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Captain Marvel - Movie Review

Digital Sales

With the release of Captain Marvel, many retailers are offering several of the Marvel movies for $15 each. I was planning to talk about all the digital sales on Fridays but my followers are few and sales change every week. So I have decided to change things up a little bit again. I will keep Tuesdays for new and early access movies along with where to get them but I have decided to make Friday's movie reviews. I would enjoy any following this site to post comments on potential movies they would like reviewed.

Marvel Releases Dates

I want to say Marvel has been releasing movies to coincide with event celebrations. Last year, Black Panther came out in February. This was one of the first time a Marvel movie came out in February. Did anyone think this was due to February being Black History Month? If not, I bet you are thinking about it now.

Why do I mention this? Captain Marvel is the first Marvel movie with a female lead. They couldn't let DC get away with having Wonder Woman be the only comic book movie with a female lead. So why did they decide March 8 would be a good day to release this female lead movie? Today is International Women's Day. Coincidence? Not when it come to Marvel. 

I am sure there are other Marvel movies that were released to match other events. Please add any you know in the comments.

Movie Review

I will try to limit any spoilers. Captain Marvel is actual a pilot named Carol Danvers who gains fantastic powers to become a superhero. If you are thinking Captain Marvel was a boy who says Shazam to change into a superhero, you would be thinking the superhero from the DC Universe.  That movie comes out April 5. For those of us old enough, there was a TV series called Shazam in the 1070s.

The opening credits were a tribute to Stan Lee with the superheroes were replace with all of his cameo scenes. This is not a spoiler to the movie but is touching to see as this was probably one of the last movies Stan has a cameo in. 

A fellow movie goer said after 20 minutes that the movie was going slow. I don't agree with that assessment but am including it in case you watch it and agree. The movie starts in space before coming to Earth. Although not mentioned during the film, the story takes place in the 1990s. I feel they did an excellent job of keeping period accurate. Hard to say that with a straight face but I have to realize some people watching the movie might have been born in the 1990s.

My son mentioned and I agree they did so much to keep continuity with several Marvel movies that are based in our current time. Several characters are in the movie like Nick Fury, Agent Coulson, Korath, and Ronan. Nick Fury and Agent Coulson look their age with the advantage of special effects. Upon reflection, the movie did not overdue the camera shaking. The shaking the camera effect, I feel, has been abused in action movies far too long. I am glad this one did not overdue it. 

There are flashbacks to give you the story of how Carol got her powers that take most of the movie before you have all the answers. If you are not a fan of flashbacks for story telling, this may not be the movie for your. I will say that there is plenty of action with a decent story. There were parts that even surprised me which is saying a lot. I believe the credit scene was excellent and the post credit scene was an improvement to some of the other post credit scenes that we have seen as of late.

If you are like me and enjoy seeing the Marvel movies in the theater, this is one to watch. If you prefer to save your money, I recommend going to a matinee or if you are a AMC stubs member, come to Findlay on Tuesdays for their $5 movies (except on holidays).

Rating

I would give this movie at least an HD digital purchase rating.  As this is a Disney own movie, it will rarely go less than $20 but it is worth $20.  I used my Microsoft Rewards Points to purchase the UHD copy with $25 gift card.

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