The Marvels
I had a decent amount of fun with the bodyswap concept. Some of the comedic set-pieces, such as the singing planet and the kitten feed, were silly in a good way. It's a very light movie and that's where it works. <PERSON> as <PERSON> steals the spotlight. A star in the making for sure. She's so fun.
Aside from a weak villain and too much sci-fi jargon, I mostly had issues with the editing. Some sequences didn't flow very well, and it was easy to lose track of characters' whereabouts.
An okay time. 19
6/10
I wanna talk about the state of Marvel for a bit. Their current situation is weird, and self-inflicted. I almost didn't watch this movie, and it would have been the first Marvel movie I skipped, if I didn't happen to find the perfect time to watch it tonight between book club and picking up my husband from the airport. I still haven't seen half the shows. It's hard to care anymore, and it's definitely because Marvel are pumping out too much stuff, and at a frequently lower quality. When your whole thing is built on an interconnected universe, the more pieces you add, the easier it is for audiences to get lost and eventually give up. I don't care if the MCU eventually dies out, but if they want to thrive again, they really need to reconsider their storytelling strategy. It needs a breather. 457