CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Seems To Be Receiving Far More Positive Reactions From Fans Than Critics

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Seems To Be Receiving Far More Positive Reactions From Fans Than Critics

Despite mixed first reactions from critics, early scores from countries like France and South Korea point to Captain America: Brave New World point to fans having a great time with the latest MCU movie.

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By JoshWilding - Feb 12, 2025 09:02 AM EST

The first Captain America: Brave New World reactions from critics have been mixed at best. They are more positive than negative but, if this movie follows in the footsteps of Eternals and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, it may end up being another "Rotten" Multiverse Saga movie.

The importance of reviews continues to be a hot topic of debate, though positive word-of-mouth among regular filmgoers can be just as important as a Rotten Tomatoes score when all is said and done. 

On that latter point, the fan scores coming out of France and South Korea appear to bode well for Captain America: Brave New World's chances of success this coming weekend. While it's still very early days, the movie is receiving ratings in the same ballpark as Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, two of Marvel Studios' most popular, well-received movies.

Many critics have been quick to tear into how Captain America: Brave New World handles its political thriller aspects. For regular moviegoers, an exciting story and a clash between Cap and Harrison Ford as a Red Hulk may be enough for them to have a fun time at the theater. 

During a recent interview with Deadline, Anthony Mackie said he finds it "so interesting with this movie and with Sam Wilson that Captain America represents the good in everyone. That’s the reason why a kid in England, or anywhere, can look at Captain America and say, 'I want to be Captain America.' He’s the best version of all of us."

Are you excited to watch Captain America: Brave New World on the big screen this weekend?

In Captain America: Brave New World, after meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam Wilson finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

The movie stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, with Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford. The movie is directed by Julius Onah and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore. Louis D’Esposito and Charles Newirth serve as executive producers.

Captain America: Brave New World opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.

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AnEye
AnEye - 2/12/2025, 9:21 AM
Man WHAT A GOAL POST! 😒
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/12/2025, 9:22 AM

Which fans? Which critics?

I'll judge it for myself and report back with my nonsensical old coot reactions.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 2/12/2025, 9:23 AM
Third highest out of four?!! C’mon guys.

Anyway. I’m going tomorrow morning and am excited! Hope Mackie and Ford deliver the fun.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 2/12/2025, 9:24 AM
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I'll check it out in theaters but may take a few weeks. Fairly booked the next few weekends
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 2/12/2025, 10:17 AM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - same. this is not a priority for me at all
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 9:25 AM
Pasting from the other article

Just got out from the theater.

It wasnt bad. It is marvel going back to basics and because of that i like it.

Not great but marvel can settle for passable atm to bring back the good will it lost

Also, it didnt trigger my "not in the same room"-itis, lolz!
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 2/12/2025, 9:28 AM
@vectorsigma - but can you confirm Red Hulk was in the room with them? Jk like I said on the other thread, glad you are sharing your feedback
ShellHead
ShellHead - 2/12/2025, 9:42 AM
@vectorsigma - honestly this reaction gave me more interest in the movie than any so far haha. Based on some of your comments in other Marvel articles, you've been down on them lately. So if it's not bad - that gives me a good sign
Goldboink
Goldboink - 2/12/2025, 9:45 AM
@vectorsigma -

Doesn't suck is a step up at this point.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 2/12/2025, 10:16 AM
@ShellHead - Lol. sadly, same here
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 11:09 AM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - they are on the same green screened room, lolz
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 11:16 AM
@ShellHead - haha, yeah, id admit i can really be very critical on mcu outputs of late.

But for this, i can see the effort in putting up a story inspite of the troubled production.

Nothing feels forced to pander on any given demographic be it the nerds/geeks or the "woke" crowd. At least for me.

But to be clear, it has its shortcomings. But i can forgive those. A busy day at work with 4 hours of sleep, i enjoyed watching it and didnt get sleepy.

But you might have a different opinion when you see it, this is only mine
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 11:17 AM
@Goldboink - i agree. But to be clear it has its negatives but im good wih them
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 2/12/2025, 11:22 AM
@vectorsigma - Thats a big plus right there. The last couple marvel movies I saw in theaters put me to sleep in the 3rd act. They devolve into a CGI action snoozefest and I lose interest.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 11:27 AM
@Shivermetimbers - dont want to spoil but hope it wont put you to sleep too haha.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/12/2025, 11:28 AM
@vectorsigma - Oh THIS is the Marvel film you like, lol.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 2/12/2025, 11:40 AM
@ShellHead - thank you for being honest about this reaction giving you more interest in the movie than any so far.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 2/12/2025, 11:55 AM
@vectorsigma - I enjoyed the very flawed The Dark World. You can't nail every one like Winter Soldier.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 2/12/2025, 12:07 PM
@TheFinestSmack - truly
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 12:38 PM
@ObserverIO - better this than d&w
pmackattack
pmackattack - 2/12/2025, 1:58 PM
@vectorsigma - You're usually rather harsh with Marvel movies lately, so this is a pleasant and thoughtful attempt to explain how you felt about the movie while actually having seen it, compared to some people on here who don't like it, but haven't seen it.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/12/2025, 5:40 PM
@pmackattack - i always say to people, there are fans and there are blind fans that marvel can do no wrong for them. This is not a perfect movie but it didnt have the things that annoyed me in recent movies
pmackattack
pmackattack - 2/12/2025, 9:32 PM
@vectorsigma - I probably have a slight blind spot where I enjoy every Marvel movie for what it is, because I like the characters. Are some not as good as others? Of course. Are there some I would not rewatch again often? Absolutely. But at the time they all have some slight redeeming factor to them. For me it's being honest but also thoughtful for why I didn't like the things I did. Too often on here people just lambast things with zero reasoning. I can't get behind that, because it's not actual criticism. I think that's why these reviews are largely nothing burgers to me. Half the people complained they were connecting a bunch of stuff. Like, it's been over 10 years of this, how are you still being a humbug about that?
Gambito
Gambito - 2/12/2025, 9:29 AM
This movie would have been a lot better with Winter Soldier in it instead of Sabra
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/12/2025, 12:41 PM
@Gambito - or if Sabra was actually her mutant self.
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/12/2025, 9:30 AM
It’s not released yet is it?
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/12/2025, 9:35 AM
@Spike101 - Some regions it is already
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 9:42 AM
@Spike101 -

In some places it is playing.

This happens a lot with movies.
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/12/2025, 5:30 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea
@Apophis71 - Thanks I didn’t know it had been released anywhere yet.
narrow290
narrow290 - 2/12/2025, 9:33 AM
Can't wait. If nothing else, it sound fun! You can tell that from the trailers..
KwisatzHaderach
KwisatzHaderach - 2/12/2025, 9:34 AM
Never a good sign
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/12/2025, 9:34 AM
With these sort of movies audience reception is WAY more important than the critics one who were grumps sods with CBM's and indeed most action films until the Nolanverse 99.9% of the time, had a brief fling of tending to embrace the fun more often after that for a while till the Pandemic hit than gone back to grumpy again 99.9% of the time on anything not considered 'art'.

If the sort of score France and SK hold and reflected similarly in all the major regions for ticket sales this could shoot past all BO predictions fairly easily, too soon to tell however and STILL only expecting a middle of the pack MCU entry.

As Long as it lands better for me than Multiverse of Madness I'll be happy enough even if I'd have loved for it to be up there with Winter Soldier (remains probably the best solo film going of the entire MCU franchise, only passed for sure by Avengers team-ups).
Goldboink
Goldboink - 2/12/2025, 9:50 AM
@Apophis71 -
Audiences almost always love CBMs more than the critics. We know what we want and if the movie delivers then we are happy. Critics also love a lot of moives that don't make much money because, well, CINEMA!

There have been too many misses as they got further away from the basic CBM that some meat and potatos is what we need.

And no singing!
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/12/2025, 10:00 AM
@Goldboink - No singing? Ah, bang goes my dream of DP & W on a karaoke machine in that bar from the first film resulting in a brawl kicking off then :(

lol
Goldboink
Goldboink - 2/12/2025, 10:04 AM
@Apophis71 -
I would make an exception for that...

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TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - 2/13/2025, 7:49 AM
@Apophis71 - Of the 34 releases so far, Winter Soldier is STILL number 1 for me even above Avengers team up movies.

I get if people put Avengers above it because it was the first time of them coming together or Infinity War above it because that was the most solid Avengers movie & usually the revered of the 4 Avengers movies, but for me, Winter Soldier is the MCU's best work overall quality wise & it is the best Russo's work over Civil War, Infinity War & Endgame for me. Winter Soldier SHOULD have been the billion dollar movie over Civil War, but we get why that was the Cap movie to do it.

Winter Soldier is still my measuring stick movie for the MCU as a whole and nothing released since it has come close to knocking it off the top spot for me.

And as been said elsewhere, not everything can be a Winter Soldier, but, I prefer quality of any MCU movie being released regardless of the genre they're putting it to within the MCU/Superhero world closer to that of Winter Soldier than say GoTG Vol. 2, Iron Man 3, Thor TDW (When set on Earth), Thor L&T, etc.

So far, BNW sounds like it's trying to hit for the things I like, but fails in certain areas like story or character development is what I'm getting from most of the negative reviews.

If the tone hits anywhere close to Winter Soldier though, I'll be happy with that & will judge its actual flaws once I've seen the movie.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/13/2025, 8:57 AM
@TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - To be blunt I tend not to rank teamup movies alongside the solo franchise and for solo's for me Winter Soldier is probably top (as narratively by far the best solo) but too close between my top 3 to state categoricaly top as they are so different what elevates them to being favourites.

I mean you have films like DP&W which for various reasons could rank realy low but was so fun tends to be ranked fairly high (ISN'T one of even my top 5, just IS in my top half) which makes compiling ranked lists tricky for me :D

Avengers movies just generaly should have such a huge advantage on all factors from budget and scale plus having multiple titular characters together to add butts in seats. Thus overall atmosphere when watching higher budget teamups on the big screen (when the nail the script) it makes little sense to me expecting any solo ones outside of something like Civil War (which is more Avengers than solo in many ways) to be able to come close even if isolated cases LIKE Winter Soldier there are sound reasons for it to be considered better than all of them by some. As is Winter Soldier is certainly at lot better than Avengers assemble, Civil War and AoU but I refuse to even try and compare solo's to IW/Endgame.

All that aside, I agree the main thing I wanted was a similar tone/style to Winter Soldier, at least middle of the pack narrative and to feel like Sam realy earned the shield and thus leadership position for Avengers and can live with two out of three if the issue is mainly some finding the narrative isn't tight enough and overly convoluted with three sets of antagonists :D
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 2/12/2025, 9:34 AM
The race to a $400 million BO starts now.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 9:45 AM
@JacobsLadder -

More of a down on all fours walk.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 2/12/2025, 11:22 AM
@JacobsLadder - $400M won't come close to making back its money.

The budget for this film is about $400M. They've spent about $150M on marketing. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less.

Movie theater distributors take about HALF of the ticket money.

That means to break even, this crapfest of a movie needs to break $1B. Good luck with that.
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