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[ramonmercado]

Captain Marvel is pretty good but a tad overlong. The cat was the real star. Had a nice pint of Moretti afterwards. Review to follow.

 

[sherbetbizarre]

The cat was the real star.

 

[ramonmercado]

Captain Marvel: Goose the cat is all important to this film as he adopts Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) in 1995 we also learn how NIck lost his eye. Vers (Brie Larson) is an elite Alien soldier, a member of Starforce, on Hala she trains with her commander, Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) as she prepares for a mission. She and the rest of the team are ambushed and she is taken captive for interrogation by enemy shape-shifting Aliens. Escaping she lands on Earth where she links up with Fury in a search for the Holy Grail of power sources as the planet becomes a battleground for two competing Alien races. But Vers also has memories of a time when she was a USAF pilot.

The planet Hala is brilliantly imagined, a brighter Los Angeles from Blade Runner, advanced by centuries of development. The flying vehicles and spaceships convince as do the armour/suits of Starforce, they transform into aquanautic outfits as Vers and her SEAL Team plunge into the sea as they head towards their target. The fights are well choreographed but perhaps go on too long on occasion. Brie emerges as a new Superhero as she learns how to tap into her inner resources, powers she gained through an explosion rather than a bite from a radioactive insect. Some real comedy as the shape-shifting Aliens morph into surfers as they emerge from the ocean on Earth. Vers causes consternation on a train as she punches an old lady who is in fact an alien.

The storyline remains coherent and the effects are consistently powerful and convincing (especially in IMAX 3D). Directors (and co-writers) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck have delivered a worthy addition to the MCU. 8.5/10.

 

[James_H]

The boy Captain Marvel is Shazam (he got renamed) and there's a film about him out this year. So get your cape out.

No relation to the mythical movie 'Shazam'?

 

[GNC]

No relation to the mythical movie 'Shazam'?

Well, the urban myth's name must have come from somewhere, though I suspect it was a word with magical meaning (like abracadabra) from before the comic was written, and used as a generic title because it sounded kind of like goofy sorcery.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Well, the urban myth's name must have come from somewhere, though I suspect it was a word with magical meaning (like abracadabra) from before the comic was written, and used as a generic title because it sounded kind of like goofy sorcery.

Nope ... The origin of the word 'Shazam' is attributed to the Captain Marvel comic books, circa 1940.

... Arguably coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940[1][2], from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shazam

History and Etymology for shazam
incantation used by the comic-strip hero Captain Marvel, from Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, on whom he called.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shazam

invented word from "Captain Marvel" comics, 1940.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/shazam

 

[Xanatic*]

In Captain Marvel, do they have a discussion about what quarterpounders are called on the Kree homeworld?

 

[ramonmercado]

In Captain Marvel, do they have a discussion about what quarterpounders are called on the Kree homeworld?

It's called a Reaper.

 

[GNC]

Nope ... The origin of the word 'Shazam' is attributed to the Captain Marvel comic books, circa 1940.



https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shazam



https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shazam



https://www.etymonline.com/word/shazam

I see. It does sound onomatopoeic for a lightning strike. But what about zim sala bim?

 

[maximus otter]

...what about zim sala bim?

Various theories.

maximus otter

 

[GNC]

James Gunn rehired for Guardians of the Galaxy 3! So we now get a DC movie from him (Suicide Squad 2) and a Marvel! Bet the alt-right are beside themselves with rage. Mind you, when are they not? Anyway, sensible thing to do, and bodes well for the future of outrage culture, maybe we can move on from it. Sometimes.

 

[Ogdred Weary]

I'll just leave this here...

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/wisconsin-man-captain-marvel-world-record-116-times-1202126496/

 

[MorningAngel]

Has anyone seen Endgame yet?

 

[Timble2]

Just back from Endgame, good fun, ties up the the various threads running through the current sequence of Marvel films, and gives some characters a good send off. A nice balance between character pieces, comedy and some spectacular actions sequences. The plot isn't the most linear and obvious one you might be expecting. Only just out so, can't really say much more without spoilers.

P.S. It doesn't feel like a 3 hour plus movie, and in a good way.

 

[MorningAngel]

Just back from Endgame, good fun, ties up the the various threads running through the current sequence of Marvel films, and gives some characters a good send off. A nice balance between character pieces, comedy and some spectacular actions sequences. The plot isn't the most linear and obvious one you might be expecting. Only just out so, can't really say much more without spoilers.

P.S. It doesn't feel like a 3 hour plus movie, and in a good way.

I really enjoyed it and didn’t have to pee so missed nothing lol.

 

[ramonmercado]

I really enjoyed it and didn’t have to pee so missed nothing lol.

I also enjoyed it. Good action and humour.

 

[MorningAngel]

I also enjoyed it. Good action and humour.

I like Marvel for their humour.

 

[Mythopoeika]

I like Marvel for their humour.

Their milk powder is pretty good too.

 

[MorningAngel]

Could we start a Endgame thread with a spoiler warning? I do want to talk about it.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Could we start a Endgame thread with a spoiler warning? I do want to talk about it.

Here ya go ...

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/avengers-endgame-warning-spoilers.65776/

 

[MorningAngel]

Here ya go ...

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/avengers-endgame-warning-spoilers.65776/

Thanks you.

 

[Ladyloafer]

My sister tells me 'they' were filming Marvels Morbius in her local park down London way, this week. starring jared leto and dr whos matt smith.

from imdb it seems to be a vampire hero thing.

they also filmed Good Omens in the same park last year which still hasn't been on telly yet.

 

[Ogdred Weary]

A Sony Super Hero film starring Jagged Lego as some kind of magic vampire, what have we done to deserve this?

 

[Xanatic*]

Bought tickets for all the other ones?

 

[Ogdred Weary]

Bought tickets for all the other ones?

Those people deserve it, I do not. Before you say "you don't have to see it"; delicate flowers such as myself shouldn't have to exist in a universe where such monstrosities are permitted to happen.

 

[sherbetbizarre]

Those people deserve it, I do not. Before you say "you don't have to see it"; delicate flowers such as myself shouldn't have to exist in a universe where such monstrosities are permitted to happen.

It's not Marvel, but how does this grab you?

 

[Anome]

My sister tells me 'they' were filming Marvels Morbius in her local park down London way, this week. starring jared leto and dr whos matt smith.

from imdb it seems to be a vampire hero thing.

they also filmed Good Omens in the same park last year which still hasn't been on telly yet.

"Morbius the Living Vampire" (no, I'm not sure what that means) is an old Marvel property. He pops up from time to time. Maybe the rights were tied up with Blade.

 

[Ogdred Weary]

It's not Marvel, but how does this grab you?

This is the sort of unutterable horror that Lovecraft himself could not dream up.

 

[GNC]

Legion's back for a final season at the end of June, and here's the trailer:

Which makes zero sense, in keeping with the show. But seeing more sinister Aubrey Plaza is fine by me.