Captain Marvel critical review- by Phil on Films

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War is a universal language.

I know a renegade soldiers who never occurred to me that one might come from the movie set in nineteen ninety five, The Hero, played by Brie Larson as an elite Cree warrior, on a mission to hunt down a group of shapeshifting alien terrorists. This mission takes her to Earth, where she finds a link to a past that she no longer remembers. With the help of Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Fury, she goes through the fragments of our memories and rediscovers who she really is.

The film arrives with plenty of expectations, and one can feel the weight of them. There’s a sense that the movie really wants Captain Marvel to stand for something greater, to be a symbol for a larger movement.

This is a fine goal, but the movie ends up struggling to write the character on more basic terms. She doesn’t have a satisfying arc. There’s plenty of plot to keep her busy, but it’s tough to see how she grows as a character.

Captain Marvel is very cool, and Brie Larson is terribly charismatic in the role, but there’s never a point in the film where it feels like she’s really in trouble. Never a point where the character is forced to change something inside of her. Everything is external, the story driven by changing circumstances rather than fundamental character dynamics. There are plenty of fun bits, the movie getting a lot of comedic mileage out of mundane interactions with the cast of mismatched characters.

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I’m just going to take your word for that. The action, though, feels lackluster. The fights are a chaotic jumble and the film has problems depicting the powers of its hero. The visual effects light show that ensues whenever she uses her powers just doesn’t look impactful. So where are those rotten tomatoes strolls, right? Of course not. This isn’t the greatest movie by any means, but it’s hardly deserved the treatment it’s been getting from the fragile masculinity.

It’s a film that doesn’t quite find its footing. But if you’re invested in the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe thing. It’s fine. It’ll give you enough to move about in the theater restarts. I’m ready.

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