Review: The Marvels is a complete failure and closes the possibility of this universe continuing to expand
The Marvel cinematic universe known as the famous MCU has been developing in film and television for just over a decade it has had great successes, what began with Iron Man in 2008 has had a scope that no one can imagine. I imagined it at that moment.
Over the years, the superhero genre in cinema has been gaining ground, it has become popular among locals and strangers, but this does not exempt it from having had great failures, not to mention Iron Man 2 from 2010 or, very recently, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania of 2023, which failed to raise what was expected.
We well know that the experiment of bringing Captain Marvel to the big screen in 2019 was not one of the best premieres nor has it been one of the best characters, perhaps things would have changed a little if the choice of the actress was different.
2023 has been a very complicated year for the entertainment industry, the strike put many projects on hold, and some had to be modified and part of the material was rerecorded due to the latter or because they did not pass the first tests with the audience.
The Marvels was a premiere that many expected to be successful and things for this studio do not seem to be going well at all, it seems that they have lost the direction of what they originally had planned for their future phases in this complex universe.
What is the film about?
When her duties send her into a wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, the powers of Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, intersect with those of Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel and Carol’s niece, now an astronaut. S.A.B.E.R., Monica Rambeau. Together, they must save the universe as “The Marvels.”
Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) aka Captain Marvel, has recovered her identity from the tyrannical Kree and has taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence, the unforeseen consequences make Carol carry the weight of a destabilized universe and on the verge of collapse, so when Her duties send her into an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers intertwine with those of superfan Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, the now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut, Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), this trio of superpowered women must team up and learn to work together to save the universe.
Honestly, I don’t even know where to start throwing shit at this job, although I have the idea of respecting all the time and even more the money that has been invested in making a film, what I expect from this one is that it be entertaining, that’s what it’s made for. cinema to entertain and not to overanalyze, the idea is to have a pleasant time watching the characters from the comics in real action, with good effects and a story that involves us with them so that in the end we are satisfied and want to love to see more.
The problem that Marvel Studios currently has is that it has done things more for quantity than for quality since Avengers: End Game and the resignation of its main actors who played the most iconic characters meant that little by little it lost its momentum. things, so much so that I don’t know what phase we are in if we are in one.
They say that he who encompasses much does little and this can be applied perfectly well to what this universe has given us lately. It does not bring me any joy, much less great satisfaction, to say that “The Marvels” is terrible and the worst movie so far. of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and look, that’s saying something if we take into account some previous failures.
Thor: The Dark World (2013) is nothing more than a forgettable film, Captain Marvel (2019) is a film that no one asked for with an inexpressive leading actress who only wanted to compete with Warner Studios and its Wonder Woman, the much-criticized Eternals (2021) a misunderstood work with very good but very underdeveloped visual points, Thor: Love & Thunder (2022), good cast but the terrible story, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) the death of its protagonist and the stupidity of the studios to continue with a story that they should have taken care of much better or canceled permanently, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), its lack of seriousness made it hardly credible with a more than a mediocre story that promised a lot, and this to name a few, in a matter of series of television we better talk about it in another review.
As often happens these days, The Marvels seemed like it had the potential to offer something completely different, Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan haven’t exactly been very fun characters in their respective films and television series, the idea of bringing them together at 3 It sounded very stupid but it promised the possibility of a good adventure and it didn’t work, this film is a mix between meaningless comic elements and such variable action that it is very easy to disconnect from it and get bored.
If we take into account that the cast is very disparate, this is where the problems begin, the choice of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel has been one of the worst choices in this entire universe, to carry out such a secondary character an actress was needed who understand first the entire MCU and second the character as such and give her her personality and charisma, Larson as an actress and in this role is completely inexpressive and not at all convincing.
We met Monica Rambeau in WandaVision as a not-very-responsible adult, perhaps if she had had better development as a character and more time on screen we would understand more about her character and she would go from being complex to something simpler, Teyonah Parris does it well but she lacks a lot to live up to what is required.
Finally, we have Tamala or Ramala or whatever Miss Marvel is called, her excessive and contagious adolescent enthusiasm did not make her series a success, even abusing its modern touches and that message of women’s empowerment was enough for us to sympathize with her, neither before nor after.
Let’s clarify something, no one doubts the capabilities that these 3 women have as actresses, each one in their field and each one doing different things, it is the assigned characters who failed to capture the slightest attention from the audience, putting the 3 together It has not been the best decision that the study has made, if we add to this the various changes it had in its production, it was to be expected that this would be a complete failure.
Talking about the plot is complicated, its direction is even more so and it is immediately noticeable that there are unconnected scenes that are only there to fill in a plot that has no sense of being and that is forcefully trying to fit into an almost lost continuity, which at times At this point, introducing us to Fox’s madness or to the fantastic four who, together with everyone, could have made a cameo or special appearance at the end of all this with Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Endgame (2019), an opportunity more than lost.
Even with all of the above we are left with the terrible script written by Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik, Zeb Wells, and Nia DaCosta who is also its director, the constant changes make the final result confuse us, for example, scenes where they are on one side and they magically arrive at another are explanation, meaningless dialogues that have nothing to do with what is happening and on top of everything we have to make it more Disney with an unnecessary dance sequence, where we go from the action to being stupidly musical and I I ask, which of these 4 writers came up with the brilliant and stupid idea of making them sing?
The main conflict of this let’s call it “plot” arises from the fact that its villain (one of the worst this universe has) Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) takes possession of a bracelet that makes Carol, Monica, and Tamala or Ramala or as The name of this unlovable character changes places every time any of them uses their powers, something that turns out to be super stupid because it is not even close to wanting to be well handled with this concept, for example, it will throw a punch and end up where it just was. the other or if one is flying the other changes with her and is standing on the ground while the changed one falls because she can’t fly, if that’s exactly how confusing and stupid she is ah and also why not? you have to make it funny
Other characters who appear as supposedly an important part in all this chaos are the already very tired and very seen Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who does nothing more than be filler making a couple of semi-intelligent jokes, the family Tamala reminds us of the exaggerated family of Jaime Reyes in Blue Beetle (2023) who try to have a subplot as a completely unnecessary involuntary comedy and situation and again the Skrulls whom we already saw in the series Secret Invasion did not favor them at all.
As a commercial exercise, Marvel Studios is very good at promising spectacular comic wonders with its miraculous characters and powerful feats, and yet, it is inexplicable how it is that having great writers in cartoons they cannot understand that they must at this point take advantage of that talent by less so that they can supervise that the characters have a better treatment and development seeing the appearance of The Beast of the X-Men in the post-credits scene left me more confused and annoyed than surprised and the first thing I thought was, “of course “They no longer have ideas and now they urgently need to give these characters a hard time.”
As a constant and preventive deviation from what we are already accustomed to above all else and through social networks these final products ask the public and especially the fans not to demand too much of the material and how not to do so if they have everything to be able to to do quality things, this seems extremely stupid to me, it is a complete shame that The Marvels wants to commit and commit ourselves as a captive public to having to endure this reaching the screens and pretending that we like it, sorry, but no It’s not the glasses or the fucking popsicle that everyone was killing themselves for, we are talking about a product that is part of a larger series and like never before seen in the cinema.
The biggest flaw and problem that this movie has is not in the fact that it is bad, because it is, it is the fact that Marvel studios want to see the stupid faces of those of us who consume this type of entertainment, I don’t know if they play giving us atole with the finger or giving us crumbs because one thing is that they have had problems due to a strike that they caused and I am speaking in general of the entire Hollywood entertainment industry and quite another that not even they are aware and know the direction that are taking things.
It is undeniable that this genre in film and television is already more than exhausted, as viewers we are already tired of waiting for that GREAT project that we have been talking about for years and that does not arrive, and that apparently will never arrive, the networks Social networks have played a vital role in all this, theories, assumptions and even fake news and gossip are what lead us to a conclusion, Marvel Studios should have done the right thing and let their franchises rest after Endgame to take them up again and restart them at another time. in which these characters could shine again and surprise us but well, money is money and what do I care about the fans as long as out of morbidity they go to the movie theaters and leave their money at the box office, the thing is, The Marvels is not even worth losing time watching it illegally.
It is very frustrating and sad that after seeing great things we screw up on this, and it is better not to talk about Warner Studios with the DC universe, that precisely this has been a fundamental part of the industry going from bad to worse and from worse to worse giving us this kind of shit.
The cast is poorly made up of Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-Joon, and Samuel L. Jackson who do not do what they can with what they have but rather work because they have a contract that they are required to fulfill.
Perhaps, and I say perhaps, what could be most redeemable about all of this is the music composed by Laura Karpman, which has pieces that go in a very different direction from the action that we see on the screen, a material that, if it can be heard independently, has a better effect and better appreciated.
In conclusion, The Marvels is the worst thing that has happened to the MCU, and that leads it to be placed as the worst of its premieres. It is a product that from its conception was unnecessary and that conclusively ignores every one of the opportunities it had. on the way to being something moderately better, a result that is of little interest and worse still, something that contributes nothing or connects, something that only serves to show us once again that as studies they have not understood that this formula no longer works for them and that The best thing would be to give up on this type of production and put more attention and effort into what is to come if it comes.
We do not recommend The Marvels, but if you are brave and want to waste your time and money at the movies, it is already premiering in movie theaters in our country.
