Captain America: Brave New World, the new film starring Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson finally taking up the mantle as Captain America, has been a huge box office success but a disappointment to audiences. In this video, we're unpacking what the film's actual biggest issue is and why it makes the film feel unfortunately hollow (but why that isn't the end of the world)
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:26 Why superhero fatigue doesn't really matter here
01:45 The difficulty with filling Captain America's shoes
03:57 The origin of "Brave new world"
04:53 Brave New World the novel
05:31 How Sam's story diverges from Brave New World
06:20 The problem at the heart of the film...
09:47 It's not all bad!
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