| 03.11.2019 – There has A LOT being discussed about Captain Marvel in, out and behind the scenes.
Being one of the films that should be appreciated for what it was then seeing it from different angles of a spectrum. But none of that shall be discussed here but rather how superhero films should be. |
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! If you haven’t seen Captain Marvel you know the drill, but then again you’ll just ignore it anyway so carry on…
Out of the gates, this was one of the high-profile films that were highly anticipated for 2019 and it is finally here that the 21st film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe post-Infinity War takes you back to the youth of Agent Could and Nick Fury that connects to the what to expect in Endgame.
From the usual “Marvel Studios” opening montage usually you’re familiar with the splash of the well-known characters that have made this the MCU, but this time around you’ll see how they pay tribute to the one and only Stan Lee with a collection of his cameos from the very first Iron Man to Infinity War. Beside from his usual cameo that also pays tribute to his 1995 cameo on Kevin Smith’s Mallrats since the setting of this film in that same year.
This was a joy to see a more enthusiastic Nick Fury before the gloom and doom ‘normal’ mood haven’t been encountered an extraterrestrial. Phil Coulson also appears in this film as a rookie agent with both Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson, both actors where digitally de-aged is quite uncanny to believe technology has finally caught up in making this an authentic nineties themed action flick.
We get to see VERS/Carol Danvers as part of the Kree’s elite Star Force on a mission to take down the Skrulls, but more of the spotlight on the protagonist dealing with her internal issues and dreams she can’t recall having in her life until the mission went down along with her. Puzzled dreams taking her back and forth she tries to comprehend this complex life that might be connected to her past.
Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, the Skrull leader who tries to interrogate the amnesiac VERS was a great treat in the film portrayal of that familiar alien first appeared in Fantastic Four. But Mendelsohn, who is well known to portray villain roles in films, turns the table to be this interesting character actor as one of the highlights not to forget Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva. The balance of humor and drama is on point how well the progression of the characters around Carol Danvers, and yet the lead is still hasn’t shown any emotional weakness than saying that “I have nothing to prove to you” after dispatching Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) in the high point of the film.
Although described by most that Brie Larson’s performance of VERS/Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel is ‘wooden’ is probably of how she was an unemotional Kree even after discovering who she really was. But this might depend on who is taking notice and how they react on the actor performance. The most part that almost a scene stealer was Goose showing you how Nick Fury was a different character in the earlier part of his career as a SHIELD agent.
Overall Captain Marvel was a fun adventure and an inspirational film for young girls all over the world. Some people still walked out the two-post credit scenes that would connect to the next big one and what Goose did with the Tesseract. Maybe in the future sequel, we’ll know more about what really is going to happen next, for now, the Endgame is almost here.
Captain Marvel Release Dates | 7 March in Australia | 6 March 2019 in the Philippines | Listing for the Rest of the World HERE!
RATED: B+
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