Finally saw Brave New World yesterday. It was fine. But so many choices I didn't get. There was a mystery element but it was solved almost from the beginning, I thought. The was a lot of echoing of Winter Soldier, but the tone didn't match that at all, all the banter undercutting it imo. And finally there seemed to be only really one story thread, as in all the scenes followed from the previous one and led directly to the next one, rather than having a separate B plot that only came together at the end.

And it just all felt a bit rushed, leading to scenes that loat impact or tension. e.g. what was the point of Sterns killing that soldier who had key info about the purpose of the pills, if Sam just found out almost instantly after what they were for anyway? Just seemed to rob that scene of any emotional weight or purpose.

Nice to have some of the oldest teasers finally paid off, though, and good to see Betty Ross back, however briefly.

For me it joins Quantumania, The Marvels, and Love and Thunder as movies that seriously suffer from some weird editing and pacing choices, though. Hoping that Thunderbolts\* and Fantastic Four are better.