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| RELEASE DATE | RUNTIME | IMDB | ROTTENTOMATOES | METACRITIC | CREDITS SCENES? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10th, 2023 | 1hr 45m | TBA | 59% | 51 | Mid-Yes/End-Audio Easter Egg |
Premise:
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Director(s):
Nia DaCosta
Writer(s):
Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik
| CAST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brie Larson | … | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel |
| Teyonah Parris | … | Monica Rambeau |
| Iman Vellani | … | Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel |
| Samuel L. Jackson | … | Nick Fury |
| Zawe Ashton | … | Dar-Benn |
| Gary Lewis | … | Emperor Dro’ge |
| Park Seo-joon | … | Prince Yan |
I don’t know where any of the positive reviews are coming from. It was awful. Not even for a MCU movie, it was a bad movie, period. Everything is so disjointed and all over the place. There’s no explanation for things that need explanations and they over-explain things that are obvious. The villain, while having some motivation, was just weak and forgettable.
Brie Larson was in and out. Sometimes she was decent, but a lot of times felt like she was reading off cue cards. Teyonah Parris was OK, but she’s terrible at fight choreography. She kept running up and getting in position constantly and just looked off. Sam Jackson was a clown. I mean I don’t think he had a single line that wasn’t a joke. I don’t even get his characterization at all. Iman Vellani was the best thing about this film. She was a delight every time she was on screen and I love how she’s the new ‘Fury’ in recruiting the YA team. Glad to see references to the other members finally.
The whole singing planet was just…IDK. The flerkin stuff was OK but I felt wore out its welcome, especially the end there. But the mid credits scene was interesting. Beast looked kinda weird, but he seems to be a completely CGI character and not Kelsey Grammar, despite using his voice. So I wonder if the X-Men are only in that universe. It would give an explanation why we haven’t seen any mutants up until recently.
I’m still in as a long time Marvel fan, but wow, this movie was a mess.
It’s funny I agree with the majority of your review, but I came out of it thinking it was OK. Better than Ant-Man Quantumania, probably about on par with Thor: Love & Thunder.
Marvel still has a lot of work to do, but this was at least a tiny step in the right direction. A tiny tiny step, but still a step in the right direction.
Lol, it was worse than both of those for me. They at least had a mostly coherent story. This felt so muddled and all over the place, like AI wrote it. Oh and I forgot to mention the cinematography. The fight scenes looked incredibly choreographed to me. Like I noticed people standing still waiting to get hit and the heroes running to their marks and then taking action. Also why was the camera right in everyone’s face during the fights all the time?
I dunno, it just didn’t work at all for me. I don’t begrudge anyone for liking it, but I felt like I was watching a movie, if that makes sense. Like I wasn’t swept in at all. Just reminded I was watching a movie constantly.
My big problem was on the water planet fighting the space ships, the CGI physics were terrible.
And yeah, it kind of felt like a TV movie, not a real film.
This implies Marvel movies are typically great movies.