{"id":21352,"date":"2019-06-03T07:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21352"},"modified":"2019-06-15T21:43:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T04:43:51","slug":"review-captain-marvel-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/06\/review-captain-marvel-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Marvel Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong> has a flawed even messy plot yet I did find some entertainment value, mostly with Samuel L. Jackson, the de-aging effects and the visual effects as a whole, and while Brie Larson doesn\u2019t quite shine my hope is she gets something to work with on the eventual sequel.<\/p>\n

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Captain Marvel<\/span>
\n(2019)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Science Fiction, Fantasy<\/span>
\nDisney | PG13 \u2013 124 min. \u2013 $24.99 | June 11, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/03\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck<\/span>
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Nicole Perlman & Meg LeFauve and Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet (story), Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet (screenplay)<\/span>
\nCast: <\/strong>Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Clark Gregg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel<\/span>
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<\/span>
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)<\/span>
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39<\/span>
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish<\/span>
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.61 GB<\/span>
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>41.73 Mbps<\/span>
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<\/span>
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Walt Disney Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This review does contain plenty of SPOILERS<\/strong> on the plot, so reader beware!<\/p>\n

Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong> is the first female-led movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, have to preface that since DC, for once, beat them to the punch. Since comparisons with DC\u2019s Wonder Woman<\/em> are inevitable, I will say I did prefer WW<\/em> to CM<\/em>, but to be honest, I\u2019ve grown up a DC fan. As Marvel movies go, Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong> in terms of quality is lower-tier, alongside the likes of Ant-Man<\/em> and Doctor Strange<\/em>, not to say this was at all bad, and there is quite a bit to admire, but it\u2019s not as good of an origin movie like Iron Man<\/em> though I would say it is stronger than Thor<\/em> and even Captain America<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The movie opens with a woman named Vers (BRIE LARSON) living on the planet of Kree in the capital city of Hala. Vers is plagued with dreams, getting snippets here and there. She is under the command of Yon-Rogg (JUDE LAW), a part of an elite Starforce unit \u2014 comprised of Korath (DJIMON HOUNSOU), Bron-Char (RUNE TEMTE), Minn-Erva (GEMMA CHAN), Att-Lass (ALGENIS PEREZ SOTO) \u2014 and sent to retrieve an operative working undercover with the Skrulls, the Krees mortal enemy. Upon arrival to the planet where his operative is huddled down, the unit is ambushed and Vers captured.<\/p>\n

As the Skrulls attempt to extract her memories, we learn more about her past when she is in fact human, having a life as a fighter pilot and working with Dr. Wendy Lawson (ANNETTE BENING) who is developing a light speed tech which the Skrulls apparently want to get a hold of to turn the tide of war\u2026 But Vers does manage to escape from their contraption and onto an escape ship, which crash lands onto Earth and she is lunged right into a Blockbuster Video store, meaning the movie takes place way back in 1995 (f**k am I old). Thankfully, outside a few references, like music or computers, the reminders of this time period is kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n

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Vers’s presence leads her to meet a young Nick Fury (SAMUEL L. JACKSON), a lower ranking member of S.H.I.E.L.D. as this juncture along with Agent Coulson (CLARK GREGG). Of course he\u2019s not exactly buying her explanation of the Skrulls coming on Earth and their shape shifting capabilities, but before long begins to believe especially after encountering one, during which we do get a fun subway chase which also involves the much talked about Vers punching the face of an elderly lady.<\/p>\n

Basically the movie becomes a buddy-action movie as Vers and Fury go on the hunt to find Dr. Lawson and in the process, she discovers who she really is: Carole Danvers and little by little her memory unlocks to what really happened and how she ended up on Kree. Won\u2019t spoil any more, though pretty anyone could see the twist coming.<\/p>\n

Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong> is hardly perfect, in fact can\u2019t say it\u2019s great but I was mostly entertained throughout its reasonable two-hour running time (refreshing not to have something that\u2019s 150-minutes plus) and the movie has a few things going for it. On the technical side, the visual effects are spectacular, no terrible CGI like we saw in Black Panther<\/em> and the de-aging done on Samuel L. Jackson was also pretty phenomenal, as was Jackson and his usual charming self, actually makes me want to see a Nick Fury film. Kind of.<\/p>\n

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The other acting was fine, but nothing noteworthy from Jude Law to Annette Bening to, yes, Brie Larson who at least showed a little more personality than she had in her brief appearance in Avengers: Endgame<\/em>, but not very much as, outside maybe a couple moments, has one mode: constipation, or maybe determination, I couldn’t tell which. I\u2019m not sure who\u2019s to blame because Larson has shown herself to be a tremendous actress so perhaps the script and direction from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (filmmakers behind Mississippi Grind<\/em> co-starring Ben Mendolsohn who plays a Skrull) or, in the case of Endgame<\/em>, forcing the Russo Brothers to fit the character in. I\u2019m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and maybe she\u2019ll shine better in the eventual Captain Marvel 2<\/em>, either that or truly she was miscast.<\/p>\n

There is plenty wrong with the script which at times makes no sense and is illogical from how this advanced tech didn’t make it into the hands of the humans down to how Fury is using the term \u201cS.H.I.E.L.D.\u201d when that acronym wasn’t utilized until 2008\u2019s Iron Man<\/em>. Nit-picky for sure, but for a company like Marvel running like a well-oiled machine, and one that can nicely retcon events and not piss off its audience, would’ve been more aware of these inaccuracies. But the biggest sin the script does we are mostly told<\/em> about Danvers past instead of showing it. Yes, we get a few flashbacks but we\u2019re told<\/em> she didn’t get along with her parents\u2026 why not show that? There are many other aspects of Danvers\u2019s life that couldn\u2019t been explored much better, and that does lie at the feet of Boden and Fleck (and whomever at Disney\/Marvel also worked on\u00a0 the script).<\/p>\n

With all of that said, I at least did find Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong> mostly entertaining though certainly had the opportunity to be great. Still, the effects work was impressive and I did enjoy seeing Jackson\u2019s Nick Fury having a larger role compared with his previous MCU appearances.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a title-embossed slip cover<\/strong> and a code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy which contains two exclusive featurettes: What Makes a Memory: Inside the \u201cMind Frack\u201d<\/u><\/strong> and Journey into Visual Effects with Victoria Alonso<\/u><\/strong>. Unfortunately you would need to redeem the code just to watch them… online. Wave of the future, I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Co-Writers\/Co-Directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck take viewers down the road on their process of making the movie like how they became involved, what drew them to the characters, providing bits of information on how some scenes were shot, etc.<\/p>\n

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