1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and this is the spoiler 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: review of Captain America Brave New World. With every new 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Marvel movie that comes out, specifically ones that I have 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: issues with, it's usually rooted in the ending. And I 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: don't like to talk about endings when I do my 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: full reviews, aside from how I feel if it's good 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: or bad. But I wanted to get into this one 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: because there are a lot of conflicting feelings about it. 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: Some people really love this movie, some people really hated it. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: I found it entertaining, but overall, when it comes to 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: what the MCU is right now, didn't really feel like 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: it moved the needle. But I think when I did 14 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: my spoiler free review, it sounded like I focused a 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: lot on the negative, so I wanted to address it 16 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: here and I'm gonna do three things I liked about 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: it and three things I didn't like about it, So 18 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: I go positive and negative. Because I didn't hate the movie. 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: I just felt betrayed by the trailer that gave it 20 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: this cool spy thriller fee And it was really that 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: first trailer that I had a different opinion on it 22 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: because I wasn't that excited about it. I thought the 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: Disney Plus show was okay, and moving forward in the MCU, 24 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: it just kind of feels like we're still dealing with 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: the scraps and I just want to focus on the 26 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: new I'd rather focus on the new Avengers than the 27 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: people who have been around for a while. But that's 28 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: neither here nor there. The movie is out, it's happened. 29 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: It did pretty well at the box office. I think 30 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: it'll continue to do well. So let's get into this 31 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: spoiler review first. We'll do the positive. Three things I 32 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: liked First, his buddies and I didn't get to talk 33 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: about my dude at all in my spoiler free review. 34 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: But Danny Ramirez a Joaquin Thoris was really good. I 35 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: enjoyed him. It's also cool seeing somebody with brown skin 36 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: who looks like me is also relatively the same age 37 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: as me, be the new sidekick, be the new Falcon. 38 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: I thought he did a really good job in it, 39 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: even though I felt his character overall was a little 40 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: bit one dimensional, Like they gave him some lines here 41 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: and there that I thought were pretty pretty good. He 42 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: had some heroic moments specifically whenever he basically sacrificed himself 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: whatever trying to take down these planes to stop this attack. 44 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: That was really the only emotional part of the movie. 45 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: And for him to get the more emotional part, not 46 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: that it was super emotional, because he gets injured, he 47 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: ends up in the hospital. That image of his face 48 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: masks kind of beat up and you see him just 49 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: laying there lifeless, that was the most emotional part for me. 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: And I feel like in a movie that is Captain America, 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: the most emotional part should have come from Sam Wilson, 52 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: and it really wasn't that emotional because you didn't really 53 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: know a whole lot about his character, which I think 54 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: is kind of some issues here that we're getting into. 55 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: Is there not really doing a great job at building 56 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: up a lot of their backstory. They just don't really 57 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: have the time too. This was a relatively quick MCU movie, 58 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: right under two hours. But I think overall, for the 59 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: screen time he had, for the dynamic he had with 60 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: Sam Wilson, and just being by his side the same 61 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: way that Sam Wilson was for Captain America aka our 62 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: old boy Steve Rogers, I thought it was good. I 63 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: also really liked Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, who, even 64 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: though he didn't have that much of a backstory, I 65 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: felt like there was some emotion in his character, even 66 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: though I think his whole plotline was riddled again with 67 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: cliches of him being controlled by his phone, by it 68 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: flashing in his face, him not realizing that he had 69 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: taken a shot at the president, then took off running 70 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: and just ended up outside and had no idea how 71 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: he got there. That ends up going back to prison, 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: and then he's at the Mercy of Sam to clear 73 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: his name. It just felt like it's something that we 74 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: kind of seen before. The whole mind control thing has 75 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: just been used so much in the MCU, going back 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: to Avengers the first one, whenever Loki takes hold of 77 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: the scientist takes hold of Hawkeye through mind control, and 78 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, you shouldn't be doing these things. Yeah, 79 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: it's all mind control. We've been there before for so 80 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: that whole plot point wasn't that interesting to me. But 81 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: again focusing on the positive here, I did like his 82 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: buddies in the supporting cast in this movie. Number two thing. 83 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: I like John Carlo Esposito as one of the Villains. 84 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: He was also a great villain in The Mandalorian. He 85 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: just has that ara to him. He does it so well, 86 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: and I think I found his character a better villain 87 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: than Samuel Stearns, who was originally in the two thousand 88 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: and eight Incredible Hulk movie. His whole plotline in this 89 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: was pretty flat, being responsible for the pills that not 90 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: only saved Thunderbolt Ross's life but also caused him to 91 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: turn into the Hulk. I feel that John Carlo Esposito's 92 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: character is going to be a bigger threat later in 93 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: the MCU. I think he is solid. He's not my 94 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: favorite villain of all time right now, but I think 95 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: so far has been one of the most memorable villains. 96 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: And that's not saying a whole lot. But I did 97 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: like his demeanor. I did like his fight with Sam 98 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: Wilson when he gets stabbed after first trying to take 99 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: them out by throwing a bomb in his truck. That 100 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: whole action sequence was actually pretty decent. I think again. 101 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: To me, I used to feel emerged in the action 102 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: scenes in Captain America movies and there was very little 103 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: set design in one of the best action sequences being 104 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: that one in this movie where it goes from him 105 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: throwing the bomb into that brand new truck that exploded 106 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: before it got its little commercial in there, and then 107 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: they just kind of moved to this abandoned set piece 108 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: with a few random things in like this grassy not 109 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: even a full field, but like sectioned off, little empty house, 110 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: scrapyard thing, and that was it. It just looked very 111 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: empty to me, like they were just in a lot 112 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: in Georgia. All right, let's put this thing together, roll camera, 113 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: all right, we're out of here. I mean, they used 114 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: to have full on highways that they would have these 115 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: chase scenes and explosion scenes, to have Captain America jumping 116 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: off one highway to get down to another car, and 117 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: this was just very little of that. It felt very 118 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: cheap for a movie that cost over two hundred million 119 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: dollars to make. Where did this budget go? But that's 120 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: number two. Number three. I did like that they brought 121 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: back lived Tyler as Betty, kind of bringing full circle 122 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: the Incredible Hulk two thousand and eight movie here, And 123 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: that was the one cameo I wasn't really expecting going 124 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: into it, probably because I didn't know how much of 125 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: The Incredible Hulk that they were actually going to include 126 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,119 Speaker 1: in this movie. So I thought that was a good moment, 127 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: Much like whenever in Thor they brought back Natalie Portman. 128 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: I was glad to see liv Tyler returned and hopefully 129 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: she made some pretty good money on that cameo. All right, 130 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: but now let's get into the three things I didn't 131 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: like the major three. Number one thing I just couldn't 132 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: stand for was the ending, The fact that Sam Wilson 133 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: defeated the Red Hulk with his words. The Red Hulk 134 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: had him by the head, was about to squash him 135 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,799 Speaker 1: like a bug. In no way did he have any 136 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: leverage on defeating the Red Hulk in that moment, and 137 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: through the power of his words, and not even the 138 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: strongest of words, all he did was basically remind the 139 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: person inside of the Red Hulk President Thunderbolt Ross about 140 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: his daughter Betty, and they're surrounded by these Japanese cherry blossoms, 141 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: and that's all it took to take the Red Hulk 142 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: from about to be the one responsible for the death 143 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: of Sam Wilson to reverting back to Harrison Ford and 144 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: then everybody surrounds him. He steps down his president and 145 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: that was it. That was Sam Wilson's big shining moment 146 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: in the movie. That was the definition of a buzzkill 147 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: in a movie. Where I love going to Marvel movies 148 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: because there's always that one big heroic moment, the moment 149 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: that makes you want to leap out of your chair, 150 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: the moment that makes the audience scream and excitement. Every 151 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: good MCU movie needs that. If it doesn't have that, 152 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: it's not getting above a three. The highest you can 153 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: go without that moment in a movie in the MCU 154 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: is a three. This didn't have that, and I'm not 155 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: just speaking for myself. I always like to feel the 156 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: energy in the room in the theater. That's why I 157 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: love going to see movies in theaters. Nobody was excited 158 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: while watching this movie. You had nobody cheering. I mean 159 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: I think even in Yeah, of course, in Dead Pulling Wolverine, 160 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: there were people cheering at moments. I feel that the 161 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: energy has gone down in this phase in the MCU, 162 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: but that movie still had those moments. This one didn't 163 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: really have that because there wasn't that big shining moment. 164 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: This movie just kind of ended on a whimper and 165 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: doesn't really set Sam Wilson up to have a heroic 166 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: story arc in this. So that was my biggest thing 167 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: that I didn't like my number one from Brave New World. 168 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: At number two, it was a Hulk sequel without the 169 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: Incredible Hulk. I thought, maybe, just maybe there would be 170 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: a cameo with the Green Hulk. I thought there would 171 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: be no one else who could even put up a 172 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: fight against him. I was like, Oh, they're tricking us. 173 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: They're building up all this with Red Hulk and Captain 174 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: America fighting. At the end of it, Green Hulk is 175 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: gonna come out. Bruce Banner's gonna show up and take 176 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: them on, maybe even Ed Norton's Green Hulk. That would 177 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: have been awesome. That would have brought everything together. But 178 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: there was no Green Hulk, and I guess I should 179 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: have known. Because Universal still has the rights to standalone 180 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: Hulk movies. That's why we haven't had one since two 181 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. However, Marvel still controls the characters' appearances 182 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: and other MCU movies, so he can be in team 183 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: up movies. That's why he can appear in movies like Avengers, 184 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: thor Ragnarok. I don't know exactly why this one doesn't 185 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: qualify though. But that is why we haven't had a 186 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: solo Hulk movie is because that'll only happen if Universal 187 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: makes it, and I doubt they're gonna make it, just 188 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: because I don't feel like there's money in that anymore. 189 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: That's why we've had the Hulk in the She Hulk 190 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Disney Plus series, but why we couldn't make a whole 191 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: sequel here. So instead we used all the parts from 192 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: that movie and put him into this Captain America movie. 193 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: And I think it's because there is a fan base 194 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: for that two thousand and eight movie. I'm a part 195 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: of it. I love that movie, and maybe Marvel thought 196 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: that we could get away with taking what people loved 197 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: about that and give them just enough to make people 198 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: excited about it in this state. And I believe that 199 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: without the Green Hulk, it just isn't the same. So 200 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: the fact that there was no surprise cameo, the only 201 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: cameo we got aside from liv Tyler was Bucky and 202 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: Bucky's about it being the Thunderbolts and his character made 203 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: no sense. He's like running for to be a senator 204 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: or something in government. I was just like, why are 205 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: we showing him like Why do we need him. Why 206 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: isn't he helping Sam fight? I don't care what he's 207 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: running for. He's an Avenger. You should be here to 208 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: save the world. But that was number two, the fact 209 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: that we didn't get Green Hulk at all, and at 210 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: number three third thing I didn't like about this movie. 211 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: It just doesn't set up Sam for a good trilogy. 212 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: And it's interesting here because his character is at a 213 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: bit of a disadvantage With every other major standalone Marvel character. 214 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: For the most part, they've all had their standalone movie. 215 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: Even Black Widow had her own standalone movie. Say what 216 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: you want about that movie. I enjoyed it at the time, 217 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: but if you look back, Thor of course had his 218 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: origin story, got his trilogy. Same with Captain America, Iron Man, 219 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: Spider Man later, even though they handled it a bit 220 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: differently in the MCU. Spider Man would be the best 221 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: example of he didn't really have a traditional origin story movie. 222 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: But I think that's primarily because we've already had that 223 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: so many times in film. They didn't want to retread 224 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: on that. They just brought us into Homecoming, said you 225 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: have your superpowers, we don't need to show you being 226 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: bit by a spider. Let's just hit their ground running 227 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: and go. And I think us as the audience were 228 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: okay with that because we had seen it time and 229 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: time again. Didn't need to experience that anymore. Or with 230 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Mackie as the Falcon his first movie being back 231 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen Captain America The Winter Soldier, we haven't 232 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: really had a chance to learn a whole lot about 233 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: him as a person. What are the things he is 234 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: fighting for? What are the things we haven't really got 235 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: to know a whole lot about him as a person, 236 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: as a character, what makes him tick? What is he like? 237 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: What doesn't he like? What is the root of him 238 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: wanting to be a hero? What are his flaws? He 239 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: has always just been supporting cast, sidekick for lack of 240 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: a better term, So we haven't really had his origin 241 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: story us getting to know him. And now he's thrown 242 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: into this first movie and we still don't have that. 243 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: We still don't really know his values. The only thing 244 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: we really know is that he struggles with not feeling 245 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: like a hero because he hasn't taken the serum. He 246 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like. Captain Erica gets into the whole thing 247 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: of can you be a superhero without superpowers, and he 248 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: is trying to I guess, be a beacon for people 249 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: and a motivation for people, like, oh, you don't need 250 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: to have all that to inspire people. I feel like 251 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: that was kind of just thrown in there. But this 252 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: movie doesn't really set up his character arc of him 253 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: now being Captain America going into the second film. If 254 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: he gets a second stand alone movie, I don't really 255 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: see a sequel or trilogy playing out of it all 256 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: feeling like one cohesive story. Instead of that, it really 257 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: just feels like it's setting up Avengers Doomsday and then 258 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: of course building up to Avengers Secret Wars. The post 259 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: credit scene alluded to both of those things, at least 260 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: to doomsday. Whenever you have Stern, the villain in this movie, 261 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: giving them this warning, all you heroes protecting this world, 262 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: do you think that you're the only ones? You think 263 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: this is the only world? We'll see what happens when 264 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: you have to protect this place from the others. So 265 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: apparently they're gonna have to team up, maybe against some 266 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: other heroes, some villains from another dimension. Again, we're living 267 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: in the multiverse here, and that felt like a very 268 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: empty threat to me. It's something that I guess the 269 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: Falcon and now Captain America Sam Wilson wasn't aware of. 270 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: So maybe it was supposed to be like a big revelation, like, 271 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: oh now he is aware of the multiverse. But as 272 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: far as post credit scenes go, that one was pretty weak. 273 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: Ah crap. I think I went too hard on the 274 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: negative again, so I'll give one more positive. I actually 275 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: think the vfx on Red Hulk were pretty good. The 276 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: motion capture with Harrison Ford and you can actually see 277 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: his face, which is something they first implemented with Mark Ruffalo. 278 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: Whenever Ed Norton changed into the Green Hulk, he didn't 279 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: retain any of his facial features, and they thought, well, 280 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: let's make it look more like the actual actor playing 281 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: them to kind of connect the two. And that did 282 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: really great with Mark Ruffalo's version of the Hulk, and 283 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: they implement to that now with Harrison Ford turning into 284 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: the Red Hulk still kind of looks like him, has 285 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: like the hairy chest. I thought was a good touch. 286 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: So overall, I did think the Red Hulk looked really good. 287 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: The action was what I wanted out of it. It 288 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: just wasn't enough. Will they bring him back I hope 289 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: so out of anything that was established in this movie. 290 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: Hopefully the Red Hulk is just a thing now and 291 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: they can utilize him in fighting whatever they're gonna fight next. 292 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: It's just funny to me that I think at one 293 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: point Harrison Ford was so against doing a Marvel movie, 294 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: But as soon as you drop a pile of money 295 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: in his face, he'll put on that motion capture suit 296 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: and look like a complete idiot because the money makes 297 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: you do stupid things that make you look ridiculous. That 298 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: is the job of an actor. That is my spoiler review. 299 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening, thank you for being here, and 300 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: until next time, go out and watch good movies and 301 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: I will talk to you later.