Captain Marvel reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- Mark Kermode reviews Captain Marvel. In 1995, extraterrestrial Kree warrior Vers comes to Earth as the war between her race and the shape-shifting Skrulls makes its way onto our planet. Plagued by memories of a past life as Air Force pilot Carol Danvers, Vers tries to win the war and uncover the secrets of her past with the help of Nick Fury.
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Is Ben Mendelsohn on speed dial for Hollywood's rent a villain or something?
I enjoyed him a lot in this movie though. Much more than most other characters.
Kermode is one of the better reviewers out there he tries to be as impartial as possible. i have followed his reviews for a very long time
Saw it tonight. I rank it just above The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World with 6/10
My Son hit it on the head that this felt like the "Solo" movie in a Star Wars universe.
PROS:
The cat (comedy moments)
Samuel L. Jackson (comedy moments)
Samuel L. Jackson's (relationship with the cat)
De-aging technology
Skrulls being sympathetic for a change
Mendelsohn's performance as head Skrull
Kinda cool the Tesserect was the power source Mar-Vell was working with
Stan Lee opening
Stan Lee cameo reading script to Mallrats
CONS:
Brie Larson's performance: Wooden for the most part
90's nostalgia
needless changing of Mar-Vell's character
completely out of place soundtrack
How Fury loses his eye
Carol's emotional relationship with friend was forced
too much panning of the camera and cuts during fight scenes
Less focused than other movies in the universe
Carol's past wasn't defined enough apart from she gets up when knocked down
I've never seen Mark make so many disclaimers for his criticisms of a film.
Really? The disclaimers are classic Kermode.
It doesn't hurt that Sam Jackson looks amazing for his age to begin with.
Yeah i agree. Him and Paul Rudd found some fountains of youth somewhere
That's the most I've ever heard Simon talk about a particular movie
That's why I like Kermode's reviews. If it's a genre that he's not very familiar with he says it and doesn't pretend to dislike or like it just because of that. Yes, MCU movies generally are good not great from movie making stand point but it doesn't matter for the fan base. If the experience is satisfying they will come.
they're usually not good, they're formulaic and predictable with maybe a couple of exceptions they are all cash grabs
"Perfectly fine" is the kind of statement you make about bathroom tiling.
It's a strange Metric that ranks Black Panther as the best standalone Marvel film.
ThisAlbino not really
What are the others?
Surprised that they don't talk about the main narrative conceit of the movie whereby half of Carol's story is told in flashback. This is where it kinda failed for me. It was something a bit different, but it meant we didn't see her character grow. We met her halfway through her own story with her memory erased, and we find out about all the heroic, gritty, characterful stuff she did in the past in brief flashbacks and stories. That big moment where it flashed back to all the times she was knocked down but got to her feet again didn't feel emotional to me because I never went through it with her. It's just something the movie told me at that moment. If anything it just felt a bit corny.
I guess they tried to make some kind of character arc for her out the "controlling her emotions" thing... but then I don't even recall a moment when her emotions were particularly strong or out of control. Again, just something we were told and never saw. She was pretty much in control and super powered from the start. She just went from super powered to ultra powered and from not knowing what was going on to knowing, so ultimately the whole thing felt like exposition. The jokes and some of the action were fun but as a character story it didn't really grab me.
That's why it doesn't really work as a stand alone film. It's more like a potted history of the character to get everyone up to speed for Endgame. I'm left hoping that Endgame doesn't rely to heavily on her character because the emotional connection with her is far less than most of the others. I still don't really know much about her personality, and the stuff I know I didn't really feel. Compare that to Guardians 1 where in one film we got to know a whole bunch of characters pretty well.
Good to see Mark keep his professional integrity and offer a fair and impartial review, rather pandering to the pressure to virtue signal by saying how great it was.
Got to be hard reviewing in this circumstance.
I thought it was okay. A bit bland, probably a 5/10. Never blew me away like infinity war did which was a solid 8/10.
Kermode danced around it and did his generous excuse making usually reserved for films with his mates in, but his “it’s fine” is a textbook damning with faint praise. I don’t think the Disney-Marvel combo are capable of making a truly bad movie, the set up is just too slick, all it is just a bit of a “meh”movie.
I enjoyed it and feel it ties in nicely with Thor: Ragnarok in terms of tone and humour. I'm a bit confused as to why people are disappointed, but each to their own.
Can I say as a 24 year old that I found this movie to be boring and I didn't connect with most of the characters. I was so hoping this movie would shut up all of its critics, it didn't. It turned me into one of them :(
I liked it a lot but I agree with Mark’s point that the narrative could be clearer.
What was interesting for me was that it as a period piece it genuinely felt like it was made 25 years ago. That could be a compliment and a criticism depending on your POV but it felt very authentic.
I'll watch this video in full after I've seen the film, but I know Mark isn't a 30 something crybaby who misinterprets the intentions of others (he's actually watched the film for one thing) and as he's pointed out in previous reviews the Marvel and Superhero genre in general aren't his thing, save for the occasional but rare enjoyment.
Thank you for your fair input Mark, I don't always agree with what you say ( I might on this one) but I always like the way you present your criticisms and praises.
I love watching 480p BBC videos from the flagship film programme.
it's essentially a radio show thou...
Well technically, his reviews are meant to be “watched” in 0p.
You know it is a radio program right? It is not BBC's The Film Review.
Its BBC Radio 5. Not BBC Television. We're lucky to have cameras
nostalgia ?
Apparently captain marvel, the comic, was never popular amongst comic book fans. It has had several reboots from Marvel without success. And CM has been seemingly introduced out of nowhere into the MCU. Marvel for some reason believes in this character and this movie is probably another attempt at a reboot.
Just to set things up right at the start: NO, Brie Larson did not say she didn't want white men to watch her movies, or review her movies, or interview her. She said that she wanted to see greater representation of a wider range of people than JUST middle aged white men in the discussion of modern films. Especially if the film is likely to appeal to an audience that is itself not exclusively white and/or male. If you honestly believe that what she said or what she meant is "No White Guys", then you are a person with a toxic agenda who's deliberately misconstrued her words, you've been lied to by those same people, or you are stupid.
Don't confuse people with facts, it'll only upset them.
She made a sexist comment. She should live with the consequences.
You can't just give people positions just because of their race, gender or disability. You earn them.
I don't think people think she means no white guys, they think she is offensive by pointing her finger to put anyone else down in order to boost someone else. It's seen as rude, hypocritical for a privileged whitey like her, and is regression, not progress. Tokenism, guilt and social vanity are also being misunderstood as somehow promoting minorities rather than minorities actually being empowered. This is the 21st Century, not the 1980s. Captain Caucasian, Jesus Geldof, whatever she thinks she is, needs to tone it down. Putting others down and not earning your way is not the future. There is not a person - of any description - alive today who is responsible for history. And if you aren't nice, then why should I be? So there we are, that's how far we got.
"I don’t want to hear what white man has to say" -Brie Larson
"I do not need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work for him about ‘A Wrinkle In Time." -Brie Larson
Sometimes where there's smoke there's fire friendo.
Would never of guessed that Simon was older than Mark!
I think Mark's being very honest here and I like that, it's not the worst film ive ever seen but my God is it nowhere near the best
I'm a big marvel devotee and I pretty much agree with Kermode
I'm not a big superhero film fan but I thought it was fun. Perfectly fine, above average, entertaining but not the best movie I'll see this year.
It seems like a problem if you spend $150m (plus double if you include marketing) and the result is 'perfectly fine.'
Lost interest in Mayo's opinion when he said Captain Marvel it wasn't as good as Black Panther and that "Black Panther was sensational..."
Nope.
Black Panther is the 3rd best film with Black Panther in it... Will soon be the 4th
Black Panther was okisssh so Captain Marvel just about scraps a pass.
Thanks for this honest review. I'm an older guy too... and **have** been "swept up" in films such as Captain America: Winter Soldier and, definitely, Wonder Woman... and Infinity War and Man of Steel. I'm sorry this is apparently not one such film.
I'm really looking forward to Shazam, because I hear it will kind of be like Tom Hanks' film "Big".
I think a very guarded review from Mark... "it's a fine movie with a few funny jokes..."
It was fine but not great. I would say it is the most uninspiring entry in the MCU i've seen since Thor : The Dark World. The big problem with this movie is it's trying to to be two things at once which aren't entirely compatible - a standalone prequel to most of the other MCU films and a holding pattern to set up Avengers: Endgame.
I just feel that if you're not part of the target audience of the MCU, it's hard to see what all the fuss is about. It'd be great if they just made a good film, that didn't require this huge fan support structure to hold it up, or, in some cases, tear it down. I think Guardians was about the closest the MCU have come to a film that really stands on it's own.
My yardstick is winter soldier. Where does it fall on the scale between that and... suicide squad! 😂
The lowest bar for me is Batman vs Superman. Honestly thought Suicide Squad was more enjoyable. Mostly in a The Room way of course. It was is so terrible I laughed my way through it, whilst BvS was just dreary, boring, not fun in any way.
Somewhere near GotG2, Antman & the Wasp and Green Lantern..... so pretty far down the pole.
Yes! I do exactly the same. Winter Soldier really is a fantastic film, let alone from the mcu
I think is one spot better than Suicide Squad. No more than that. And to compare it with Dr. Strange and Ant-Man is an insult to those movies. Of course everybody has different opinions, but I was very dissapointed.
Kermode is not a big fan of Winter Soldier
Just back from watching it with my daughters. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. Very good.
But as always an excellent honest and , thoughtful review by Mark, and he understands his own relationship to the setting that inevitably affects how he feels about it.
Going to see it too now, thanks
I really liked the film but..... KEEP the bloody camera still! Could not tell what was happening during action scenes.
Get your eyes checked the camera was fine
Rhys Lloyd, I gather they do that to keep the certificate pg/12/12a.
Censors guideline question “Was there any violence?"
Member of MPAA “I don't know, I couldn't tell what was happening."
Don't know how you can really like an action movie with awful fight scenes.
Yeah, the editing sucked. And Western directors have this habit of rapid cuts in action scenes which is a massive turn off for me. Look what James Wan did in Aquaman, the first action scene with Aquaman's mom...it was awesome. No cuts, just the camera panning around.
Skipping this film, watching End Game (I promised the kids) and then I'm out.
I've missed Civil War, Homecoming, Dr Strange, and both Ant Man films at the cinema. Fell asleep during Ragnarok. When I eventually Netflixed most of those I felt justified in not seeing them on the big screen.
I don't know whether the MCU is actually getting worse, or I'm simply growing tired of the formula. Either way, I feel I've done my duty, and won't be sad to bow out.
Saw it last night and just have to agree with him. Maybe it might improve with a second watch but it's a bit sloppy, takes a long time to get to the Captain Marvel bits and then once it does it finishes almost immediately!
I’m with Simon this time, but definitely see what Mark means. For the first half hour I thought we were in trouble but as soon as the movie arrived on Earth it started working. Any time Larson and Jackson were onscreen together I was smiling.
Gave up on the RedLetterMedia review to come watch this one.
Isn't saying something's "not far behind Black Panther" a little like saying something's "almost as tasty as blancmange"? Generally I keep hearing Black Panther was pretty average, and I expect this film is largely similar. As you can tell I've not really been keeping on top of the super hero genre; frankly I'm fatigued by the glut of increasingly niche comic-book characters dominating our cinema screens.
My fav pronunciation of the word "behemoth" since K-Billy
Films like this are mainly aimed at the younger audience.
Thank you both for your comments which have eliminated any doubts I had about this movie. I will now go and see it during the next few days.
Very good review. Very fair
Great review!
I loved the movie, but I'm also very invested in the MCU, as well as Carol Danvers as a character in general, and Larson as an actress, so a lot of the work was done for me before I even sat down. I won't say everything about it worked, but most of it did, and I was in a packed cinema where everyone sounded like they were having a great time.
Plus, the cat was wonderful. :)
I agree with Kermode. I'm a marvel fan and heavily invested in the MCU. It was a good film but was lacking a certain umpf... Jokes where definitely over done. 1 liners should be 1 liners not 3 installments of the same line repeated. Overall though good film just not great
6/10 from me. Kermode hit the nail on the head.
Just saw it. I had modest expectations and they were immensely surpassed. In my top ten Marvel films. I give it an 8.5 of 10.
Enjoyed hearing such a nuanced and generously spirited review, but the movie sounds at best inoffensive. Not the best adjective for a Marvel movie.
If you think Brie Larson was good you must have watched 'Room' because she was amazing in that. In this, she displayed incredible range from birch to walnut to pine to rosewood to, occasionally, eucalyptus even. She acted within the parametres of all kinds of timber.
Her birch was a bit sour tho
Hilarious. This guy's holding up Black Panther as the high mark of the MCU when it's firmly in the bottom tier for most fans.
Not as good as Black Panther? Now that sounds worrying...
Hey. I do not like Black Panther. I very much liked this movie. Go enjoy it.
Ignore. It's much better than the hugely over-rated Black Panther.
Moving Chicane - Why does that sound worrying? _Black Panther_ is one of the best MCU movies.
Moving Chicane many rank BP as the best or second best mcu movie...
Would have preferred captain marvel post endgame
I'm a Marvel fan and I didn't like Captain Marvel tbh, and I thought the alien cat was really silly. However, I do like the superhero: Captain Marvel and her powers and thought she was pretty cool in Endgame.
I have no opinion on this film as I don't typically see Marvel movies (just GOTG1+2 and Logan in recent years). Thank you Mark for being an honest critic. I always get the feeling Simon pressures Mark to support these big budget Disney movies wholeheartedly (remember Mary Poppins, "Imagine if I didn't like it!").
Best online review of the film I’ve seen...
Still bewildered why everyone raves about Black Panther. I got so frustrated by the plot I stopped watching, about 2/3 of the way through, which I almost never do. Ah well.
Thank god for Simon. Can you imagine how infuriating a lot of these reviews would be if he wasnt there to remind Mark about all the good things in a movie?
Kermode always says he's not invested in these films because of his age. I'm over 50 and i love the Superhero movies. Personally i liked this more than Wonder woman.
Very constructive review, much appreciated
So refreshing to see a review of the film that totally disregards all the rubbish about alleged SJW politics and the nerd boys whinging about Brie Larson's supposed lack of emotional acting like everyone's an acting coach all of a sudden, neither of which I could care less about. Just a straight review of the product. I like Brie herself in interviews, haven't actually seen any of her films so this one will make my first, hope I like it.
Hi Mark - Brie is a great actress. She needs to get back to Indie films in order to truly shine. You mentioned Wonder Woman. Beyond that being a super hero film, it was a really good film that could stand in any genre.
You're an old white guy I'm not sure you're allowed to review this one 😉
Mark Kermode: I'm not invested in this world, partly because of my age
Trust me, it's NOT because of your age.
I definitely wanted this to be odder. I didnt laugh at anything. But I liked the little quirks and nuances brie put into her performance.
“Good”
“Not as good as Black Panther”
It can only be one of those things, please choose.
Dunno about the UK, but in the States, the devil works hard, but the MCU promotional team works harder. My God! The non stop promotions!
The beginning was an awesome epic space opera story, which I was really enjoying, but knew it would eventually end up on earth as a superhero film. It started losing me at the farm house then really petered out and became boring in the finale. Just like Alita, all the conflicts get resolved when the main character goes into God Mode. And she’s a human spaceship at the end? It’s fine. B-
As always, a very fair review, although I have to say that the 'de-aged' Samuel Jackson really did bother me :) The only laughs I heard were from other dads when there were references to Alta Vista, dial-up connections and the like, but all in all I didn't have a clue what was going on. It was messy and noisy and I think I got as far as the bit when she met up with her old air force colleague and their reminiscences before I nodded off. Then when I woke up again it turned out that the bad guys were actually good guys or something like that and Scarlet Johansson had somehow made it onto the screen, and I realised that any attempts at understanding it were futile.
Wait a sec, Simon is older than Mark? Wtf
I thought it was perfectly adequate but perhaps doesn’t have the charm of other marvel character movies. Samuel l jackson was much needed for the movie which is a shame in a way as they had great opportunity to make their first female led film in the franchise as something great. Perhaps as well serving as a warm up act for endgame probably doesn’t help.
This movie was so BLAND. Doesn't help that the lead is played by an actress that is unbelievably boring and has one face for every emotion.
Turns out there are so many times you can do the zero to hero story. Who'd have thunk it.
I must admit I was surprised MK liked Wonder Woman. He and I are usually on the same page and I thought it was atrocious.
movie sucked. weirdly disjointed, it has like three different parts or styles that don't fit together, and then, at the end, when we get to resolving the actual story and character arcs (i guess), it lacks any intensity or investment, the picture is dark and the action is confusing, the villains are totally sidelined, there are funny moments and you know what the thing is about (so you may say - you don't need to focus on villains - or someething like that) but you don't feel it. also, how weird was it to hear nirvana in a mainstream movie, that was a treat, how weird was it then to hear hole in the credits.
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Christ alive, how has this only got 1.3k likes? This is the only review from about 10 I've watched which feels like a genuine review, and not some virgin dweeb bitching out of his basement.
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I agree with Mark on a lot of this. I saw the film before hearing the review and here's my brief thoughts:
Some really interesting shots that I liked, acting was generally good (Brie Larson didn't really feel like she ever really "fit" as Captain Marvel to me, but she wasn't ever bad), CGI was iffy at points (especially noticible during the inevitible smashy-smashy-explosions third act setpieces) but definitely servicible, plot held together well & the film got a good few chuckles out of me.
I wanted to enjoy it more than I ever actually did, but it was still a fun enough film. Probably on par with Doctor Strange (minus the awesome visual aesthetics), in my eyes.
To give it an arbitrary number that will mean nothing to anyone except me: 6.5/10 (Good, but not amazing - you'll enjoy it while you're watching it, but will quickly notice problems with it when you think back on it)
Wait, I thought Kermode on Film was cancelled.
Not a Marvel fan at all. But I didn’t know how much I needed to see a relatable, emotive female action hero kicking ass after ass after ass after ass to ‘Just A Girl’ by No Doubt until I saw it.
Comedy, sisterly love, and a bit with a cat. Fun and empowering, if a little (ok, a lottle) predictable.
The big question: Could someone who doesn't read comic books understand and enjoy this film? I've seen all the Marvel films and I get what's going on. But I have no idea who Captain Marvel is. I only vaguely heard about the Kree and Skrulls. I'm just not up on 40 years of Marvel characters and drama and the different reboots and re-imaginings and "retcons".
I’m with Simon thought it was great. Best superhero film in quite a while.
So long as the cat is good, I'm happy
I didn't really care for the film so I never saw it, much like guardians of the Galaxy 2, I just wasn't interested, I like cosmic fantasy stories. But those 2 films just didn't grab me for some reason.
He's being very careful in this one lol
Did the other guy really say its not as good as black panther.... black panther is the worst MCU movie by far and one of the worse movies I have seen in recent years so I really hope captain marvel is at least slightly better.
I saw it today, I LOVED it!
As someone who was once a huge MCU fan (and is still invested enough to have seen all the films in the cinema for the past 11 years) they have chugged along and are pretty much always solid but rarely anything exceptional these days (with the exception of Infinity War which I absolutely loved.) I could make an argument for Agents of Shield Season 4 being the best MCU related thing produced in recent memory but I'm one of the five people that is still watching that show.
Who can say Green Lantern rip off?
The MCU needs to have a serious think about what it wants to be post-endgame.
It was okay perfectly passable, not the best MCU film an don't sure how she'll fit into Endgame as she is sloooooooowwww powerful it could be over very quickly. Ben Mendelssohn was awesome, just not sure about the Skrulls and the path they decided to take.
I definitely didn't get the magical feeling I got from Infinty War or Black Panther.
I think every film should have a female lead role. And every remake of a film should have a female cast. Then we can all not go and see it, and Hollywood still don't get the hint.
I enjoyed it, I'd been looking forward to it for a while. I love Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy's run on the comic back in 2012. I had a fun time with the movie. It's not a shot in the arm these origin movies need. But it was a fun movie and a nice setup for Endgame.
Looking forward to seeing this. Have enjoyed all of the Marvel movies so far. Disappointed that Mark didn't review Border this week though. Would have been interested in hearing his thoughts.
The only one I really listen to .
I watched Infinity War with family members who are definitely not invested and we all thought that film was amazing.
Generally find myself in agreement with Mark. Good, but not top-tier. Thankfully not bogged down with agendas.
Very fair review, I am defo more on the Simon side of opinions though. I really enjoyed it.
I’m totally on Team Kermode for this. The movie is fine, but not magical. #adequate
Wait, an actual review of this film for the qualities of the actual film? What revelation!
simon was on fire this ep
Quite literally don't care about Captain Marvel. Endgame is the last one for me, almost 11 years of Marvel movies, all good things must come to an end.
'Not everyone who gives a thumbs down to this film is a Skrull, but all Skrulls will give this film a thumbs down' -Will Self.