2023 feels like a distant memory in some ways. It was the year of the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the final season of Succession , and critically acclaimed music from Lana Del Rey and Olivia Rodrigo. Despite only two years passing, it feels like a long time ago, especially regarding superhero movies.
I rate it about 5/10 on the marvel scale but like a 2/10 on general movie scale. If I had paid theater money for it I would be pissed. Brie Larsen is just awful. Badly cast and increasingly unlikeable.
I absolutely adore Iman Vellani as Ms Marvel. Her and her family made the entire movie for me. I’m a childless middle aged man, hardly the key demographic for her character but I felt like they nailed it as did she.
Teyona Parris I think is also great as Monica Rambau. She’s got the intensity and a great dry wit. Her character was misused.
They made Captain Marvel so OP in the Avengers that the story had very little suspense and just felt like it was cramming together some concepts. I’ve not watched it since it came out so I night take this opportunity to rewatch and maybe critique it more succinctly. But, it was bad.
I’m sure it got a lot of hate from red pilled incels but it still had to be a good movie beyond that. And it just wasn’t.
Everything this guy said.
Plus I’ll add that I’ve seen this movie twice. I could not tell you much of the plot, nor describe more than maybe one or two scenes. It just wasn’t a good movie.
Disclaimer: I only watched it twice cause I forgot I had seen it the first time.