The sequel to the Marvel Studios film which did over a billion dollars at box office but everybody hated, now has a sequel. Why though? Because that money talked louder than the haters. When I review stuff, I really do try to not let the thoughts of others and the drama surrounding the release have too much of a focus. But it really is difficult to talk about a Captain Marvel movie without any mention of the hate campaign which has driven so much of the discourse and straight-up toxicity around it. And it’s really unfortunate for Marvel Studios that it’s reached a point that this is going to hang over anything they put out with Captain Marvel. But some of this is of their own doing, and we’ll get to that. Not only was The Marvels having to release knowing there was a hate train for the first film and Brie Larson, it also had the unfortunate fate of releasing during the SAG-AFTRA strike. And it also had to release in the wake of the fallout caused by the critical and commercial pannings
An issue with a fair few of Marvel Studios’ films and shows as of late, is that they are tonally all over the place. There’s no real sense of what each of them ultimately wants to be. And this was even a problem with one of phase 4’s strongest offerings; Shang-Chi and The Legend of the 10 Rings. Quantumania is very sure of what it wants to be, but ends up not being what it should have been. An Ant-Man movie.