I really don’t care if a movie stars women, nonwhite people, gay people, whatever. I’ve genuinely loved movies with all three aspects before. What I care about is if the writing is good and the characters are interesting. I’m not gonna watch something just because it has x in it.

Sadly our "friends" from the fandom menace will continue to use Bree Larson as a literal punching bag instead of reviewing the movie.

That tirade at the end of the video was better than anything Disney has released in years

A reminder to Disney that “people don’t watch movies to reflect the world we live in today” we watch movies that offers an escape from it

I felt the same thing with Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Strange kept talking about how Mordo was trying to kill him and that they hate each other, but they never had a movie where they actually were enemies. I thought I was missing something

You're saying what we're all thinking, Cody. In my review, I praised the performance of Iman Vellani, while simultaneously talking about how Brie Larson paled in comparison, and somehow that made me a misogynist. NOBODY can give this film criticism without being labeled as an "-ist"

You're so right about the "not being allowed to have an opinion" aspect. Look, it seems to me that some people don't understand the concept of a target audience. Looking at this movie and Barbie, and even just ignoring all the problems they have, it makes PERFECT SENSE that women will enjoy them more than men, because they can relate better to the characters, and because the movie resonates more with them. If we were to do a poll of what men and women think of Commando and John Wick, of course men will have think more highly of those movies, and that's not because women are sexist and hate Arnie and Keanu Reeves as the leads of those movies.

This is why I've been wanting stand-alone superhero movies for a while. It's crazy that it's taboo to even say this but the movies that we have gotten in phase 4 say otherwise.

Thanks for always coming from a place of fandom @Cody. Appreciate you always calling it as YOU saw it. Much appreciated

Great review Cody. I love how level headed and fair you are on your thoughts and the mob reactions we commonly see to movies these days. Keep it up!

I appreciate your fair non biased review. Keep being awesome

The strengths i felt were very strong. The creativity and choreography with the quantum entangled fights i feel is probably something that Nia D implemented. This movie would be better if it extended the run time to flesh out the villain and our 3 mains

As many issues I have with Disney, I don’t think Brie is at fault with the captain marvel character or the movies. It’s just the people around it with lack of talent. Damn shame to see where the MCU is.

I’m really interested as to where the MCU is going and I hope that it’s about to get better. Thanks for making more great content, Cody.

You made me think of Bills bit at Red Rocks then right on que you played it, incredible 👏🏻😂 and another great review and discussion Cody! Thanks for me 100% you

*It’s really depressing to see what the MCU has become. At one point it’s like they could do no wrong and now they are just digging down deep into the lowest of lows. I honestly feel like they should’ve stopped after Avengers: Endgame.*

They lecture the public about women but they are too afraid to say what a woman actually is

Codey well said thats an assessment of modern reviewing that was desperately needed and honestly is needed in this love it or hate it reception enviroment.

Well put Cody about the people causing negativity.Also Im in Australia and I havent seen any trailers for the movie which makes me wonder why ? Great review.

Great video Cody. Thank you. I grew up reading Spiderman comics and watched all the Marvel movies. It's sad to see the decline in quality since Endgame and too many Disney Plus tv shows. Keeping up with all this stuff (especially the shows) feels like homework. Movies like Civil War or Guardians used to be an event where you took the whole family to the theater.

Great commentary, Cody. A man for the people.

Cody, this is why you’re my favourite reviewer on KZfaq. Completely agree with your sentiment on the movie as well as with your feelings on the social commentary on the movie

Its wild the MCU has their best IP riding the bench... Why X-Men,F4 and blade havent made their appearance yet is weird... Great review Cody!

12:56 - 19:35 BRAVO! Very well said!

I'm honestly just a guy that likes talking about movies. Movies are my personal brand of therapy. They have helped me through a lot, especially this year. I'm not asking to be represented in every movie I see. For certain people that have a giant stick up where the sun doesn't shine to say that, "(Insert movie title here) isn't for you because (insert dumbass reason here).", makes the subject of film discussion become less and less fun for me. I personally had fun with The Marvels, and I hope that people can just ignore all the racist and misogynistic bigotry that has been thrown at movies like this and just go and see it for themselves. If people want to throw the word "WOKE" at something, throw it at Black Christmas (2019), because that movie absolutely deserves it! I know I'm not the first person to say that, but still....

Please explain how Capt Marvel can fly thru the Sun (The Marvels), fly thru a ship (Endgame), but has trouble fighting in hand to hand combat.

The movie was ok. At this point marvel needs to look in the mirror and do some soul searching. Im glad marvel started another banner to explore characters like echo. Im glad feige has fired people and cancelled projects so i have hope but the films already planned before the fall off like cap 4 and Agatha need to be drastically overhauled. Also planing 8 years ahead is proving to be a bad idea. It worked in the past but now audiences change what they want every other year.

I’ve been saying this since a couple months after End Game. “All great things must come to an end”. Marvel should be happy they had an amazing run from 2008-2020 like in their prime and were untouchable when it came to hero movies. Every dynasty comes to an end ? The Patriots, the 90’s Bulls etc. I think Marvel should just be happy they landed the plane at the end of End Game. I’ve seen sooo many things have horrific endings especially these days (Game Of Thrones).

Great review Cody. Even greater message!

We all have different opinions on movies however I 100 percent agree with your opinion on how movie culture views certain movies like this one and how they already have there minds made up before seeing it. To me your review here was a balanced and fair one.

Damn!!! Cody went hard with his views regarding the online community current climate. Truth bombs. It's one of Cody's best reviews yet. Thanks, brother.

Really loved your thoughts on this one, along with your film critic's view of all the recent problems.

Much respect to you for this video. You are slowly becoming my favorite movie review creator.

At the end of your review I just wanted to yell PREACH! Agree with everything you said Cody. It’s a damn shame that we can’t have an honest opinion about a movie without being crucified for it.

What’s funny is the male audience still accounted for over 65% of sales

Great review . 100% agree. Thanks Cody

It’s not that they did know which way the entanglement part was going. That idea was shown at the end of ms Marvel’s tv show. The Villain was to entangle their powers, since they’re all light based. They also have all been called a “Marvel” in the comics. They have to learn to work together. That’s the plot, kinda simple.

Thanks for not sugar coating anything, great review

"The Thing Cats" Glad I'm not the only one who had that thought 😂

Thank you for your impassioned speech about people making blanketing accusations on others, Cody! It's a voice of reason we all have not heard of nearly enough!

I may not agree with Cody’s takes all the time, but I gotta give him mad respect for always being a straight shooter 👍🏻

Preach 🙌 great review ESPECIALLY THE ENDING

After COVID, I made a commitment to see as many movies as I possibly could in theaters, especially Marvel movies. The Marvels was the first one that i skipped. Never liked the vibe of the trailers plus KZfaqrs that i love say that it’s not worth watching in theaters. What a shame

Always appreciate your honest opinion... completely agree with you on the subject of blanket statements... that is getting annoying everytime you turn around

You nailed that ending. I couldn’t have said it better.

FNAF was directed by a woman and it was liked or disliked based on the film's own merits and not by who's on the directors chair. I wish all woman directed films got that treatment.

Absolutely outstanding review!

THANK YOU CODY FOR SPEAKING UP FOR US

I think Sean Chandlers “fixed” version of this movie would have been much better.

Love the Bill Burr point there 😂 great video!

As a woman I'll say it.. I HATE practically anything Marvel/DC (with the minor exception of one or two) 😂 it's not the fault of them I just really don't care for superhero films or at least anything recently; I'm not even someone who loved them at their height but I could sit through a film if need be but now I'm really just fatigued by the constant superhero saga and when I'm burnt out on something I was never that into to begin with, you can guarantee my desire to see it will not be there. Give me a horror film, ANY horror film above anything to do with this universe. Genuinely if it weren't for your reviews Cody I'd know nothing about these lol so thank you for always keeping us entertained.

I can't take these movies seriously at all. Comic book movies.

All excellent points. Watched this last night with my daughter. She had a MUCH better time than me, but i'm over 50. I'm not the target audience. I did have a good time. Will I rewatch it? I seriously doubt it. But no regrets in watching it at all.

I love that you added that Bill Burr clip in there. That's exactly what I was thinking about when you were talking about this. The MCU audience is mostly men, so of course when it comes to criticism, most criticism is going to come from men. Rant well said! That is exactly how I feel when I hear crap like that too

So much truth is perfectly spoken, during the last part of this review! Right on, Cody!!

Ms. Marvel and Loki are the best things about the MCU right now. I'm not at all surprised that she is the best part of this film.

Its been a good weekend for me LOki season 2 finale after seeing the marvels. For a middle aged comic bok fan I just like hanging with these characters.

Love the channel Cody and have been watching you for well over a year now. I really feel for you when it comes to the constant polarization of cinema. I’m sure it is frustrating wading through commenters who can’t tolerate the slightest differing opinion. However, it seems to be really irking you lately. I have noticed you acknowledging it more frequently in your content. If possible, I hope you can ignore the polarization, and just give us your thoughts. Most of us are silent watchers that couldn’t care less what is or isn’t politically acceptable to one party or the other. I understand how difficult that can be. Good luck and thank you for the great content!

Nice review man

I love & appreciate the fact that you took the time to talk about the current state of movie criticisms, because everything that you said is 1000% facts.

100% agree with you Cody. Great content brother

BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE 🧨 good review cody.

Well said, mate!

Cody you hit the nail on the head,why can't a movie just be good or bad because of the actual content.

Thank you Cody. Love you bro

spot on. wow. couldn’t have said it better myself and with your large audience you do not pander and you tell it like it is. respect bro.

Well said, Cody...well said.

Thankyou for being so open and honest about the culture clash surrounding this film and other pieces of media. It’s the extremists on both sides that shout the loudest and common sense and viable opinion is discredited. Being so open about all that is refreshing and should be applied more.

Preach on Cody! Plus, when you have those people doing blanket statements like they do for this movie, let me tell you, for me, that is a huge turn off to the point I'm feeling like, maybe I won't even spend money to go see this movie you're championing for, how about that. Really, I fell off of the MCU after End Game as there was too much homework to seeing a movie. Got to watch this series first for this, got to watch this movie first for that, it's a bit much. Makes me miss the days it was easily laid out, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 etc and just have to watch the numbers before to understand what is going on. Everything else is on the movie to make you understand. Anyways, thank you so much, Cody, did enjoy your video.

Cody this is why I respect you buddy you cut through the bullshit & review with passion & honesty.

Appreciate this 🙏🏻

Well said. Honestly, just very well said.

The cameo at the end was a security blanket they could use to hide from people calling it complete dogshit. without Iman Vellani (?) as Kamala, this sequel would be irredeemably bad. She saves parts of it but she gets lost in the shuffle too.

I’m going to take my daughters and gf to see it, they’re more excited to see Park Seo-joon than anyone else, that’ll be my fair shot of the movie although I could’ve waited. Anyway great review Cody you’re genuinely one of the best if not the BEST movie reviewer I watch

Would love to see Cody, Jeremy and Nerdrotic work together on a video and maybe some others as well.

So glad you had the Quartering logo… nailed it, brother. Lmao. What a tool bag. Great review Cody!! As someone who has been ride-or-die for the MCU since Iron Man, these past few years have been horrible. I think the only project I’ve really enjoyed is Loki. I think they need to take a break, regroup and get the focus back on quality over quantity. And if that fails… then we at least have the DC ‘reboot’ and some DC Elseworlds I’m really looking forward to. (The Batman Pt 2 and Swamp Thing at the top of my list.) 🎉🎉

Love you Cody! thank you for everything!..........Even though you hate Halloween 6

All the discussion I've seen lately on Facebook was about the movie being less than 2 hours long, as if that was a thing anyone was concerned about. My issues with the movie come from what was done to its story over the years they've had to work on it adjusting for covid and the strikes. If you look at the parts they talk about that happened between the first movie and "now" that was probably part of this movie and they dropped it all down to a quick flash to get their precious shorter runtime. I don't even recall the destruction of the supreme intelligence being mentioned during Secret Invasion and I only bring that up because of the Skrull presence in that.

Thank you for giving an honest review of this movie. I thought it was fine. I also had the same problems you did. But, Ms. Marvel is awesome. I love her. She's an absolute treasure. She alone makes this movie worth watching. This is why I'm a subscriber. I may not always agree with your takes (I hate the "Saw" movies) but, you're always fair and honest.

I didnt think this was aweful by any stretch, there was some really cool aspecs but it definitely felt like there was a missing project before this!

I can't imagine parenting adults online that I don't know. Round of applause Cody 👏 spitting facts

Well said, Mr. Leach!

i don't go into marvel movies wondering if I'm going to like the movie I'm just like "new mcu movie? I'm in"

Hollywood is falling apart now, I'm not interested new blockbuster movies anymore

Agreed, Cody. I'm sick a of all this self-rigouts, moral grandstanding, online behavior and it feels so good that you called it out. Preach on man, preach on.

Is it out on 4K yet?

I honestly think someone needs to buy marvel from Disney. Disney thinks they need to get their greedy hands on everything and I think marvel needs new writers.

Thank you for being a breath of common sense. I don't think it will change most people's thoughts or behaviors, but I usually agree on your movie opinions. It is nice to see I agree with your social opinions. I think 80% of the people think like this, as we go about our days just living and doing the right thing. It's the 10% of extremists on either side that ruin it

**The only Carol Danvers aka Miss MARVEL I care about is that animated cartoon show called Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes..... seeing this version? Yea not my cup of tea of what the character is all about. So props to you Cody! Keep them reviews going!** ^_^

All great point man!

I think some people are SO defensive over movies like these because of the people that will aggressively hate on this movie regardless of its quality. You will normally see the hatred first, which gives the illusion that there's a lot of it

Thank you.

Enjoyed the movie completely random but you should rank the silent night deadly night movies & or Christmas horror this holiday season!

Love the subtle dig at the Quartering 😂

That last five minutes of this video brother ! I couldn't agree more! Good shit man! - dbrothehero

Is it the perfect Marvel movie? No. It is better than the first Captain Marvel movie, as I can say since I've rewatched that one before The Marvels, while I'll look some of the stuff through Google which is better than none. There were parts that I do agree especially with the story which your friend pointed out what had me head scratching in the middle especially with the villain. Dar-Benn had a strong motive but not enough to carry most of the story. As far as the movie goes, some good laughs especially with the Flerken's (as they're called) while one of Barbara Strisand's songs was playin that I was laughin my ass off when it was set up. Best I can describe was mostly the chemistry thanks to Kamala which indeed she's the goat as the cast goes. And can say this now, I do agree with most of your takes and I enjoy your fair review and can say, indeed, this is a movie that aims well for young women and even a couple of folks say they enjoyed the movie decently that even they would recommend it to their daughters and one of the reviewers' daughter said she'd enjoyed the movie so it's fair enough as the audience goes. Also, this is Nia DeCosta's third film, as I'd looked up. Her first movie while going through her college tuition is called Little Woods that has Tessa Thompson and the late Lance Reddick which was praised by critics and in the middle for the audience on Rotten Tomatoes which I'll give it a watch in the future. Would it be as great as Candyman, which I've enjoyed first time watching? I don't know because I enjoy movies. Hell, even to the point that the whole w0ke in an insulting way was just bugging me while the left does so as you'd pointed out made me realize, "better in the middle because both sides are just giving me a headache". I stand up for what's right and that's all I stick to my ground on. Better my opinions than others with a bigger ego than such unless I agree to fair, honest criticism as your review of The Marvels is. Hell, I'd like to be back in the days where everyone could just walk out of what they don't like and not be much on the whole hivemind and sheep to the slaughter society that we're living in nowadays. And as far as it goes, not only with the post-COVID, folks boycotting Disney, the usual folk hating things that is w0ke or whatever, it's just being annoying for a simple, moviegoer like myself to even read through. Apologies on this essay of a comment but just wanted to share here. Again, good review, hope your daughters have fun whenever they see this movie.

Omg pls Cody tell me where u got that badass Freddy shirt?!? Pls reply Cody!!!

As someone 100% caught up with the MCU, I have no desire to see The Marvels. Will do my 'homework' on bluray.

This just brings back the "Parakeet" statement

Looks like this movie is headed for a record low opening for the MCU. I'm very sorry for the three lead actresses. They deserved a better movie. It's unfortunate that The Marvels is pretty much doomed to pay the price for poor decision making behind the scenes by higher ups at Marvel and Disney, but it is what it is. Also last breakdown of demographics I saw showed that men were the majority showing up to see the movie, so yeah, maybe it's not "all men" who are tanking the movie. Maybe Marvel should actually put some effort into their movies again, instead of just assuming everyone will show up if there's a Marvel logo behind it. Maybe they should quit assuming that women will flock to see any mediocre product they crap out just because it has female leads. Women showed up for Barbie. They showed up for Taylor Swift, but they're not showing up for this.