The Reel Easy Review

Captain Marvel: Perhaps too Marvellous?

(Spoilers)

For me there was a lot of reservation for the necessity of this film as it seemed to be a clever Disney devise to extract more money out of the franchise just before 'End Game' comes out. It WAS clever, as Marvel obviously had this plan all along to introduce this seemingly integral character just before the climax of the Avengers saga to make another cool billion dollars. Disney will then inevitably repeat those numbers next month with the release of  'End Game' in what I’m sure will be another record breaking box office stampede for tickets (Myself included) . This becomes more frustrating when you realise watching this film how important 'Captain Marvel' will be when taking down Thanos so all the fans will HAVE to watch this IN CINEMAS (because it won’t be out on DVD before 'End Game' is in cinemas) so they are up to date with what’s happening. 

This all being said I did actually enjoy the film, it’s by no way up there with the best of Marvel such as Infinity War, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, Civil War and Winter Soldier but then again not nearly as bad as Thor 1,2 , The Incredible Hulk and Ironman 3. It was very middle of the road MCU so very much like your Spider-Man: Homecomings. Brie Larson as Captain Marvel was a very good slightly comedic and ballsy super hero, Nick Fury’s back story was fun to learn about and Jude Law made a very hammy bad guy. 

My main problem with Captain Marvel is rather a nerdy one actually. First off, she’s just too powerful for there to be any peril in the future, she’s basically indestructible and has power beyond belief with no weaknesses to discern of which I think could be a problem in ‘End Game’. Also, why has it taken this long for Nick Fury to call in this favour from potentially the most powerful being in the Universe? Did at no point during 'Infinity War' Fury not think “It’s probably time to call the Calvary now” If not then he’s an awful General!  

Overall I would give this film an average RATING OF 7.1/10. It didn’t make me leap out of my seat with excitement but I can’t say I was bored.

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