You mean General Ross, not Talbot
Anyway, went to see CM yersterday and finally came here to read the thread (been avoiding it since, you know... spoilers). It was a good movie, not the best thing ever, not bad. A few elements felt forced to me, and I'm definitely not too excited about this super OP character who just appeared out of nowhere just because they needed a strong female lead for their all new-all inclusive MCU in phase 4.
A few things that bothered me:
- The way Fury lost his eye... really? That was unexpected, yes, but was it a good twist? Definitely not.
- The way they explained to her how she got her powers. "We gave them to you", well, I guess if you have no memories of your past and they tell you this, you might believe it... for a while, but it doesn't make sense when literally no other Kree had the same powers. Maybe they told her she was the test subject or something, but if I spent 6 years with powers no one else has, I'd become very skeptical as in... if you gave them to me, why none of you has them? Bad writing. Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of this.
- The way they overpowered her at the end, to the point nonthing (apparently) can hurt her. Nothing was a threat to her in the last act of the movie, how is she supposed to be vulnerable? This is one of my main complaints about Superman too (excepting all that Kryptonite thing), he's so OP, that he's pretty much never in danger. Ever.
- They talked about how cool it was to explore other sides of Ronan, Korath and Coulson, but they were barely in there.
- The way they explained the costume color change... really? I mean, it works, but I expected a completely different explanation
Other than that, I enjoyed this movie and am excited for future CM if they manage to keep the extreme feminism in check.
As others mentiones before, that twist with the skrulls was a great thing, and I deffinitely didn't see that coming. I went to the theater thinking Talos was going to be just a generic villain, but I was gladly proven wrong. Really enjoyed the character and their overall arc.
Now, the only thing I'm waiting for them to explain in Edgame is how Carol returned to Earth looking exactly the same as she left 20+ years ago.