After Thanos destroyed half of the universe, the Avengers have been shattered. The riveting conclusion to over 10 years of universe-building will be unveiled on April 26, 2019 when Marvel Studios releases the 22nd installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Avengers: Endgame.” Where will you be when the journey ends?
“Higher, further, faster baby.” -Carol Danvers INTRODUCTION The MCU is close to its endgame and the audience will witness the finale of the first saga, a ten-year culmination. With “Captain Marvel,” we take a look back at where this entire journey started. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE` This is the 21st and most recent fil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is also the first MCU film to star a female lead as the protagonist. PLOT Vers is a Kree warrior who doesn’t know she is actually from Earth. Her name is Carol Danvers and “Captain Marvel” tells the story of how a superhero finds out she is human rather than the other way around for a change. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR “ENDGAME” We don’t know much about Carol Danvers role in “Endgame” although we know she is incredibly powerful and that her relationship with Fury will be her biggest motivation. STAN LEE CAMEO On November 12, 2018, the world learned of Stan Lee’s passing. “Captain Marvel” is the first film in the MCU since his death and the movie opens up with a wonderful tribute that had most of the audience crying within the first minute. Stan’s cameo was also very fitting as we hear him say one of his most memorable catchphrases while reading the script for “Mallrats.” When Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel moves the script from his face, the two share a meaningful smile and nod as if to say, “we, the audience, acknowledge Stan’s passing and the film can wait for a moment of silence.” END CREDITS SCENE Another staple of Marvel films are the after credits scenes. This wasn’t a new thing for films, but it has been a revolutionary concept in that every movie now has scenes during and/or after the credits. There are two end credit scenes. The first is literally a scene out of “Endgame” where the remaining Avengers meet Captain Marvel for the first time. The second scene sees Goose the flurken cough up the tesseract back in the 90’s on Nick Fury’s desk. CONCLUSION I loved “Captain Marvel.” I do recognize that it was a bit mediocre, but that’s how a lot of origin films are since the audience and the creators don’t know what to expect. The character usually takes up a life outside of the film as well and Brie Larson is still figuring that out. (With no help from online haters.) I think “Endgame” will do a lot to solidify the characters place in the current timeline of the MCU now that over 20 years would have gone by canonically. (Also, I apologize that this week’s MCU rewatch is a little short but it’s the last one, the film is still in theatres and I’m just ready to see “Endgame” at this point. RANKING Every week I plan to rank the movies in order from favorite (#1) to least favorite (#22). “Captain Marvel” is a great film and makes my top 10 list. However, at this point, my top 10 ten should really just be my top 20.
HOW MANY DAYS TILL “ENDGAME” 10 days till Avengers: Endgame in theaters everywhere on April 25, 2019. [email protected] @GrahamWoodMedia
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