Rate The Last Movie You Saw

This was probably the most disappointing film in the MCU (thus far) for me.
I mean, when Thor: The Dark World came out, expectations for Marvel movies weren't that high yet and Iron Man 2 had already checked my expectations (another big disappointment, but hey, it confirmed The Avengers was coming!) so, as (rightly) maligned as it is, I wasn't that disappointed. Doctor Strange was too paint-by-numbers for me and that disappointed me to.
But none of them as much as this one.
When I heard they were making this, I was giddy. I grew up a huge Captain Marvel fan, he was one of the shortest list of the Marvel heroes I wanted to be.
When I heard they were going with the female version, I was totally on board as this is a character that was primed for that, and I had actually grown up a Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel fan from the comics as well (I was a comic-book kid in the late 70s and early 80s). I bought all the recent Captain Marvel collections to get caught up on what the Carol Danvers version of this character was about.
When I heard they had gotten some indie directors to do it, I was hopeful they would understand how to handle a cosmic property and that Feige would hold their hands through it. Hell, Taika rocked it.
When I heard they cast Brie Larson I was... ehhhh... I was thrilled they landed an Oscar-winning actress for the role, I really wasn't sure Brie was the right person for it.
The movie comes out and, let's face it, Brie is not the right person for this. Maybe it'll get better but she was miscast. The script is... really not great. Really. And I just don't think the directors were comfortable in this film. A lot of stuff doesn't really work and the movie almost comes off feeling more like it should have been a Disney+ release than a theatrical one.
It has some wonderful moments and some really great call-backs to the comics, including my favorite Nova moment, stolen for this character and film, but hey I was happy to see it on-screen and I like this character too, so, fine, but overall the movie has some really stupid **** in it, some of which irreparably damages the MCU (like Fury's eye).
Hopefully, they'll do better going forward, I hope they get someone else to direct CM2, for sure, though I know we'll see Carol in other Marvel crossovers before then.

Rewatch of a lovely movie.

Damn, she was gorgeous. I dated a girl years ago that bore a striking resemblance to JL so she'll always be one of my favorite actresses.

I will add that The Ladies Man has one sequence so disarmingly beautiful that it feels like an outtake from The Red Shoes. But because it features Lewis doing his (silent) shtick, I also chuckled all the way through.

I agree. I also grew up on Jerry Lewis films (we were probably watching the same channels at the same time from what our history talking sounds like) and despite the appeal to a young person of his comedy, Lewis really strikes me as kind of a piece of ****.

I'm drawing a blank here, are you referring to the spider-lady scene? I haven't seen The Red Shoes, but I assume you're not talking about Jerry's "ballet" performance.

Turns out I may have wildly misremembered the scene when I was posting last night, and I'd need to do a proper rewatch to confirm, but thinking this was the one.

*https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua4suRfdbWU

Note to self: don't make highly suspect claims about the quality of a Jerry Lewis movie when you haven't seen it in years.



I watched Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla only a few months ago, so you can trust me on that one, folks.

Yes, & she’s still handsome. You probably know she & Shepard were an item for many years.

Awesome! Warner/DC more of this, less of that (WW1984)

Oh yes. Talk about the stuff of legends. Those two must have produced some beautiful children.

Yep. All the best movies were on Channel 26, am I right?

But yeah, I just want to repeat that I don't know of any specific wrongdoing on Lewis' part in terms of abuse or harassment, it's just that he comes across as an arrogant turd. I've rarely seen an interview with him that left me thinking "what an awesome dude". I think it's why I love King of Comedy so much. He's like Buddy Love again, but shown in a more negative light this time.

Wait, who the hell said that?!!!

Also, I wonder if there was a more misogynistic time in American History than the 1950s and 1960s.

I haven't seen The Red Shoes.

Shame! SHAME!