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Mar 8, 2019 · Not unlike Captain America’s role within the Avengers, Captain Marvel functions here as the straight woman, the steady anchor in a sea of big, swirling personalities. Sure, she eventually comes into her powers in full and is literally the kind of girl on fire that Alicia Keys sings about.
Mar 8, 2019 · Captain Marvel is now playing in U.S. theaters nationwide. It is 124 minutes long and is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive language. Let us know what you thought of the film in the comments section!
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Sep 19, 2018 · Carol Danvers’ adoption of the title rocketed Captain Marvel to new prominence, thanks to the core tenets of good comic books: Pairing the right words with the right images. This is how it ...
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By Meg Downey
Updated: Apr 21, 2020 5:35 am
Posted: Mar 15, 2019 11:00 am
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The MCU's newest hero, Captain Marvel, has entered the fray literally swinging, with a cosmic-flavored origin story that feels like a much-needed fresh approach to the classic Marvel Phase One formula. With a soundtrack packed full of vintage ‘90s earworms and a delightfully unselfconscious sense of humor, Captain Marvel pulls off a satisfying introduction to the hero who may be our Avengers: Endgame trump card.
The bulk of Captain Marvel's standard two-hour runtime is focused on Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), and begins with her as a human far from Earth trying to figure out just who (and what) she is. She's been living among the alien Kree for years and has earned herself a position on an elite commando unit under the leadership of Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) – but she has no memory of her life before. In public, Carol is a take-no-prisoners soldier wanting to prove herself worthy to her comrades-in-arms – but in private, she's not so certain. This duality keeps the memory-loss tropes to a minimum. She never feels properly lost or floundering, just frustrated that she's up against a problem she can't use her Kree-granted powers to punch her way out of. Though she certainly gives the impression that if she could brute force her own memories into the proper order, she definitely would, which is absolutely delightful.
Larson's performance and chemistry with Jackson is the obvious highlight in a strong supporting cast. Larson manages to capture a fiery but playful sense of humor in her character that deftly avoids the tropes associated with naive, superpowered outsiders making "first contact" with humans. Make no mistake, Carol's superpowers have nothing to do with empathy or warmth – her strength is completely derived from a perfect Molotov cocktail of spite and stubbornness, which is an absolute joy to watch unfold. Carol Danvers is as unapologetically brash and bold as a hero could be, even when it gets her into trouble, and it's oh so satisfying.
On the flip side, Carol's dynamic with her human friend, Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), provides the emotional core. Lynch manages to ground the movie with a serious and poignant throughline and perfect counterbalance to Carol's brash heroics and her sometimes slapstick buddy-cop relationship with Fury.
Captain Marvel manages to take the best ideas of early MCU origin stories like Iron Man and Thor and use them to form something that feels both familiar and fresh. It can be a bit on-the-nose at times, and occasionally has to fast-track its exposition in ways that can feel slightly clunky, but what it lacks in grace it makes up for in charm. Brie L...
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Captain Marvel's big screen debut puts a fresh spin on Marvel's Phase One origin story formula.
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Jul 18, 2017 · Speaking of a shift in direction, the latest Thor: Ragnarok typography looks undeniably different to the series’ previous logo outputs. 2011’s Thor saw a thin, metallic design, while 2013’s Thor: The Dark World provided a bold, textured type, similar to the initial Thor: Ragnarok logo.
Nov 10, 2023 · As Brie Larson's Carol Danvers prepares to return in The Marvels , we take a look back at how she became Captain Marvel—and changed Marvel Comics forever.
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Mar 9, 2019 · Captain Marvel’ s job was twofold: introduce Carol and get audiences caught up to speed on her origin story, and flesh out the war between the Kree and Skrull alien races that longtime MCU fans...
