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'Captain America: Brave New World' Slides 68% at Box Office to $28 Million 2nd Weekend

www.thewrap.com 'Captain America: Brave New World' Slides 68% at Box Office to $28 Million 2nd Weekend

Marvel's new Captain America will have to find legs against a poor upcoming release slate

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6h ago

'Captain America: Brave New World' Slides 68% at Box Office to $28 Million 2nd Weekend

www.thewrap.com /captain-america-box-office-second-weekend/

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I don't mean to shit on what's his name that took over the Captain America role, but dude has just no fucking screen presence, charisma what so ever, Joel Kinnaman fucking killed it on altered carbon season 1, then this dude, Mackie?, took over in season 2, and god damn it was a hard watch.
He reminds of that dude that played the Boomerang guy in suicide squad, then he was kyle in Terminator: Genisys, that fucker is the same, 0 screen presence, no charisma.
- 100% AC was dead for me as soon as this guy took over. Same with Cap.
- His real name is Clarence
  
  I heard Clarence's parents have a real good marriage
- His portrayal of Boomerang and his character in Spartacus were great though. He’s just not built for main lead roles, which I guess applies to Mackie too.

It wasn't a bad movie, but it had problems.
The big problem, and this is pretty common with Marvel, was a weak villain. The Leader just wasn't a big threat. He spent most of his time in the shadows. He got very little screen time. And his motivation was also really weak. He wanted a pardon... But he was also completely capable of starting world war 3, like that doesn't make sense. Like an iron Man 3, The Mandarin started off the movie as an epic threat... Only to be revealed to be an actor and the actual bad guy was Killian... Who was an awful villain. But you don't even have to have a villain that's super strong or even has great motivation as long as they're well written, like Mysterio. Red Hulk ends up being wasted on this movie, because they had no faith they could write something people would want to see, because post Thanos they've kind of been fumbling the ball. But I think they seem to forget is Thanos wasn't there from the beginning they eventually led into him.
They either needed to really lean into The Leader, or Red Hulk. Not waste both on a 2 decade late Hulk sequel that doesn't have Bruce or the Hulk.

Lost interest after Endgame.
- Same. I enjoyed Infinity War a decent amount, but Endgame didn't quite sit right with me for some reason; maybe because it felt like the pulling of strings to make the narrative fit certain things was more apparent. Lost all steam after that
- I lost interest after the first Iron Man movie.
- I enjoyed some of the shows like Wandavision and Loki but I’ve pretty much fallen off watching any of this stuff entirely now.
  
  The only thing I've been looking forward to recently is the new Daredevil series. Wandavision was decent. Moon Knight was good. She-Hulk had lots of potential but just dropped the ball IMHO. We never finished Loki season 2 (just lost insterest). We ended up canceling Disney+ because the Marvel shows were a dud for the most part.
  
  I enjoyed Agatha as well, but didn't watch it until just recently.
  
  Loki was the only one I really liked.
- I still enjoyed the latest Spiderman but the rest seems quite uninspired.
- I wouldn't say I lost interest, but rather that Endgame was a great ending for the MCU. Why would I want to watch past the end?

Could it be that after milking that sorry Marvel franchise for all it was worth for years, Disney fails to excite people with their nth ultra-samey, ultra-low-originality rehash?
- They're just not willing to take the risks they were talking when marvel was still going solo before it's Disney acquisition. Disney isn't big on risks.
  
  What risks did they use to take? As long as I remember the Marvel movies have been formulaic copies
  
  Some of the TV shows have been more creative. The current movies are just rehashes though.

The marketing for this movie and been atrocious. The Cross advertising spots I've seen are terrible cash grabs. Marvel is done.

These comments are depressing.
- Marvel is depressing.

Y'all still watching this slop?!
- I mean, I might when it comes to Disney+. Not going out of my way to spend extra money to see it though.
  But honestly, most stuff post-Endgame has been pretty boring to me. And I’m not liking my favorite super heroes having to deal with a “post-snap” world. It’s a universe I’m not very fond of.

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