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Captain Marvel (2019)
Just another good Marvel movie, that's it
First of all, let me state this immediately here: I was wrong about this movie. Warning: long-ish rant incoming.
I saw and heard all the commotion around this movie. How Brie Larson basically told she wants "diverse and less white audience" for her movies, including Captain Marvel. I didn't like that at all, but a person can believe whatever they want to believe, and they can say whatever they can, obviously. But I felt like she did a disservice to Cpt. Marvel.
Then I read reviews for Cpt. Marvel both here and on RT. Needless to say, a lot of them were negative. "They are pushing feminist propaganda in this movie!" "Brie Larson was stone-faced and emotionless for the entire movie, like some angry feminist!" "Marvel is starting to suck now that they cast Brie Larson, a known feminist, and ruined Cpt. Marvel!" Nevertheless, I decided to see the movie with one of my girl friends who is also not into modern feminist stuff and is the first to call it out. We both went without any expectations whatsoever. And now... Now that I've finally seen this movie, I realize - do not let yourself be influenced by other people to such an extent. See the movie you want and decide for yourself whether you like it or not.
Captain Marvel is not a bad movie, nor is it the worst MCU movie. Not by a long shot. Is it good? Yes. Is it great and possibly one of the best MCU movies ever? No. But it's a good movie that sets up Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel very well just in time for Avengers: End Game.
I give this movie 7/10 because of story which I felt was developing too quickly at several moments, as well some loopholes that I found. Sam L. Jackson did a marvelous (no pun intended) job, as did Brie Larson and pretty much the rest of the cast.
TL;DR - go see this movie if you're a true Marvel fan.
Juzni vetar (2018)
A long-awaited breath of fresh air for Serbian cinematography
9/10
"Juzni Vetar" is a long-awaited breath of fresh air for Serbian cinematography perfectly combines legendary actors, such as late Nebojsa Glogovac (this movie was his last, unfortunately), with the youth (Milos Bikovic, Miodrag Radonjic, etc.), and it all works great.
Fast-paced action packed to the brim with fast, good cars and interesting characters. The story is good, although I would suspect that only people living in Serbia (or Balkan, for that matter) will be able to fully understand it. Without any desire to spoil it, I will just say this: buy a ticket and watch it.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
(Spoilers!) Underwhelming at best...
Oh boy, here we go...
So, I got myself hyped for this movie after seeing the trailer (which was brilliant, in my opinion). I started expecting this movie to finally answer most of the questions from TFA, to have great scenes packed with good action, meaningful and good character development and writing. Turned out I shouldn't have set such high expectations...
The good:
- CGI and camera works are really great, magnificent at moments even. Props to the guys who were working on this aspect of the movie;
- Kylo has finally matured into a young Sith Lord who knows what he wants and is not afraid to stretch out his hand and grab his destiny by the throat. There is much difference between this Kylo and the TFA Kylo, who was nothing but an emo teenager with serious anger issues;
- Luke is back! Mark Hamill does a wonderful job yet again. But, that's really all there is to say about Luke (I never thought I'd say such a thing about Luke freakin' Skywalker!);
- Poe was amazing in this movie, loved Oscar Isaac's performance so much
- John Boyega once again did a great job on portraying Finn, as did Daisy Ridley on portraying Rey.
The bad:
- the overall story is... mediocre. Writing was underwhelming particularly in Luke's case, where he was unnecessarily reduced to a mere "has-been Jedi" who for some reason believes that the Jedi must come to an end. Really?! Did you see/hear Yoda say that after Galactic Empire destroyed the Republic? No. Because true Jedi never lose hope, especially not legendary and most wise ones;
- Snoke - such a wasted potential. So many great options for this guy and Disney chose... nothing? Killed in such an appalling fashion by his student who was beaten by an untrained Rey in TFA. All knowing, all powerful, cannot be betrayed!... Gets betrayed a second later and doesn't see it coming. Everything that was intimidating and great about a good character was spilled down the drain;
- Leia's death in space should have been just that - death. I get the feeling that the basic laws of physics are changing just to make one character seem badass. Such an unnecessary and nonsensical scene all in all;
- Captain Phasma is one more potentially good character who should have gotten more screen time;
- Yoda's appearance. As soon as I saw Yoda, I nearly screamed out of happiness, but then... Disney turned him into a Force-ghost troll who nonchalantly destroyed precious and ancient Jedi books just to... prove a point to Luke? Really?! And Luke, being one of the best and wisest Jedi ever, needs Force-ghost Yoda to tell him to learn from his failures. Freakin' really?!
- Porgs are as useless as people predicted, serving only to attract younger population to watch the movie and to sell Disney merchandise;
- entire character of Rose. Basically, Disney came up with Rose character like this: "We have several strong female characters, including the main protagonist Rey. How about we add one more just for laughs and giggles?" Goes from just an ordinary mechanic to a super-skilled pilot who then proceeds to take a dump all over Finn's noble intentions at the end of the movie. Because her crush on Finn is more important than Rebellion not getting wiped out by the First Order, amirite?
- overall humor falls flat most of the time, with only 2-3 scenes worth a chuckle.
I could go on and on about the negatives, but I won't since I think those above prove my point. The worst part is that I wanted to give TLJ a grade of at least 7/10. But, after first impressions settled down I just kept remembering all the flaws, so now it's officially a 5/10 from me. And that's me being generous because Star Wars is love, Star Wars is love.