NCEP- has anyone seen Captain Marvel yet?

[Bernadine]

We're going tonight, but h was telling me the reviews aren't good.

[Kristinmo]

I haven’t seen it but it’s 79% on rotten tomatoes which is good.

Audience reviews are terrible thanks to a bunch of trolls who don’t believe a woman can be a super hero.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-sandbagged-by-trolls-1193280

[VillainV]

I really want to. It’s gotten HUGE hype in my Air Force women’s circles, and several women pilots I know consulted with the actors, provided incentive flights, worked with Disney, and took part in the Air For e promo that runs with the trailers (if you haven’t seen it, womenyoushouldknow.net/video-heroic-women-pilots-air-force/ ). Several people
I know have seen it and loved it, but they (we) are admittedly biased.

[secretlyevil]

I saw it yesterday. It was a great origins story. I highly enjoyed it.

[al320]

I saw it yesterday. I loved it, and dare i say, more than wonder woman (it edges out because theres no love interest and instead focuses on her friendships with strong women). Im not so into the avengers either, and i thought this was great.

[sewf]

I saw it this morning. I purposely avoided reviews before seeing it, and this is why. I loved it. I want to see it again. I am actually putting off reading reviews even now because I want to roll with my enjoyment. Stupid trolls just want to crap on other people’s enjoyment.

[al320]

Also, the crappy reviews from rotten tomatoes are trolls. Pretty sure they did this for WW and black panther too.

[macmars45]

H and I are going to see it tomorrow afternoon. I'm excited.

[bowies]

The superhero geeks I know in my FB feed have been very enthusiastic. The superhero geek I’m married to sees it tonight.

[picksthemusic]

We’re seeing it next weekend. So excited! The haters can go somewhere else.

[ajj]

I saw it yesterday and loved it.

[4speedy]

We saw it on Thursday. We saw it at a 4DX theater which is a crazy Korean experience. The seats are suspended off the ground like a rollercoaster. They rock and roll and move in synch with the action on screen. It’s in 3 D, of course. But there are fans blowing like in the scene on top of the train. The seats spray water when there is splashing on screen, smells are piped it (burning rubber in one part, magnolias in the Louisiana scene, etc). The back of the seats sort of punched us during fight scenes, there were air hoses at my feet that squirmed around making it feel like someone was grabbing my Legg’s during fight scenes. It was one of the craziest movie experiences ever.

My DD saw it again yesterday on a military base with some state department kids. There was a group of female pilots there and they were really excited to see it. Brie Larson made a short documentary about the training she received and then the female pilots in attendance were asked to stand for applause. DD (who just turned 13) came home feeling really empowered. (They also played both the U.S. national anthem and the Korean national anthem prior to the start of the movie, which actually freaked DD out.)

[VillainV]

Mar 9, 2019 17:36:14 GMT -5 4speedy said:

My DD saw it again yesterday on a military base with some state department kids. There was a group of female pilots there and they were really excited to see it. Brie Larson made a short documentary about the training she received and then the female pilots in attendance were asked to stand for applause. DD (who just turned 13) came home feeling really empowered. (They also played both the U.S. national anthem and the Korean national anthem prior to the start of the movie, which actually freaked DD out.)

I’m so glad to hear this! Many of us grew up being told that women can’t fly fighters (which was true until the mid-90s), and even when women were allowed to do it, there just weren’t very many. We FINALLY have built a really tight-knit group of women of all ranks, from lieutenants to generals, and can mentor each other in the ways men have been doing for, well, forever. Still, there are fewer than 100 women who fly fighters in the USAF, and probably fewer than 200 in the whole world. It is our sincere wish that every little girl and boy who sees this movie knows that they can do this too.

[al320]

Mar 9, 2019 17:49:01 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Mar 9, 2019 17:36:14 GMT -5 4speedy said:

My DD saw it again yesterday on a military base with some state department kids. There was a group of female pilots there and they were really excited to see it. Brie Larson made a short documentary about the training she received and then the female pilots in attendance were asked to stand for applause. DD (who just turned 13) came home feeling really empowered. (They also played both the U.S. national anthem and the Korean national anthem prior to the start of the movie, which actually freaked DD out.)

I’m so glad to hear this! Many of us grew up being told that women can’t fly fighters (which was true until the mid-90s), and even when women were allowed to do it, there just weren’t very many. We FINALLY have built a really tight-knit group of women of all ranks, from lieutenants to generals, and can mentor each other in the ways men have been doing for, well, forever. Still, there are fewer than 100 women who fly fighters in the USAF, and probably fewer than 200 in the whole world. It is our sincere wish that every little girl and boy who sees this movie knows that they can do this too.

This is actually a point in the movie - that women cant fly fighter jets. It's a big part of her origin story.

[4speedy]

Mar 9, 2019 16:00:20 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

We're going tonight, but h was telling me the reviews aren't good.

Rotten Tomatoes actually closed down comments and reviews for this movie for a while.  It had 58,000 negative reviews BEFORE the movie even opened.  That’s more reviews than all of the Avenger movies combined.  It seems to be trolls spamming the site with negative reviews because they are offended that Captain Marvel is a woman.

[meganew]

I can’t wait to see this. I have a very nerdy, super awesome, comic book podcasting friend and I trust his opinion on movies like this and he LOVED it. i

[alleinesein]

4speedy We have a 4DX theater near my town. I love seeing action movies in 4DX; it is so much fun! Only drawback is that it makes it damn near impossible to eat popcorn during the film!

I saw it yesterday and will see it a few more times. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Goose!!

I've got a few questions after seeing it.

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1. Since Dr. Lawson was using the Tesseract for Project Pegasus, was the power source for the for the engine on the crashed jet part of the Tesseract? If so, when Carol absorbed the energy from the power core, did she end up with part of the Tesseract in her? If she did, is she connected to the Infinity Stone and how will it work in End Game? Will her connection to the energy of the Tesseract help her track where Thanos is with the stones? 2. How did the surviving Avengers get Fury's rigged up pager/communication device? Since he vanished in the Decimation, it would've been sitting on the ground where he vanished.

[juliej]

Saw it for brunch today (Alamo is serving a pizza with Brie on it - I'm all in). The CGI, especially for the fight at the end, was.... baaaaad. But overall the movie was great and fun and very girl power.

[VillainV]

Mar 9, 2019 18:12:13 GMT -5 al320 said:

Mar 9, 2019 17:49:01 GMT -5 VillainV said:

I’m so glad to hear this! Many of us grew up being told that women can’t fly fighters (which was true until the mid-90s), and even when women were allowed to do it, there just weren’t very many. We FINALLY have built a really tight-knit group of women of all ranks, from lieutenants to generals, and can mentor each other in the ways men have been doing for, well, forever. Still, there are fewer than 100 women who fly fighters in the USAF, and probably fewer than 200 in the whole world. It is our sincere wish that every little girl and boy who sees this movie knows that they can do this too.

This is actually a point in the movie - that women cant fly fighter jets. It's a big part of her origin story.

Yep, and for Jeannie (Flynn) Leavitt, Martha McSally and Sharon Preszler (the first 3 women chosen to fly fighters) and many others trying to break into the field in the early 90s, it was true. Gen Leavitt is currently the head of USAF recruiting and worked heavily with Disney, Marvel, and Brie Larson, on the movie. Sharon is now retired, and is one of my mentors. We all know what Martha’s up to...

[Wallflower]

I saw it today and really enjoyed it, quite a lot. I'll admit that I generally enjoy the superhero flicks, but I'm not a big Brie Larsen fan. But I liked her in this well enough and really enjoyed the overall story.

[sewf]

I also just sent H out to see it because I want to talk about it more, and he had the kids this morning when I went. We have finally figured out that movies have to be a divide and conquer thing for us or we’d never see anything.

[Alex]

I really liked it. I'm glad that when she was in street clothes she wasn't sexy like Black Widow.
The soundtrack was amazing of course. No Doubt, Hole and Nirvana are my songs.
I want every little girl to see her getting back up over and over again.

[Bernadine]

We all loved it! My stepson wasn't super enthused to see it, but he really liked it, and I'm glad he's seeing female heroes.

[taratru]

We all went today. LOVED it. My girls were totally loving it.

[AndyCohen]

Went yesterday and I loved it! The first act is a little slow and I think it might be hard to understand if you haven’t been following the marvel universe. But once she lands on earth it’s so great! I loved it and left feeling so empowered.

[AndyCohen]

Mar 9, 2019 20:04:32 GMT -5 taratru said:

We all went today. LOVED it. My girls were totally loving it.

How old are they and have they watched other Marvel movies? I want to bring my daughter, but I’m not sure if she’ll be able to follow it and she’ll ask a lot of questions during the movie if she can’t. I’ve seen it, but I know the universe so it’s hard to tell how confusing it would be for someone who doesn’t.

[4speedy]

Mar 9, 2019 20:21:04 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

Mar 9, 2019 20:04:32 GMT -5 taratru said:

We all went today. LOVED it. My girls were totally loving it.

How old are they and have they watched other Marvel movies? I want to bring my daughter, but I’m not sure if she’ll be able to follow it and she’ll ask a lot of questions during the movie if she can’t. I’ve seen it, but I know the universe so it’s hard to tell how confusing it would be for someone who doesn’t.

I’m not a huge super hero fan and don’t know the universe, my DH usually takes our kids to see Marvel movies without me.  The beginning when it was mostly Jude Law and Brie Larson was really boring to me so my mind drifted elsewhere and I had no idea what was going on.  Once Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson teamed up, it was good and I could follow it without knowing the other stories.

[Pom]

H went since I am OOT at my parents. He said it was really good and can’t wait until I get home so he can see it again.

Insecure trolls can eat shit.

[eclaires]

We saw it opening night and loved it. My kids are 12 and 8 and have seen all the marvel movies. Both said this was their favorite ever (Black Panther was previously their favorite). It works as a stand-alone in my opinion for people who don’t know the MCU. But if you are into the mcu there are some tie ins and things that you get more info on.

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I bet we see LT Trouble in endgame or in the future! Captain Marvel takes place in 1995. Endgame is set in present time basically which means roughly 20 years later. She’ll be all grown up and ready to kick some ass

[Chuppathingy]

We saw it last night and I love every second of it.