Review: ‘The Marvels Is Exactly The Great, Fun Superhero Movie Marvel Studios Needs
Marvel Studios is expecting a negative storyline and an unfavorable box office environment in 2023 with The Marvels, the billion-dollar sequel to the blockbuster Captain Marvel . Unfortunately, despite shaky box office prospects, Marvels is a cool and fun comic book show that Marvel Studios, audiences, and superhero movies need.
After earning $6.5 million in the US on Thursday , Marvel's Friday total surpassed $20 million, surprisingly below initial estimates. For now, it will need slightly more than The Marvels' previous $60 million projection on Saturday and a better Sunday result.
The $50 million shows where it will be when the local dust settles, but it's still early days. Probably the combination of Miracles , Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton and Samuel L. Jackson promoting the film for free (the SAG-AFTRA strike ends this week) and Taylor Swift's comeback weekend: The Eras Tour and The Swifties they have A team that is in the top two or three of the theaters to help raise "Wonders" even higher. Some accept them.
Forbes More Marvel Studios Releases Praised by Mark HughesUnfortunately, we don't see many signs of this yet, and it may be too late to help. For months , much of the Marvel media has focused on the online backlash against Captain Marvel and actress Brie Larson (whose venomous fans went nuts when she suggested they interview more women, only... they were mostly [white] men). or wondering if Marvel's supposed tail end will lead to the darkness and failure of the super-sequel.
Rumors, false accusations and incitement to racism and misogyny have been going on for months both in public statements and in the persistent subtext. When a reviewer complains that the movie is aimed at teenage girls, not comic book fans, teenage girls aren't allowed in a club where the "real fans" live. And beneath that paranoid, lazy, bigoted attitude lie the eyes and shoulders of many critics, including many other men who display no reactionary hatred of the franchise, characters, or artists.
Yes, I know there are many subjective opinions about art. Yes, I know some viewers are so used to the MCU that it's too easy for them to get comfortable with the story and go with the flow.
This audience gets bored over time, no matter how good each new product is from a purely technical level, because of familiarity - consciously and subconsciously, as with any franchise, we sometimes know the pulse of the story and the nuances of the narrative. genders . or the world we are in. As we spend more time, getting to know the characters and the world dictates when the tattoos will appear, what they might contain, etc. it is becoming easier to predict.
How can The Wonders benefit from promoting Mark Hughes' Taylor Swift: Eras over Forbes ?If you are not excited and happy to revisit this world and meet these characters, then seeing their world and the latest problems in their personal lives will lose all interest for you, especially if you spend a lot of mental energy. two dozen films. Driven by an extensive history of the previous decade.
But there's a big difference between people who've seen too much Marvel and superheroes and had enough and now want something else, or people who don't like specific stories in the superhero genre, or people who are Marvel fans. . somehow it is like that in my stories. There's no real connection here, especially compared to the people who focus so much energy, aggression, and hostility on films with female leads or interracial characters.
The latter cannot accept the comments of others who praise the films, they are ready to discuss racism and sexism - the eternal sexism, "everyone is not ____" and many other clichéd excuses and denials in these discussions. . Unfortunately, much of the debate surrounding Marvel and Marvel's supposed "downward spiral" is fueled and fueled by blatantly toxic fans and those who engage in this more passive and aggressive denial.
More of Mark Hughes' Forbes 10 Great Superhero Horror Movies Scare You Halloween 2023Feedback is only part of the equation, as 2023 is a difficult year for many reasons: the studios' refusal to negotiate a fair deal with the guilds until the last minute has hindered the project's ability to progress properly; The Covid era coincides with the dominance of streaming and growing viewing habits, which has increased the popularity of theater and television; Yes, these are valid arguments about Marvel's struggles and the public's moderate and enduring interest in superhero movies. All of this, along with backlash and other less influential factors (like release dates), put downward pressure on Marvel's box office.
And that's a shame, because Marvel's success is the kind of summertime popcorn success we've come to expect from Marvel; the problem is that it's the fall of a particularly bad year for movies. I think the Christmas release gave the film a better chance to get the word out and be shown to a wider audience in the new year.
Marvels is full of real passion and excitement, a great simple sci-fi story, a charming cast, lots of unique action scenes and great chemistry. It's a lot of fun, it feels perfectly paced, and it shows that Marvel is in a place where it doesn't have to explain anything, it can tell its story very quickly in a world we all know or understand, so it takes more time. for story telling and character.
The characters generally fit the Ethos (Captain Marvel), Logos (Monica Rambeau) and Pathos (Ms. Marvel) and it's interesting to see how they interact and live and bring these roles to their stories, even in action, to a great extent. . . the scenes Combine dynamic elements.
Their interaction to build or rebuild relationships is the real engine of the story, based on two grown men who overcome the sadness of lost time and never say goodbye. Captain Marvel took her memories, Monica Rambeau "torn her down" and lost five years when her mother died, and both women are still coming to terms with what they've lost.
Forbes' 10 More Great Mark Hughes Movies You Haven't Seen in 2023, But ShouldMeanwhile, Ms. Marvel struggles with the hope of meeting her idol Captain Marvel and adjusts to how things unfold, but her faith and determination are the heart of the team, while her teammates learn from experience and disaster to minimize casualties. battlefield battlefield Making tough decisions, Ms. Marvel with someone willing to take all the risks to try and save everyone. His family also appears throughout the film and it was impressive to see how tightly the thread held the various elements together and provided a strong connective tissue.
Part of what makes Marvel so fun and rewarding is that it embraces and welcomes all the girls and women that some of its fans take offense to and want to stay away from the fandom entirely. They deserve a place in cinema and among fans, not the toxic, record-breaking voices of pseudo-gatekeepers, vile, hateful comments, and critics who mock the idea of girls and young people forever. the women Something worth saying or adding.
Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends: that's what Wonders is about, and the film finds a way to keep those themes alive in the action and transitions as well. How the characters meet, confront, connect and combine their rhythms determines their final role in the outcome, and the resolution of their arcs is how the story unfolds.
It may seem obvious what a story is supposed to do, but it's surprising how often a story is forgotten or not known to begin with. Everything here is so well done and feels effortless, which is all the more important because they often forget to try. It is equally disappointing that realistic attempts also fail.
But Nia DaCosta directs The Miracles with a brilliant and delicious attention to detail that defines how much the story and its characters resonate with us and feel exciting and satisfying. The magic is how DaCosta makes this film feel fresh and alive at the same time: the hour and forty-five minutes fly by, but you feel like you're watching a longer, more detailed story.
More than Forbes ' Flower Moon Killer, ai Mark Hughes : "2023 Big Budget Gap"And the action is one of the most original concepts and executions we've seen in the genre, with characters moving between the ends of the galaxy, in different parts of the city or in the same room. - Whenever one of the two uses their powers. First there are three separate but simultaneous battles, then several other crises, and finally a climactic foreshadowing, and the shifting perspectives and apparent randomness are intricately but beautifully executed.
Conceptually, it reminds me of Doctor Strange's epic climactic battle, choreographed chaos with an internal logic that slowly unravels as the film begins to make sense, as if we're listening to spoken language that takes time to come back to us. . As the characters improve and learn to coordinate and control, we get better and better until they hold the keys like a pro.
DaCosta has been criticized by the press and fans for not attacking male filmmakers, especially white ones, for making such statements despite knowing full well how disgusting the professionals really are.
DaCosta did what white male filmmakers were praised for , but in his case it led to blame and humiliation. And sit back and realize that the reality of institutionalized racism and sexism, especially lately in Hollywood, will never go away, and the external pressure and shame is so strong whenever the PR blitz tries to make it look like studios and awards. the teams are paying… money. attention Try to "do better" until it all goes away and everything goes back to being racist/sexist.
More on Forbes Could The Hunger Games Be No. 1 at the Box Office in November 2023? Mark HughesSo yes, much of the backlash, coverage, and fan backlash surrounding Marvels comes from racism and sexism, or by extension those fundamental and institutional aspects of society, entertainment, journalism, and fandom. It all started with the venomous rage of fans against Brie Larson and it hasn't stopped. It's ugly, disgusting, dishonest, self-centered, immature, a blot on fandom and the entertainment press.
Marvel deserves better. More importantly, people who perform miracles deserve better. However, since this is a superhero movie, even the few voices that might oppose outright bias and discrimination laugh, agree, or simply laugh because it helps. it undermines racism and sexism.
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is trying to say is that not everyone who doesn't like them is legitimate and not sexist or racist and/or has other valid complaints about the studio and the movie is tainted by shame and those conversations are difficult. to have, even if they are worth having. they add context and points.
Marvel is a turning point for the genre, the studio, and the fandom. It's one of the best films in the multiverse saga, a brilliant sequel to Captain Marvel , an exciting, fun and eye-opening 4D sci-fi thriller that takes us back and forth across the universe, but in the end it's a blur. compared to the previous film. press and fans. Marvel
