[initial reactions] Captain Marvel 2019

[grimorie]

Since I’ve been deathly afraid of getting spoiled (and never want the repeat of getting spoiled the way I was with The Force Awakens) I made an effort to watch Captain Marvel  this weekend. 

Also, I can’t believe in the theater I was in no one laughed about all the 90s gags! 

I really liked this movie and I am so, so glad I avoided any information about the movie! 

First: I love the tribute to Stan Lee. 

Second this movie achieved what all hype about Avengers Endgame failed to do: It made me want to watch Endgame.  

It’s a good explanation about Carol and she totally deserves the title Captain Marvel because man, is she powerful! 

It also ticked boxes about the Marvel Cinematic Universe I didn’t know needed answering! 

• THE TESSARACT GAVE HER POWERS. AND ITS WHY NICK FURY HAS IT.

• NOW WE KNOW WHY NICK FURY DOESN’T TRUST ANYONE/THING. BECAUSE CAT. 

• Carol has a different relationship with Nick Fury than the other Avengers.

• NICK FURY NAMED THE AVENGERS AFTER CAPTAIN CAROL ‘AVENGER’ DANVERS. 

• In a different draft of the script Carol and Marie were together right??? ‘Cause that is how I read it and that’s how I read the actresses playing it. 

• Carol and Nick Fury’s Buddy Cop Road Trip is very much like Samuel L. Jackson’s other role: ‘Long Kiss Goodnight’. 

• You know, I actually kind of like how they played the girl power here, which is girl power and not GRRL POWER 90s Style. It’s actually a lighter touch than something set in the 90s! 

• Speaking of 90s, Carol tried Dial Up Internet. GUYS. I WAS THE ONLY ONE LAUGHING THERE, I CAN’T BELIEVE NO ONE ELSE LAUGHED. 

• SURPRISE ANNETTE BENING AND SURPRISE LEE PACE ARE A SURPRISE! 

• I really love Annette Bening’s dual roles! 

• Coulson: A Good Dude Since the Beginning. 

• I did NOT see the twist coming and it was awesome! Especially since I’m not familiar with the Kree vs Skrul thing. 

• So Kree are the more modern style Asgardians but Kree cloak their conquering in propaganda about being ‘good hero warriors’. 

• I really love the moments on Earth before the fight, the emotional core of Carol relearning who she is. 

• I love that the movie didn’t end the way it usually does, it had time for the slower moments but this movie did feel more like a prologue of Carol’s story.

And then we come to this, let me reiterate, I like the movie and I love Carol! I do! It’s just that the movie also suffers a bit from Origin Story-itis and why I’m looking forward to Carol in Endgame. 

The first act of the movie Carol was Vers an amnesiac Kree soldier who was always admonished about controlling her feelings. So Vers was very even keel and keeping it underwraps until she crash lands on Earth (THE BLOCKBUSTER!). And the things I wanted to spend time on is with _Carol. Carol and Marie _on Earth as Airforce pilots. 

• And then the final battle which suffers from CGI-ITIS. I was not fond of her helmet and she used it all the way through the final battle. 

• The CGI-ITIS was strong in this movie and I hope they find a way to make that look better in the next few movies. 

• There were six writers in this movie... and I kind of felt it. I think this goes to show where Patty Jenkins’ expertise comes in too because the Wonder Woman screenplay also had a lot of people re-writing and doctoring the script and Patty managed to make Wonder Woman feel like a cohesive story. 

(Also, the visual style of a Patty Jenkins, I heard the co-directors were Indie directors and all respect to that but I can feel when the co-directors really feel more comfortable and it’s in the Earth scenes and the emotional moments with Marie). 

All these things can be spruced up in the next few movies and now I’m really excited to watch an older, more experienced and what seems to be more pissed of Carol Danvers. She spent decades fighting with a mission to keep the Kree in check, and I bet she’s not happy to come home to the possibility of Marie, Monica, and Fury gone. 

I hope she realizes that Fury named the Avengers after her! 

Comments

[kayim]

I also went this weekend, for the same reasons! And I'm also really glad I did.

[grimorie]

Yay! This was such a fun movie!

[aurumcalendula]

I loved the twist re: the Kree v Skrul!

this movie achieved what all hype about Avengers Endgame failed to do: It made me want to watch Endgame.

Same here.

In a different draft of the script Carol and Marie were together right??? ‘Cause that is how I read it and that’s how I read the actresses playing it

That's what it felt like to me - I'm definitely going to make a Carol/Maria vid once this is on iTunes.

[grimorie]

I am not so up with Captain Marvel’s Rogues Gallery so that twist was such a surprise!

Yay! looking forward to your vid!