Actors: Brie Larson, Samuel L.
Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan,
Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, Jude Law
Rating: 9 out of 10, Thoroughly
impressed. The best part was I didn’t even stop to think about the fact it was
a female lead in a superhero movie. The earlier work of Natasha Romanov and
Diana Prince made that possible. A lot of credit should go to Brie Larsen who
was as understated as you can be with fire spurting out of your hands but
leavened that with the trademark Marvel humor amidst the almost non-stop
action. I know nothing of the background mythology surrounding this character
which served me well as I enjoyed this latest background story for a Marvel
superhero. The filmmakers also did a good, and at times subtle, job of
inserting her story into the Marvel universe. Samuel L Jackson was very
effective as a younger version of Nick Fury and it was laugh out loud funny to
learn how he lost his left eye (err, as funny as losing an eye can be). Another
Marvel success which shouldn’t surprise me at this point.
MVP: Brie Larson as Danvers
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