As we are approaching the summer movie season--it starting about the end of April, what better way to approach the season than with a high-budget, high-adrenaline film replete with visual effects galore in the form of Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel".
Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories of another life as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. With help from Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and friend Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past while harnessing her special superpowers to end the war with the evil Skrulls.
Others to round out the cast are Ben Mendelsohn as Talos/Keller, Jude Law as Yon-Rogg, Annette Being as Supreme Intelligence/Dr. Wendy Lawson, Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva, Djimon Hounsou as Korath, Lee Pace as Ronan and Rune Teate as Bron-Char.
This was effectively charged by directors Anna Boden ("Young Rebels" (documentary) '05, "Sugar" '08, "It's Kind of a Funny Story" '10, "Mississippi Grind" '15) plus TV and a short and Ryan Fleck (the same list as above and "Half Nelson" '06). As with all the films based on comic books, they become increasingly charged as the story unfolds. The huge problem in directing this type of film is that there's so many different characters in which to coordinate that to keep everyone squared away can be a monumental task. Considering these filmmakers don't have the experience of directing a film based on a comic book, they actually pulled this off in spades. It was written by Boden, Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, which is based on a story by Nicole Perlman, Meg LeFauve, Boden, Fleck and Robertson-Dworet. With as many subplots as this and all the other 'comic book' films have, it's amazing how thorough and cohesive these films have been--this film included. And as mentioned before, these writers don't typically write these types of films. There were a couple of small, slow areas in this storyline, but again, considering the fact that these writers haven't written any other 'comic book' films, I was quite impressed. The one aspect that was intriguing about this was knowing about the origin of Nick Fury and how he becomes an integral part of these superheroes' lives. As with films as big as these are, the visual effects can be as integral as the plot itself, and the visual effects predominantly designed by ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic), Digital Domain, Framestore and Luma Pictures, were not only seamless, but were as much the stars as the cast itself.
If the plan is to see this this, you've got to see it on the large screen, because it will lose everything on a 40 incher if you plan to wait to stream it on Netflix. Films as these were made for the large screen, especially when they are offered in a nifty IMAX or 4DX format along with the regular format as well. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!
Out of 4 Stars: 3.5 Rated: PG-13 123mins.
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