‘The Marvels’ review: The worst MCU movie yet
08.11.2023 - 17:51
/ nypost.com
Eternals” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” were low points for the limping Marvel Cinematic Universe, strap in for the ride to abject misery that is “The Marvels.” The interminable movie, barely directed by Nia DaCosta, is not so much the story of Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau as it is a sad study of the downfall of America’s favorite screen franchise. Running time: 105 minutes.
Rated PG-13 (action/violence and brief language). In theaters Nov. 10.Once again, we get an MCU film that’s littered with insider technobabble and is impossible to follow.
Once again, we get an MCU film featuring characters we don’t care a lick about even though they beg us to like meowing cats at feeding time. Once again, we get an MCU film that we’re told cost $270 million to make yet appears as pricey as a Season 5 episode of “Stargate SG-1.” Once again, we trudge out at the end an MCU film — the 33rd! — moaning, “How much longer can this godforsaken cinematic universe possibly drag on?”Knowing Disney’s ravenous appetite for cold repetition, I shudder at the potential answer.Ostensibly made for the average moviegoer, “The Marvels” requires homework for a basic understanding of its plot. You need to watch at least two Disney+ series — “Ms.
Marvel” and “WandaVision” — and the awful 2019 film “Captain Marvel” just to know who the characters are. And once you do? Meh. Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), a k a Carol Danvers, is a too-powerful alien with roughly a third of the personality of Captain Spock.
Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a k a, Ms. Marvel, is a hyperactive Jersey City teen and nascent superhero who’s cloyingly obsessed with the Captain. And Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) appeared as a kid in “Captain Marvel,” which was
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