I’m now beginning my most massive project by far. Avengers: Endgame, which is kind of like a series finale for the first decade’s worth of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, come out in less than a month. There’s never been anything like that in the history of cinema and I’m going all out. Specifically I am going to review every previous film in the MCU.
I’ll essentially start at the beginning, but before that I’ll write about Captain Marvel, the one prior MCU movie still in theaters, in case anyone’s still on the fence about watching it.
It’s a fun film. The plot is easy enough to follow while still utilizing a good amount of sci-fi. The cast is amazing – Annette Bening, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Ben Mendelsohn, and of course Samuel L. Jackson (doing a “Nick Fury: Year One” sort of thing) and the beautiful Brie Larson in the title role. Larson’s talent helps carry the film through the dramatic moments, where we feel the pain of this lost soul who doesn’t know her identity and realizes how she’s been unfairly used. The film’s message about oppressed minorities is compelling without being heavy-handed at all. I was excited to see a plot extensively featuring The Skrulls, a race known to Marvel fans as shape-shifters. Of course the visual effects are impressive and I highly recommend watching such movies in Dolby if possible. The 90s references (especially Blockbuster scene!) are fun for older millennials like myself and my business manager, as well as for Gen-Xers.
Bit of trivia: I first heard of The Skrulls because the tvtropes.org page entitled “And I Must Scream” mentioned that in one comic story they all lost their shape-shifting abilities, including those Skrulls wedged between cracks in buildings at the moment!
If that intrigues you I’m guessing you’re a horror fan. You’ll want to read my next review.
Back to Captain Marvel though. It’s a good comic book movie, if you’re into those (and many people obviously are, given the billions and billions they’ve made this millennium!)
Final Verdict: Fun and fairly moving film.
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