Unlike typical superhero origin stories, Carol isn’t a hero who finds her swagger and confidence once she gains superhuman abilities or learns a lesson about responsibility. It becomes clear early on in Captain Marvel that Larson was the right choice for the film’s titular hero - which is no small feat, given that there’s been near-constant debate over her suitability to play the character since her casting was first announced three years ago. That it does all of that while also managing to blend in some powerfully relevant social themes makes its achievement that much more impressive.Įverything from Carol’s dialogue to her posture reflects a certainty of purpose that makes her stand out from her Marvel peers. It isn’t entirely apparent from the previews, but Captain Marvel also happens to be the studio’s most self-aware movie to date - a quality that can either work in a movie’s favor or against it, depending on how it’s handled.įortunately, Captain Marvel is a winner on all fronts, offering an exciting, thoroughly engrossing chapter of the MCU that manages to tell a compelling standalone story while also putting its stamp on the overarching MCU saga. Not only is Captain Marvel the studio’s first female-led superhero movie, but it relies on a hero off mainstream audiences’ radar to tell a story set in the shadow of two of the MCU’s most hyped-up projects so far: Last year’s Avengers: Infinity War and its upcoming conclusion, Avengers: Endgame. Even after 20 installments of wildly successful movies that have turned the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a box-office blockbuster factory, Captain Marvel arrives in theaters as one of the studio’s most controversial, seemingly risky projects.
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