The Marvels Movie Evaluation Score: 2.5/5
Starring: Mohan Kapur, Park Seo-Joon, Zenobia Shroff, Zawe Ashton, Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani
Director: DaCosta Nia
Positive: It takes less than two hours, although it moves slowly.
What’s Wrong: While the script and execution are subpar, they pale in comparison to Kamala Khan’s costume, which is so awful that the designer ought to be fired right away. Marvel, please give her a respectable costume since she is the highlight of a movie that isn’t even about her.
Loo Break: Even though it lasts less than 100 minutes, you’ll still need to take a few (many?) breaks.
Should You Watch It?: Only if you liked Captain Marvel & Ms. Marvel; otherwise, pass on it if you thought it would be similar to a pre-Endgame MCU movie.
Accessible via: Theater Release
Running time: forty-four minutes
As is customary, the Krees, under the leadership of Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton), engage in combat with the Skrulls. DB has a cosmic bangle that, when paired with its second pair, can unlock a variety of powers. You guessed it correctly: the second couple needs to feature one of the three leading ladies from the films: Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan, Brian Larson’s Captain Marvel, or Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau.
The peculiar aspect is that, due to quantum entanglement, each of the three women is entangled and will alternate places with them each time they attempt to use their abilities. The story revolves around how the three of them work on their weaknesses, turn them into strengths, and ultimately reach out to Dar-Benn. Since it’s Marvel, we can’t inquire, “Will they do it? Naturally, they will, but the real question is, “How will they do it?”
Review of The Marvels Movie: Script Analysis
Director Nia DaCosta collaborates with Megan McDonnell (WandaVision) and Elissa Karasik (Loki) to write a script that moves so quickly that it overlooks even setting up the necessary background information for some characters.
The Monica-Carol relationship fails miserably because the creators don’t give their characters enough weight in hopes that you will sympathize with them. Although there are tidbits about what her “aunt” Carol did to her in the past, her behavior seems excessive for someone as intelligent as she is.
Sean Bobbitt, the film’s cinematographer (12 Years a Slave, Judas and the Black Messiah), made a very unusual decision by choosing not to overdo his experiments. Even he succumbs to Marvel’s formula of creating cliched superhero antics. Only the initial instance retains the power and dynamic of the “Switch,” as you grow weary of hearing it every time they do it.
Review of The Marvels Movie: Outstanding Performance
Even though I missed her evil “half-smile,” she is still a very dependable Captain Marvel. She captures every detail of her character so beautifully, from its athleticism to its stirring emotions.
As Monica Rambeau, Teyonah Parris is the least strong of the three due to her poor acting and careless character development.
Nobody could have predicted, upon the release of the first trailer for The Marvels, that Iman Vellani would be the main focus of the movie. One connects with Kamala right away because of how authentically she is written and performed; this is something that ought to have happened with the other two as well.
The main cause of the superheroes’ perceived lack of impact is Zawe Ashton’s villain. There are very few instances in the movie where any of the characters are in danger, and when there are, it always works out well for them. Once more, the screenplay struggles to strike a balance between the portrayal of White people and Black people in the writing.
The cameo by Park Seo-Joon is utterly pointless. If I were a fan, I wouldn’t be waiting for him in the movie. Because that’s what desi parents in Hollywood do, Zenobia Shroff and Mohan Kapur play the stereotypical “desi” parents of Kamala by saying only “Beta” in Hindi and speaking English with an odd accent.
Review of The Marvels Movie: Direction, Scoring
Nia DaCosta describes herself as a Marvel enthusiast who will continue to watch even if they produce garbage. She had no idea that she would also need to do this with her film. Putting jokes aside, if we were to replace the script with a better one, she had the vision of creating an incredibly entertaining film because, despite everything going wrong in this scene, she was still able to surpass the quality of Thor: Love and Thunder and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Leaping from Ms. Marvel and Hmm. She showcases her overall amazing range with the inclusion of songs like Barbra Streisand’s Memory, Pink Floyd’s Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Skrillex’s Ratata.
Review of The Marvels Movie: Final Word
All in all, this required less drama, more love, and more attention. Is Marvel no more? Not at all. Will the MCU be revived by this movie? Not at all. Is it a watch for a “lazy evening, killing time, nothing to do”? Sure.
