Other than "Deadpool & Wolverine," superhero cinema has suffered a major box office drought. Can DC's Superman and Marvel's Captain America reverse the trend in 2025?
And then you have The Marvels which seems to have a lot of its plot happen before off screen and a large chunk of the first half of the film consists of
Oh these people I met before and we are friends
Oh these people I met before and they dont like me
Yeah, The Marvels has problems but importantly (for this example) they aren’t solved in another film or TV show.
I think Captain Marvel having secret friends and enemies all around the galaxy is a green idea. She’s had 30 years to get up to adventures. In some of them she’s a heroic princess. In another she is a horrific destroyer, “The Annihilator”.
But we have the baggage of Monica to handle. And Ms Marvel is the perfect sidekick, so we need to include her and she comes with a family that needs to be explored. Also the Skulls, that’s a huge hanging plotline. At this point the film is full, but also we need a villain… Which ended up being the weakest part of the film. And then they still added the whole Flerkin/cat plotline to an already crowded movie.
Ultimately they just had too much to cover and not enough time.
And then you have The Marvels which seems to have a lot of its plot happen before off screen and a large chunk of the first half of the film consists of
Yeah, The Marvels has problems but importantly (for this example) they aren’t solved in another film or TV show.
I think Captain Marvel having secret friends and enemies all around the galaxy is a green idea. She’s had 30 years to get up to adventures. In some of them she’s a heroic princess. In another she is a horrific destroyer, “The Annihilator”.
But we have the baggage of Monica to handle. And Ms Marvel is the perfect sidekick, so we need to include her and she comes with a family that needs to be explored. Also the Skulls, that’s a huge hanging plotline. At this point the film is full, but also we need a villain… Which ended up being the weakest part of the film. And then they still added the whole Flerkin/cat plotline to an already crowded movie.
Ultimately they just had too much to cover and not enough time.