Read Logan's review of Captain Marvel.
Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.
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Captain Marvel is in theaters on March 8th, 2019.
For those of you that don’t know, I am a gigantic superhero and Marvel film fan. I tend
to scrutinize these movies a little more than usual, especially with Marvel, because they have
made many incredible films and I have higher standards for the movies than most. This review
will contain no spoilers whatsoever, but definitely go see this film on the biggest screen you can
find!
Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, a super-powered Kree warrior that
has lost the memory of most of her life. With films like these, it is very difficult for filmmakers
to walk a line of coherency. Chronologically telling a story in the present, while a character is
attempting to also learn their past. The directors struggle to walk this line, finding strange ways
to show the audience the obvious past of Carol, while she can’t seem to put the pieces
together. It’s frustrating to follow a character so clueless, yet so powerful.
Captain Marvel’s script is relatively weak, or should I say bland. Brie Larson tries her best
with what she is given but she sadly comes across as wooden. I am hopeful that with different
direction and material, such as in Avengers: Endgame, her character will shine more, but I am
skeptical of if Larson was the correct choice for the character. Trying to connect to a character
that has very little emotion due to her amnesia is incredibly difficult for the audience. In cases
like these, the charm of the character is what wins over the audience, which Carol Danvers
struggles to offer. During the second act, the buddy-cop vibe between Carol and young Nick
Fury is great, but that gets left behind when Carol meets her old best friend, which lacks the
emotion that is to be expected.
Skrulls, the shape-shifting villains of the film, have a lot of potential but their powers
seem underutilized. More mystery could have been used throughout the film, but instead their
powers tend to be used sparingly, as their alien forms are shown for most of their screen time.
This could be more of a nitpick, because when their powers are used, it works incredibly well. I
WANTED MORE!
Overall, the one word review I have for Captain Marvel is “underwhelming”. The film
has a lot of heart, a ton of action, and does great things to show audiences that women can be
badass superheroes too, but the script wasn’t there, and the title characters performance
wasn’t as charming as it didn’t to be. I highly recommend seeing the movie yourself to come up
with your own opinion, but I thought the movie could have been much better.
Rating: 3.7 out of 5
Logan (Contributor) is a Texas native and a massive fan of all genres of film. You can find him talking about movies on YouTube as half of the CraZCouple or in line for the latest Star Wars/Comic Book film.Click Here to check out Logan's Articles.