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HuMan's thoughts on: Captain Marvel





Captain Marvel is a movie that unfortunately fails to deliver a specific theatrical experience we have come to expect from most Marvel movies these days. The action seems to come from a lazy Michael Bay movie consisting of random explosions and action that never really engages. So the IMAX experience for this movie I would say is definitely not worth it.


However, this can be very much overlooked since what defines this movie is a satisfying and pretty interesting origin story. It has silly little tie-ins which don’t matter too much since it is all based in 1995 and exercises full creative freedom to present a decent origin story. I would like to address all the hate this movie received, I simply cannot ignore all the bad publicity it had gotten from getting a rough start on the Tomatometer to making a few people feel left out. It was what many described a PR nightmare.
Now all this did very much influence my expectation when going in. I had not seen any of the trailers and frankly from what people said I was ready to feel disappointed. But Captain Marvel does things in a pretty standard manner. They introduce a villain, his motive, some plot twist(s) and in the end, all is well. It succeeds in all these fronts except the fact that it is terribly balanced. During the action sequences I desperately wanted to see the story progress further whereas, during the dialogues, I felt like I needed some punches to be thrown. A lot of times characters felt awkward and out of place and these things pull you out of what Captain Marvel has to offer.
It is mandatory however to address the amazing work done my Brie Larson, Sam Jackson and Ben Mendelson. It was great to see Jude Law do policework again after Sherlock Holmes but he, unfortunately, seems to be irrelevant and awkward all the time even though he plays a significant role in the movie.
CONCLUSION:
TomatometerCaptain Marvel is perfect from a story point of view, it presents a compelling and engaging plot and inspiring model for little girls and women. The action unfortunately just doesn’t cut it. It is nowhere as comparable to what infinity war had to offer or what Black Panther did as a stand-alone movie. It simply passes as a cash grab origin story which is just
par.


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