Captain America: Brave New World

6.9 - I guess my rating is looking kind of high, but I’ve just accepted that the MCU needs to exclusively be “shut my brain off & don’t judge it too harshly” media now.

First, it’s more of a sequel to “The Incredible Hulk” than it is a Captain America story, which is fine but I just don’t care for (or really clearly remember) that movie. It’s just hard to throw a sequel out 17 years later.

Second, its biggest issue is one that the MCU has struggled with a lot, & that’s tone consistency. When this is a classic Cap espionage & political thriller like “Winter Soldier” or “Civil War,” it’s pretty engaging. It ties up some loose ends. It has a bit of suspense. And there’s some really fun action. But then it’s broken up awkwardly with poor attempts at humor & excessive exposition to attempt to make up for the 17 year gap. And the visuals are overall just ok especially compared to some of the best of The Infinity Saga.

It’s clear that extensive delays & rewrites hurt this. But there’s enough there to service MCU fans & it’s short enough to not feel like a chore. And those are wins that the MCU should take.

Criminally underrated to say the least as the action is fully refined to the upmost degree making it feel like classic marvel is back in town. Loved every bit, not to mention the fact they ended it with a Kendrick Lamar song . Overall 9.1/10 may be cinema bias but phenomenal

This one stunk but could have been a lot better. There’s definitely concepts of a good movie, but every good moment drowns in a sea of slop. Also I still want a Red Hulk skin in Marvel Rivals. Also also Death to Israel, 1.5/5

i enjoyed it

I had zero hope for this being anywhere near as good as the trilogy, mostly because of Julius Onah, Marvel's recent cheapness (how do they still decrease in quality?), and all the BTS mess. Surprisingly, it does have the comic book feel I yearn for...only I have two major issues. The first on how this doesn't feel like a standalone, it's 90% unexplained randomness with bullet-point exposition before a major set change. Leaning into my second issue of Cap not being the centre of the story. I didn't learn anything about him other than Btec Black Widow and Btec Falcon. Every trope just feels like downgraded replicas made for 13-year-olds. Feels half-hearted, but it's expected from Disney.

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