Even when this film was announced and all of us were faced with the fact: “the strongest and most beautiful will play this schmo” – right then it became clear to me that there was trouble. Because there is such a thing as a mistress. There's, you know, some reason the Terminator can't be played by Danny DeVito. But Marvel never heard of that. With her huge square head, squat body, and short legs, she could play Thanos or the Dwarf Eitri, but Captainsha could not. And it's not even about sexuality, it's just that in comics Carol Danvers looks like a cross between a goddess and a circus girl, she's beautiful there. Putting Bree in that role meant turning the project into a joke. And that’s not to mention what kind of person she is, how she treated fans and journalists, kicked them out on the basis of gender and chanted to the point that in her own sequel she became just one of them. The failure of the first part didn’t happen just because Marvel as a whole was at its peak, inserted this film between two phenomenal ending films and overhyped it with promises that they weren’t going to keep.
If anyone does not know or forget, then here are the rumors and promises that were circulating in the media sphere before the release: Carol will be the salvation of the Avengers from Thanos, we will be shown with all the savor of the nostalgic 90s, it will generally be a film from the 90s, maybe even with a film effect, it will be like the original of Ronan the Prosecutor, there will be a solution to what happened to the Red Skull, the threat of the Skrulls will be revealed, the story of Fury’s eye, and the work of the Soul Stone will be shown. What? Did a lot come true? A couple of points for half a buck. Half of it turned out to be an absolute lie, some made at the level of absolute mockery of the viewer-loch, which is conducted and therefore it should be thrown, and the 90s and Ronan are made purely for the tick. But here on the cat, puking tentacles - that's a cat bitch was found to fig timing! You can say that part of the hype was launched not by Marvel, but by bloggers, but let’s remember the simple thing – hype is always controlled by those who benefit from it. They didn't make denials.
It sounds ridiculous, but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel was no longer needed. It could have been removed sometime in 2010, but it was hopelessly late. And the authors understood this – which is why they set the timeline in 1995 to retroactively prescribe the film somewhere at the heart of their mythology.
In addition,
- The Cree and Skrull canon has been changed. Instead, they gave you the fuck you know. You got dumped.
- Nick Fury was made an idiot. He easily blurts out state secrets, negotiates with aliens with a child, is constantly distracted by a cat, a dead alien looks at pepper. Will Smith didn't do that as Jay, although he's officially a clown.
- Losing your eyes was the worst of all possible ways. You can clearly see how the authors specifically tried to spoil expectations as much as possible. You could just as well show that he had his eye blown off the toilet.
- A plot hole. The Skrulls needed a Mar Vel superlight engine. Why? They came to the earth in a day, and they had it. The galactic community lives in principle thanks to FTL ships. Peter Quill was kidnapped in the '80s. Who kidnapped? Hyperdrive pirates.
- The Imb heroine simply does not have an equal opponent in strength. Its enemies are either pathetic or not enemies at all. In part, this can be justified by the fact that her main victory is a victory over the lies that were instilled in her, but good gentlemen, for such problems this is an inappropriate hero. And the actress isn't right. And setting. This movie is shit.
But for the sake of truth, there are a couple of things to say as an excuse.
The overall design is good, with the lysergine space is not too much, in many scenes there is a certain moderation. There was a fertile field for science fiction to go off the rails at all, but this did not happen, it was postponed just to the next part.
I can't support the idea of bloggers that the film is completely feminist. Coulson is shown with dignity, the leader of the scrules is the bearer of many benefactors, he is a diplomat, a pragmatist, a loving father, among the good and bad were men and women, the main opponent had a female face. I didn’t see the message in the film that men are goats and women rule. I also disagree with the view that Carol didn't deserve her powers. Actually, she got them for a sacrifice, for a strong act. Therefore, this item is in order.
But these reservations are certainly not enough. They just raise my grade from 1 to 2. In general, this film is just a throw.
