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I'm watching Captain Marvel right now, and none of the things I've heard are true. The acting isn't bad. The action isn't bad. The story isn't bad. The plot makes sense. Brie Larson is neither a bad actress or annoying. Also, Samuel L. Jackson is great, as always, and no one ever mentions that he's even in this movie. The same thing happened with the last Terminator movie, nerds got mad, and none of their complaints matched what was in the movie.

Why do nerds get mad when women star in movies? And why do they seem to make excuses about it instead of just saying why they're mad?

 

[M1chl]

Why they are mad about vaginas?

because they are getting none

simple

 

[Yoboman]

Yeah Captain Marvel was pretty boring but no less than Ant Man or any other mid tier Marvel movie

Never understood the outrage

 

[AlteredForms]

Because they prefer the sausagefest.

 

[Complistic]

This is why it's important to try and make your own judgments about things, when possible.

 

[Kilau]

I honestly don't know. Maybe they feel comic book movies are their domain and any woman in one has to conform to their standards of looks and behavior to get a pass.

 

[GamingKaiju]

 

[nush]

Also, Samuel L. Jackson is great, as always, and no one ever mentions that he's even in this movie

He gets mentioned more than Clark Gregg, even in this topic.

 

[Rest]

This is why it's important to try and make your own judgments about things, when possible.

I didn't believe the hype, it seemed pretty transparent. But the sheer disproportion of the hate compared to what the movie actually is is shocking.

 

[T8SC]

 

[Buggy Loop]

I honestly don't know. Maybe they feel comic book movies are their domain and any woman in one has to conform to their standards of looks and behavior to get a pass.

That’s what I don’t get either? Brie Larson is fucking hot. What standard should it be? The movie can be criticized for many things, it’s only a marvel movie, not a Scorsese, but making a huge fuss about the cast, makes no sense.

 

[Horatius]

"i like the latest dogshit capeshit marvel trashcan, why don't other people seem to? i am not tasteless, they just hate women"

thanks op, great thread

 

[Rest]

"i like the latest dogshit capeshit marvel trashcan, why don't other people seem to? i am not tasteless, they just hate women"

thanks op, great thread

Do you have any actual complaints, or just the vagina?

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Yeah Captain Marvel was pretty boring but no less than Ant Man or any other mid tier Marvel movie

Never understood the outrage

Hell no. Ant Man was interesting and I had fun watching it. EVen the 2nd one. I love the concept of shrinking and growing. Captain Marvel had moments, but all in all, it was boring as shit. Brie's acting was also equivalent to a store mannequin at a Macy's window.

 

[Lanrutcon]

I don't think people disliked that movie because there was a vagina in it.

Plenty of movies have vaginas in it.

In fact, I think the most popular video entertainment on the internet deals primarily with vaginas.

I did not like this movie much. On a scale of Iron Man 3 to The Winter Soldier, I would give this movie a solid Thor: The Dark World.

 

[oagboghi2]

Do you have any actual complaints, or just the vagina?

how about it's a boring movie.

I know, I know it's "Marvel" so it gets a pass.

 

[Buggy Loop]

The outrage on Brie Larson was made before the film release, so the quality of it is not holding much weight as to why there was outrage to begin with?

Same had happened with the Black Panther

 

[Xenon]

Because when the virtue signal they be douches.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

 

[Rest]

how about it's a boring movie.

I know, I know it's "Marvel" so it gets a pass.

I just watched it, I didn't get bored. It seemed to have pretty decent pace, comedy at the right moments, the plot moved along well.

 

[Woggleman]

Some of them see everything as woke the same way super woke people see everything is problematic. Mirror images of each other.

 

[Kraz]

They watch stuff meant for young women and get confused then frustrated by misunderstanding what they're viewing and get hostile and act out. Doesn't make much sense to get so worked up about it.

Maybe there's an expectation of a lowest common denominator to conform for all MCU movies. It's something that film in general has a difficult time to get out of and should be challenged, but it does challenge viewers.

Thought the movie middling in MCU around Dr Strange level, and couldn't care enough to brigade or even complain about it.

 

[The Pleasure]

Because they prefer the sausagefest.

 

[Revolutionary]

Shazam was the better Captain Marvel movie

 

[Kilau]

That’s what I don’t get either? Brie Larson is fucking hot. What standard should it be? The movie can be criticized for many things, it’s only a marvel movie, not a Scorsese, but making a huge fuss about the cast, makes no sense.

Their standards are probably impossible proportioned anime girls. These would be the same guys to unironically make a 2/10 meme. Appearance is just an attack point for whatever else offended them.

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

I honestly never saw a vagina outside of some sort of display screen

for all i know they may not even be real, probably CGI

Also, to be fair, outside of Iron Man and the Incredible HULK film....all the original phase one Marvel films were once considered boring (Thor, Captain America)

but as time passed we grew to enjoy them more. Give Captain Marvel some time. The sequel just might make us appreciate it more.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

I much prefer Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

 

[MGHA]

Vagina?

 

[sol_bad]

I'm watching Captain Marvel right now, and none of the things I've heard are true. The acting isn't bad. The action isn't bad. The story isn't bad. The plot makes sense. Brie Larson is neither a bad actress or annoying. Also, Samuel L. Jackson is great, as always, and no one ever mentions that he's even in this movie. The same thing happened with the last Terminator movie, nerds got mad, and none of their complaints matched what was in the movie.

Why do nerds get mad when women star in movies? And why do they seem to make excuses about it instead of just saying why they're mad?

Yep, it's a good film. Not the greatest MCU film and far from the worst MCU film. It's fun and has some cool action scenes. Super Saiyan Carol is very cool and so is the flarkin cat.

They just hate Brie Larson because they misinterpreted something she said at an awards ceremony for women.

 

[mansoor1980]

i MARVEL at the sight of vagina