Captain Marvel unambiguously represents a fresh new face for the Marvel Cinematic Universe — she is, as you’ve surely heard by now, the franchise’s first solo female movie lead.
Yet Captain Marvel, the movie surrounding her, feels, for better or for worse, like so much of what has come before it.
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The tone strikes that familiar mix of earnest heroism and relatable humor. The action sequences rely less on clever choreography and camerawork than on shiny CG and emotional resonance. Much of the plot hinges on twists we’ve seen in other Marvel movies.
And despite the intergalactic premise and period setting — Captain Marvel a.k.a. Carol Danvers, played by Brie Larson, starts out as an alien soldier in the 1990s — the sets largely resemble that nondescript airplane hangar from Captain America: Civil War. Read more…
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