Iman Vellani's letterboxd is iconic
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The Marvels (Spoilers)
Hello again my friends, today I'm watching The Marvels. I actually really like the first one, but phase 4 Marvel has been so disappointing that I'm not going into this with high hopes. Let's get into it.
Man, these new Marvel films are like multi-million dollar cartoon episodes. Same amount of exposition, same amount of world building, same basic scripts. I don't like it. I really wish they would attempt a little actual narrative construction instead of minutes-long fight and flying scenes. The stories are so bizarre because most of the villains have valid gripes, but the narratives are so half-baked that I'm pretty sure I couldn't tell you what they are by the time the movie is over. The villain was SO BORING and her wig looked like plastic Barbie hair. I feel like actually bad for Zawe Ashston, there was nothing she could do for that script.
Other than that, I have a few thoughts:
The CG is so corny. I've never seen a film that looked so much like it was filmed exclusively in front of green screens. It's dystopian - can you imagine having to go to work every day and channel emotions into some lines where you're the only one in front of the camera and there's no real environment to set the tone? Gross
The cartoon animation in the beginning is not giving "Into the Spiderverse", it's giving low budget kids movie.
I do still really like Samuel L Jackson as Fury. He's good comedic relief. I wish they'd let him swear.
I am having trouble with the fact that they have cross-universe travel, but not working telecoms for characters that are close to one another.
The switching places while fighting was really cool. I think it's the only "new" thing this movie really had to offer.
Kamala was the lifeblood of this movie. Her fight choreography and lines were the best out of anyone on the cast. Also, I knew Iman Vellani was Canadian as soon as she said "what're we doing?" when they met Fury on the space station again. It was so cute.
The fact that they had a montage of what must have been like... two hours of training? Guys. Come on. This is worse than Percy Jackson getting two days to train before recovering the master bolt.
Bro WHY is Park Seo-Joon in this movie?????
Verdict: the first third wasn't great, but I actually didn't hate it. The end made me gag though. Like Marvel can we fucking chill out with the new teams. You spent 1/3 of the movie explaining why all these characters are here and now you're going to make me deal with more packed-in exposition in the next one???????? Give me a BREAK. I don't want new dimensions, I want you to explain this one better!!
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So I watched The Marvels - Letterboxd
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