Captain Marvel
Her name is Carol. Her name is Vers. She (Brie Larson) believes she's Kree, an alien spacefaring race at war with the Skrulls, who look like green Orcs. She belongs to a Special Forces-type unit led by Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). As a Kree, she has no idea she's really from Earth until her capture by Skrulls. They probe her mind, dislodging memories of her life on C-53, i.e. Earth.
Vers, or Carol, knew Dr. Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening) when they served together on an Air Force base. Carol tested Lawson's experimental airplane, a prototype of a faster than light spaceship using advanced inter-dimensional technology sought by the Skrulls. The Kree believe the Skrulls want this technology so they can more completely invade Kree space. In fact, they want it for another reason. The Skrulls are not what they seem to be, neither are the Kree.
Vers got her name when Yon-Rogg found Carol Danvers' bisected dog tags. Carol, protecting the mortally wounded Dr. Lawson after the prototype crashes, shot down by Kree ships, destroys the sophisticated technology powering the engine, causing tendrils of blue light to envelop test pilot Danvers. Somehow, comic book-wise, she's transformed into a Kree/Human hybrid, blue-blooded and lacking memories of her Earth female past. Yon-Rogg takes her home and becomes her mentor.
Vers, six years later, ends up back on Earth, encounters Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) of S.H.I.E.L.D., well before he knew of superheroes. It's 1995. Music by Garbage, Nirvana, Hole, Elastica, fills the soundtrack. 1990s cars and fashions abound. It's one of the film's interesting aspects, a movie depicting mid-1990s America--not a time often explored in cinema.
The film's best asset is twenty-nine year old Brie Larson, an Academy Award winning actress,
blonde with strong features and a riveting screen presence. She's convincing as a Kree warrior, moving effectively as a fighter. Balancing her action-packed side, Larson gives a strong emotive performance as someone slowly discovering her hidden past.
These dramatic pieces not involving action and CGI, make Captain Marvel, the newly released Marvel Studios film, a cut above some of the others based on comic books. Like Logan, Captain Marvel relies on a foundation of good storytelling, leaving the viewer guessing much of the time, with surprises here and there.
In addition, I didn't feel bludgeoned by an overwrought and overlong CGI-heavy crapfest like the second Avengers movie, or Captain America: Civil War. Captain Marvel shows how this kind of film can be done with taste, humor, and artfulness, its heroine played by a fabulous actress, her transformation into something beyond human, yet human, magnificent to watch.
Vic Neptune
Her name is Carol. Her name is Vers. She (Brie Larson) believes she's Kree, an alien spacefaring race at war with the Skrulls, who look like green Orcs. She belongs to a Special Forces-type unit led by Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). As a Kree, she has no idea she's really from Earth until her capture by Skrulls. They probe her mind, dislodging memories of her life on C-53, i.e. Earth.
Vers, or Carol, knew Dr. Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening) when they served together on an Air Force base. Carol tested Lawson's experimental airplane, a prototype of a faster than light spaceship using advanced inter-dimensional technology sought by the Skrulls. The Kree believe the Skrulls want this technology so they can more completely invade Kree space. In fact, they want it for another reason. The Skrulls are not what they seem to be, neither are the Kree.
Vers got her name when Yon-Rogg found Carol Danvers' bisected dog tags. Carol, protecting the mortally wounded Dr. Lawson after the prototype crashes, shot down by Kree ships, destroys the sophisticated technology powering the engine, causing tendrils of blue light to envelop test pilot Danvers. Somehow, comic book-wise, she's transformed into a Kree/Human hybrid, blue-blooded and lacking memories of her Earth female past. Yon-Rogg takes her home and becomes her mentor.
Vers, six years later, ends up back on Earth, encounters Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) of S.H.I.E.L.D., well before he knew of superheroes. It's 1995. Music by Garbage, Nirvana, Hole, Elastica, fills the soundtrack. 1990s cars and fashions abound. It's one of the film's interesting aspects, a movie depicting mid-1990s America--not a time often explored in cinema.
The film's best asset is twenty-nine year old Brie Larson, an Academy Award winning actress,
blonde with strong features and a riveting screen presence. She's convincing as a Kree warrior, moving effectively as a fighter. Balancing her action-packed side, Larson gives a strong emotive performance as someone slowly discovering her hidden past.
These dramatic pieces not involving action and CGI, make Captain Marvel, the newly released Marvel Studios film, a cut above some of the others based on comic books. Like Logan, Captain Marvel relies on a foundation of good storytelling, leaving the viewer guessing much of the time, with surprises here and there.
In addition, I didn't feel bludgeoned by an overwrought and overlong CGI-heavy crapfest like the second Avengers movie, or Captain America: Civil War. Captain Marvel shows how this kind of film can be done with taste, humor, and artfulness, its heroine played by a fabulous actress, her transformation into something beyond human, yet human, magnificent to watch.
Vic Neptune
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