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Why Captain Marvel Didn’t Need to Be Marvellous

March 11, 2019
bySergio Pereira
in Movies
Captain Marvel

There’s a weird thing that happens every time a comic book movie is released. The internet jerks into a spasm about how much money it needs to make and its Rotten Tomatoes score. Quite frankly, none of those things matter, because they aren’t intrinsically linked to the actual quality of the film. Still, this inevitable discussion surrounded Captain Marvel.

Why Captain Marvel Didn't Need to Be Marvellous

Although, to be fair, this feature had way more controversy before its release than any other Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) productions, due to the internet not reading (as usual) lead star Brie Larson‘s comments about diversity and making assumptions instead. As a result, the obnoxious minority of the fanbase—which insists on singlehandedly taking the crown of the most toxic fandom from Star Wars—review-bombed the film before its release and continues to do irrational things to impress their three friends.

The funny thing is, the trolls aided the film more than they realise. Due to the high-profile publicity around their efforts to make Captain Marvel flop, any legitimate negative criticism is being dismissed because of it. Most fans rolled their eyes at the stupidity of it all and headed off to the cinema to watch it. So, well done to everyone who trolled this movie; you’ve become the best marketing campaign for Disney and Marvel Studios.

In reality, Captain Marvel will end up as another financial success for Marvel while introducing the character that will play a pivotal part of Avengers: Endgame and lead the MCU going forward—even if it isn’t a gamechanger.

Why Captain Marvel Didn't Need to Be Marvellous

Unlike some of the superhero films released in the past couple of years, Captain Marvel plays it relatively safe, delivering the same sort of effort you’d expect from Phase 1 movies such as Thor and Iron Man. It’s absolutely fine and works like any other origin film, but it isn’t wrong to refer to it as just another comic book movie.

It didn’t need to be more, though. Everyone knows that all eyes are on another film coming out next month. As Avengers: Endgame looms on the horizon, most of the attention is centred on that event and Marvel knows it too. Even the average moviegoer is likely to turn up to see that over other comic book movies. As such, all that was required from Captain Marvel was to establish Carol Danvers into the MCU and push forward to the granddaddy.

Why Captain Marvel Didn't Need to Be Marvellous

Captain Marvel wasn’t marvellous, but it succeeded in what it set out to do. Sometimes, a good time at the cinema is all that’s needed, even if it doesn’t become the greatest film of all time. And no, Marvel isn’t re-recording the ending of Avengers: Endgame out of fear that Danvers will be vilified. It’s a dumb internet rumour.

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Comments 3

  1. Tim says:
    3 years ago

    Sergio, please leave your insufferable and obvious political bias at the door when writing reviews. The new Star Wars was disgusting, don’t blame the fandom, same as you shouldn’t blame the fandom when Brie Larson acts disgusting during her press tour and turns off most decent people. We read her comments, obviously you think you can twist reality and blame the “trolls” for her underwhelming performance. I don’t mind captain marvel but endgame would of been a far superior movie without her. She added nothing to the movie but a few groans, she just took up space. Sergio, get out of your echo chamber, you clueless and incompetent pleb

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  2. DanDon says:
    3 years ago

    Best parts of the movie were the cat and Samuel L Jackson. Brie was meh. Entertaining movie, not as bad as Antman and the Wasp.

    As for the trolls, there was some legitimate issues when making a blanket statement targeting white males. Believe or not, before superhero movies exploded and when comic books where peoples main source of superhero entertainment, the demographics were made up largely of white males. They were called nerds at school being social outcasts. Now they’re grown up and being attacked again just for being white when all they want to do is enjoy a damn superhero flik!

    Meanwhile, Scarlette Johansson has been doing her role in the MCU without needing to resort SJW pandering with great success. Same can be said for DC’s Wonderwoman.

    People are going to watch this regardless because the MCU has been a massive success thanks to the previous movies and incredible casting for the roles they embodied. Just because Captain Marvel will make millions won’t prove SJWs right, it’s because the MCU has been a success and ties in with End Game.

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  3. Craig says:
    3 years ago

    I thought it was more than marvellous, and so did the other 8 people I saw it with. It’s no Wonder Woman, but it’s closer than you give it credit for.

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