On a more positive note, the chemistry between the three leads is good. ![]() Instead, she's slightly grumpy about Dar-Benn trying to fix her planet by breaking others, which could easily be unconscious commentary on the Multiverse Saga's ongoing issue of making many "solo" movies more boring for the greater good.Īlso, is it just us or was Carol nerfed in this one? After going "Super Saiyan" at the end of the first movie and becoming so incredibly powerful that she had to be written out of most of Avengers: Endgame, it feels odd to see her not straight-up obliterating a Kree Accuser and her goons. It's hard to deny the idea of Captain Marvel returning to retaliate against the Kree and dooming an entire world in the process sounds conceptually amazing, however we barely get to feel how she feels about that whole thing. The things that should've been the backbone of the Captain Marvel sequel are actually footnotes, much like Brie Larson's presence in more than one scene.Ĭaptain Marvel among Skrulls. All the stuff about peace talks between the Kree Empire and the Skrull people happens off-screen, much like Captain Marvel's return to kick the Supreme Intelligence's butt after messing with her head for years. We get to see the faraway colony that was briefly mentioned during Secret Invasion, but their presence is reduced to being the first victims of the big purple portals that suck up whatever Dar-Benn needs to restore her post-apocalyptic world. The role of the forever-doomed Skrulls in this story is kind of baffling too. At least, she's not presented as a very reasonable villain who makes good points until she randomly becomes a terrorist. This late into the MCU's grand on-screen history, you know they're just filler tyrants biting more than they can chew with zero development, and that's exactly what happens here. (Image credit: Disney/Marvel)ĭar-Benn is the kind of villain that already felt "whatever" back in 2013 (the Thor 2 vibes are strong with this one). Wait, you were expecting something more creative given the bangle's powers? Ha, don't be silly!ĭar-Benn and her followers. The bangle allowed the heroine to use her dormant mutant powers (something which isn't acknowledged here at all), but we also saw them literally transport Kamala across time and space, and that's what Dar-Benn wants them for: to open scary portals in the sky for the eleventh time in the MCU. She who wants to save her planet by killing off others with the help of an ancient bangle identical to the one Kamala Khan found back on Earth. ![]() Things start off on the wrong foot as we're introduced to Zawe Ashton's Dar-Benn, a member of the problematic Kree empire (Carol's former allies-turned-enemies). Spoilers ahead for 'The Marvels' and its mid-credits scene. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), the whole affair feels shockingly mundane. For a movie whose main hook is the first-ever live-action team-up between Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Kamala Khan aka Ms. It's the nightmarish editing which feels straight out of 2016's Suicide Squad and Joss Whedon's Justice League, (part of the DC Extended Universe movies collection) coupled with a script reminiscent of a four-issue, middle-of-the-series comic book arc designed to kill the time between major events for the main characters. (Image credit: Disney/Marvel)Ī lack of audiovisual personality isn't what kills The Marvels though (it at least looks marginally better than Captain Marvel's solo movie).
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