When it came to watching this movie, I was on the fence.
Captain Marvel’s trailer just didn’t look good. The acting looked flat, the slow-motion macho superhero walk was borderline cheesy, and it just felt like it was going to be a bad.
Captain Marvel was a bad movie that redeemed itself, somewhat, by the end. The first half of the movie kept me guessing and not in a good way. It was boring and littered with flashback scenes and abstract editing that did more to confuse me than to entertain. The movie did put the two guys next to
There’s a lot of flaws in the script, numero uno being that Captain Marvel is pretty much a perfect character. She has no fears to overcome. She can kick ass, she can lead, she is strong even at 1/16th her power. Her only weakness is that she can’t remember. And even when she does remember, she has no PTSD, no trauma, nothing. Her character is basically flat and doesn’t give Brie Larson much wiggle room to
The second biggest flaw? The antagonist is a freaking weakling and can’t stand up against Captain Marvel on his best day. He’s not more clever, cunning, magical, none of that stuff. He’s just a weak alien, who just a somewhat skilled fighter. Imagine Superman going up against Mike Tyson. Even though Iron Mike is great, Superman would wipe the floor with him. Captain Marvel should have gone up against a formidable foe. It only makes sense, right? Not a cupcake.
And the motivation for the antagonist? Lame. I won’t go into it more, you need to watch the movie – I think it’s lame.
The only semi-fun thing to watch was seeing Nick Fury when he had two eyes, and before Shield became what it was. I hate to say this, even Fury’s character was lame. Fury seemed more of a beta-cock than Alpha in this movie. Samuel Jackson was watered down – where’d all his manhood go?
That brings us to the underlying subtext of this entire production, which is obviously GIRL POWER!!!! One can easily make an argument that in this movie, men can’t seem to do anything right, and women are perfect just because they are women. It’s almost as blatant as what I saw in The Last Jedi. Captain Marvel literally learned all the skills she needed to become Captain Marvel, just by closing her eyes and concentrating. And she did this in 10 minutes, without any training.
In the case of Captain Marvel, the clear purpose of this movie was more about projecting an agenda. If you don’t believe me, I’ll sum up the movie for you.
A PERFECT female whose only flaw is the weak male who holds her back.
That narrative is verbatim with the women’s movement.
Every powerful character in here is a woman.
Every powerless character in here is a man.
And every woman character in here is flawless. They had zero fears, zero insecurities, zero doubts. Their main problem was men.
Why not create a movie with interesting characters with flaws, great dialogue, and with a storyline that develops naturally?
Was it done on purpose? Of course. Scripts are carefully written and everything is done on purpose. The modern artist just
The directors – Anna Bolen and Ryan Fleck, last directed a movie in 2008, which no one saw. Their last job where they directed anything was an episode on HBO’s Room 104 in 2017 that received a whopping 5.7/10 rating. Why Disney would trust them with a movie that would lead us into Avengers EndGame, with an unknown character, I have no idea. They are inexperienced and maybe – just a bit rusty?
Despite it being agenda driven, Captain Marvel is a must-see movie. You need to see this because it ties into the MCU universe. It’s a necessary evil and it redeems itself in the 3rd act.
GRADE: C
Steve Young
