The Marvels (2023)
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Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe.
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... Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
... Monica Rambeau
... Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
... Nick Fury
... Dar-Benn
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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2023/review-nia-dacostas-the-marvels-is-a-solid-mid-tier-mcu-movie/
"The Marvels is a film that showcases some of the well-known strengths and weaknesses of the MCU. It struggles with script and editing issues that hinder its narrative cohesion and character depth, besides an unnecessarily short runtime that doesn’t help its villain.
Fortunately, it excels in its ensemble cast and their chemistry - Iman Vellani is the clear MVP - creative action set pieces, impressive visual effects, stunning costumes, and well-timed humor, which all together push the movie into safe harbor.
Nia DaCosta offers a light, entertaining superhero blockbuster that may fall short of greatness, but leaves room for improvement in future installments of the franchise."
Rating: B
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Release Date:
2023-11-08
Run Time:
105 min
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
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The Marvels
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2023/review-nia-dacostas-the-marvels-is-a-solid-mid-tier-mcu-movie/
"The Marvels is a film that showcases some of the well-known strengths and weaknesses of the MCU. It struggles with script and editing issues that hinder its narrative cohesion and character depth, besides an unnecessarily short runtime that doesn’t help its villain.
Fortunately, it excels in its ensemble cast and their chemistry - Iman Vellani is the clear MVP - creative action set pieces, impressive visual effects, stunning costumes, and well-timed humor, which all together push the movie into safe harbor.
Nia DaCosta offers a light, entertaining superhero blockbuster that may fall short of greatness, but leaves room for improvement in future installments of the franchise."
Rating: B
When Kree ruler "Dar-Benn" (Zawe Ashton) unearths a powerful bracelet, she unleashes a power in it's sister being worn, decoratively, by the enthusiastic but a bit annoying "Kamala" (Iman Vellani) and next thing we find chaos ensues. It appears that her new powers connect her to "Danvers" (Brie Larson) and her slightly estranged cohort "Rambeau" (Teyonah Parris). When they use their powers they find themselves transported into each other's shoes - causing mayhem all over the place, especially at the family home of the rookie superhero who is as yet unaware of just quite how powerful her shiny amulet is. "Dar-Benn" is out for revenge. After "Danvers" destroyed the AI that controlled their planet, it has gone into terminal decay and so she decides to reinstate her world by stealing the atmosphere from one world, then the water from another - where they only speak in song, so perhaps no great loss - before deciding to borrow the sun from Earth to reinvigorate their own failing star. With a little help from "Nick Fury" (Samuel L. Jackson) the three have to galvanise their powers and focus on thwarting this dastardly design before it's too late. Now there is nothing even remotely original in this. It's all join the dots Marvel adventure with the usual pyrotechnics, spectacular visual effects and thinnest of stories. The denouement is never in doubt and actually feels rather rushed after a first half hour of repetitive combat scenes that don't draw breath but don't really entertain either. Larson is a natural actor (she reminds me a lot of Grace Kelly) but nobody here really has much by way of dialogue to work with as we see this film manoeuvred into the path of another franchise that it would appear destined to join with next time. Barbra Streisand makes a surprise (vocal) appearance during quite an innovative scene herding cats and simultaneously saving people, but I found the rest of this to be same old, same old and though shorter than we are used to, it's still all a bit old hat. Looks good, but I doubt that you'll never remember it.
When I first heard the title of this movie, I thought it was about a 1960s girls’ singing group. And, frankly, that would have probably made for a better movie. Writer-director Nia DaCosta’s third feature outing and the latest in the Marvel Universe paradigm is a wildly inconsistent superhero movie that tries too hard to do too much and doesn’t have a script to support it. Too many of its plot elements aren’t adequately explained until well into the story, while others aren’t explained at all, leaving viewers who aren’t comic book laureates wondering what’s going on (particularly at film’s end). Meanwhile, other narrative aspects frequently appear gimmicky and grow old quickly, such as the introduction of the primary superpower that its three protagonists share, one that almost becomes slapstickish after an all-too-brief while. On top of that, the CGI effects vacillate from one end of the quality spectrum to the other, creating a mix of images that are either startling to look at or stunningly cheesy at best. Add to that a villain that isn’t particularly menacing, along with attempts at humor that either succeed brilliantly (cat lovers take note) or fall flat and look incredibly lame (as aficionados of musical theater will undoubtedly attest), all of which further add to the picture’s pervasive inconsistency. The inclusion of ample clues for advancing the overarching Marvel Universe storyline continues here, too, furthering a trend that’s growing tiresome in the studio’s releases, a development akin to the “Paul is dead” legacy come to life with every passing picture. Then there’s the trio of heroes themselves, who often appear more like they’ve been plucked from a giddy slumber party flick or a Cyndi Lauper video than taking center stage as seriously empowered champions in an action-adventure offering. All of these failings combine to make this production more of a forgettable placeholder in the Marvel mythology than a standalone feature (not to mention a pale substitute for a sequel to the far-superior film that launched the Captain Marvel franchise in 2019). In short, “The Marvels” is as much of a mess as it is a movie, and that’s troubling for several reasons. It lends credence to the growing criticism that films like this aren’t to be taken seriously. It reinforces the notion that they’re cookie-cutter in nature, easily interchangeable with one another. And it raises questions about the career choices of lead actress Brie Larson, who, though quite capable of playing roles like these, is running the risk of becoming type-cast, a troubling prospect for an Academy Award-winning actress who possesses a depth of talent and is handily adept at taking on better and more serious material than this. In the wake of this release, Marvel Studios should take a step back and seriously assess where its future is headed, especially if movies like this are any indication. As pictures like “Wakanda Forever” (2022) show, the studio is capable of better work – and it’s time to show viewers that.
A trashtastic conclusion to an epic failure of a series of movies. Maybe finally the M-SHE-U can rest in peace and we can get some actual good movies made.
Better than I expected. Go go girl power! Boooo to all the haters!
66/100
If this movie was 30 minutes I'd have 10 starred it. The rest just kind of falls into the typical colourful, bombastic garbage. Too much Marvel garble. I'm not the target for this by any means but if your kids feel ripped off and angry after watching it, congratulate them and discuss why. Fans of original Star Trek will find something familiar here.
Its not just that Larson is deeply uncharismatic, or that now the whole marvel thing reeks of try hard desperation to restart the previous two decades longest running gravy train. Its mostly that all of the marvel movies always have been, low grade cartoons for lame brained adults. The fuckheads who slurped it all are now pretending like this is any worse, it isn't. Its the same thing, and you wasted a lifetime of watching hours on all the other marvel nonsense, you lose.
Who watched the Mrs. Marvel series already knew the tone the movie would have. It achieves what it wants, and it is fun and cute, not a cinema masterpiece (and it never intended to be).
One things that annoys most people are the connections - literally to know much stuff here you needed to be catch up with all the movies and series related on MCU. Also the space between Mrs Marvel are too long to remind of the character.
Not a "normal" Marvel movie as could be done in a series, but I think the intent was to show to more people the "new" characters and create interest (could be a series).
Score: 6.0 out of 10.0 / B-.
After all the bad press about this movie, I finally watched it. I enjoyed the movie and don't think there was anything wrong with it. It's entertaining and has a bunch of action. I generally like most of the Marvel movies and I am happy they are still being put out there.
A lot of the hatred towards this movie was brought about by Marvel's lack of quality control in recent years, and perhaps rightfully so in terms of projects like Quantumania and Love & Thunder -- but this is, without a doubt, the most harmless and over-hated movie in this cinematic universe. A lighthearted joyride that takes inspiration from some of Captain Marvel's (and her predecessors') comic book space adventures, while finally allowing Larson to sprinkle some well-needed love into the amnesiac Danvers -- whose lone wolf persona is addressed about as explicitly as they could without force-feeding the audience. The chemistry between the three leads genuinely rocks, especially with Kamala Khan acting as the glue, and I wish they'd just let the movie breathe for another half hour. Carol & Monica's relationship strain and Dar-Benn needed the extra time to develop.
A perfectly enjoyable superhero flick.
By comparison only, 'The Marvels' is one of the weaker MCU movies (there are still 6 releases that I'd rank lower, mind) but there's still no doubting that I had fun with this one. Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani are a trio that work well together, Vellani is especially good.
I liked watching the story unfold, it's told in a sharp enough fashion that I wasn't ever bored at what was in front of my eyes. The more humerous stuff is solid, the cat stuff particularly so; the standout being the 'let them do their thing' scene. Zawe Ashton's antagonist could've been done a bit better, though I think her Dar-Benn is more than decent.
I'm intrigued to see where they head with that teaser of an ending.
Cast & Crew of
The Marvels
Cast
... Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
... Monica Rambeau
... Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
... Nick Fury
... Dar-Benn
... Emperor Dro'ge
... Prince Yan
... Muneeba Khan
... Yusuf Khan
... Aamir Khan
... Talia
... Dag
... Maria Rambeau
... Valkyrie
... Ty-Rone
... Kree Announcer
... Skrull Young Adult
... Skrull Young Girl
... Skrull Child
... Skrull Woman
... Little Monica
... Aladnean Child
... Joyous Aladnean
... Royal Attaché
... Awed Kree Soldier
... Hala Citizen
... Kree with Mask
... Kree with Mask Comrade
... Kate Bishop
... Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast
... Space Worker (uncredited)
... Space Worker (uncredited)
... Space Worker (uncredited)
... Kree Commander (uncredited)
... Skrull Emperor's Bodyguard (uncredited)
... Tommy Maximoff (uncredited)
... Kree Soldier (uncredited)
... Palace Courtier (uncredited)
... Aladnean Soldier / Kree Soldier (uncredited)
... Space Station Asgardian (uncredited)
... Aladnean Citizen (uncredited)
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... Storyboard Artist
... Storyboard Artist
... Concept Artist
... Executive Producer
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... Stunt Double
... Stunt Double
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... First Assistant Director
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... Utility Stunts
... In Memory Of
... In Memory Of
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... Visual Effects Producer
... Second Unit Director
... Unit Production Manager
... Unit Production Manager
... Second Assistant Director
... Editor
... Executive Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Foley Artist
... Stunt Double
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Executive Producer
... Assistant Art Director
... Grip
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Stunt Coordinator
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
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... Music Supervisor
... Co-Producer
... Writer
... Writer
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... Costume Design
... Editor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Executive Producer
... Visual Effects Coordinator
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Second Unit Director
... Utility Stunts
... Makeup Artist
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... Special Effects Makeup Artist
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... Utility Stunts
... Still Photographer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Producer
... Director
... Executive Producer
... Casting
... Production Design
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Designer
... Other
... Set Decoration
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Production Sound Mixer
... Additional Visual Effects
... Visual Development
... Additional Visual Effects
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Fight Choreographer
... Steadicam Operator
... First Assistant "A" Camera
... Second Assistant "A" Camera
... First Assistant "C" Camera
... "B" Camera Operator
... First Assistant "B" Camera
... "A" Camera Operator
... Steadicam Operator
... "B" Camera Operator
... First Assistant "A" Camera
... First Assistant "B" Camera
... Second Assistant "A" Camera
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Set Dresser
... Art Direction
... Assistant Art Director
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