Opinion: 'Captain Marvel' is the 'Lean In' of superhero movies
Brie Larson in a scene from"Captain Marvel." By Alyssa Rosenberg Alyssa Rosenberg Opinion writer covering culture Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 7 at 4:10 PM This column discusses the plot of “Captain Marvel” in general terms.
Our titular heroine is first introduced in 1995 as Vers, a member of the elite — literally blue-blooded — race of Kree warriors. Vers is having pesky dreams of a different life, one in which her father and brother were mean to her about her desire to race go-karts, and an obnoxious pilot taunts her by saying “You do know why they call it a cockpit.
But just because Carol is absent from the planet during those events doesn’t mean they didn’t happen, or that her rude comrade-in-arms is an aberration rather than an expression of a specific culture. As a result, “Captain Marvel” often feels like its period setting was picked for the soundtrack opportunities or the chance to make pay phone, Blockbuster and AltaVista jokes rather than for its events and ideas.
Because the movie fails to say much of anything about Earth, “Captain Marvel” misses an opportunity to develop a potentially powerful parallel between the two military services in which Carol serves. Early in the film, the commander of Carol’s Kree special forces squadron, Yon-Rogg , insists that he is asking her to suppress her emotions only because he wants her to be the best version of herself as they gear up for a fight against the hated Skrulls.
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