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Sheep007
I enjoyed Captain Marvel well enough. Samuel L. Jackson and Brie Larson basically doing a buddy cop routine is the clear highlight, but the vibes of a lot of the film are just a little off? Its quite a visually appealing movie, and I like the 90s aesthetic, as well as the idea of the whole Kree/Skrull thing, which, while a little convoluted and not handled perfectly, was engaging enough. I felt like the characters were entertaining and had decent enough motivations. The plot, however, got a little messy, and probably either needed trimming or just reworking entirely. Ive seen a lot of complaining about Carol, but shes fine, nothing special and generally an inoffensive character, a bit like Steve. She has an arc, and its okay, but nothing that I personally care about all that much, plus it feels like it comes more from her memories than any action she takes in the film itself, which is a little unsatisfying. One of my bigger problems is the militarisation of the film I understand that Marvel need to have good relations with the US military in order to shoot most of their films the way they do. Despite this, it feels a little crude to have what feels like a ham-fisted commercial on how strong women join the armed forces slapped in the middle of what is meant to be an emotional movie: its really reminiscent of shitty adverts for the royal navy that we get in the UK. When Carol regains her memories, I get We need more strong female CEOs and dictators! vibes. I know thats a personal thing, but I cant bring myself to care as much about the character because the most emotional moment we see for her is portrayed in that way. The MCU has run into a few issues where it sometimes tries to critique militarism, but cant go all that far because itll either alienate its base or miss out on using military stuff for filming, and I think that cheapens the messages in its own movies (Captain Marvel isnt the only one with this problem, but its the one which feels the most blatant when watching it). Overall, its fine, they could have done far better or far worse and I feel like they didnt take some risks which they could and shouldve in part because of corporate worries about the whole female lead thing (although that bit is pure speculation). Also, its not as funny overall as the higher up movies especially, which is a shame given that literally everything I saw Brie Larson in before this was a comedy. At least Samuel L Jackson steals the show, as always.

Snake5555555555
What is Captain Marvel but an unsatisfying mix of decent ideas with the shakiest of executions. It has Skrulls, the Kree, a 90s period piece setting, an early Fury appearance, themes of finding where you belong, and Captain Marvel is just keen to keep everything at arms distance without going in depth on any of them. The Skrulls are the closest to being pulled off correctly, portrayed as victims of genocide in a storyline that has a lot of emotional weight. Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, I think she really brings all shes got to the role and infuses the first titular female character in the MCU not only an admirable strength but also a vulnerability and a struggle to search for who you really are on the inside. Yet these are only two pieces of an otherwise extraordinarily bland film. MCU films are rarely bad in the traditional sense. Every MCU film is almost laser-cut to perfection, designed to be good, but ironically when no deviation is taken from this cutting you have a very generic film on your hands with forgettable locations, action scenes, and villains that all just excuses to get to the next plot point. In this sense, Captain Marvel is a huge let-down for its first lead female hero despite some otherwise gleaming potential. It all feels just a bit too little, too late.

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I felt nothing while watching this movie.

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