[Movie] Captain America: Brave New World

[Smoove_B]

Coming 2/14/25



I'm expecting a mix of confusion and anger. That final shot though...

[McNutt]

Im not up to speed on the post Endgame stuff. Who is that in the last shot. Hulk? Some new hero/monster?

[Isgrimnur]

He's newish.

Spoiler:

Red Hulk

[AWS260]

That looks pretty good. I guess I'm going to watch Falcon & Winter Soldier again after all.

[Skinypupy]

I'm expecting a mix of confusion and anger.

Would indifference work?

Looks just like every other CGI-laden post-Avengers Marvel movie. Meh.

[Madmarcus]

It looks pretty good to me although Red Hulk is the least interesting bit in my mind. He seems wrong for the first movie staring a non-super solider Captain America.

[Smoove_B]

Looks just like every other CGI-laden post-Avengers Marvel movie. Meh.

If you've already fallen off the MCU wagon, this isn't going to change you mind about anything, that's for sure.

Once again, as a fan of all things Marvel I am like the proverbial kid in the candy store. It's been 16 years and I still can't believe all the awesome Marvel stuff that's been translated to TV and cinema.

[Madmarcus]

Looks just like every other CGI-laden post-Avengers Marvel movie. Meh.

One reason it looks good to me is that it is back to focusing on one hero. That feels refreshing.

[Grifman]

I am worried about this movie. I read that the first test screenings were bad, and they had to go back and do numerous reshoots. Marvel really needs this movie to be a winner, they can't afford for this to bomb. I like Anthony Mackie and his new version of Cap, I just hope it works out and succeeds with audiences.

[gilraen]

I'm still not convinced Mackie can carry a movie as the lead. He lacks the charisma to avoid being completely overshadowed by the supporting cast.

[Scuzz]

This does look like something that would get us into a theater.

[msteelers]

The trailer looks good to me, though I'm a little concerned about Red Hulk. Could be a fun valentine's day date with the mrs.

[Isgrimnur]

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"I understand the appeal of other kinds of films besides the kind we made in the '80s and '90s. I don't have anything general to say about it. It's the condition our condition is in, and things change and morph and go on," Ford told GQ. "We're silly if we sit around regretting the change and don't participate. I'm participating in a new part of the business that, for me at least, I think is really producing some good experiences for an audience. I enjoy that."

A number of actors and directors have spoken out to criticize Marvel movies or say they want nothing to do with them. Recently, four-time Oscar-nominated actor Saoirse Ronan said thanks but no thanks to Marvel, while Martin Scorsese has made his feelings known about Marvel. Jamie Lee Curtis, meanwhile, recently criticized Marvel and then backtracked.

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Ford previously told Variety that signing up to do this "took being an idiot for money" and "not caring."

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[Smoove_B]

Full trailer

[Blackhawk]

Definitely taking it in a different direction. It's good to get away from the post-Thanos cheese, but they still haven't recaptured the Infinity Saga era fun.

[pr0ner]

Definitely taking it in a different direction. It's good to get away from the post-Thanos cheese, but they still haven't recaptured the Infinity Saga era fun.

I don't know if any of the Captain America movies were ever on the "fun" side of the ledger, as they tended towards "heavier" themes than most Marvel movies did. Winter Solder definitely was not something I would call "fun", even though it's a great movie.

[hepcat]

I have almost no desire to see this. However, I would watch the hell out of a movie focused entirely on Isaiah Bradley. Either in his youth fighting for a country that doesn't see him as an equal, or struggling in his older years with a country that abandons him.

[El Guapo]

I have almost no desire to see this. However, I would watch the hell out of a movie focused entirely on Isaiah Bradley. Either in his youth fighting for a country that doesn't see him as an equal, or struggling in his older years with a country that abandons him.

Or as he struggles to unstick various possessions of his that have mysteriously become stuck together.

[AWS260]

Well, that was pretty good. I had a reasonably good time. My favorite part was, uh... the Thunderbolts trailer?

[Exodor]

I consider myself a Marvel fan and we've seen every movie but I admit I had no idea this was out. The reviews look harsh and releasing it in February certainly implies a lack of confidence in the movie from Disney.

I think we'll wait for Disney+ for this one.

[hitbyambulance]

i ducked out of MCU after Black Widow (i'd seen _every_ one of them up to that point). what enjoyment i had at the beginning was just gone. i will see Fantastic Four at some point just because i've been waiting so long for that to get made, but otherwise, ehhhhh

[YellowKing]

I went to see it last night. Wife and I are both huge Marvel fans, and we're up to speed on Falcon and Winter Soldier, Hulk, Eternals, etc.

I unfortunately thought it was pretty (meh). Aside from a few larger action sequences, it felt like it could have just been a streaming series on Disney+. Lots of talky dialogue sequences which slowed the movie down. Very little of the trademark Marvel movie humor. We had a packed theater and I think I heard a chuckle twice the entire film.

I know it was a more narrowly focused film around one hero, but after the bigger ensemble movies we've seen, it felt like a huge step backwards. I noticed my wife was checking her watch constantly, and that's something I've NEVER seen her do in a Marvel movie.

YMMV, I've got several friends who absolutely loved it. But I agree with the critics on this one.

[Unagi]

This is the Red Hulk Solo one, right? How was that aspect of it?

I will turn in my nerd card here; is Red Hulk a bad-guy, or just hulk-rage-needs-some-help?

[YellowKing]

I'll spoiler tag my answer:

Spoiler:

He's more hulk-rage-needs-some-help, but he's in the movie less than 10 minutes.

[Grifman]

The first weekend box office looks to be $90MM to $100MM, and worldwide it's looking at $200MM which is pretty good. The truth will be told the second weekend as I think the last Antman movie had a similar first weekend but then dropped off the map. It will help that despite the reshoots this cost only about $180MM, so it has to earn less to make Disney money.

Going to see it Tuesday, so I'll give my take then.

[EvilHomer3k]

Went to see it last night in a smaller theater with the wife and our youngest (just turned 12). I've seen almost all the marvel stuff (haven't seen what if S2 or Thor: Love and Thunder). My wife hasn't seen much after End Game. My son has the movies but hasn't seen the disney shows. The movie can mostly stand on it's own. We all enjoyed it. It was good but not great. All ov YKs criticisms are valid. Mackey is decently charismatic but is, at times, overshadowed by some of the supporting cast. I do think he's supposed to be a little less charismatic and sure of himself than Chris Evan's CA, especially in the later movies. I don't think it's really fair to compare it to the bigger ensemble movies, though. It should be compared more to Captain America: The First Avenger which had more dialogue. CA:BNW is an origin type of story. Falcon is already pretty well established but this isn't Falcon it's Captain America. He's not a sidekick/secondary character any more and the movie is about his struggle to come out of the shadows and hold the shield as much as it is about the fight with the big bad. Definitely worth seeing but I do agree that it could have been a Disney+ movie.

[Grifman]

I saw it this afternoon with my nephew and we both thought it was pretty good. It had some pretty good action sequences and I like that Ross wasn’t a one dimensional semi-villain, but had some depth to his character. I like Mackie’s character, but while the wings and flight give him some options the original CA had, I think he suffers without the super soldier serum, but they do discuss this in the movie, so they don’t ignore the issue. It was definitely better than some of the most recent Marvel fare which didn’t fare very well.

[JCC]

I saw this over the weekend. Certainly not among the best of the best Marvel movies, but I really enjoyed it. Definitely worth a watch.

[pr0ner]

I consider myself a Marvel fan and we've seen every movie but I admit I had no idea this was out. The reviews look harsh and releasing it in February certainly implies a lack of confidence in the movie from Disney.

Black Panther was a February release, as was the first Deadpool.

[Blackhawk]

That was during the Golden Age of the MCU, though.