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16.06.2023
#Mira-Marathon | MCU
Film Name: Captain Marvel (2019); Production studios: Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, Animal Logic; Director by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck; Screenwriters: Meg LeFauve, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Nicole Perlman; Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening; Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure; Running Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes;
Captain Marvel is an exciting superhero movie of 2019 that tells the story of Carol Danvers and her transformation into Captain Marvel. The film is stunning with its visuals, although it may feel a bit too long for some viewers. Overall, this is a great movie for Marvel fans that explores themes of female power, friendship, and hero power.
My rating: 7/10
CAPTAIN MARVEL (Dir: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2019).
Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel in the 21st instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The initially confusing plot finds amnesia suffering Vers (Larson) crash landing in 1995 Los Angeles. Caught up in a war between alien nations the Skrulls and her own people the Kree, the Skrull are soon in pursuit of Vers. Attracting the attention of SHIELD agent Nick Fury, Fury enlists Vers in an attempt to stop an alien invasion. In the process she learns of her forgotten past, of her part in the Kree-Skrull conflict and determines to harness her superpowers and put an end to the war.
This first Marvel movie to centre on a female superhero is a welcome, some would say overdue, edition to the MCU. Co-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, along with co-screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet have fashioned a fun and thrilling sci-fi action, which is happy to acknowledge its comic book roots. This is one of the the lighter entries in the MCU, but is none the worse for it.
Captain Marvel acts as an origins story for both Danvers and SHIELD head-honcho Nick Fury, seen here as a low-level SHIELD bureaucrat. There is a nice chemistry between Larson and Samuel L Jackson (returning as Fury) and the pair make an entertaining double act.
The star cast including Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou and Jude Law all impress in their respective roles, but the movie really belongs to Larson and the appealing sense of gutsy naivety she brings to the role.
Captain Marvel’s connection to the Avengers ‘Infinity Saga’ is fairly loose and is only really touched upon in the closing credits. As such, the movie works as a stand-alone entry, your enjoyment of which should not be hampered by not having seen the other movies.
With a much needed injection of feminism into the MCU franchise and a healthy dose of 90s nostalgia, it is an entertaining, intelligent popcorn blockbuster that bodes well for the future of the Avengers movies post-Endgame.
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