Watched The Marvels (2023) by an author from letterboxd.com
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.

I know a lot of people hate this on principle, and others genuinely think it’s bad. And, I wouldn’t say it was good, but I have seen a lot worse.

My biggest problem is purely story-based. We could call this the Ant-Man problem, where it just doesn’t follow its own rules. Put simply, getting punched by Capt Marvel should be fatal to almost anyone in the MCU. You have a hero that powerful and you’re going to have narrative problems, this is why she was benched for most of the Infinity Saga.

To counter this, Danvers could easily have a Daredevil-esque moral crisis here; setting her own limitations in how she must atone for her past actions. But there is nothing even close to that interesting going on here.

Instead, though, somebody decided to slap all the fun buttons. For me, this approach was more hit than miss and I happily leaned into the levity. I can easily see, though, that this is really not for everyone.

★★★

My review

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