes in. They've revolutionized the whole concept. Truly the ramifications of such an event are simply too mind boggling for mere mortals such as ourselves to comprehend.

[@BlackThreath1234]

@@RorikH oh okay that makes sense I'm an idiot

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Blue laser beam in sky is peak kino.

[@ErebosGR]

Not to mention that the portal looked like something only a flat-earther would think of. Maybe that was their target audience.

[@majorknight859]

​@@RorikH This is the greatest damn reply I've ever seen. This deserves to go on a billboard.lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@ethribin4188]

At least, for once, Captain Marvel has a seed of character. She blamed herself for the alien civil war. That could have been such an interesting character point. But its not used. At all.

[@TheMAmeph]

Why isn't the villain involved in the place swapping thing going on, if the three heroes are connected via the bracelet-energy-stuff and the villain is wearing the second bracelet?

[@horace6851]

because she didn't touch it when the entanglement happened. no, it doesn't have to make sense ;)

[@TheMAmeph]

@@horace6851 :D

[@Forsaken76823]

We may never know.

[@kyb7795]

Because readons

[@sentinel171]

Because because

[@Spiderfisch]

Wait youre telling me the Villain here has the same motivation as in spaceballs just unironically That tells me everything in need to know about this movie

[@TheSpawnfan]

Ah yes, Emperor President Skroob, best villain ever.

[@MuRpHyKn0t]

They do, in fact, commence Operation: VacuSuck

[@jamesgriffith5582]

​@@TheSpawnfanHAIL SCROOB!

[@ge2719]

SUCK... SUCK..... SUCK ...SUCK....

[@ayrtonjoga]

Suck! Suck! Suck!

[@williamtehan4028]

3:54 you always calling ronan malekith gets me every time

[@FrazerEddy]

That's because a lot of people find both villains completely forgettable.

[@simseezy]

I hate when youtubers make obvious errors just to farm engagement. Yes, I am adding to the commentary, which I hate, but honestly find it corny when they do this. He obviously had to know the name to source that stock photo of Ronan.

[@KODIAK-ij4yg]

I like Ronin a He'll of a lot more than Malekith...😂😂😂 Ronin had presence... He had a good amount of bloodlust and told Thanos that he would be coming for him after he took the power stone...

[@mentaldesert]

ronan the accuser not ronin

[@Squiddlewheel]

@@simseezyis it really farming engagement or is it just a gag lmao

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

Also, the fact that her plan was doomed from the get-go (she puts both bracelets on and dies....) removes all stakes

[@ShadowSonic2]

Not when she knew it would happen and was hoping it would destroy the Solar System.

[@Thed538dhsk]

So in raiders of the lost arc all stakes are gone?

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

inthe sense the whole thing was pointless because the arc kills everyone who opens itand sees.@@Thed538dhsk

[@CaptainDramagerate]

Congratulations to your friend! I've been waiting years to hear how his treatment turned out! Thanks, Filmento!

[@spectre9340]

you a real one!

[@mikebeso8592]

By telling their movie writers/directors to NOT read the comic book source material beforehand.

[@ShadowSonic2]

I don't remember anyone complaining when the people who did "Joker" did that...

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

​@ShadowSonic2 they were good writers though

[@mikebeso8592]

Ali Selim avoided classic comic book story arc. “When I took this job, the first thing Marvel said to me was 'don't read the comics, they have nothing to do with this series'.”

[@Grasslander]

Avengers: Infinity War made today - Thanos finds the Glove With the Stones, then has energy-beam duels with each of the superheroes while cracking jokes, until the plucky non-powered teenage girl who hangs along saves the day.

[@stefanradebach2889]

That could make for funny satire.

[@raiprejav]

Do you mean the Squirrel Girl movie?

[@ShadowSonic2]

And if Deadpool did that, you'd eat it up

[@h.t.creatction5321]

@@ShadowSonic2 no because that will never happen he needed team to beat Jaggernaut

[@leonardo9259]

​@@ShadowSonic2at least Deadpool would look at the camera and say "wow I've never seen that before" Still would be a waste of money, but it has the semblance of a big joke

[@Jack-gm1sj]

While on the musical planet, they should have learned to use rhythm so they wouldn't step on each others toes while fighting. Would have made sense since coordination between the three is like ALMOST an obstacle to overcome.

[@suicunesrider]

This is why I despise studio meddling and test audiences. They got some bad feedback for the concept of a musical planet, so they shortened it instead of sticking to their guns and doing cool stuff with the concept. I don’t think the writers or directors are actually to blame in that regard. It’s a huge problem in the entertainment industry today.

[@sagemaster1357]

​@@suicunesriderAnd I feel sorry for the Korean guy because he was in it for a short time.

[@latayesha]

​@@suicunesriderI do! This is not a MUSICAL! The music moments should not be too long.

[@RayearthIX]

I think the primary problem Marvel has, which you touch on here, is the interconnectivity issue and how large and bloated that's become. The first 3 phases of the MCU were manageable. There were about 2 movies a year to see, and each film was, mostly, self contained but enhanced greatly if you saw other films. The Avengers is a solid film in its own right, but its amazing if you saw the Iron Man, Cap, and Thor films - etc. There wasn't other media a person needed to follow, just the couple films a year. Now, to follow the MCU story, you need to watch the couple films a year, and the Disney+ series, and the Disney+ mini-series. The Marvel's viewers would know all about Ms. Marvel... if they watched the show. They'd know about Prof. Marvel... if they watched the first Cap. Marvel movie and watched Wandavision... they'd know about the Skruls if they watched the Nick Fury show. Etc. etc. etc. There is just so much content, and so much of it is mediocre, that it just isn't worth it anymore (I stopped watching myself over a year ago).

[@zylahnuri7064]

And then there's people like me, who doesn't have disney plus and has been left to rot because there's no way to understand the movies without it. Imagine my surprise and utter disappointment when I go to watch Dr. Strange 2 in theaters, expecting a continuation of DOCTOR STRANGE, just to not understand what the hell anyone was talking about because I didn't watch the tv show about wandavision. omfg.

[@RayearthIX]

@@zylahnuri7064 My sister has Disney+, so I've used her account on rare occasion, but you exactly illustrate the point I'm making even further. I had seen Wandavision, so I understood Dr. Strange 2, but for people who hadn't, they'd have no idea who the F these two kids are that Wanda is so hung up about, they'd have no idea where that magic book came from, etc. as you are saying.

[@chapacoka]

Honestly, it's how I feel about the comics (DC and Marvel) in general. At a certain point, the universe becomes too big and bloated with characters and content that even dedicated fans will have a hard time keeping up. And that's even before getting into alternate timelines and alternate universes.

[@WobblesandBean]

Yup. I loved the first Iron Man, it was uncomplicated and didn't require 40+ hours research and consuming other media to understand the plot. They only had references and teases/sequel bait relevant to Iron Man, like Terrence Howard commenting on the War Machine suit. The pacing was well thought out and didn't scream along at breakneck speed cuz they had 3 hours of backstory they needed to throw at you to understand the context of the movie. It's ridiculous.

[@Ou_phrontis]

The MCU is going down the same path that has doomed the comics for most casual fans or “normies”. Unless you’re a die hard, most of us don’t have the patience to sit through hours of content or read through assorted storylines just to enjoy one thing. Don’t ever make your entertainment into homework.

[@normanzeng8539]

Despite what Brie Larson thinks, The first cpt marvel movie was a hit because it was the last movie before End Game. Like it literally could not fail.

[@marshallhutzler5940]

"Your writers were so concerned with whether or not they could. They didn't stop to think if they should"

[@peterb000]

I literally discovered yesterday that Beast makes a cameo, if it had happened in other times everybody would have gone crazy

[@BlackThreath1234]

Who is that?

[@laurocoman]

Riiiiight. Remember when that whole "Mutants in the MCU!" was a big deal?

[@Tododesdemienfoque]

@@BlackThreath1234beast from the x men

[@BlackThreath1234]

@@Tododesdemienfoque ohh thanks. So the old X-Men are now in the MCU?

[@AbhijeetMishra]

@@BlackThreath1234 They have been making appearances in the alternative universes they've shown in movies like Doctor Strange 2 and The Marvels, none have been introduced in the main storyline/timeline as far as I know. Deadpool 3 is also bringing back Wolverine via the alternate universe/timeline thing. Basically being used as gimmicks right now because these characters were popular, and I'm guessing when they do introduce mutants in the main timeline (Kamala Khan is one, as revealed in her show), they will have new actors and new characters instead of being the same characters they were in the X-Men movies.

[@markpiper6382]

I’m glad to see that he’s still running with the “Malekith the Accuser” joke. Never change.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Ronan the Dark Elf

[@None17555]

The rest of this was so uninformed I couldn't tell if it was a joke or not. Glad to see it was, because I won't be watching anymore of this crap.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

@@None17555 What, the video or the movie?

[@FDM-xu4wt]

The villain's motivation is that her planet's sun and atmosphere are dying... but she's previously introduced by showing her and her entire crew standing on a dark, barren moon with no atmosphere, wearing no protective gear or breathing apparatus, just moving around and chatting like they're in a coffee shop...

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

Let's not forget tha Captain Marvel can turn on and off a star, and her problem is solved mid movie.

[@cds7012]

I like how he refers to the Hawkeye series as a movie: it doesn't bother anyone simply because of how painfully forgetable it is.

[@ShadowSonic2]

It was pretty good though

[@selalewow]

At least people knew who Hawkeye was. How did Ms Marvel even know who Captain Marvel was? Didn't most of her movie happen in outer space with Nick Fury keeping it secret? Okay, she punched Thanos, but so did a lot of people.

[@h.t.creatction5321]

@@ShadowSonic2 no it was not stop defending mcu stop this marvel Dick ridding

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@selalewow She knew because Captain Marvel did stuff on Earth during the 5 year timeskip.

[@yoursravishankar]

WAIT THERES A HAWEKAY SHOWW WWHHHAATTT

[@carlospocaterra]

Dude, the mention of the sponsor was genius, made me chuckle, what an ingenious way to make a point by making it work

[@RayMcElroy50]

Deadpool & Wolverine won't save the MCU It will just delay the inevitable

[@lexruptor]

Since the MCU is doing just fine, and isn't in need of any saving, now that She-Hulk has more or less been super-retconned, so your comment just makes no sense tbh.

[@M_k-zi3tn]

How is the MCU "doing just fine"? Didn't they recently release a series that virtually no one watched?

[@LuisSierra42]

@@lexruptor How did you travel to this world from your alternate dimension?

[@oksure5963]

​@@lexruptor multiple of their movies after Endgame didn't reach "Break-even point" and are losing money. They are NOT doing fine

[@CorelUser]

​​​​@@lexruptor the movie about the poster child of the MCU that has literally the same name as the company resulted in a net loss at the box office. It's not fine, it's dramatic in fact. People are losing faith in the new direction and it shows

[@torber5655]

What's worse with the universe obsession is that even though I have (regrettably) seen the TV shows, I cannot remember half the reasons for why certain things happen or who certain characters are since they were made a while ago compared to this movie.

[@Th1sIsMyLegacy]

Yeah. I watched Wandavision and loved it, watched Falcon and Winter Soldier and thought it was pretty good, watched Loki and thought it was great, loved What If, thought Moon Knight was okay, watched Hawk-Eye and enjoyed it but the way they ruined Fisk let me know something was wrong...then She Hulk and Ms Marvel happened. Doctor Strange 2 and Black Panther 2 happened. I gave up.

[@chavy_chavs]

@@Th1sIsMyLegacythe first half of ms marvel was pretty decent

[@KeithFraser82]

The singing planet seems like such a blatant missed opportunity to me. Putting the characters in a "musical episode" (the one from Buffy the Vampire Slayer being the archetypal example) is a way to force them to express things (individually or between them) that they normally keep bottled up or otherwise conceal. People sometimes complain that Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers is too emotionless or generically snarky/confident all the time: great, now make her sing all the things she feels but doesn't talk about, e.g. she feels sad that her best friend died while she wasn't there, she feels she failed her honorary niece and doesn't know how to reconnect with her, she feels awkward around Kamala as another youngster who idolizes her, etc. Likewise, have Monica Rambeau sing about how angry she is at Carol, and have Kamala (who is a lot more emotionally expressive normally) help the other two express themselves, or express something she keeps hidden behind her exuberant fangirl persona (e.g. all this death and destruction freaking terrifies her). Bam. You have an instant excuse to race to/through some of the key emotional beats of the story. Or...not.

[@mattdamutt5681]

Why does a musical planet even exist in an action superhero movie - let alone one that's supposed to be taken seriously? (Well, I assume it wanted people to take the movie seriously, maybe it didn't.) That sounds like a stunt that only Deadpool might succeed in pulling off. Might. At least with Buffy there's a much better context for why people unexpectedly broke out into song; demons casting weird curses was just a routine week for the gang.

[@arctic_haze]

I actually hope they have future plans with that planet. Maybe a musical Marvel series? 😆

[@lostskull7467]

@artic_haze When I read your comment I immediately thought of that frame from dragon ball after Freezer tries to blow up namek.

[@sagemaster1357]

Absolute spot on! I was interested in the musical concept but sadly, it was shortened.

[@sagemaster1357]

​@@mattdamutt5681I think it's an interesting way of having the characters express themselves with a song and dance. But it is weird for a serious movie to have that element in.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

It feels like we're... missing a movie. Cpt. Marvel vs Kree empire is missing somewhere along the way

[@MrBuilderDog]

BROOO I THOUGHT I GOT JOSH HUTCHERSONNED (whistle meme) AT THE START 0:04, great vid btw

[@superjumpbros64]

Same

[@jawhny]

what

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Blind faith in corporations never ends well

[@Pattex_]

Usually doesnt start well either

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Well, it's nice that in here people recognize the fault lies in the corpo. In other breakdowns of The Marvels, they pin it on the women.

[@chomosuke0720]

​@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdomCorpo wasn't an issue pre-Endgame, so what gives? All you hear is about color and sex with these new movies, being the first whatever whatever. What about talking about the movie itself? And then when it flops, they blame men/white people (don't tell me this isn't true, directors and actors have said as much in interviews).

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

@@chomosuke0720 And that doesn't sound corpo to you? They literally using sex and colors as gimmicks. Multiverse Saga already has more contents than Infinity Saga despite being half its age. Get off the programming, son.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

@@chomosuke0720 it was. People were just hooked like the salmon in the lake.

[@godes43]

About movies not being connected, that's something I liked about Guardians of the Galaxy. Yeah, maybe you should've watched the Christmas Special to understand that brief mention of Mantis being Peter's sister (and maybe Infinity War?), but the fact that it didn't tease any other Marvel product or that you didn't have to watch other things to fully enjoy it, I really liked.

[@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970]

"maybe you should've watched the Christmas Special" Or maybe, just maybe, films should be made so you can understand the story without seeing any other shows beforehand. Reason #2 on why modern MCU films are fucking fail.

[@Super-7327]

​@@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970 Any story that relies on side materials to fill in the gaps of the main one, is an objective failure on the writers part.

[@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970]

@@Super-7327 Preach.

[@calebcold3]

@@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970To be fair, Guardians 3 was actually great, even filmento liked it a lot.

[@calebcold3]

@@Super-7327I will say in Guardians 3, they don’t mention The Christmas Special that much. Even though the special was good, it didn’t feel like a missing piece. Unlike (cough cough) Wandavision with Multiverse of Madness. Difference is Gunn is a good writer/director who knows the audience

[@lesterwilliamsjr649]

I feel so sorry for the people who had to design those costumes, I actually like the trios costumes.

[@suicunesrider]

Their costumes in the first half of the movie are so good. They they get to that musical planet and the inhabitants make them awful costumes, lol

[@andymandy8862]

Overdesigned trash tbh

[@CharlieHepp]

At this stage in the game, Disney sitcom-level writing ultimately won't save the MCU. One thing I'll mention about most CGI Battles in the MCU (The huge ones with armies and whatnot) is that they honestly don't feel like battles at all. I know that this is nitpicking, but I feel like an army trying to conquer a planet should have more of a plan than just "Fly around and shoot lasers into stuff" The villain's motivation is that her planet's sun and atmosphere are dying... but she's previously introduced by showing her and her entire crew standing on a dark, barren moon with no atmosphere, wearing no protective gear or breathing apparatus, just moving around and chatting like they're in a coffee shop... the dark show was in the batman chip, someone I see The villain's motivation is that her planet's sun and atmosphere are dying... but she's previously introduced by showing her and her entire crew standing on a dark, barren moon with no atmosphere, wearing no protective gear or breathing apparatus, just moving around and chatting like they're in a coffee shop...I can't get over how unintimidating that antagonist looks At this stage in the game, Disney sitcom-level writing ultimately won't save the MCU. After Multiverse of Madness and Quantumania, it was revealed that they literally write the script as the movies are being filmed... And the focus is on making "memorable" scenes, as in: "Let's write this scene so that it may turn into a meme on the internet" It's both completely insane and completely expected. No wonder why recent movies end up like this. The solution is simple, really: Start with a FINISHED SCRIPT. "How does a civil war turn off a sun?" That is a very valid question! it is Thor was not coming back I am waiting for him taking so long on a chip on the video okay he was funny what is he doing to save her I was looking at Kane he did wrong I saw it happen in Galactus was in with fantastic-four did not asking thor in the movie from her new role I think the primary problem Marvel has, which you touch on here, is the interconnectivity issue and how large and bloated that's become. The first 3 phases of the MCU were manageable. There were about 2 movies a year to see, and each film was, mostly, self-contained but enhanced greatly if you saw other films. The Avengers is a solid film in its own right, but it's amazing if you saw the Iron Man, Cap, and Thor films - etc. There wasn't other media a person needed to follow, just a couple films a year. Now, to follow the MCU story, you need to watch a couple films a year, the Disney+ series, and the Disney+ mini-series. The Marvel's viewers would know all about Ms. Marvel... if they watched the show. They'd know about Prof. Marvel... if they watched the first Cap. Marvel movie and watched Wandavision... they'd know about the Skruls if they watched the Nick Fury show. Etc. etc. etc. There is just so much content, and so much of it is mediocre, that it just isn't worth it anymore (I stopped watching myself over a year ago). I like how he refers to the Hawkeye series as a movie: it doesn't bother anyone simply because of how painfully forgettable it is. Avengers: Infinity War made today - Thanos finds the Glove With the Stones, then has energy-beam duels with each of the superheroes while cracking jokes, until the plucky non-powered teenage girl who hangs along saves the day. lol at him calling Thor What's worse with the universe obsession is that even though I have (regrettably) seen the TV shows, I cannot remember half the reasons why certain things happen or who certain characters are since they were made a while ago compared to this movie.

[@TheRealLiark]

One thing I’ll say about She-Hulk is that it was self-contained. The Marvels and other movies really need you to have watched hours of each individual series (especially boring ass Secret -Wars- Invasion) to understand continuity coming in to the film. The lead up to Endgame really did capture lightning in a bottle.

[@grfrjiglstan]

Maybe Thanos from Endgame had the right idea. Maybe we should shred this cinematic universe down to its very atoms, and create a new one, brimming with life.

[@yurisei6732]

Nah, just end it. Give it a couple of decades to breathe, wait for interest to return naturally as new creatives with real ideas come along free from corporate expectations. The superhero genre needs another Iron Man, which isn't going to happen until people have thoroughly forgotten about 2010s-2020s superhero oversaturation.

[@joryp3706]

lol at him calling Ronan “Malekith”

[@ninjanibba4259]

They’re the same thing

[@Axterix13]

As well as calling Beast a blue alien.

[@alimmehr]

Dude, this was the smoothing sponsor transition that even Marvel can't imagine in their dreams haha. I liked it, well done! Keep up the awesome videos

[@AllisonMiller30]

Feels like it’s been forever since I’ve seen you on my feed.

[@leshata6402]

5:34 "And Look ! Uhhh Something is happening with her Bracelet ... end of introduction" 😂😂

[@Zombiesnyder13]

For this movie, I'll use a joke from THE BOYS... "GIRLS GET IT DONE"

[@LuisSierra42]

Diabolical

[@Andriej69]

Heh, except they don't

[@mr.punisher5100]

The Marvels is exactly a movie Vought would release

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

That's the point@@Andriej69

[@ieuanhunt552]

​@Andriej69 obviously you've never watched The Boys

[@AHersheyHere]

The MCU decided to double down on asking the audience 'doing homework before they watch the movie' but, also decided to radically change Nick Fury's character from the tv series.

[@RorikH]

I've stopped caring about the MCU enough to watch the TV Shows, but I gotta say it's a bizarre decision to kill Maria Hill instead of Fury. (Not that Fury should've died on a TV Show instead of a movie.) Fury's usually cool, but Sam Jackson is both very expensive and 75 years old, so switching focus to a younger, cheaper actress seems like a more sound decision. (Also Maria Hill was director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the comics for most of my childhood, so if someone accuses the decision of being woke you can just call them a fake fan.)

[@funwithtropes69]

It would work if Nick Fury is actually Kang. He almost singlehandedly destroyed the entire universe ever since the first Avengers film. He almost destroyed the multiverse by allowing Spidey variants and enemies to cross the MCU, brought a MILLION SKRULLS ON EARTH, and almost caused TWO INCURSIONS all in the span of both Phase Four and Five content like WTF.

[@suicunesrider]

That’s true. But as you can see from these comments, you’ll just get called woke anyway. Do you think logic or fact-checking matters? These people still think Brie is hated by her costars, is a bad actress, and that Carol is a villain who thinks she’s perfect. Despite, you know, her whole arc in this movie.

[@mretcon]

Mahn, I have missed your content 😅 I don't know if I don't know now if I'm the one who's been missing of you've been on an hiatus but it's so great to watch your video again dude 😎

[@content439]

The editing is on point

[@AsterSkotos]

The singing segment are just beautiful colors and song like "ooh look at those pretty colors! Pay attention again! Oooooh"

[@liamrichardson6830]

The "cinimatic" equivalent of jangeling the keys infront of a baby.

[@CorelUser]

Phase4 MCU movies are the only movies that people won't even bother defending with "Well, I liked it" under Filmento videos

[@RorikH]

I think this is phase 5, Phase 4 ended with the thrilling conclusion of............................................................. 5 being bigger than 4.

[@sasukesfan]

I think it's funnier that you didn't even realize that The Marvels was a phase 5 movie

[@bartoszpopczyk6897]

​@@sasukesfan Wait how is this in another phase already ? Where is my avengers movie to end a phase ?

[@Papadoc1981]

I liked Shang-Chi.

[@suicunesrider]

I’ve heard tons of people say they liked the marvels. I wonder what it is about this community that makes those people not want to voice their opinion here… hmm…. It’s definitely not valid criticism here, because from what I’ve seen, these chuds here can’t even understand the very simple premise of Carol’s internal struggle and shame she feels for how she handled Hala. They don’t explain how that arc could have been done better. They claim it doesn’t exist and then whine about FeMiNiSm and WoKeNeSs

[@brandonspain12345]

I feel this movie is the Batman & Robin for the MCU. It's not campy it's corny, designs and suits in the movie made to sell toys, lacks any emotion, a story that's way too long and complicated, and it suffered for that at the box office. And much like the late 90s, comic book films were dead until Blade and X-Men came out. Hopefully Deadpool & Wolverine will be that for the MCU. 🙏

[@arctic_haze]

This is mostly true. But as a heterosexual man, I actually like movies with a lot of female screen time. Even cheesy ones.

[@lostskull7467]

It would be great if they made an official poll and A death in the family'd a character or two.

[@yurisei6732]

Unlikely. It's been 8 years since Deadpool, which means most of the people who watched the first one will be adults now with more mature senses of humour, in combination with meta humour fatigue. Deadpool 3 will do fine at the box office, but it won't be record numbers and it'll leave a lot of people feeling they've had enough of dick jokes and 4th wall breaks now.

[@dr.pineapple8495]

@@yurisei6732this guy doesn’t get that the reason we watch it is Ryan Reynolds

[@-overdooo-]

Idk who your new editor is but they're awesome haha

[@vvitch-mist20]

I don't understand how a company can produce so much, but say absolutely nothing at the same time.

[@TheSpawnfan]

There's nothing much to know about Ms. Marvel, except she's a fangirl of Capt. Marvel, just found her magic bracelets and got into The Avengers, all that is also valid for her comic and cartoon counterparts except for her powers, she's an inhuman in those and doesn't have magic bracelets, also, she's Sana Amhanat's self insert.

[@RorikH]

Well, in Universe Ms. Marvel is basically Kamala Khan's self-insert, so her being the writer's self-insert fits perfectly well.

[@zitronentee]

I don't mind self-insert as long as the story is good, not Mary Sue

[@TheSpawnfan]

@@zitronentee She got into the Avengers before some other household names, I say she qualifies as a Mary Sue.

[@zitronentee]

@@TheSpawnfan I'm ok with overpowered characters, like One Punch Man's Saitama. But at least he has his internal struggle.

[@TheSpawnfan]

@@zitronentee which neither Kamala nor Danvers have, so, Mary Sue applies, also Gary Stu doesn't exist, the name is Mary Sue because of a Star Trek fanfic that has the character of Mary Sue in it, she is: . The youngest ensign in the StarFleet . As smart as Spock . As capable and strong leader as Kirk The list goes on

[@michaelriverside1139]

I still think there was a great movie lost to the Marvel Vanilla Ice Cream, about the hubris of heroism as a purely individual affair and how such a pursuit would lead to losing everything dear to one, while achieving nothing positive in the end, with Captain Marvel having to let go of the unfulfilled past with the Rambeau's and embrace being a better mentor to Kamala through the insanely cool concept of literally placing them in each other's shoes to understand what kind of choices they had to take... It could've even lead to a fantastic confrontation between Kamala, Carol and Monica with the Super Skrull, who uses the powers of others by himself as well as being the embodiment of Carol's failures!

[@michaelriverside1139]

@InevitableOption-ic2vx Marvel is just bizarre these days, it would be neat if instead of whatever they were going for since 2021... They had a big film and a spin-off series from said film akin to what Gunn did with The Suicide Squad - Peacemaker! Like imagine having Black Panther Wakanda Forever followed by a Namor mini-series where he deals with the aftermath of the movie and the reverberations of Tiamut's emergence, it's meant to be a shared universe, why does it feel so abstract nowadays?

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

The Marvels had became the "Disappointments."

[@walteranurantha5014]

Or "The Disappointments" Pretty good line.

[@muradm7748]

To get disappointed you need to have some expectation. No one sane expected anything of this crap.

[@arctic_haze]

@@muradm7748 From what you say, I do not believe anyone in this thread has actually watched the movie. You just know its bad. Correct?

[@ricktan5663]

Hammer used to belong to Ronan the Accuser, not Malekith.

[@adamwencel5818]

I wonder if this was an honest mistake or done on purpose to just highlight how bland, inconsequential and interchangable those marvel villains are.

[@yopman411]

If they put the scene of Captain Marvel going destroying the Supreme Intelligence and the effects of it, we would have better understanding of the villain and her goals.

[@inazuma3gou]

There's more story in Michael Bay movies than the Marvels.

[@Super-7327]

Even too much of it sometimes lol

[@orangecat504]

@@Super-7327the last knight is the best example of that. I still stand by the first one being the best

[@Super-7327]

@@orangecat504 i prefer DOTM and AOE tbh

[@TheHallow31]

Disney: "We're gonna try to use Deadpool to save the MCU!" Everyone else: "We genuinely don't care. Make a joke about chimichangas."

[@budakbaongsiah]

I got one! "Chimichanga? Chimi-chuck-it-in-the-bin."

[@gicousinjoe6199]

Cash's song "Hurt" is sooo apt!

[@mc1993]

Trent Reznor's song "Hurt" that Cash covered and transformed perfectly. However, like the Marvels movie, this -that- cover was terrible.

[@alenor210]

@@mc1993im confused, are you calling Cash’s cover of Hurt perfect or terrible?

[@mc1993]

@@alenor210 Damn typo. On this video, 'this cover was terrible'. Reznor's is great, Cash's is beyond words, but the version on this video is terrible.

[@wikisaiyangmail]

​@@mc1993 what is the cover that is used in this video? Im just curious

[@spiff1]

this version is real bad

[@blackl.dragon]

you sponsor segment was so awesome, i watched the whole part.

[@chloeforman]

I think the plot of Captain Marvel 2 would have had her do all that damage to Hala. The Marvels should be considered Captain Marvel 3.

[@sijodavid9965]

Ben Mendelson's character is already dead which is established in the series Secret Wars. It really cements your critisism. The problem with this movie is that it acts as a sequel of not one story but three separate stories. And about the villain it was not just a badly written character but badly acted character as well. I really find it hard to look at the screen when the villain is there. Her expression, ridiculous costume, everything was a letdown.

[@milestrombley1466]

Simple. Make an unlikable main character who nobody cares about. Have her team up with other unlikable nobodies to fight a toss-away villainess, and add random bullshit throughout the film. 😑

[@RorikH]

Well, Kamala was likeable, but basically had no role other than to stand there and be likable, with her role in the story going from "in the way" to, "less in the way".

[@ShadowSonic2]

So...the Captain America movies?

[@Juaansi]

The most realistic part of this film is Captain Marvel not taking accountability for her actions. Dang

[@lasercraft32]

Well, at the very least they sort of attempted making Captain Marvel less one-note by making her actually have a regret for once... They didn't do much with it, but at least its there. 😓

[@nicolassanabria3219]

Filmento: "Where's Ben Mendelhson?" Those who know: 😭😭😭😭 (Though ironically it appears it wasn't planned that way)

[@bartoszpopczyk6897]

What, what happened ?

[@ryananthony4497]

@@bartoszpopczyk6897His character was killed on “Secret Invasion.”

[@nicolassanabria3219]

@@bartoszpopczyk6897 Spoiler His character dies in secret invasion

[@evgenkhersonets880]

Two videos of my most favourite movie content makers (Filmento & Friendly Space Ninja) in 1 day?! Hooray!

[@LuisSierra42]

What a time to be alive

[@thatguy2740]

I haven't seen the movie, but from how you described why they keep swapping positions, shouldn't the villain be suffering from the same effects? She meets the exact same conditions.

[@theemissary1313]

Whenever i see losses like this and no management restructure or firings, i wonder if it's just reported as a loss for tax reasons... The film The Producers springs to mind.

[@nobody-yr2jc]

Maybe for kamala we could show a scene in the beginning where shes actually crime fighting alone after having to do idk some family junk and she’s exhausted and we see that while she has control of her powers ( by obviously her tv show) she starts losing and struggling in the fight shes scared and getting beat pretty badly but her determination to protect the ones she loves And wants to be just like captain marvel so that shes strong enough to do that which explains why she loves captain marvel so much i think that would have been better than the exposition intro

[@mlgamings6110]

See, what I've always believed is that the tv shows should be there to enhance and give extra context to the background of the movies. But they shouldn't be something that you need to watch to even make sense of the movies. Treat it like "Better Call Saul" and "Breaking Bad." You don't NEED to watch Breaking Bad to make sense of "Better Call Saul" You can enjoy "Better Call Saul" just fine on its own. But watching "Breaking Bad" adds incredible context and layers that will change your views on the show. And the same even applies to the other way around. That's how it should be. It shouldn't be MANDATORY to watch all of those shows just to make sense of the movies.

[@74357175]

The movie is missing Narrative Logic. Even a story meeds to feel a certain inevitability; that the characters' backgrounds and interactions lead in some natural way to the unfoldiyof the story. As opposed to "just so" stories, as highlighted here.

[@ryan26192]

Pretty good video essay that actually critiques this movie like a normal movie. It's so fucked how this movie just got immediately panned for being "woke" and "feminist", when that's not what the freaking movie is even about. The movie is extremely mid, and you actually talked about the real filmmaking reasons why. So thank you for being one of the few film essayists that didn't get sucked up by the andrew tate react andy pipeline

[@caralambson]

W take

[@carlsoll]

This relies on backstory, whether or not it has been created yet. DAMN *Brutal* Filmento 🥵

[@leandrewaugusta1845]

the swapping places in a fight will using their powers was lackluster. The writers needed to watch Jujutsu Kaisen's Itadori and Todo, and made notes

[@elitronprime7322]

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for!

[@The_Jester]

And then you see Todo and itadori vs hanami (Jujutsu Kaisen) swapping with each other and you go crazy from how good it is 😂

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

15:58 I belive that one "writers" thought it was the edgiest thing that could has ever being written for a villain motivation and no one would had ever thought that a civil war would reach such devastating consquences and felt very smart and unique about it... except that that level of destruction is just a mildly bad thursday in 40K.

[@Axterix13]

It is them drawing from the source material. The AI Captain Marvel destroyed ran the machines that controlled their sun. So to have either the destruction of the AI, or for those machines to subsequently fail due to a civil war, are both justified. That said, that that is the situation is something that should ideally be established beforehand, rather than just be an offhand comment.

[@gundamkw1095]

When the avenger came out at first, i was excited because it was the first movie that i saw where the hero from another movie came together to fight villain. And the pacing of each movie from another, even tough kinda slow, it was great to build anticipation from its fans.

[@asmodeusml]

Kudos to you for not even stating obvious points like how stupid and funny the villain looks here.

[@aliminator1310]

I'm a simple man, I see a Filmento video, I click.

[@ManchesterKungFu]

Me is as simple too!

[@hydra7427]

The problem with this movie is the same problem with the MCU streaming shows: they're written as mirrored versions of each other. The bit with the singing planet feels like an episode of a tv show such as Star Trek, while in the Secret Invasion series it just felt like one long movie. Disney clearly thinks it has hit some sort of breakthrough in writing, where movies and television shows are identical and just need to be expanded or trimmed down to fit the timeslot, with no understanding whatsoever of basic pacing or attention spans.

[@1mrmrc265]

The malekith/Ronan joke never gets old

[@x0lopossum]

15:50 THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, Captain marvel 2 (the marvels) should have been about Captain marvel destroying the Cree Empire. That cataclysmic war should not have been something that happens pff screen.

[@thomasloney612]

I remember back in the 90s reviewers complaining about the mentioning of events from Star Trek DS9 in the TNG movies without context or explanation. However, the Trek writers did a masterful job of keeping the shows and movies separate compared to Marvel!

[@andrewdowns3673]

The funny thing is... there were fans that were pissed that the MCU pre-Endgame didn't tie in the shows. Defenders, Inhumans, Agents of Shield, etc. (Ex. They wanted the Defenders to just show up out of nowhere in the Portals scene). And now the MCU does, and people are pissed about it. And I'm over here thinking the two should've stayed separated the whole time, to avoid the issues we have now.

[@filipmaly6603]

It seems that people is not one being. Curious.

[@arandomuser101]

13:59 first Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, now this

[@Alaris_]

MoM is not even that bad and it was a commercial success

[@arandomuser101]

@@Alaris_ I think the movie is pretty underrated, not better than Infinity War or Endgame but still

[@obsessivelychaoticdimwit9764]

Whats crazy is I really loved the villains motivation and how they were going about it. Was it deeply flawed in logic and consistency? Was the villian itself terrible and so forgettable I cant even remember her name now? Yes. But the concept of her character was great tbh.

[@mollusca-6]

that explains it, i had a really hard time sitting through their conversations and tried to care about them.

[@thomas18318]

Where was G'iah, Emilia Clarke's character? Didn't she had light-based powers too? If the reason for the swap was that everyone touched the space jump phenomenon connected to the bracelet, then didn't our villain also have a bracelet? Why she wasn't part of swapping when using their powers?

[@ShadowSonic2]

The Marvels was supposed to come out before Secret Invasion

[@thomas18318]

@@ShadowSonic2 Damn, how we suppose to keep up now🤦‍♂

[@Grasslander]

14:40 Wait - Professor Marvel just straight up lists her powers and their origin to introduce them? Good God.

[@RorikH]

Well, to introduce some of them. Her critically important ability to push together the building blocks of universes she just sort of did.

[@HighHeelKnight]

The opening weekend box office for The Marvels was 65% male. Did the young women and girls spend all their movie going money on Taylor Swift's concert film that season? 🤷

[@v.v.9.9.]

Is it even possible to know with accuracy the gender of movie goers? (Genuine question)

[@HighHeelKnight]

@@v.v.9.9. That is a fair question. I got the statistic from the Beyond The Trailer KZbin Channel hosted by Grace Randolph. She's a well-respected film critic and has been doing her weekly Movie Math breakdowns for years. I don't know how the gender, ages, and ethnic background data is collected. Many tickets are purchased online, and people will have their genders, years of birth, and ethnicity on file. Perhaps that information is shared with box office data collectors. There are also weekly exit polls in the major markets, surveying people during their theater visits. Perhaps those samples offer an estimation for the national turnouts. There are also senior and child ticket prices, so age ranges are probably the easiest metrics to measure.

[@casperryborg4869]

No mate, they just lied and came up with a number in their head.@@v.v.9.9.

[@168tsai8]

Nice touch to the Keeps promo. I didn't even want to skip ahead when other KZbinrs get to that part of thir videos.

[@chaellExE]

That caviat towards keeps was brilliant and then you made the same mistakes as marvel. I love it.

[@sneakaboo3486]

These movies make me feel like a side character who was just going about their day and has no idea why the heroes are fighting some big evil sky beam monster or whatever emotional journey they went through before. These weird jumpsuit people just showed up and started making a mess >:/

[@summertyme5748]

You are right but do you realize you described the 3rd act of No Way Home? Sandman is trying to suffocate Parker....why?? Parker is literally his only hope of ever getting home, which is what he wants. The film violently ignores logic and character motivation over and over and over again to go to any lengths to make the silly cameos for Andrew and Maguire happen. Osborn throws a bomb into the middle of the street and blows up 1/2 a dozen cars. Tom Holland - does not care - and decides to betray Dr. Strange - *release Osborn* allow him to get back his glider and BOMBS - just in case he might need them lol, in order to kill Aunt May and allow the plot to keep happening. OMG. I didn't see this film so *maybe* it is worse????? Question does Iman V. get hit IN THE FACE with a bomb - then laugh it off, like Holland when he's hit in the face with Goblin's bomb????? Comic book film's can be more emotionally arrested and intellectually impaired than NO WAY HOME??? Really???

[@summertyme5748]

_Sandman is trying to suffocate Parker....why??_ Meanwhile Max (Electro) doesn't know and never met Parker but he's here anyway? Why? Film doesn't even bother to make an excuse - they just assume you're not paying attention and won't ask. Max wants to *stay here* cuz he liked the *new power* which is why he is fighting. But his new power is complete shit. He tries to electrocute Octavius an old man with no powers, and fails to even cinge him. (why? how? cuz none of the cartoon - i mean comic book characters can be hurt in this film - only Aunt May is harmed- she is fridged cuz girls have no place in this story accept as love interest and save me kill bait) Max should not be in the film. And once he is here the film has him try to fight Spiderman for a bullshit reason.

[@summertyme5748]

I know thread isn't about No Way Home - i'm just saying that many of you were fine with the bullshix writing and story telling as long as it was a fan service for Peter Parker.

[@jakubrejak1114]

Never had I suspected that Marvel would one day be called out for the major flaw of my other favorite series: Ace Attorney. You're right on the money, though.

[@nathaniellewis3835]

What's the flaw?

[@jakubrejak1114]

@@nathaniellewis3835 Gimmicks. AA, for all its writing strength, often boils its characters down to simple and uninteresting stereotypes. Thankfully, most of its major characters grow far beyond their initial gimmicks.

[@jakubrejak1114]

@@nathaniellewis3835 Oh, it's the gimmicks. AA sometimes tends to boil down its characters to singular quirks or stereotypes that are meant to be their defining characteristics. Thankfully most of its characters grow far beyond their initial gimmicks.