Monday, May 6, 2024

The Marvels


Actors: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Park Seo-joon, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Samuel L. Jackson.

Rating: 7 out of 10, A disappointment, which is a disturbing trend on recent Marvel studio movies. The lead three actresses were all great, especially the young gal, as they exhibited a great deal of chemistry. The plot and pace of action really dragged these performances down though. I hear this is one of the shortest Marvel movies but it seemed much longer. There was a determined effort to show empowered women but the same message was much better done in the original Captain Marvel movie. The villainess wasn’t believable and didn’t add anything to the movie. I’m beginning to think the golden age of Marvel has truly passed and this is only the latest example. I feel bad for the actresses because they were very good but even they couldn’t make lemonade out of this lemon. However, much better on a second watch.

MVP: Vellani as Kamala Khan, very funny fresh voice

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