Captain Marvel

RATINGS

IMDB: 7.2 of 10

MY RATING: 6 of 10

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 8 March 2019

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
(Marvel Comics Universe)
Writers/Director:Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Running Time: 2 Hours 3 Minutes

Staring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? NO 

STORYLINE

After crashing an experimental aircraft, Air Force pilot Carol Danvers is discovered by the Kree and trained as a member of the elite Starforce Military under the command of her mentor Yon-Rogg. Six years later, after escaping to Earth while under attack by the Skulls, Danvers begins to discover there's more to her past. With help from S.H.I.E.L.D agent Nick Fury, they set out to unravel the truth.

MY REVIEW

Marvel handed the help of writer/director to Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, whom I have never heard of before now. I'm always nervous when a franchise passes to an unknown, but this was a solid choice in my opinion. Lots of great things and a few that really just JUMPED out as annoyances. It really just left me with a "Meh, I guess it was entertaining enough."

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• FLERKEN!! Let's be honest, I love cats. Specifically, I have three ginger cats at home and the addition of the little ginger avenger, Goose. Such a sweet little guy and  I won't say much more about what a flerken is, but as a cat-mom. ACCURATE!
• That Soundtrack! What an amazing anthology of songs! Salt-N-Pepa "Whatta Man", TLC "Waterfalls" and a little Nirvana and REM to round it out. Sitting in the theater it was so difficult for me NOT to sing along to each one. Such great pairings with this powerful theme.
• Empowering. I disagree with a lot of the other reviews that I have read that say that this was basically a feminist manifesto. I wholeheartedly disagree. We have been conditioned over the years to see superhero as male and the women in the periphery. Captain Marvel is strong, she is invincible, she is human with some edits. The men in her life, like so many in the world are not all assholes, but it feels like there was a lot of the "I know better than you because I'm a man Man-splaining" but it was done to show just how different she is. 

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Pacing seemed a bit slow for a Marvel Superhero movie. Not that it was stagnant but it felt like the story took way too long to get to the point. Feels like they could have told this story in less than 2 hours and still had the same effect.
• Brie Larson- Don't take this wrong, but did she really want to be in this movie? Some of her scenes felt entirely forced and stiff. I might be completely off the mark and she was written that way to show her Kree emotionally detached training but it did not really play well for me.
• Script/Direction-  I felt like this story was just jammed into the Marvel Universe and could have enjoyed a bit more fluff. To me it seems that the writing did not really tie Captain Marvel to the Marvel Universe in a way that made sense. I feel like her story was disconnected from the others.

On a more personal note..... 

It was a nice afternoon to see a movie. We went and had brunch at Pops Diner and then headed over to Lynnhaven Mall AMC. I did feel it was important to show my Star Wars allegiance so I wore my 40th Anniversary tee that I got year before last at Star Wars Celebration. Picked up a little Jason to live on my Desk!! And last but not least, my one little flerken got a Star Wars backpack. Transparency, my mom got the little backpack for me as a purse for the upcoming Star Wars Celebration, but it just looked so much more adorable on Rocket.

Trainwreck

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 17 July 2015
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Staring:  Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larsen, Collin Quinn, John Cena, Dave Attell, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Mike Birbiglia, LeBron James, Matthew Broderick, Chris Evert, Marv Albert, Leslie Jones and more.....
Rating? R
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.1 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 85% Audience: 80%
MY RATING: 3 of 10

STORYLINE
Having through monogamy was not in the cards, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

MY REVIEW:
To put it short and sweet. I thought Trainwreck was almost a train wreck itself. I am a big Amy Schumer fan and I really wanted to like this movie. It came out of the gate strong with Collin Quinn playing the lecherous Dad of Amy {Amy Schumer} and Kim {Brie Larsen}. So, we skip to the future where Kim has taken the normal path of adulthood.. married to Tom {Mike Birbiglia} with a stepson and a baby on the way. Amy has taken the path of her father, who is now stricken with Alzheimer's and in a retirement home. Amy is seen with a string of one-night-stands and all-night binge parties.

This was not the movie that the trailers said it would be at all.

The jokes were overdone and for anyone who's familiar with Amy Schemers work will be all too familiar with these jokes that are ever present in the movie. One after another. I found myself rolling my eyes at the over use.

Amy's long term boyfriend with homosexual tendencies is played by John Cena. Pretty painful as cameos go.

Then we get to meet Bill Hader who plays Dr. Aaron something or-other.

This movie went down-hill on skis pretty fast for me. I think they tried to fit all ALL the EMOTIONS into one 30 minute stretch. It was a love story, comedy, partly porn, and a hundred other things. I just didn't connect at all with anything.  All in all. Just a passable movie.

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Here's me GOING to see Trainwreck... At least I looked cute!