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This film arrives at a time that is partly profitable and partly problematic, given the future importance of the character and the "suggestive" post-credits scene. Received tepidly by critics, this film has suffered according to many from being released after Wonder Woman: a film that has, in a sense, ruined the untruthful "first" of being the first movie with a sole female lead (there were also Elektra and Cat Woman, for example, but they turned out to be flops with non-iconic characters on the level of Wonder Woman).
Indeed, the comparison between the two heroines from DC and Marvel is obvious, as they have much in common. They are both among the strongest heroes in their respective universes, they share a similar feminist "rhetoric," and their movies are set before the 2010s, a choice likely made to justify their absence in recent events in their respective universes.
A peculiar feature of the film is the beginning "in medias res," where the protagonist already has powers and must reconstruct her past. The tones of the film are a bit slow only in the beginning, after which everything becomes more dynamic.
However, there is a certain substance that is missing in this film. The feminist rhetoric is barely hinted at, giving the impression that the character could also be male without greatly affecting the film (something that the DC rival was missing). For some concerned about the impact the film had on the audience, this might be an issue, but I find it a great idea, because spontaneity is the best way to fight these disparities. Spontaneity avoids dividing the audience with content specific to a segment (however large it may be) and can aim for more universal messages so that the message reaches as many people as possible. After all, Marvel itself did not face the same problems that DC did (at least according to what it says), which sought a female director. We got one, yes, but she was accompanied by a man, and all this was probably a coincidence.
However, like many other superhero movies, the dialogues are often trivial and sometimes embarrassing, and the characters are partially inconsistent. It's also one of the few cases where there are no notable new supporting characters (Nick Fury is the only one with some charm, but he is a character who has appeared many times, so the credit is much smaller due to the groundwork already laid). Only Thalos emerges as a fresh character, although these qualities are linked not so much to his character as to the race he belongs to for which he is the "archetype." Yonn-Rogg played by Jude Law is another supporting character that doesn’t convince. On one hand, I am glad about the limited space they gave him, as he risked being yet another mentor like the Ancient One, Hope Van Dyne or Hank Pym, which the universe is a bit saturated with. But this need of mine certainly doesn't assign him a compliment.
Even Cap herself is at times disappointing. Her performance is often didactic and "by the book" despite some rather good moments. Even before the film was released, I criticized the actress's aesthetic resemblance to the character (for heaven's sake, Brie Larson is very beautiful, talented as an actress at least in other films, and all. However, for reasons of realism and faithfulness, I would have wanted greater faithfulness to the comic where Carol Danvers is a woman of an older age, a bit more robust and even more muscular.
Thus, due to the acting, dialogues, and overly rapid character development, actress and character compete in some respects, struggling with other protagonists like Ant-Man, Black Panther, or Iron Man who in a single film managed to give a more substantial overview of acting and characterization. However, it is Captain Marvel's screen presence that balances out these flaws. Her strength and her semi-lack of real difficulties eliminate the unnecessary restrictions of the other protagonists, making the action scenes involving her very cathartic.
The humor is, all in all, well compressed and the choice to make the young Nick Fury a caricature amused me, after all, he did not yet have experience comparable to his current version. However, he does not come across as another character as many feared; his "badass" tendency remains as well as the friendly temperament he occasionally displays, for instance with Steve Rogers and Tony Stark.
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The fact that he lost an eye because of the cat is a comedic choice that leaves me indifferent. However, I am disappointed by his barely credible behavior immediately after the cat's scratch. No anger, not even the slightest, which would come naturally in such a situation (even the mention of Wi-Fi in his years is an unpleasant plot hole.)
The choice to make the Skrulls good is original and was undoubtedly a nice twist, although it precluded the possibility of a transposed Secret Invasion (Marvel comics series); unless they choose to create a faction of evil Skrulls.
In conclusion, I would rate this film a 6. The action scenes are very beautiful and display an almost rough combat style and good fight scenes, among the best of a single hero in my opinion. The humor and the in medias res structure are undoubtedly additional points that make this film one of the best origin films from my viewpoint, barely surpassing Black Panther with greater stylistic and content individuality but lacking in equally effective entertainment.
If you like Marvel movies and don't only watch team films like Captain America: Civil War and the three Avengers, I advise you to disregard the criticisms that undervalue it too much and catch up on this film, which is far from being a masterpiece (I believe none of the Marvel films are, after all) but is undoubtedly good as an entertainment film.
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