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Did 'The Marvels' Deserve The Hate It Got? — CultureSlate (www.cultureslate.com)
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[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

The Marvels immediately fell victim to false narratives and culture war nonsense

People with shitty opinions have shitty opinions. Surprise!

I'm not saying you have ignore the elephant in the room when covering the film but you don't need to keep bringing it up as though the people with shitty takes have valid criticism. They're not arguing in good faith.

Now, did the The Marvels have issues as a film? Yes.

The two biggest, barely mentioned in this article, were the shortened run time which led to a rushed storyline and the weak character development of the films primary villain.

The film skips the more interesting story of how Captain Marvel became viewed not as the savior of all worlds, but as the villain of the Kree.

We also have the resentment of Monica towards Captain Marvel. I think the film generally handled this well, but it was weird that these characters never spoke before the film. It would have been nice if they had an attempted but more strained relationship as this film starts.

And if course to contrast all this Kamala absolutely adores Captain Marvel. The "why" isn't really explained. Captain Marvel is mostly out in space, so what did she do to gain her appreciation? Even if we say that she saved the day in Endgame, Kamala would only have second had accounts of these events.

The film needed a bit more world building. It needed more time to tell it's story. Instead we got an extended cat montage. While memorable (ha) and funny, it doesn't add to the story.

But do I hate The Marvels? No. It's a disappointment. It should have been better.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

The film skips the more interesting story of how Captain Marvel became viewed not as the savior of all worlds, but as the villain of the Kree.

YES. This could have been a worthwhile movie by itself. Blowing the chance to take a non-human perspective was a missed opportunity.

Overall, I’d say The Marvels wasn’t an especially good movie, but the hate it got was ridiculously disproportionate.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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