With “The Marvels,” Kevin Feige and the team in charge
of the Marvel Cinematic Universe proves to fans that the unusual fun of “Thor:
Love and Thunder” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” is not going anywhere
Director/co-writer Nia DaCosta’s merging of Carol
Danvers (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), and Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani)
skillfully produces the narrative features of “Captain Marvel,” “WandaVision,”
and “Ms. Marvel” with abundant laughs and Marvel’s usual top-notch action – though
with some main roughness.
As the trio strangely switches places and thoughts are
made by Nick Fury, reprised by Samuel L. Jackson, and the women themselves think
about why they’re connected, there’s a strong feeling that scenes have been
removed. Edwin Arnaudin said in his review, “But the fan-girling by teenage
Kamala at being around her idol Captain Marvel gleefully patches up the
storytelling holes, as does the unspoken tension between Monica and her “Aunt”
Carol.”
At the center of the protagonists’ link are sneaky attempts
by Kree warrior Dar-Benn, played by Zawe Ashton, to restore natural resources
to her droughted home planet Hala, whose troubles are technically Captain
Marvel’s fault, despite the good intentions around Carol’s actions. Despite this
villain not being well-developed, her threat to decimate planets close to Carol
is, and that’s enough to insert our protagonists into a series of exciting set
pieces.
Arnaudin said, “Throughout these intergalactic
adventures, DaCosta proves she can handle the challenges of a big budget
production and wisely recruits MCU TV vets Megan McDonnell (WandaVision) and
Elissa Karasik (Loki) to help her with the script. Together, they bring viewers
to such wondrously goofy places as Aladna, where the native language is song,
and make terrific use of Carol’s ginger “cat” sidekick Goose, who’s actually a
Flerken that swallows people and other large objects with the aid of multiple
oral tentacles.”
The addition of countless baby Flerkens in Fury’s crew’s
time of need is particularly inspired, as is the unavoidable fight between
Dar-Benn and our three protagonists, whose combination of powers excitingly renders
to the big screen. Arnaudin said, “In the process, plentiful humor and heart
intertwine to successful ends and, in classic MCU fashion, the tag scenes set
up multiple intriguing follow-up chapters.”
As long as these actors and filmmakers are involved in making these future movies, everything will be fine with the MCU.
My sister and I got to the theater late, but when we were buying our tickets, the cashier reassured us that previews should still be playing. When we got into the theater, the screen was blank. Then when commercials started playing, the screen was still black. I and another person had to go to the usher and let him know that the commercials were playing over a black screen. After the commercials were done, it took a little bit before the trailers started to play. I think someone went out to let them know again that there was a delay. I never had this issue before at this theater, so maybe there were just some technical difficulties on this particular day.
I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard at a
movie. This film had me cracking up so many times in the theater, that my cheeks
were hurting. My sister and I both agreed that this is one of the better MCU
movies that we have had in a while. Another one of my favorites. If you hear
from people that this is not good, don’t listen to them. This is one of the funniest,
action-packed, emotional, humanizing installments in the MCU. Well worth the
price of admission. Go see it in the theaters and have a great time.
Spoiler alert: in the mid-credits scene,
Monica wakes up to find herself in a different universe where she is being
nursed back to health by Hank McCoy aka the Beasts, reprised by Kelsey Grammar.
This must be a sign that the X-Men are going to be included in the MCU soon.
However, I wonder if Disney will be picking up where Fox left off before they
were bought or are going to restart the franchise. I don't think they should
because some of the Fox "X-Men" movies were really good.
Thank you for joining in on the review tonight. Stay
tuned tomorrow when I review my yearly “Thanksgiving Day Movie Reviews.”
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