Directed By – Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck.
Starring – Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Lashana Lynch, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Clark Gregg.
There’s a lot of pressure coming into Captain Marvel as not only were we getting introduced to her but also will be the final MCU before Avengers: Endgame but they were in luck as they had Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson blazing the trail.
Despite the trailers being weak, this was a film I was looking forward to seeing for the sole reason I think Larson is one of the strongest actresses working today and have loved her since first seeing her in 21 Jump Street.
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The film follows Carol Danvers (Larson) as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Being honest I had trouble truly loving or liking this film. The script is average at best and holds some similarities to the 2018 reboot of Tomb Raider as both films were written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet. It suffers mainly in already built world of the MCU as this ties off a lot of loose ends.
I’m sure this will please those fans who followed the whole franchise from the beginning but I couldn’t help but roll my eyes when some of the tie ins happen. Additionally, the comedy falls flat, it tries so hard to inject jokes they’re just unfunny but no way as bad as Ant-Man and The Wasp or Guardians 2,
I felt sorry for Larson because she’s clearly doing the best with what she’s got and it feels either they should’ve gone out to get a director similar to Patty Jenkins or Karyn Kusama or Marvel should’ve gone with a different actress.
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I want to state Larson isn’t bad, she’s heroic, vulnerable, kick-ass, especially when she goes full Dragon Ball Z power-up mode and the Oscar winner handles some of her comedic lines well.
Furthermore, her friendship with Lynch’s Maria Rambeau is important and one of the best things about the film.
The same can be said for Mendelsohn’s Talos who can be given anything and he’ll put 100% effort in. It actually showed me why people think he’s one of the greatest actors working today because Talos is one of the weakest villains in MCU history.
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However, I did get a kick out of thinking all Skrulls were Aussies. Plus they have their own coming out the water moment likely without a shitty remake of Toto’s Africa that should be buried and forgotten for the rest of time.
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Meanwhile, the other good things were Goose the cat because how can you hate animals and the soundtrack is all kinds of awesome and all I’ll say there’s a No Doubt song that comes on at the perfect time.
Elsewhere, it was nice to see Jackson’s Fury all bright-eyed and optimistic before coming the Fury we all get to know from The Avengers.
The thing that really got to me was the deaging on Gregg’s Coulson it was honestly awful and off-putting and there were other moments when the CG was really bad.
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Verdict
Larson does the best with what she gets given with this average script and while she’s heroic, she can’t save this poor story. Figures crossed she get given something much better in Avengers: Endgame.
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