{"id":27389,"date":"2023-11-09T00:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=27389"},"modified":"2023-11-09T00:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:43:36","slug":"the-marvels-feels-jumbled-and-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=27389","title":{"rendered":"THE MARVELS Feels Jumbled and Confusing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 105 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This motion picture from Disney and Marvel Studios opens\non November 10th, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been quite a ride for Marvel Studios over the last 15\nyears, with some 32 superhero films and more than a dozen series on various\nstreaming services. A lot of information has been delivered and recently there\nhave been more and more references to TV programs in the movie franchise.\nGenerally, this hasn\u2019t been a big issue but the latest film, The Marvels<\/em>,\nis something of a head-scratcher in that a fine knowledge of the Disney+ show Ms.\nMarvel<\/em> and WandaVision<\/em> appears vital to appreciating this effort. As\na reviewer walking into the picture cold, the film feels jumbled and confusing\nrather than exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has been in\ndeep space dealing with a civil war between alien humanoids called Kree and\nshapeshifting Skrulls. Close friend Monica Manbeau (Teyonah Parris), who was a\nchild in the previous film, has grown up and is working with Nick Fury (Samuel\nL. Jackson) in space, investigating a series of space\/time portal anomalies. As\nthe film begins, teenage mutant Kamala Khan, who calls herself Ms. Marvel (Iman\nVellani), comes under attack by forces threatening to take her bracelet, which\npossesses unique powers. Thanks to the item, the three heroes find themselves\nunexpectedly swapping places across the universe. They soon become aware of the\nDar-Benn (Zawe Ashton), a Kree warrior with a similar bracelet who wants to open\nportals in order to steal natural resources from other worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned, the film assumes viewers are very familiar\nwith Manbeau and Khan, as the chaos starts immediately and the three use their\nspecific set of skills to fight off Kree enemies. There\u2019s an expository\nreference or two in the middle of battles (and sometimes after these\nconfrontations) to events that have allowed them to develop their abilities,\nbut the details are unclear and underdeveloped. In fact, for this reviewer the\ninitial impression was similar to walking into a program already in progress and\nattempting to play catch up to determine exactly who everyone is and why these\nevents are occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cast are all charismatic and the tone is lighter than\nother films of its ilk, which allows for some comic interplay during early\nbattles as the characters spend time together. Strange alien cats known as\nFlerken are used in a bizarre manner late in the picture, and the leads visit a\nunique faraway world where the population only communicates through song. And\nnaturally, Nick Fury offers a few amusing comments as his space station is\nthreatened. These bits do offer a chuckle or two, but nothing significant that\nmakes a lasting impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead, it is primarily concerned with rushing through\npersonal drama as well in its attempts to reach its destination as quickly as\npossible. The screenplay attempts to bring up a subplot between Manbeau and\nDanvers, who has vanished for years during her extended period of time in outer\nspace, but the potential isn\u2019t developed or maximized. It is resolved with a\nline or two between the characters and a few tears. One also would have liked\nmore attention paid to the villain, whose personal suffering and desire for\nvengeance could have been emphasized more to make the character into an even\nbigger menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One assumes there was more material eliminated for the sake\nof pacing, but the result is a jarring effort will leave casual fans and\nnewbies with questions about the characters and events. The filmmakers haven\u2019t\ngiven enough time with the leads to relate to what they\u2019re experiencing or feel\nany sense of palpable tension. While it has a few entertaining moments, The\nMarvels<\/em> is one of the weakest efforts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and\nis a rarity in that it might have benefitted from a longer running time and\nextended narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: For those interested, there is one extra sequence\nafter the first set of closing credits, but oddly enough, no final bonus clip\nat the very end of the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 105 minutes This motion picture from Disney and Marvel Studios opens on November 10th, 2023. It\u2019s been quite a ride for Marvel Studios over the last 15 years, with some 32 superhero films and more than a dozen series on various streaming services. A lot of information has been delivered and recently there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[213,3533,3872,4668,4669,5922,9679,13333,13334,13339,17598,19362,19795,21543,21544,21545,21546,24749],"class_list":["post-27389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-213","tag-brie-larson","tag-captain-marvel","tag-comic-book","tag-comic-book-adaptation","tag-disney","tag-iman-vellani","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","tag-marvel-productions","tag-samuel-l-jackson","tag-superhero","tag-teyonah-parris","tag-the-marvels","tag-the-marvels-film-review","tag-the-marvels-movie-review","tag-the-marvels-review","tag-zawe-ashton"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}