The primary trailer for The Marvels, the subsequent MCU film, is right here – and it appears prefer it’s bringing precisely the type of enjoyable journey the previous few entries within the timeline have been lacking. The follow-up to Captain Marvel appears like a team-up film that is taking its cues from the first Avengers film, however with some added chaotic area farce.
The large query I had about this film is how it could deliver collectively the three ‘Marvel’-branded heroes with out it coming throughout as ridiculous coincidence, and the trailer solutions it: the movie’s setup is that Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson), Kamala Khan’s (Iman Vellani), and Monica Rambeau’s (Teyonah Parris) powers are entangled, and after they use them, they swap locations. That is even extra of a ridiculous coincidence than I anticipated, and I believe that is why it really works for me – it leans to this point into it, it comes out clear the opposite aspect.
Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers gained her powers from a mis-used Infinity Stone in, unsurprisingly, Captain Marvel; Monica Rambeau gained hers from Scarlet Witch’s bizarre actuality area through the occasions of WandaVision; and Kamala Khan gained hers from an alien bangle (and in addition, possibly, some type of… mutation) throughout Ms Marvel. Try our full MCU timeline article for catch up, however these three are clearly the principle tales you will need to know going into this film, although I believe you can skip WandaVision (Monica’s story may be very minor in it total, and could be summed up as: she will get powers).
The essential factor is that the general team-up really feel right here is the closest Marvel has come to The Avengers since, effectively, The Avengers. The factor about that film is that it is a lot enjoyable, and actually embraces the totally different personalities of its heroes. Carol Danvers is likely one of the strongest beings within the universe, Monica Rambeau is discovering her ft together with her new powers, and Kamala Khan is simply glad to be right here.
They will do various things, and their powers are going to work together in enjoyable methods. They dwell in several methods, so we’re gonna get three totally different fish-out-of-water films in a single. Take a look at the scene the place they’re battling one another and maintain swapping locations! It simply appears enjoyable.
And that is type of a reduction after the MCU’s beforehand dependable enjoyable franchise, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, took a flip for the annoyingly epic and darkish, and never precisely with glowing outcomes. Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly was additionally nonbarrel of snickers, although for a lot better purpose.
This film appears prefer it’s getting again to what made individuals get on board with the MCU within the first place – this is hoping the film bears it out, and takes a spot among the many greatest Disney Plus films when it arrives on streaming later.