right now.
Lemme get my Coli Breh on for a sec.
Did anyone notice traces ofin the this flick, especially the front half
[*]Throwing the Innocent Black Man in Jail...
[*]"Son" - when I'm sure the script writers were prolly tempted to put in "Boy" (I kid...but...)
[*]Secret Service Sister constantly having "DEI" moments with Sam? (You know us folks gotta stick together) Shout out to Seth and Sydney in Severance.
[*]Joaquin being from Miami.....even though Joaquin isn't particularly Cuban.....
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[*]And taking it back to the series, I mean, aside from literal high schooler Peter Parker, we never seen the money problems of the other Super Heroes....
[*]And as y'all was saying above, there's a whole lot of "I'm not the real Captain" aspect to Sam's arc that started in The Falcon/Winter Soldier, that isn't completed. Even the little pep talk he got from Bucky didn't really get him. But basically we've had about 6 episodes and a whole movie of a Black Man doubting himself, BUT STILL supporting the "Republican" power structure
[*]And how come Black Panther fans ain't come out for Sam Wilson, certified ADOS/FBA breh from Louisiana? Where was the excitement?
Otherwise
[*]Aguilar aka Latino Falcon - has zero chemistry, and his little "I always wanted to be you" speech at the end was not believable at all.
[*]They played Giancarlo. He had a few scenes of real menace in that mug.
[*]Gotta give it up to Harrison Ford, doing a lot of face acting in this. Not sure what type of Republican he was playing, but there were shades of not-Trump throughout it.
[*]The Mossad agent turned Widow - I don't understand her purpose or the amount of screen time. I mean, I get it plotwise, but this just seemed like a bad idea. And I wonder if having former Israeli spy being head of security for the president of the US was a bit too on the nose in light of recent events....
[*]Dunphy - I wanted them boys from Lioness to show up for real for real.
[*]The Leader - I guess they learned their lesson from MODOK and didn't lean into the comic book depiction. (Although I woulda had some Yakub jokes ready if they did)
Overall - It's not a bad movie. It's about middle of the pack for phase 5 (GOTG3 is easily #1 and Ant Man 3 is #5)
But this should have been a DL for me, but I gotta support.
Even got the pint glass
Nowhere near the realm of a bad Marvel movie. This is one of those films that if it were a Yakub that was put in the same exact role, it would be reviewed much better than it did. This film is the push and pull between creatives trying and a studio that doesn’t have the same enthusiasm for Black characters as they do for the Yakubs (Armor Wars pushed back indefinitely, Blade on Ice, no T’Challa, Monica Rambeau in the bushes, etc.). I would not be surprised if Thunderbolts and F4 are more acclaimed upon release ; you can see much more care they are putting into those IPs. Mackie spoke on how he wanted Falcon and Winter Soldier to be the film, but Marvel wanted a show, and how that frustrated him.
It’s a solid film that establishes Sam as Cap through his internal battle of whether he’s worthy of the Cap mantle. It also felt like a day in the life of Cap, and that worked in my opinion, especially with him being a counselor. This film didn’t need the cameos and extra flair that other Marvel films generally have, and the volume/CGI is mostly forgivable; the action is pretty decent too. This will probably be one of the MCU movies that will get its just due down the line.
A lot of Yakubs didn’t seem to resonate with any of the relationship between Sam and Isaiah. Even some of the language, like that speech about being enough at the end, split my theater into two with a collective MHM from everybody Black and dead silence from the Yakubs. They could have fleshed out Sam and Old Girl’s relationship more, but we know what we’re dealing with.
I encourage everyone to go and decide for themselves. I'm on the other side of this but the stuff that bothers me bothered me in like all of the last 5-10 marvel movies that didn't star Spider-Man. Ugly CGI, disjointed storytelling for whatever reason (reshoots, delays, whatever), and just, no style. That's the thing ..at least stuff like thor love and thunder was trying shyt out, at least eternals was shot well....this is... nothing to me, but some like this flavor of film and that's cool. I'm not gonna "yuck their yum". Go see it
Convincing as Captain America by himself? No, convincing as Falcon who turned into Captain America, yes. Whenever you have a sidekick or partner take over the main role imo you can't compare it to the original main character as the sidekick took the mantle and you still view the sidekick as just that. Look at the robins turning into batman.
Rosa Salazar is sexy as hell to me, pissed they cut her from the movie. she's a "big" enough actress that i assume the part was reasonably hefty
I read she isn't written out of the universe.
scrap this character and toss her in the xmen somehow. she's good, and we don't need some forced return of the Serpent Society.
It's like the only thing I drink now. Lol
