How can you argue that Captain Marvel, or any of the Marvel films, aren't original blockbusters? It's a new story, not a reboot or a remake, and it's not even based on any one specific book/comic. I don't think the Captain Marvel comic is even close to a well-known entity to the public at large. Even to me, someone who read comics as a kid, and still reads a handful here and there, she's a character I barely know anything about. I'd say she's as commonly known as were the Guardians of the Galaxy when their film came out.
In fact, nearly all the MCU heroes were more-or-less C-Listers at best, about whom the general public knew next to nothing when their films came out. It's perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the entire MCU phenomenon that virtual unknowns like Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, and so forth have become household names on a global scale. Go back to 2006 and ask the average person who Iron Man is, and you'd have received a blank stare 9 out of 10 times.
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BrunoAntony (1198)
6 years ago
It’s the latest film in a franchise that’s been running since 2008 and has to be watched between two “Avengers” films to fully appreciate it.
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FilmBuff (7240)
6 years ago
Does it really, though? There may be some inside jokes or occasional references that go over the head of a viewer who hasn't seen some of the other films, but one of the great things about the MCU films is that any one of them can be watched without any previous knowledge of the other films, and thoroughly enjoyed as a standalone film. That isn't the case for the episodic franchises, Harry Potter for example, where you need to watch them all, and in order, to know what's going on.
Case in point, the person with whom I saw Infinity War had never seen any of the previous Marvel films, but had no trouble understanding not only the story, but the gravity of the story, and left the film feeling she'd seen a complete movie without any gaps or "why did that happen?" moments.
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Satan2016 (25539)
6 years ago
I was never a comic book fan, but most guys my age were. I've seen all the main Marvel comic book covers long ago, so they are someone familiar. Maybe that's not so for people born around 1990.
It's a lot easier to watch trailers and read reviews in the last 10 years. Better than watching whatever your friends and family do.
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