My thoughts on The Marvels!

Okay, so it has officially been a bit since The Marvels has come out, but I am SO excited to talk to you all about this! Apologies for getting this out so late. Between catching up on work since the strike ended, and also going on a Disney trip with my friends that we had planned at the beginning of the year, it has been quite an adventure. And now it's the holidays! Things are happening so fast! But in the best way. Man, am I glad to be back!

But you didn't come here to listen to me babble about how busy I am! You came here for The Marvels content! So let's get into it. SPOILERS below for the movie if you have not seen it yet!

This movie started off SO strong! I absolutely loved the three-way-power-switch-fight-scene between Kamala, Carol and Monica. It was so fun and chaotic and they had some of the best music choices! Honestly not going to lie, I think this was one of my favorite parts of the movie! I could watch a whole hour and a half of just a fight scene like that and be completely immersed the entire time. It was so good.

I loved getting to see our girl Ms. Marvel FINALLY meet her favorite Avenger <3 From the trailers I was a little worried that Carol was going to be mean to her 😭 but she ended up being really sweet and treating her just like she treated baby Monica, which made my heart soar. It was sad to see Monica and Carol kind of in a tiff together. But I'm glad they explored a little bit about Carol visiting Monica's mother during the blip and the section when they were looking into each other's minds to find the coordinates.

Kamala was an absolute light this entire film. I adore her so much! And her interactions with all the rest of the characters was so so cute. Also, I need to put this here--but VALKYRIE AND CAROL?! OMG?!?!?! Power couple, the way I SCREAMED in the theater!!! Love that for them 😭

I thought the Aladna scenes were interesting, and Princess Carol was iconic HAHAH. I'm super interested to know more about her "diplomatic relationship", so I hope we get more backstory there! But it may remain a mystery. And the concept of a city having a language of only song was so comic book coded, I loved that 😂

The scene with all of the Flerkens helping everyone evacuate the ship had to have been the funniest thing ever. I adored the entire scene! I couldn't stop laughing at the "Stop running. Let the Flerkens eat you!" hahaha! Iconic, if I do say so myself 😂 But I have to say the end of the movie has three of the biggest plot points...

1. Monica being stranded in a different multiverse! I was so sad that she did that. I had a strong feeling she was going to though, so I wasn't that surprised when it happened. But it also opens up SO much into that end credit scene. More there later ;) 

2. KATE BISHOP?! LUCKY?! THE YOUNG AVENGERS?! EVERYONE SHUT UP I'M SO EXCITED! If you know me, you know I am a #1 Young Avengers Stan, it is like my favorite comic book run EVER, I love them, they are so fun and cute and all the characters are truly a vibe. I cannot CANNOT wait to see them fully forming in the MCU!

3. THE X-MEN?! OH TRULY A POWER MOVE MARVEL. I am actually super curious if this is how they are going to tie in Deadpool into our universe! It seems like it's going to be connected to the Deadpool movie this upcoming summer. God, I cannot wait! And how heart wrenching that they have Monica's mother there with her, when she had passed away in her universe. My heart shattered for her :((

What did you all think of The Marvels? Personally, I think it's getting a lot of extra hate that it doesn't deserve. There is so much good about it, and it was such a fun, lighthearted movie! So awesome :)

Until next time!

-Jess